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  Encyclopedia: Peerage of the U.K.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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 Encyclopedia: North Stradbroke Island   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
North Stradbroke Island is an Australian island in the state of Queensland, 30 km southeast of the capital Brisbane.
Stradbroke Island's most famous resident was the late Kath Walker (Oodgeroo Noonuccal), the Aboriginal poet, who was born here.
Nowadays North Stradbroke Island is known for its long clean white beaches in the east, its peacefulness due to a long isolation and its rich diversity of nature.
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 Articles - Courtesy title   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
For instance, the eldest son of the Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry is the Earl of Dalkeith, even though the Duke is also the Marquess of Dumfriesshire, a senior title to the Earldom of Dalkeith.
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 Earl of Stradbroke - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The title of Earl of Stradbroke was created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1821.
The Earl bears the subsidiary titles of Viscount Dunwich (1821) in the Peerage of the UK and Baron Rous (1796) in the Peerage of Great Britain, and is an English baronet (1660).
Robert Keith Rous, 6th Earl of Stradbroke (b.
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 Walkabout - Stradbroke Island
Although the islands (at the time it was just one island) were sighted by both Captain James Cook and Matthew Flinders it wasn't until 1827 that the name Stradbroke, after the then Earl of Stradbroke, was given to the island by his son, Captain H. Rous, the commander of the HMS Rainbow.
Stradbroke Island's most famous resident was the late Kath Walker (Oodgeroo Noonuccal), the highly regarded Aboriginal poet, who was born on North Stradbroke, established the Noonuccal Nughie Education and Cultural Centre on the island, and who has been at the forefront of attempts to curb the large scale sandmining which has occurred.
It is noted for the long, clean white beaches of its eastern coastline, the rich diversity of its flora which includes wild orchids, and its isolation and peacefulness.
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 The Evening Standard (London, England): Earl ruffles feathers in Chigwell with cash 'ransom'.@ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
HE is the 6th Earl of Stradbroke, a twice-married father of 15 who lists his recreations in Who's Who as "making babies".
A multimillionaire with 50,000 acres of prime grazing land in Australia, he has lucrative property interests in Sydney and an estate in Suffolk, on which he tried to build a replica of the Sydney Opera House.
You may think the Earl was happy with his fortune.
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 Macfarlanes
The 6th Earl of Stradbroke, who reportedly once tried to sell his sperm for £100,000 a time, has contacted more than 900 households in Chigwell Essex, asking for at least 1 per cent of their property’s value as “compensation”.
This action of the earl (who emigrated to Australia 45 years ago) has provoked outrage and surprise, not just at his methods but at the very existence of such obligations.
The Earl of Stradbroke’s Essex verges or Suffolk estate may be too remote.
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 Print Article: Sand dwellers
Most of the southern half of North Stradbroke is worked by mining companies extracting mineral sands, of which most of the island is made, and is off-limits to tourists.
Fortunately for the holidaymakers and weekend residents from Brisbane, virtually the only signs of the island's alter ego are the two towering conveyors that guard the wharf at the point of arrival and departure, Dunwich, and the dump trucks waiting for the ferry from Cleveland alongside the family sedans and four-wheel-drives.
Straddie, as the locals call it, was named after the Earl of Stradbroke when a convict outstation was established in 1827 at what is now the small township of Dunwich.
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 theage.com.au - The Age
The sixth Earl of Stradbroke, who prefers to be known as Keith Rous, migrated to Australia more than 40 years ago and now owns a cattle and sheep farm near Darlington in western Victoria.
Henham Hall was demolished in 1953 and the earl's previous proposals for a replacement have included a nudist colony, a tin-roofed outback farmhouse and a replica of the Sydney Opera House.
Lady Penelope Gilbey, the daughter of the fourth earl, said she was shocked the estate was up for sale, but hoped it would be sold as one complete lot.
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 BBC NEWS | England | Panic over legal bill letters
And to avoid the possibility of being involved in court action in the future, residents in Chigwell were asked to consider paying 1% of their homes' value to the Earl of Stradbroke, whose family had once owned the land.
Mr Hudson said he was responsible for the mail shot and insisted the earl did not want to be seen as an "unreasonable landlord".
The sixth Earl, Robert Keith Rous, is a twice-married father of 15 who lists his recreations in Who's Who as "making babies".
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 The Sunday Mail QLD: Aussie earl taxes English town (archived)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The sixth Earl of Stradbroke, Robert Rous, has demanded residents in the Essex town of Chigwell abide by covenants requiring them to pay him one per cent of the value of their property or risk being in breach of their title deeds.
Rous's grandfather, the fourth earl of Stradbroke, sold the properties in the 1950s with restrictive covenants in the title deeds requiring new owners to pay him or his descendants if alterations were in breach of set conditions.
In 1827, Stradbroke Island off Brisbane was named after the first Earl of Stradbroke by his son, Captain Henry Rous, the commander of the HMS Rainbow.
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 Letters return residents to feudal times - smh.com.au
The sixth Earl of Stradbroke, Robert Rous, has demanded residents in the Essex town of Chigwell abide by covenants requiring them to pay him 1 per cent of the value of their property or risk being in breach of their title deeds.
Owners of 940 properties, which were last owned by the earl's family 50 years ago, have received letters from his surveyors Sworders Agricultural warning them it is "in their interests" to pay him.
