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Hace 4 días · NEWTON-REGNY, or REGNEY, in Leath ward, lies three miles from Penrith. It is divided into the townships of Newton-Regny and Catterlen, containing together in 1811, 44 houses, and 219 inhabitants. The manor of Newton belonged in the reign of Henry II. to the family of de Regny, whose descendant in the reign of Edward I. left four daughters coheirs.
Hace 3 días · He had recorded affairs with Frances Crewe, Lady Crewe (he dedicated his 1777 play The School for Scandal to her), and a disastrous affair with Harriet Spencer, Henrietta Ponsonby, Countess of Bessborough, beginning in 1789.
Hace 5 días · 1789 PONSONBY, VERE BRABAZON, Earl of Bessborough (ed.). Lady Bessborough and her family circle. Murray, 1940. xx, 307pp. [Contains extracts from the social diary of HENRIETTA FRANCES, COUNTESS OF BESSBOROUGH, March–April 1789.] 89. 1790 MORRIS, GOUVERNEUR. A diary of the French Revolution, ed. B C Davenport.
Hace 4 días · The actor's great-nephew was, a few months afterwards—August 22nd, 1796—killed while endeavouring to effect an entrance into the house from the back garden. The great-nephew, whose name was Yates, claimed a right to the house, as did also a Miss Jones, and both lived in the house for some months after Yates' death.
Hace 4 días · Born to tremendous wealth and status, Caroline Ponsonby was the only daughter of the Earl and Countess of Bessborough. Born at the end of the 18th century, Caroline was entirely uninterested in following the strict protocols of the era. It’s reported she was a rather wild child and a bit of a tomboy, galavanting with her Cavendish ...
Hace 4 días · PONSONBY – When Ponsonby Minor Softball formed its first teams in the 1960s, they didn’t have a ballpark of their own. But this year the club will celebrate five decades of playing ball on its own “Field of Dreams,” a place that continues to be looked after by community volunteers the same way it was 50 years ago.
Hace 12 horas · 2023 New Year Honours. The 2023 New Year Honours are appointments by some of the 15 Commonwealth realms to various orders and honours to recognise and reward good works by citizens of those countries. The New Year Honours are awarded as part of the New Year celebrations at the start of January and those for 2023 were announced on 30 December 2022.
