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  Henry Havelock - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Havelock was born at Ford Hall, Bishopwearmouth, Sunderland, the son of William Havelock, a wealthy shipbuilder.
In 1823, Havelock was serving in the 13th Light Infantry, and followed his brothers William and Charles to India, first qualifying himself in the Hindustani language.
The baronetcy was afterwards bestowed upon his eldest son, Henry; while to his widow, by royal order, was given the rights to which she would have been entitled had her husband survived and been created a baronet.
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 Henry Marshman Havelock-Allan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sir Henry Havelock-Allan in the House of Commons by Leslie Ward, 1879.
Lieutenant General Sir Henry Marshman Havelock-Allan, 1st Baronet VC GCB (6 August 1830–30 December 1897) was an Indian-born soldier and British politician.
Havelock was born in Cawnpore, India, the son of Lt.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Henry_Marsham_Havelock   (307 words)

  
 BBC - h2g2 - Major General Sir Henry Havelock (1795-1857)
Henry Havelock was born in Bishopwearmouth in Sunderland in 1795, the second of four sons.
By the time Havelock took part in the First Afghan War in 1839, he had been promoted to Captain and he used his spare time to produce analytical reports about the skirmishes and battles in which he was involved.
Havelock was chosen as second in command to Sir James Outram and commanded troops dealing with the uprisings in Allahabad.
www.bbc.co.uk /dna/ww2/A3327419   (1141 words)

  
 Havelock | Insiders' Guide® to North Carolina's Central Coast & New Bern
Admittedly, Havelock gained a few residents when the base was annexed, but it is still one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the state.
Havelock was named for Gen. Henry Havelock, a British general best remembered for his courageous rescue of hostages during a bloody uprising in India in the mid-1800s.
Havelock is often referred to as the "Gateway to Cherry Point." With more than 14,500 sailors, Marines and civilians working abroad the air station, Cherry Point is home to the largest Marine Aircraft Wing in the Corps, and it ranks as the number one single-site industrial employer east of Interstate 95.
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 History of Havelock Belmont Methuen Township
Havelock was named after Major-General Sir Henry Havelock (5 April 1795 - 24 November 1857) a British general.
Havelock was incorporated as a village in 1892, although its history really began with the surveying of Belmont Township in 1823.
In 1998, the Village of Havelock amalgamated with the Township of Belmont and Methuen to form the Township of Havelock Belmont Methuen.
www.havelockchamber.com /history.html   (365 words)

  
 History of Havelock
The town of Havelock Station saw action during the Civil War when elements of the Rhode Island Heavy Artillery under the command of General Ambrose Burnside stormed ashore on the beach of what is now the Officer's Club at Cherry Point and Carolina Pines Golf and Country Club.
Local legend has it that Havelock and nearby Harlowe became renowned for the quality of their "moonshine" and that a few fortunes were based on the copper coil.
Havelock continues to be a growing community ranking 25th in the state.
www.cityofhavelock.com /About/History.aspx   (645 words)

  
 BBC - h2g2 - Major General Sir Henry Havelock (1795 - 1857)
By 1823, Havelock was serving in the Light Infantry and was transferred to India, where he fought in the First Anglo-Burmese War (1824 - 1826).
By the time Havelock took part in the First Afghan War in 1839, he had been promoted to the rank of captain, and he used his spare time to produce analytical reports about the skirmishes and battles in which he was involved.
Havelock was a British hero whose fame only developed in the year of his death and reached its peak two or three years later.
www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A3372761   (1159 words)

  
 Knitting Circle Havelock Ellis   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Havelock was listed at number 281 in the top 500 lesbian and gay heroes in The Pink Paper, 17th.
Havelock Ellis, editor, with a general introduction on the English drama during the reigns of Elizabeth and James I by John Addington Symonds, (1887), "Christopher Marlowe", London: Vizetelly, 431 pages.
Havelock Ellis, (1904), "Man and Woman: A Study of Human Secondary Sexual Characters", London: The Walter Scott Publishing Co., Ltd., fourth edition, 488 pages.
myweb.lsbu.ac.uk /~stafflag/havelockellis.html   (472 words)

  
 Visitor Information
Havelock North Village basks in the sun and leafy boulevards beneath Te Mata Peak.
In 1956 Nelson gave the property to "the people of Havelock North" as a public garden and as a tribute to the early settlers of the area, both Maori and European.
For local businessman Myles Treacher, Havelock North has everything going for it and he is quick to add that it has been good to him and his business with its furniture.
www.havelocknorth.com /visitor.html   (1002 words)

