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2 giorni fa · Her parents were British Army officer-turned-businessman Major Bruce Shand and his wife The Hon. Rosalind Cubitt, daughter of Roland Cubitt, 3rd Baron Ashcombe. Camilla has a younger sister, Annabel Elliot, and had a younger brother, Mark Shand. One of her maternal great-grandmothers, Alice Keppel, was a mistress of King Edward VII.
4 giorni fa · Signature. Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Franz August Karl Albert Emanuel; [1] 26 August 1819 – 14 December 1861) was the husband of Queen Victoria. As such, he was consort of the British monarch from their marriage on 10 February 1840 until his death in 1861. Victoria granted him the title Prince Consort in 1857.
5 giorni fa · Alvescot seems to have been settled in 1810 on Arabella, who in 1813 married John Gwynne of Crickhowell (Brecon), and died in 1839, leaving Alvescot and other lands charged with payments to her husband, who had a life interest. John established his right before 1847 following a Chancery suit, and died in 1852, when trustees under Arabella's ...
4 giorni fa · BARNABAS, RANMORE, was built in 1859 by Lord Ashcombe, then Mr. George Cubitt, from the designs of Sir Gilbert Scott. It is a handsome stone church, with chancel, nave, and aisles in 13th-century style, with a tower and spire which form a conspicuous landmark.
3 giorni fa · Cubitt's first words on entering the premises, however, were, "Tell the men they shall be at work within a week, and I will subscribe £600 towards buying them new tools." So late as 1763, Buckingham House enjoyed an uninterrupted prospect south and west to the river, there being only a few scattered cottages and the "Stag" Brewery between it and the Thames.
2 giorni fa · Edward I [a] (17/18 June 1239 – 7 July 1307), also known as Edward Longshanks and the Hammer of the Scots, was King of England from 1272 to 1307. Concurrently, he was Lord of Ireland, and from 1254 to 1306 he ruled Gascony as Duke of Aquitaine in his capacity as a vassal of the French king. Before his accession to the throne, he was commonly ...
Archibald Campbell, 1st marquess and 8th earl of Argyll, leader of Scotland’s anti-Royalist party during the English Civil Wars between King Charles I and Parliament. Allying himself with Oliver Cromwell, he guided his country to a brief period of independence from political and religious domination by England.
