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Hace 2 días · The priory of St. James the Great at Birkenhead stood on a wooded headland on the north-eastern shore of the Wirral peninsula near a river ferry across the Mersey to Liverpool; the existence of a ferry may have been the reason for the foundation of a monastery on such an isolated site and for its dedication. (fn. 1) According to John Leland the ...
Hace 5 días · A corn mill existed until the mid-19th century, its stables are now used as an information [F. E. Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead] the Easter Rising in late April 1916.
21 de may. de 2024 · Edward Abel Smith, the 4th Earl of Birkenhead, was a British Conservative politician and lawyer who served as President of the Board of Trade from 1924 to 1929. He was the son of Frederick Smith, the 1st Earl of Birkenhead, and Margaret Bruce.
22 de may. de 2024 · This is a complete list of the 323 blue plaques placed by English Heritage and its predecessors in the City of Westminster in London.
Hace 6 días · As long as peace lasted, Chamberlain ignored all such persuasions. Winston Churchill, the indomitable British statesman and wartime leader, guided his nation through World War II with unwavering determination and eloquence.
- As prime minister (1940–45) during most of World War II, Winston Churchill rallied the British people and led the country from the brink of defeat...
- Through his father, Lord Randolph Churchill, a Tory politician, Winston was directly descended from John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough, the he...
- At Harrow School, Winston Churchill’s conspicuously poor academic record provoked his father’s decision to enter him into an army career. On his th...
11 de may. de 2024 · Edward Abel Smith, who later became the 1st Earl of Birkenhead, and Kate Winslet are two seemingly unrelated individuals. Smith was a prominent British politician and lawyer, holding positions such as Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for India.
Hace 2 días · Wivenhoe Park estate, part of the Rebows' holdings in Essex and Suffolk, passed on Isaac's death in 1735 to his son Isaac Martin Rebow (d. 1781), then to Isaac Martin's daughter Mary Hester (d. 1834). In 1796 she married Gen. Francis Slater (d. 1845) who assumed the name Rebow.