  
 The Lucknow Campaign-1857-58 The Siege of Lucknow Residency
Havelock had various options as far as selection of route for reaching the Residency was concerned; however the final choice was made by Outram who was the last British Resident at Lucknow in 1856 and knew the area well.
However, Havelock from the morning had suffered enormous casualties and his force proved to be a reinforcement and not a relieving Force as it was originally meant to be.
Havelock's Force was however able to extend the defended area of the Residency after capturing various palaces towards the east.
www.defencejournal.com /2000/mar/lucknow.htm   (3338 words)

  
 Wine Country Lodge - About Havelock North, Hawkes Bay New Zealand
New residential subdivisions and retirement villages are evidence of the strong attraction of settling in Havelock North.
Havelock North High School has the reputation of being one of the best co-ed schools in the country with a high level of academic, cultural and sporting achievement.
Havelock North interests and activities extend to the wider Hawkes Bay and the "global village" beyond, The 50 year-old HortResearch Centre at Havelock North continues to play a significant role in the development of the New Zealand fruit industry.
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 Sir Henry Havelock
British soldier, one of the heroes of the Indian Mutiny, the second of four brothers (all of whom entered the army), born at Ford Hall, Bishop-Wearmouth, Sunderland, on the 5th of April 1795.
His parents were William Havelock, a wealthy shipbuilder in Sunderland, and Jane, daughter of John Carter, solicitor at Stockton-on-Tees.
In 1857 he was selected by Sir James Outram for the command of a division in the Persian campaign, during which he was present at the actions of Muhamra and Ahwaz.
www.nndb.com /people/153/000101847   (965 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | UK | England | Rage over road name
Havelock Road in Southall, west London, was named after Major-General Sir Henry Havelock.
It is not the first time Sir Henry, a member of the 78th Highlanders, has been involved in controversy since his death.
But to do so because Havelock did bad things in India is a little bit revisionist and not at all accurate as far as Sikhs are concerned.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/uk_news/england/2003119.stm   (410 words)

  
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Havelock, just 20 minutes east of New Bern on Hwy 70, is best-known as the home of the world’s largest Marine Corps Air Station, MCAS Cherry Point.
Now, the combined populations of Havelock and all those who live aboard MCAS Cherry Point make up the largest city in Craven County and the 28th largest in the state of North Carolina.
The community adopted the last name of that noted general, Henry Havelock, and is one of eight cities in the world that have that name.
www.nccoast.com /area/cravenpamlico/havelock.asp   (503 words)

  
 Licensed NC Real Estate Broker Jana J.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Havelock is bounded on one side by the Neuse River and on the other by the 160,000-acre Croatan National Forest.
Havelock was incorporated as a city in 1958.
Local legend has it that Havelock and nearby Harlowe became reknown for the quality of their "moonshine" and that a few fortunes were based on the copper coil.
www.ncmove.com /havelock.html   (770 words)

  
 1st Carolina - NADEP MCAS Cherry Point, NC Havelock Real Estate
The town of Havelock Station saw action during the Civil War when elements of the Rhode Island Heavy Artillery under the command of General Ambrose Burnside stormed ashore on the beach near what is now the Officer's Club at Cherry Point.
Today, the Havelock Cherry Point area boasts a population of approximately 26,000; visitors are often seen craning their necks as a Harrier, Hercules, Hornet or an Intruder streak by overhead.
Havelock - Cherry Point NC is a military community in Eastern North Carolina.
www.firstcarolina.com /pages/about_the_area/index.jsp   (522 words)

  
 Guardian | Mayor attacks generals in battle of Trafalgar Square
Responding to a question about statuary in the square, Mr Livingstone said he did not know who the generals were or what they had done to deserve their prime positions alongside George IV and Nelson.
Havelock served in Burma, Afghanistan and India before dysentry brought his conquests, and his life, to an end in 1857.
A man who devoted his life to the army, Havelock served with distinction in the first Anglo-Burmese war (1824-26) and the first Afghan war (1839-42), but his finest hour came in 1857 when, at the height of the Indian mutiny, he took command of a mobile regiment.
www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4079207-103690,00.html   (1193 words)

  
 William Carey, D. D. (1761-1834): Colleagues (Serampore)
Sir Henry Havelock, (1795-1857), was raised in a religious environment in the county of Durham, England.
From 1849-1851, Havelock lived in England, and when he returned to India, he was promoted to quartermaster general (1854) and then to adjutant general.
This article is the text of the lecture given by Canon Graham Kings, Director of the Henry Martyn Centre, at the opening of the Henry Martyn Library in Westminster College, January, 1996.
www.wmcarey.edu /carey/bib/colleagues_serampore.htm   (3519 words)

