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  NORTHUMBERLAND - LoveToKnow Article on NORTHUMBERLAND   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Upon this lies the Calcareous group; its lime occurs in well-individualized marine beds, cropping up to the surface in greenvested strips; its fossils are found in recurrent cycles, with the limestones and coals forming their extremes.
Ecclesiastically the county was in the diocese of Durham, and in 1291 formed the archdeaconry of Northumberland, comprising the deaneries of Newcastle, Corbridge, Bamburgh and Ainwick.
During the Civil War of the 17th century Newcastle was garrisoned for the king by the earl of Newcastle, but in 1644 it was captured by the Scots under the earl of Leven, and in 1646 Charles was led there a captive under the charge of David Leslie.
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 Duke of Newcastle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Duke of Newcastle is a title which has been created several times in the peerages of England and Great Britain.
When Pelham died in 1768, the Tyne title became extinct, but the Lyne title passed to his niece's husband Lord Lincoln.
That title also became extinct in 1988 upon the death of the tenth Duke, as no male heirs to the title remained.
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 Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Duke of Brandon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Earl of Angus, Marquess and Duke of Hamilton
Upon the death of his uncle in 1609 he became the 4th Earl of Arran and the 5th Lord Hamilton.
The 1st Earl of Selkirk's eldest son James Hamilton (1658-1712) was known as the Earl of Arran until 9 July 1698 when his mother, Anne Hamilton, abdicated her titles of Duchess of Hamilton, Marchioness of Clydesdale, Lady Aven and Innerdale, Countess of Arran and Cambridge, Countess of Lanark and Lady Machansyre and Polmont.
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 info: Newcastle-upon-Tyne   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Newcastle upon Tyne, often shortened to Newcastle, is a city in the county of Tyne and Wear in North East England.
Ironically, Charles was imprisoned in Newcastle by the Scots in 1646-7.
The Tyne itself passes through a gorge between Newcastle (on the North Bank) and Gateshead (the administratively separate Borough and urban area south of the river), which is famous for a series of dramatic and notable bridges such as the Tyne Bridge and High Level Bridge shared by Newcastle and Gateshead.
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 LOTHIAN - LoveToKnow Article on LOTHIAN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The earls and dukes of Roxburghe, who are also descended from the Kers of Cessford, have adopted the spelling Ker, while the earls and marquesses of Lothian have taken the form Kerr.
Robert was in attendance upon Charles I. both before and after he came to the throne, and was created earl of Ancrum in 1633.
He was a member of parliament for some years and had reached the rank of general in the army when he died at Bath on the 12th of April 1775.
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 NEWCASTLE - Online Information article about NEWCASTLE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf.
Some of the modern streets of Newcastle are spacious and handsome.
Newcastle is well supplied with public parks and recreation grounds.
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 List of Marquessates   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
This page lists all marquessates, extant, extinct, dormant, abeyant, or forfeit, in the peerages of England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland and the United Kingdom.
The list is followed by a list of marquessates in other countries.
Marquessates in the Peerages of the United Kingdom and Ireland, 1801-present
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 NEWCASTLE, DUKES OF - Online Information article about NEWCASTLE, DUKES OF   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
He was reinstated in the offices he had filled under Charles I.; was invested in 166, with the Garter which had been bestowed upon him in 165o, and was advanced to a dukedom on the 16th of March 1665.
children, of whom one son, Henry, survived him and became 2nd duke of Newcastle, dying in 1691 without male issue; the title then became extinct and the estates passed to his third daughter Margaret, wife of John Holies, earl of Clare, created duke of Newcastle in 1694.
Lower, was published along with her Life of the Duke of Newcastle in 1872.
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 Newcastle upon Tyne --  Encyclopædia Britannica   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
It is formed near Hexham by the confluence of the North Tyne, with its tributary the Rede, and the South Tyne.
From Wylam the Tyne is the boundary between the historic counties of Northumberland and Durham.
Situated on the north bank of the River Tyne, it is 8 miles (13 kilometers) from the North Sea.
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 University of Durham
The Newcastle division of the University, in particular Armstrong College, quickly grew to outnumber the Durham colleges, despite the addition of two Anglican foundations: St Chad's (1904) and St John's theological college (1909).
Eleven years later, with the Universities of Durham and Newcastle upon Tyne Act, King's College became the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, leaving Durham based solely in its home city.
However, the rules governing how the University is consituted are to be found in the Statutes put in place by the Universities of Durham and Newcastle upon Tyne Act, 1963 and subsequently amended by the Privy Council.
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 Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st duke of Newcastle --  Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can ...
