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  Southwest Trail Still Mostly Mud, Rocks, Stumps » The Arkansas News
Featherstonehaugh is an English geologist who is touring parts of America.
Featherstonehaugh calculated that these turn-outs added five miles to his journey in Missouri and Arkansas.
In many places, Featherstonehaugh said, the road is very poor and does not deserve to be called a road.
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 A Record of Duels Involving Members of the North Downs Company
The Captain was seconded by Mr Featherstonehaugh; the Corporal was seconded by Ensign Mainwaring, with Sgt. Pritchard attending as surgeon.
Finally, Featherstonehaugh, in a loud and slurred voice, announced to Snodgrass, "She's a lovely girl, I think you should marry her!" When asked by his second where his carriage was, Featherstonehaugh announced plaintively but with some amusement, "I came with Snodgrass." Capt Snodgrass expressed his willingness to put his carriage at Featherstonehaugh's disposal.
However, as Mr Featherstonehaugh, the challenger, declared that his honour was satisfied, the engagement was ended.
www.cyberus.ca /~nwalsh/duels02-03.html   (4219 words)

  
 Research Of Carole Alderton - Person Page 2
Mary Lisle Sissons married William Featherstonehaugh, son of William Featherstonehaugh and (?) Ann, on 18 June 1850 at Lanchester, Co. Durham, England.
She was the daughter of William Featherstonehaugh and Mary Lisle Sissons.
Mary Jane Featherstonehaugh was born on 15 August 1858 at Kimbleswold, Co. Durham, England.
www.featherstone-society.com /gedcom/UK/alderton/alderton-p/p2.htm   (526 words)

  
 The Research of Margaret Clough - Person Page 10
Thomas Featherstonehaugh was the son of Ralph Featherstonehaugh.
Alexander Featherstonehaugh was the son of Thomas Featherstonehaugh.
Ralph Featherstonehaugh was the son of Elias Featherstonehaugh.
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 Stanley Featherstonehaugh Ukridge is a fictional character fictional character from...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Stanley Featherstonehaugh Ukridge is a fictional character fictional character from...
"Stanley Featherstonehaugh Ukridge" is a fictional character fictional character from the short stories and novels of P.
Wodehouse, who is widely regarded as one of the great comic writers of the 20th century 20th century, once described as "English literature's performing flea." Ukridge is a schemer who will do anything to increase his funding -- except, of course, work.
www.biodatabase.de /Ukridge   (148 words)

  
 Featherstone Castle, Northumbria   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The Featherstonehaugh's lost the Castle after Sir Timothy was executed after the Battle of Worcester in 1651 and it passed to the Earl of Carlisle.
In 1711 it was bought by Matthew Featherstonehaugh, but his son, also Matthew, sold it to James Wallace in 1779.
It was his son, Thomas, who between 1812 and 1820 built the typical castellated mansion around the Tower House (it is the tallest part of the Castle on the right of the picture).
www.r-l-p.co.uk /feather.html   (196 words)

  
 Feather - The Origin?
Featherstone is in Yorkshire and Featherstonehaugh is an immemorial name in Northumberland.
Featherstonehaugh is also one of the longest surnames we possess, if we omit the coupling up of names on the Blantagenet-Smith principle.
One might suppose that he was someone who feathered arrows, when one remembers how many of our surnames do derive from the craft of Archery, but it is not likely.
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 Walker H. Featherstonehaugh
daughter of Walker H. and Jane Catherine Featherstonehaugh
daughter of Walker H. and Jane Catherine Featherstonehaugh Died 6 Oct 1844
daughter of Walker H. and Jane Catherine Featherstonehaugh, Esquire
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 A Record of Duels Involving Company of Cavalier Gentlemen Members of North Downs and Bankside
Pritchard (seconded by Carpenter) challenged Goatham (seconded by Featherstonehaugh) and fought a duel with single rapier.
The duel was fought with rapier and dagger.
Pearce (seconded by Snodgrass) challenged Featherstonehaugh (seconded by Pritchard, with servants in attendance) for comments made regarding apparel.
www.cyberus.ca /~nwalsh/duels05.html   (1991 words)

