Charles William Lancaster (1820–1878) was a British gunmaker and improver of rifles and cannon. Lancaster was the eldest son of Charles Lancaster, gunmaker...
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68-pounder Lancaster guns were a British rifled muzzle-loading cannon of the 1850s that fired a 68-pound shell. It was designed by Charles William Lancaster. The...
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The Duchy of Lancaster is an estate of the British sovereign. The estate has its origins in the lands held by the medieval Dukes of Lancaster, which came...
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The House of Lancaster was a branch of the English royal family. The Duchy of Lancaster still holds large estates on behalf of Charles III, who is the...
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The dukedom of Lancaster is a former English peerage, created three times in the Middle Ages, which finally merged in the Crown when Henry V succeeded...
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retained aspects of Cubism in many of his works. Charles Demuth was born on 8 November 1883 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. In 1889, when Demuth was 6 years...
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John of Gaunt (redirect from Duke of Lancaster John of Gaunt)
John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster (6 March 1340 – 3 February 1399) was an English royal prince, military leader, and statesman. He was the fourth son (third...
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Lancaster House (originally known as York House and then Stafford House) is a mansion on The Mall in the St James's district in the West End of London...
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Lancaster (/ˈlæŋkɪstər/ LANG-kih-stər) is a city in and the county seat of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. With a population of 58,039 at...
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Burton Stephen Lancaster (November 2, 1913 – October 20, 1994) was an American actor and film producer. Initially known for playing tough guys with a...
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Lancaster Castle is a medieval castle and former prison in Lancaster in the English county of Lancashire. Its early history is unclear, but it may have...
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Blanche of Lancaster (25 March 1342 – 12 September 1368) was a member of the English royal House of Lancaster and the daughter of the kingdom's wealthiest...
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the Scotch-Irish in the colonies). The area that became Lancaster County was part of William Penn's 1681 charter. John Kennerly received the first recorded...
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he made a commercial agreement with the famous gunmaker firm Charles William Lancaster, inventor of the oval bore, to be his exclusive UK agent. Early...
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Edmund Crouchback (redirect from Edmund, 1st Earl of Lancaster)
Edmund, 1st Earl of Lancaster (16 January 1245 – 5 June 1296), also known as Edmund Crouchback, was a member of the royal Plantagenet Dynasty and the...
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Lancaster is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. Incorporated in 1653, Lancaster is the oldest town in Worcester County. As of the...
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Henry of Grosmont, Duke of Lancaster KG (c. 1310 – 23 March 1361) was an English statesman, diplomat, soldier, and Christian writer. The owner of Bolingbroke...
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in Lancaster. He was a trustee of Ohio University. The Supreme Court of Ohio and The Ohio Judicial System - Charles Robert Sherman Walker, Charles M (1869)...
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Lancaster (c. 1554 – 6 June 1618) was an English privateer and trader of the Elizabethan era. Lancaster came from Basingstoke in Hampshire. Lancaster...
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The title of Earl of Lancaster was created in the Peerage of England in 1267. It was succeeded by the title Duke of Lancaster in 1351, which expired in...
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Henry V of England (redirect from Henry V Lancaster)
Castile and Leon, Duke of Aquitaine and Lancaster, Earl of Derby, Lincoln, and Leicester, Seneschal of England. Charles Scribner's Sons. p. 77. Retrieved 17...
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William Edward Lancaster CBE AM (1909–2003) was Chief Executive of the Royal Zoological Society of South Australia. William Edward Lancaster was born in...
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Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster (c. 1278 – 22 March 1322) was an English nobleman of the first House of Lancaster of the royal Plantagenet Dynasty. He was...
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Cambridge, Charles served in the Royal Air Force and the Royal Navy from 1971 to 1976. In 1981, he married Lady Diana Spencer. They had two sons, William and...
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Philippa of Lancaster (Portuguese: Filipa [fiˈlipɐ]; 31 March 1360 – 19 July 1415) was Queen of Portugal from 1387 until 1415 as the wife of King John...
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The House of Lancaster was a cadet branch of the royal House of Plantagenet. The first house was created when King Henry III of England created the Earldom...
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in 1324 and as Earl of Lancaster in 1327) Henry of Grosmont, Duke of Lancaster, 4th Earl of Leicester (c. 1310-1361) William V of Holland, Earl of Leicester...
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Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales (redirect from Edward of Lancaster)
of Westminster (13 October 1453 – 4 May 1471), also known as Edward of Lancaster, was the only child of Henry VI of England and Margaret of Anjou. He was...
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Lancaster University (officially The University of Lancaster) is a public research university in Lancaster, Lancashire, England. The university was established...
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The King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army. It served under various titles and fought in many wars and...
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