Newcastle (-under-Lyme), Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of, Duke Of Newcastle-upon-tyne, Marquess Of Clare, Earl Of Clare, Viscount Haughton, Baron Pelham Of Laughton, Baron Pelham Of Stanmer
Newcastle won a unique reputation for his skill and patience in securing a voting majority in the House of Commons by distributing posts, sinecures, and pensions.
Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of, Duke Of Newcastle-upon-tyne, Marquess Of Clare, Earl Of Clare, Viscount Haughton, Baron Pelham Of Laughton, Baron Pelham Of Stanmer.
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 The Sealed Knot - Sir Thomas Glemham's Regt of Foote   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The Marquess of Newcastle's army then combined itself with that of Rupert and fought the allied Parliamentary and Scots armies at Marston Moor on 2nd July.
The Marquess of Newcastle having abandones the fight and elected to go into exile, Prince Rupert divided his commission as supreme commander of the North between Glemham and George Goring.
Upon is arrival at Carlisle in August, 1644, a townsman described the forces Glemham brought "..with him came some white-coats and about 200 of reformadoes most of themm of great prudence and proneness in arms." Glemham assumed command at Carlisle.
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 NEWCASTLE, duke of   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
He became the Duke of Newcastle in 1715 and spent his entire parliamentary career in the Lords, having taken his seat shortly after becoming 21.
Newcastle's influence declined from 1760 with the accession of George III, and Pitt's resignation a year later.
Following his resignation as First Lord of the Treasury on 26 May 1762, his influence declined as his allies deserted him or were purged from the Government, although he joined Marquess of Rockingham's Government in 1765 as Lord Privy Seal.
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 Sports Fresh : Article 'Earl of Annandale and Hartfell'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The first Earl of Annandale and Hartfell's successor, William, was made Marquess of Annandale.
At the death of the third Marquess, no-one could prove a claim to the titles, so they became dormant.
The ranks of the Scottish Peerage are Duke, Marquess, Earl, Viscount, and Lord of Parliament.
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 List of Earldoms - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
From 1694 to 1718 also Duke of Shrewsbury and Marquess of Alton.
also Duke of Hamilton, Marquess of Douglas, Marquess of Clydesdale, Earl of Angus and Earl of Arran, Lanark and Cambridge until 1694 and from 1886 until 1940 and Duke of Brandon in Great Britain from 1886 until 1940
created Marquess of Breadalbane and Earl of Ormelie in the United Kingdom in 1831, which titles extinct 1862, created Marquess of Breadalbane and Earl of Ormelie in the
  
 House of Lords Journal Volume 63: 2 December 1830 | British History Online
Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of Ross Carbery, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; praying their Lordships "at once to take such decisive and effectual Measures for the immediate Extinction of that most criminal and unconstitutional System of Colonial Slavery as to them shall seem meet:"
Upon reading the Petition of the Roman Catholic Inhabitants of the Parish of Newport Pratt, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; praying their Lordships "to render the Parliamentary Grant for the Education of the Poor in Ireland useful to the Petitioners:"
Upon reading the Petition of the Convener and Deacons and Members of the Incorporated Trades of Arbroath, Scotland, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; praying their Lordships "to grant to the Burgesses and Inhabitants of Royal Burghs in Scotland a fair and free Representation in the Commons House of Parliament:"
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 List of the Knights of the Garter (1348-present)
Married, firstly, Catherine daughter of Thomas, 1st Marquess of Dorset, K.G., aunt of Lady Jane Grey.
Powerful supporter of the royalist cause, and known as "the Loyal Earl." His wife, Charlotte de la Trémouille, is famous for her heroic defence of Lathom House.
Daughter of Thomas (Holland), 2nd Earl of Kent, K.G. Married 1st John (Beaufort), Marquess of Dorset, K.G.; 2ndly Thomas (Plantagenet), Duke of Clarence, K.G. 1399 Joan, Countess of Westmorland.
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 The Liverpool and Manchester Railway
The matter of the Stanhope and Tyne Railway of which Robert Stephenson had agreed to act as an engineer and consultant in 1832 was another mishap involving Stephenson.
The former bridge was constructed on the "bow and spring" girder principle similar to a canal crossing used on the London to Birmingham railway near Weedon in 1835.
Robert spoke at a celebration dinner in Newcastle shortly after the opening of the Tyne Bridge spoke with a modesty and sincerity that underlined his rejection of public honours.
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 Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-holles, Duke Of - ENCYCLOPEDIA - The History Channel UK
Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, duke of, 1693-1768, English politician, brother of Henry Pelham
He inherited (1711) the estates of his uncle, John Holles, duke of Newcastle, adopted his name, and received (1715) his title.