  
 Daily Feature - Sunderland Today: News, Sport, Jobs, Property, Cars, Entertainments & More   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Eileen Featherstonehaugh, a descendent of William Featherstonehaugh, still lives in Sunderland and is taking a keen interest in the Trafalgar celebrations.
William Featherstonehaugh was a 49-year-old quartermaster at the time of Trafalgar, who joined the warship Temeraire in February 1804 as a volunteer.
Sir Harry Featherstonehaugh, of Uppark in Sussex, was an early lover of Emily Lyon, who later, as Lady Emma Hamilton, became the love of Nelson's life.
www.sunderland-echo.co.uk /ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=1512&ArticleID=1067905   (1461 words)

  
 Review: The Gene Machine
The Gene Machine stars British secret agent Piers Featherstonehaugh (pronounced "fanshaw") and his loyal manservant Mossop as they try to save the British Empire (and maybe the world) from the evil plans of Dr. Dinsey (he has a device called "The Gene Machine" that allows him to mix and match animals and humans).
Being a third-person adventurer and all, Featherstonehaugh interacts with his world through timely clicks of the mouse.
Featherstonehaugh is pompous and elitist; Queen Victoria is borderline schizophrenic; Mossop is dumb and obedient.
www.justadventure.com /reviews/Gene_Machine/Gene_Machine.shtm   (509 words)

  
 Lady Hamilton @ Nelson.y2u.co.uk   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
By 1782 she was already notorious in London society, having been the mistress of several men and the model of the "Goddess of Health" for James Graham, a Scottish "quack" doctor.
It was rumoured that she had had a child by a "patron," Sir Harry Featherstonehaugh, named Emma Carew, who was sent to live with her grandmother in Wales, where she remained the rest of her life.
She was living with Charles Francis Greville who sent her to Naples to be the mistress of his uncle, Sir William Hamilton, a diplomat, in return for Hamilton's payment of Greville's debts.
nelson.y2u.co.uk /NL-Lady-Emma-Hamilton.htm   (450 words)

  
 Etherstone/Featherstone Castle - Castle Quest
The manor was held by the Featherstonehaugh family from at least JohnÕs reign until it was confiscated by Parliament after Sir Timothy was executed at Bolton in 1 651 following his capture at the battle of Worcester.
The castle was sold to the Earl of Carlisle but the Featherstonhaugh family repurchased it in 1711, only to dispose of it in 1779 to James Wallace, Attorney General.
At the time of the 1541 survey it was held by Alexander Featherstonehaugh and was in good repair.
www.castlesontheweb.com /quest/Forum7/HTML/000196.html   (332 words)

  
 gravity   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The biggest consumer of gravity is the US where everything (and everyone) is bigger than the equivalent anywhere else on the globe.
“The trouble is that there are no known renewable sources of gravity” Dr. Featherstonehaugh explained “Furthermore,” he continued “the worse it gets, the more gravity we’ll have to consume to remain earthbound.
The reduction in gravity is already evident according to Dr. Featherstonehaugh.
www.bloodybastards.com /gravity.html   (337 words)

  
 Hacking for Christ: Antiheteronymic Poetry
My favourite from that page is: An animal trainer called Niamh Had successes you wouldn't beliamh She once trained a biamher To work as a wiamher (Though why, I just cannot conciamh).
An actor from Kent named Featherstonehaugh, Was renowned as a terrible baugh, He conversed with some featherstone, Three young Germans named Heatherstone, 'till they sank comatose to the flaugh.
The dodgy rhymes are kind of deliberate - I figured that since these rhymes are silly in the first place it was okay to go a bit sillier.
weblogs.mozillazine.org /gerv/archives/005824.html   (818 words)

