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2 giorni fa · Cambridge ( / ˈkeɪmbrɪdʒ /, [4] KAYM-brij) is a city and non-metropolitan district in the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It is the county town of Cambridgeshire and is located on the River Cam, 55 miles (89 km) north of London. As of the 2021 United Kingdom census, the population of the City of Cambridge was 145,700; [5] the population ...
1 giorno fa · Henry VI, probably in September 1444, sent the Marquess of Suffolk to Cambridge instead of coming himself to lay the foundation stone of the first chapel of King's College 'for the aier and the Pestilence that hath long regned in our said Universite'.
16 mag 2024 · The position of the University was strengthened by the grant in 1604 of the right to return members to Parliament, (fn. 1) and in 1605 by a new royal charter. The first privilege was obtained largely through the influence of Lord Cecil (Robert Cecil), the Chancellor, and Sir Edward Coke. (fn. 2) The charter of 1605 repeated the provisions of ...
3 giorni fa · The first mention of a post office operating in Cambridge was in 1672, when the postmaster asked to be exempted from quartering militia. The present building, which also houses the automatic telephone exchange, is situated in St. Andrews Street and was opened in 1934, about 150 yards from the site of the previous office at the corner of Petty Cury.
30 apr 2024 · Dukedom of Cambridge (4th creation), Earldom of Tipperary, and Barony Culloden (1st creation extinct, 1904: King Edward VII (1841–1910) Marquess of Cambridge (2nd creation), Earl of Eltham (1st creation), and Viscount Northallerton, 1917: King George V (1865–1936) Mary of Teck (1867–1953) Adolphus Cambridge (1868–1927) Duke ...
1 giorno fa · General John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, 1st Prince of Mindelheim, 1st Count of Nellenburg, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, KG, PC (26 May 1650 – 16 June 1722 O.S. [a]) was an English soldier and statesman. From a gentry family, he served as a page at the court of the House of Stuart under James, Duke of York, through the 1670s and ...
1 giorno fa · See list. Admiral of the Fleet Albert Victor Nicholas Louis Francis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma [1] [2] [n 1] (25 June 1900 – 27 August 1979) was a British statesman, naval officer, colonial administrator and close relative of the British royal family. He was born in the United Kingdom to the prominent Battenberg family.
