Admiral of the Fleet Sir Provo William Parry Wallis, GCB (12 April 1791 – 13 February 1892) was a Royal Navy officer. As a junior officer, following the...
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There is also a "Wallis House", an Art Deco building on the Golden Mile, The Great West Road, Brentford, England. Wallis House is a prominent landmark...
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Look up provo, Provo, or provò in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Provo or Provos may refer to: Provo, Kentucky, an unincorporated community Provo, South...
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CCGS Provo Wallis is a Provo Wallis-class buoy tender that served with the Canadian Coast Guard. The vessel entered service in 1969 and was classed as...
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Michael Wallis (born 1945), American journalist and popular historian Olivier, Count of Wallis (1742–1799), Habsburg Austrian general Provo Wallis (1791–1892)...
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Epaulettes of Provo Wallis, Maritime Command Museum, CFB Halifax...
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men to lie about their ages after their military service ended. Sir Provo Wallis (1791–1892) — Royal Navy. Served on HMS Shannon. Also a Napoleonic Wars...
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November 1841, he then served as Mate aboard HMS Warspite under Captain Provo Wallis and HMS St Vincent (then the flag-ship of Sir Charles Rowley) on the...
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– 3 July 1869 Sir Fairfax Moresby 17 July 1869 – 21 January 1870 Sir Provo Wallis 12 February 1870 – 15 January 1876 Sir Michael Seymour 15 January 1876...
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marine fire support if needed. Wallis Heights, Nova Scotia, and Provo Wallis St. is named after Nova Scotian Provo Wallis Stadacona is the indigenous name...
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Kingdom 1867–1869 Succeeded by Sir Provo Wallis Preceded by Sir George Sartorius Vice-Admiral of the United Kingdom 1869–1870 Succeeded by Sir Provo Wallis...
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Mindham, who used his own neckerchief. One of Shannon's lieutenants, Provo Wallis, believed that Broke's three assailants were probably British deserters...
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promoting strictly by seniority was well illustrated by the case of Provo Wallis who served (including time being carried on the books while still a child)...
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[the bone] penetrated for at least three inches in length." Lieutenant Provo Wallis, a Nova Scotian, took command of Shannon as the frigate and her prize...
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remaining Americans. Broke handed over command of Shannon to Lieutenant Provo Wallis. Though wounded, Broke was able to save the life of a young American...
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Dalhousie University, Halifax, Battle of Hampden Provo Wallis St., Halifax Dockyard, Provo Wallis Martinique, Nova Scotia, Invasion of Martinique (1809)...
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Wallis Heights is a Canadian urban neighbourhood in Nova Scotia's Halifax Regional Municipality. Wallis Heights is situated immediately north of Shannon...
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until 1837. Townshend married Elizabeth, daughter of Provo Featherstone Wallis and sister of Provo Wallis, on 13 June 1813. He died in June 1842, aged 56....
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Navy, and, albeit in name only, Provo Wallis, whom Murray had been persuaded to enter onto his books despite Wallis only being four years old. Murray...
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Stewart HoustonSir Houston Stewart 1791 1875 11 December 1875 Wallis ProvoSir Provo Wallis 1791 1892 22 January 1877 Codrington HenrySir Henry Codrington...
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1863–1866 Succeeded by Sir Thomas Pasley Honorary titles Preceded by Sir Provo Wallis Vice-Admiral of the United Kingdom 1876–1887 Office abolished (recreated...
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CCGS Penac CCGS Point Race CCGS Point Henry CCGS Porte Dauphine CCGS Provo Wallis CCGS R.B. Young CCGS Racer CCGS Rally CCGS Rapid CCGS Relay CCGS Rider...
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– 19 March 1867 Sir Fairfax Moresby 20 April 1867 – 17 July 1869 Sir Provo Wallis 17 July 1869 – 12 February 1870 Sir William James Hope-Johnstone 12 February...
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Harbour (1813). The captain of the Shannon was injured, and Nova Scotian Provo Wallis took command of the ship to escort the Chesapeake to Halifax. Many of...
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1888 – Jean-Baptiste Lamy, French-American archbishop (b. 1814) 1892 – Provo Wallis, Canadian-English admiral (b. 1791) 1893 – Ignacio Manuel Altamirano...
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CCGS Bartlett (category Provo Wallis-class navaids tenders)
CCGS Bartlett is a Provo Wallis-class buoy tender in operation by the Canadian Coast Guard. The vessel entered service in 1969 and was modernized in 1988...
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Baxter Langley, radical political activist (born 1819) 13 February – Sir Provo Wallis, Admiral of the Fleet (born 1791) 16 March – Edward Augustus Freeman...
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18 March 2018 – via www.telegraph.co.uk. Christie, Carl (1990). "Wallis, Sir Provo William Parry". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian...
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Earl Winfield Spencer Jr. (category Wallis Simpson)
[citation needed] Four of his wives were: Bessie Wallis Warfield (1896–1986), only child of Teackle Wallis Warfield, member of a prominent Maryland family;...
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much longer Battle of Trafalgar. Shannon, commanded by Halifax's own Provo Wallis, escorted Chesapeake into Halifax, arriving there on June 6. On the entry...
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