  
 "Murder Entailed" by Susan Krinard, in Murder By Magic
After Lord Featherstonehaugh is found murdered by unknown means, Lady Olivia Dowling must search her stately home to unearth a villain with a magical gift-and a talent to kill...
For it would not do to involve the authorities, not until she was quite certain that none of her guests were guilty of the crime--or that one of them definitely was.
What made the situation even more vexing was the fact that no one was quite sure what family Talent Fen had inherited from his father, the former Viscount Featherstonehaugh.
www.susankrinard.com /murder.htm   (424 words)

  
 Gulbangi Family and Genealogy Research - Person Page 92   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
He was the son of Thomas Forrester and Elizabeth Featherstonehaugh.
She married Roger Forrester, son of Thomas Forrester and Elizabeth Featherstonehaugh, in 1540.
     Elizabeth Featherstonehaugh was born circa 1476 in Stanhope Hall, Durham, Durham, England.
www.gulbangi.com /gulbangi-p/p92.htm   (2645 words)

  
 The Featherstone's
The spelling of the name Featherstone has varied over the centuries, with additions and subtractions.
Located in London, now used by the British government as the Scottish Office, Built for one of the richest Featherstonehaugh's as a London home.
Located in West Sussex, bought by Sir Harry Featherstonehaugh in the 17th century and furnished by the best money could buy.
www.btinternet.com /~jf.home/the_featherstones.htm   (461 words)

  
 Richard Charles Thompson 1857-1918
Richard Charles was born 15 August 1857, the fifth son of Robert Thompson and Sarah Barbar, at Monkwearmouth.
He married Dorothy Clark in 1882, and after her death in 1895, he married Millicent Frances Featherstonehaugh in 1901.
Millicent Frances was born 2 May 1878, of Edward Featherstonehaugh and Mary Laing, a Bottle Manufacturer of Monkwearmouth Shore.
members.cox.net /ghgraham/richardthompson1858.html   (632 words)

  
 FEATHERSTONEHAUGH: Genealogy Queries   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
FEATHERSTONEHAUGH : We are looking for any information on William Lancaster Featherstonehaugh (great, great, great grandfather).
FEATHERSTONEHAUGH results at MyTrees.com - Pedigree-linked database, extracted birth, marriage, and death records
FEATHERSTONEHAUGH search results at Interment.net - Burial records and tombstone inscriptions from thousands of cemeteries across the world.
www.cousinconnect.com /p/a/0/s/FEATHERSTONEHAUGH   (192 words)

  
 FEATHERSTONEHAUGH cemetery records - no documents matched.
Newspaper obituaries containing the surname " FEATHERSTONEHAUGH ".
Uploaded family histories based on the " FEATHERSTONEHAUGH " surname.
Genealogy books focusing on " FEATHERSTONEHAUGH " family history.
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 Love At First Sight
It was as Frederic Featherstonehaugh that he introduced himself to these two ladies who had so effectively captured his attention.
Elizabeth's present from her father was a first class ticket- they were usually much more expensive, but it had been canceled just before the flight, so he got it for very cheap.
It was that on January 25, both Frederic Featherstonehaugh Darcy and Elizabeth Ariel Bennet made their respective ways to the airport.
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 Robyn Hitchcock lyrics - Autumn Sea
No, I think it's a perfectly beastly sport!" quipped Frobisher as they leaned on the mantlepiece over the crisp autumn fire.
As the brandy began taking lethal effect, Featherstonehaugh (or was it Butterworth?
Or was it the other guy whose name I can't remember?) found himself slowly turning into some kind of helpless, diseased houseplant.
www.lyricsbox.com /robyn-hitchcock-lyrics-autumn-sea-5nfh9lb.html   (196 words)

