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Hace 4 días · Dorothy Spencer, Countess of Sunderland, was the eldest child of Robert Sidney, 2nd Earl of Leicester. When about eighteen, Edmund Waller began to pay court to her, and his verses, addressed to her under the name of "Sacharissa," have contributed in no slight measure to her renown.
Hace 3 días · The large house was taken by a succession of noble tenants: Horatio, first Viscount Townshend, 1672–5; Lady Stanhope, 1676–86; the second Earl of Newburgh, 1687; the Countess of Denbigh, 1689–95; Lord Spencer, later third Earl of Sunderland, 1696–1702; the Countess of Sunderland, 1704 to at least 1707; the Marchioness of ...
Hace 4 días · Aristocrats only: how the orangery became the most social room in – or out of – the house. Fanciful fruits and even more fanciful parties: the Marchioness of Bath, the Duchess of Beaufort, James Perkins and the Countess of Sandwich make the case for the orangery as a destination for a more exotic kind of entertainment. By Annabel Sampson.
Hace 4 días · Gather round. The cave. There has been much speculation as to the physical extent of Spottee’s Cave, a beautiful limestone-magnesium gift from nature. They said it extended to Hylton Castle ...
Hace 5 días · Sunderland was a borough constituency in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, created by the Reform Act 1832 for the 1832 general election. It elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) by the bloc vote system of election. [1] It was split into the single-member seats of Sunderland North and Sunderland South for the 1950 general election.
Hace 3 días · Share. Marks and Spencer in Sunderland has closed for the final time today (Saturday, May 25). (Image: ZOOPLA) Marks and Spencer has pulled down the shutters on its flagship Sunderland city...
Hace 5 días · Aline Griffith was a young college graduate when the US entered World War II, and she was eager to help the war effort. By chance, she met Frank Ryan at a dinner party, who saw her potential and helped her join the Office of Strategic Services — the forerunner to today's CIA. Griffith was sent to Spain to be a co