  
 HAVELOCK, SIR HENRY - LoveToKnow Article on HAVELOCK, SIR HENRY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
wi HAVELOCK, SIR HENRY (17951857), British soldier, one of oh e heroes of the Indian Mutiny, the second of four brothers (all st whom cnfercd the army), was born at Ford Hall, Bishop- pr earmoutli, Sunderland, on the lth of April 1795.
IIis parents of re \Viliiarn Havelock, a wealthy shipbuilder in Sunderland, at d Jane.
English is exclusively spoken in the town and district, and its inhabitants exhibit their foreign extraction by their language, customs and appearance.
www.1911ency.org /H/HA/HAVELOCK_SIR_HENRY.htm   (2823 words)

  
 Telegraph | News
Havelock Road in Southall, west London, was named after Major-General Sir Henry Havelock, who distinguished himself during the Indian Mutiny of 1857 which threatened to end British rule.
Campaigners want to change the name because they say Havelock's men were responsible for the deaths of many Indian soldiers.
Sir Henry, a member of the 78th Highlanders, won national acclaim and was awarded a knighthood for his actions.
www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/05/23/nsikh23.xml   (390 words)

  
 Havelock Ellis   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Henry Havelock Ellis, the son of a sea captain, was born in Croydon in 1859.
His interests in human biology and his own personal experiences, led Havelock Ellis to write his six volume Studies in the Psychology of Sex.
The books, published between 1897 and 1910 caused tremendous controversy and were banned for several years.
www.lind.org.zw /people/Havelock/havelock_ellis.htm   (184 words)

  
 EllisBio   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Henry Havelock Ellis was the oldest child—by many years—in a family that eventually included four girls, only one of whom was he ever close to.
In 1886 he proposed to Henry Vizetelly, English publisher of Flaubert and Zola, a series of unexpurgated Elizabethan dramas to be called the Mermaid Series.
"Havelock Ellis." The Modernization of Sex: Havelock Ellis, Alfred Kinsey, William Masters and Virginia Johnson.
www.modjourn.brown.edu /mjp/Bios/Ellis.htm   (2167 words)

  
 1857 articles on Encyclopedia.com
It is also known as the Sepoy Rebellion, sepoys being the native soldiers.
Havelock, Sir Henry HAVELOCK, SIR HENRY [Havelock, Sir Henry], 1795-1857, British general.
Entering the army in 1815, he was sent (1823) to India, where he served in the first Burma War (1824-26), the first Afghan War (1839), and the Sikh Wars (1843-49).
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Henry George Francis Reynolds-Moreton, 2nd Earl of Ducie, * 1802, + 1853, Md. 1826, Hon.
Henry John Reynolds-Moreton, * 1862, + 1942, Md. 1889, Carrie Cecelia Richards.
Henry Spencer Moreton Havelock-Allan, Sir, 2nd Bt., * 1872, + 1953, Md. 1937, (Doris) Pamela Levy, + 1989, d.
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 Search Results for havelock - Encyclopædia Britannica
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It is formed by the confluence of the Clyde and Havelock rivers, which rise in the Southern Alps.
Although he did not plan the outbreak, he assumed leadership of the sepoys (British-employed Indian soldiers).
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 Havelock Thomas Sir 1877 Papers, ca. 1894-ca. 1968. AIP International Catalog of Sources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Havelock, Thomas, Sir, 1877- -- Career in shipbuilding.
Thomas Henry Havelock (1877-1968) served as vice-principal, Armstrong College, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1933-1937; Sub-Rector, King's College, Newcastle upon Tyne (the successor to Armstrong College), 1937-1942; Professor of Mathematics, King's College (later renamed University of Newcastle upon Tyne).
Includes material on education and honours received by Thomas Havelock (degrees, medals, and a menu); letters relating to Havelock's early attempts to become an apprentice shipbuilder (1893); notebooks relating to military matters (Chelsea Barracks, 1916) as well as to lectures by J. Thomson at Cambridge (ca.
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 Havelock News, Havelock NC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Test your knowledge of Havelock history by taking this multiple choice quiz.
Also included are video clips of each answer, on location, presented by Havelock City Historian, Eddie Ellis.
You can watch each clip after answering the question yourself, or jump directly to his videos.
www.havenews.com /quiz/popquiz.cfm   (178 words)

  
 Painting of Sir Henry Havelock. Circa 1900. - RL-5200   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
This is a watercolor painting of Sir Henry Havelock dating to circa 1900.
The painting depicts scenes from Havelock's life, which are all very well painted and it is in good condition for it's age.
Approximate dimensions 6 inches by 8 1/8 inches including the matting and 4 7/8 inches by 5 3/4 inches of the visible painting.
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 HAVELOCK, SIR HENRY (1... - Online Information article about HAVELOCK, SIR HENRY (1...
SUNDERLAND, ROBERT SPENCER, 2ND EARL OF (1640-17o2); English politician, was the only son of Henry Spencer (162o--1643)
When about five years old Henry accompanied his See also:
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