  
 A CANOE VOYAGE UP THE MINNAY SOTOR - FEATHERSTONEHAUGH, GEORGE W.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
FEATHERSTONEHAUGH, GEORGE W. St. Paul, MN, Minnesota Historical Society 1970, hb cloth.
Two volume set: near fine condition in worn, but good, slipcase.
They offer full satisfaction and normal prices - no markups, no hidden costs, no overcharged shipping costs.
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 [Lon] FEATHERSTONEHAUGH to FANSHAW   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
And if you are remotely interested in the history of FEATHERSTONEHAUGH: We also had extensive correspondence with the Featherstone GOONS (Guild of One Name Studies) member.
He advised that the addition of the HAUGH to FEATHERSTONE goes back to the 8th or 9th century, when a Saxon "Fedderston" moved from his castle on top of a valley down into the haugh (side of a valley).
He also said that the "FANSHAW" pronunciation for FEATHERSTONEHAUGH is frowned on in the north as a "Southern translation" :) And Featherstone (minus the "haugh") is simply pronounced "Feather - stone".
www.mail-archive.com /london-l@rootsweb.com/msg14085.html   (189 words)

  
 Scotland Office - History - Sir Matthew Featherstonehaugh and others 1756-1788
Dover House – Sir Matthew Featherstonehaugh and others 1756-1788
The House was built by Sir Matthew Featherstonehaugh and used as his private residence.
It is a little known fact that Sir Matthew's son had a liaison with the lady later to be known as Emma, Lady Hamilton.
www.scotlandoffice.gov.uk /history/dover-house/featherstonehaugh.html   (200 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Ukridge: Books: P. G. Wodehouse   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Reviewers of Ukridge seem to be diffident, and the discussion tends to center on their view of one Stanley Featherstonehaugh Ukridge, leading light and subject of said book.
When P.G.W. introduced this large and in charge Man of Affairs in Love Amoung the Chickens, he knew he was on to a good thing, and that they would travel many miles together.
Stanley Featherstonehaugh Ukridge, that enemy of mankind, stars in ten brilliant short stories, all narrated by his long-suffering friend James Corcoran.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0880292776?v=glance   (1724 words)

  
 WHAT HO! - P. G. Wodehouse - Penguin UK
In this superlative selection of P. Wodehouse’s writing some of the most inspired comic creations ever to find themselves on the printed page are assembled in one essential volume.
Here, of course, are Jeeves and Wooster, but also Lord Emsworth and the denizens of Blandings Castle, Psmith and company, Mr Mulliner and his many relatives, the boys from the Drones Club and Stanley Featherstonehaugh Ukridge.
Scattered among these glittering comic gems, you will also find letters, articles, novel-extracts and poems, as well as arch-Wodehousian Stephen Fry’s superb introduction.
www.penguin.co.uk /nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,0_9780140297485,00.html   (131 words)

  
 RootsWeb: DEVON-L Re: [DEV] Re: Featherstonehaugh - pronunciation assistance please!
> I wasn't aware that Featherstonehaugh was a children's riddle!
Most of the Featherstonehaughs eventually dropped the haugh part of
Heard that as a child, so that was a long time ago.
archiver.rootsweb.com /th/read/DEVON/2003-11/1067942998   (957 words)

  
 Fibstorm Follies Issue # 70   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Date: 4/3/99 9:19:27 PM Central Standard Time From: bgluck@earthlink.net (Bernard Gluck) Hi Chaz ~~~ Tryin' to catchup.....Re: Featherstonehaugh (rhyme's LAW?) My contribution: There once was a sailor named Featherstonehaugh Decided it's better to tether to shore A storm would soon come He needed more rum And his credit still good at the store.
At the circus,Nosey old Featherstonehaugh Tried to peer through a closed caravan door.
From the look in his eyes One can only surmise At what that disgusting old man saw.
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 Nanny and the Professor: Cholmondeley Featherstonehaugh - TV.com
Episode Number: 45 Season Num: 3 First Aired: Monday October 18, 1971 Prod Code: F-409
See all Cholmondeley Featherstonehaugh Cast & Crew »
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