The earl's grandfather sold the properties in the 1950s with restrictive covenants in the title deeds requiring new owners to pay him or his descendants if alterations are in breach of the conditions.
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 Walkabout - Stradbroke Island
Located 30 km southeast of Brisbane, North and South Stradbroke Islands and the historic settlements at Dunwich and Amity Point have become popular holiday destinations and day tripper locations for Brisbane people wanting to escape from the city.
North Stradbroke Island is about 38 km long and 11 km wide while South Stradbroke is smaller being only 22 km long and about 2.5 km wide.
It is one of the great sand islands being formed by the same forces which created South Stradbroke, Moreton, Bribie and Fraser Islands.
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 Earl of Stradbroke   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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I read the original version of The Jungle years ago in school, and it had quite an impact on me. However, 10 years later, with a decade in the working world behind me, I gained a new appreciation for it's message after rereading this uncut edition.
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 Encyclopedia: Baronetage of England   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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 Earl Bathurst   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Earl Bathurst is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain created in 1772.
The Earl holds the subsidiary titles of Baron Bathurst of Battlesden (1712) and Baron Apsley (1771), both in the Peerage of Great Britain.
The latter title was created for Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst, who became Lord Chancellor, and whose father, Lord Bathurst, was created Earl Bathurst a year later.
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 BBC NEWS | England | Suffolk | Auction at 'Aussie Earl's' historic home
The sixth Earl of Stradbroke prefers to be known as Keith Rous
The sixth Earl of Stradbroke, announced in July that he was putting his estate up for sale and ending the family's 500-year association with Henham.
The sixth Earl, who prefers to be known as Keith Rous, emigrated to Australia in 1957 at the age of 19 to take up sheep farming and inherited the title in 1983 when his predecessor died without a son.
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The title of Earl of Lovelace was created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1838.
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 Gold Coast City Council - Stradbroke Island
The two islands, North and South Stradbroke Island shelter the mainland and the adjacent islands of Moreton Bay from the full force of the Pacific Ocean.
On the southern end of Stradbroke Island, extended stays would have coincided with the peak or seasonal abundance of a favoured food such as fat oysters, plentiful pippis, a run of fish - tailor or mullet.
As a result of the visit, Governor Darling ordered in July 1827, that the long sand island to the south of the main channel into Moreton Bay be named "The Isle of Stradbroke" in honour of the Rainbow's Captain Rous, the second son of the Earl of Stradbroke.
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 Lord Melville Steam Packet, London to Calais, France, 1830
Rouse, son of the Earl of Stradbroke, and his lady, attended by a lady's maid, courier and coachman.
She was then carried to the residence of the Earl of Stradbroke, in Hertford-street, Mayfair.
Upon examination there was found to be a very bad wound on the back part of the head, which it is feared has injured the brain, and her face is much lacerated and contused.
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 Welcome to Guides Victoria   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Earl of Stradbroke was the Governor of Victoria during the 1920s and his wife Helena, the Countess of Stradbroke, accepted the appointment of Victoria’s first State Commissioner a position she held from 1922-1926.
On their return to England in 1926 Lady Stradbroke presented a silver cup to Victorian Guiding to be used for inter-Company competitions.
The competition is still held today but with marked differences and we refer to it as the Lady Stradbroke Cup.
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 Encyclopedia: 1641   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester (March, 1641 - May 2, 1711), was an English statesman and writer.
Henry Sydney (or Sidney), 1st Earl of Romney (8 April 1641 - 8 April 1704) was born in Paris, a son of Robert Sidney, 2nd Earl of Leicester, of Penshurst Place in Kent, England, by Lady Dorothy Percy, a daughter of Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland, a descendant of Edward...
Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford (April 13, 1593 - May 12, 1641) was an English statesman, a major figure in the period leading up to the English Civil War.
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 thePeerage.com - Person Page 8279
She married, firstly, William Keith Rous, 5th Earl of Stradbroke, son of George Edward John Mowbray Rous, 3rd Earl of Stradbroke and Helena Violet Alice Fraser, on 7 August 1935.
She married William Keith Rous, 5th Earl of Stradbroke, son of George Edward John Mowbray Rous, 3rd Earl of Stradbroke and Helena Violet Alice Fraser, on 19 July 1943.
Henrietta Elizabeth Rous is the daughter of William Keith Rous, 5th Earl of Stradbroke and April Mary Asquith.
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 Ancestors of Marie Foster
Whilst the immigration was government sponsored rather than by the Earl, as a number of other boat arriving at this time were, John apparently was 'recommended' by the Earl, as were a number of other individuals who travelled on the Orontes.
This would imply that the Earl may have not been able to berth them on a ship he was sponsoring, instead, 'recommending' him to the government sponsored scheme.
While the Earl lived in Henham Hall, he spent a lot of time overseas, He was an active member of the military, as was his son.
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 thePeerage.com - Person Page 8280
Robert Keith Rous, 6th Earl of Stradbroke is the son of William Keith Rous, 5th Earl of Stradbroke and Pamela Catherine Mabell Kay-Shuttleworth.
She married Robert Keith Rous, 6th Earl of Stradbroke, son of William Keith Rous, 5th Earl of Stradbroke and Pamela Catherine Mabell Kay-Shuttleworth, on 3 September 1960.
Wesley Alexander Rous is the son of Robert Keith Rous, 6th Earl of Stradbroke and Dawn Antoinette Beverley.
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