Newcastle was ineffective and irresolute in his conduct of public affairs, but he wielded immense political influence through his clever use of patronage, helping to provide parliamentary majorities for Walpole, Pelham, and Pitt.
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The history, and reasons, of the dependency of Ireland upon the imperial crown of the kindom of England.
The manifesto of her Hungarian Majesty, upon the late pretended election of an emperor of Germany.
Considerations upon the state of public affairs at the beginning of the year 1796.
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 ipedia.com: Arthur Henderson Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Arthur Henderson was born in Glasgow in 1863, the son of a textile worker, who died when his son was only 10 years old.
After his father's death, the Hendersons moved to Newcastle upon Tyne in the North East of England.
Henderson worked in a locomotive factory from the age of 12, and was converted to Methodism (having previously been a Congregationalist) in 1879, This had a major impact on Henderson and he became a Lay Preacher.
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 Pepys' Diary: Cocke, “Captain” George
Baltic merchant and navy contractor, of London and Greenwich; a native of Newcastle upon Tyne (which played an important part in trade to Scandinavia).
He had served in the Marquess of Newcastle’s royalist army and had been taken prisoner 1643-4.
He had a sinecure post in the Newcastle customs service, was a farmer of the hearth-tax and served on the commission of enquiry into the Chatham Chest.
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 William Cavendish, 1st duke of Newcastle --  Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - Your gateway to all Britannica has to ...
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Devonshire, William Cavendish, 1st Duke of, Marquess Of Hartington, Earl Of Devonshire, Baron Cavendish Of Hardwick
Devonshire, William Cavendish, 4th Duke of, Marquess Of Hartington, Earl Of Devonshire, Baron Cavendish Of Hardwick
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The Marquess of Hamilton, a Scotsman who had directed the recruitment of soldiers for Gustavus, would sail up the Firth of Forth to attack Edinburgh by sea.
On August 28 they attacked and overwhelmed the English at Newburn on the River Tyne, and went on to capture Newcastle upon Tyne.
They knew Scottish preparations were ahead of theirs, and as the Scottish army gathered, the English tried to concentrate their forces in a defensive position around Newcastle upon Tyne, in Northumbria.
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 Middle East Open Encyclopedia: University of Durham   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Elsewhere, the University expanded from Durham into Newcastle in 1852 when the medical school there (established in 1834) became a college of the University.
The Newcastle division of the University, in particular Armstrong College, quickly grew to outnumber the Durham colleges, despite the addition of two Anglican foundations: St Chad's College (1904) and St John's College (1909).
This was blocked by a local MP, with the support of graduates of the Durham colleges, until the bill was modified to establish a federal university with its seat fixed in Durham.
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 List of Marquessates -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
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 EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF LOTHIAN - LoveToKnow Article on EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF LOTHIAN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF LOTHIAN - LoveToKnow Article on EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF LOTHIAN
His grandson William, the 6th marquess (1763 1824), married Henrietta (1762-1805), daughter and heiress of John Hobart, 2nd earl of Buckinghamshire, thus bringing Blickling Hall and the Norfolk estates of the Hobarts into the Kerr family.
See: EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF LOTHIAN at LoveToKnow.
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 Pat Oakes - Europe Web Travel
It was then acquired by the Natural History Society of Northumberland, Durham and Newcastle upon Tyne.
Their first museum was behind the Literary and Philosophical Society on Westgate Road, but as the society flourished and collections grew the need for new premises was met by the current building, opened by the Prince and Princess of Wales.
Both men were highly talented dreamers who sought to recreate their visions of the Middle Ages in their own lifetimes, here in Cardiff, and also at the fanciful Castell Coch, an enchanting reconstruction not too far outside of Cardiff (and also open to the public).
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 MSS - title goes here, University of Nottingham
2 ff Ne C 66 19.9.1728 Copy of letter from Colonel Armstrong, Dunkirk, to [T. Pelham-Holles] 4th Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne [later 1st Duke of Newcastle under Lyne]; 19 Sep. 1728 Expresses his delight to learn that the King is pleased with his conduct and they hope to have report ready by Thursday's packet.
Keene; 12 Oct. 1732 Sends copies of all letters and papers relating to the seizure of the 'La Dichosa' at Campechy Bay and reviews situation with regard to the British ship 'Woolball' and the activities of the Guarda Costas; orders him to discuss this with M. Patino to ensure the Declaration is complied with.
A reference in the letter suggests it is written from Berlin and the writer refers to himself as 'un aussi petit Prince d'Allemagne que moi'.
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