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Há 4 dias · From 1783 it became Leyton manor-house. (fn. 71) Between about 1800 and 1820 it was leased to Thomas Flower Ellis; it was empty between 1826 and 1831, but John Pardoe lived there from 1832 until his death in 1870. The Revd. John Pardoe occupied the house in 1874; it was burnt down in 1884. (fn. 72)
Há 5 dias · William Faulkner, American writer who won the 1949 Nobel Prize for Literature and is best known for his works set in fictional Yoknapatawpha County. His notable novels include The Sound and the Fury, As I Lay Dying, Absalom, Absalom!, and Light in August.
Há 3 dias · What is William Penn best known for? William Penn (born October 14, 1644, London, England—died July 30, 1718, Buckinghamshire) was an English Quaker leader and advocate of religious freedom, who oversaw the founding of the American Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as a refuge for Quakers and other religious minorities of Europe.
Há 22 horas · The Bengal Presidency, officially the Presidency of Fort William in Bengal, later the Bengal Province, was the largest of all three presidencies of British India during Company rule and later a province of India. [5] At the height of its territorial jurisdiction, it covered large parts of what is now South Asia and Southeast Asia.
Há 4 dias · Papa Razzi in historic Wellesley features a private dining room that can accommodate up to 100 guests for a seated event and 175 guests for a cocktail reception. In addition to our private rooms, we have 2 semi-private rooms available that can accommodate up to 50 guests.
Há 2 dias · Sir James's heir was his great-nephew, Sir Richard Dyer, (fn. 18) who died seised in 1605. (fn. 19) In 1617 his son, Sir William Dyer, sold the manors to Sir Oliver Luke, (fn. 20) who already owned the manor of Eynesbury Cressener (q.v.). Sir Oliver conveyed the four manors to James Belton, B.D., in 1628, when Katherine, widow of Sir William ...
Há 4 dias · His estates devolved on his eldest sister Catharine, who married William Wellesley-Pole; after her death her husband succeeded to the earldom of Mornington. Their only son, the fifth earl, died unmarried in 1863 and left his estate to his relative, H. R. Wellesley, first Earl Cowley.
