A memorial statue to the aviation pioneer Charles Rolls stands in front of the Shire Hall in Agincourt Square, Monmouth, Wales. The 8 feet (2.4 m) high...
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Isle of Sheppey, dedicated jointly to Rolls and to fellow pioneer aviator Cecil Grace. Statue of Charles Rolls, Monmouth Statue of Charles Rolls in Dover...
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Western Mail, Tuesday, 30 October 1900, of Agincourt Square and Shire Hall Statue of Charles Rolls, Monmouth, 1910s The square in 1940, with Agincourt...
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1911 in art (category Years of the 20th century in art)
Goscombe John – Statue of Charles Rolls, Monmouth Alfons Karpiński – The Parisian Street Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Böhmischer Waldsee Portrait of a Woman Fernand...
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town by Lady Llangattock, mother of Charles Rolls. It also displays the only known example of an original Monmouth cap, dating from the 16th century...
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William Williams c. 1750 The Charles Rolls memorial statue List of former county courts in Wales Cadw notes that a portrait of Fisher is held at the Shire...
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Goscombe John, Statue of Charles Rolls, Monmouth (1911) Cecil Brown, Imperial Camel Corps Memorial, London (1921) John Tweed, Statue of Lord Kitchener...
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Monmouthshire (category Counties of Wales)
in 1872. Charles Rolls grew up at his family seat, The Hendre, just north of Monmouth and, in partnership with Henry Royce, co-founded Rolls-Royce Limited...
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married. Her son, James Crofts (afterwards Duke of Monmouth and Duke of Buccleuch), was one of Charles's many illegitimate children who became prominent...
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portions of its south wing in 1830, performed by Maddox for John Rolls (1776-1837), great-grandfather of Charles. "Monk Street, 8, Monmouth; Kingsley...
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Grade II* listed buildings in Monmouthshire (category Lists of coordinates)
gut of a river, the Wye", is commemorated in a pavilion in the Nelson Garden in Monmouth; the aviation and motoring pioneer, Charles Stewart Rolls, the...
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National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 20 March 2020. Cadw. "Charles Rolls, Monmouth (2229)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 19 March...
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mother to live with her sister Matilda in Monmouth County, New Jersey, in or near the town of Eaton. Charles died in 1867 while they were living in New...
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Battle of Monmouth; this was the last major battle in the north. Prior to the battle Washington gave command of the advance forces to Charles Lee, who...
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Guildhall, London (redirect from City of London Guildhall)
the Guildhall site as being the location of the palace of Brutus of Troy, who according to Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae (1136) is said...
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Nell Gwyn (category Mistresses of Charles II of England)
Gwyn, with a Cavalier King Charles spaniel at her feet. Mostly unnoticed by passers-by, this is believed to be the only statue of a royal mistress in the...
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Michelin (category Auto parts suppliers of France)
out its first patent for a removable pneumatic tyre which was used by Charles Terront to win the world's first long-distance cycle race, the 1891 Paris–Brest–Paris...
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Thomas Cromwell (redirect from Earl of Essex Cromwell Thomas)
the office of Master of the Rolls, which he had held since 8 October 1534. On 8 July 1536, he was raised to the peerage as Baron Cromwell of Wimbledon...
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Grade I listed buildings in Monmouthshire (category Lists of coordinates)
Shire Hall in Monmouth and sentenced to be hanged, drawn and quartered, the last such sentences to be passed in Britain. A statue in front of the Shire Hall...
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Blenheim Palace (redirect from Pipe organs of Blenheim Palace)
Following the Monmouth Rebellion, Churchill was promoted to Major General and awarded the lucrative colonelcy of the Third Troop of Life Guards. When...
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Alexander Hamilton (redirect from Bastard brat of a Scotch peddler)
Hamilton's mother was of mixed race, this is not substantiated by any verifiable evidence. Rachel Faucette was listed as white on tax rolls. Adair and Harvey...
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America the Beautiful quarters (redirect from America’s Beautiful National Parks Quarter Dollar Coin Act of 2008)
Mint, close to the announced mintage of 1.4 million for each design. Direct U.S. Mint sales of rolls and bags of uncirculated business strike coins continued...
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spurred on by the completion in 1391 of John of Gaunt's magnificent hall at Kenilworth Castle. Fifteen life-size statues of kings were placed in niches on the...
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Washington, D.C. (redirect from District of Columbia, District of Columbia)
several decorative classical-style statues. The U.S. Census Bureau estimates that the district's population was 705,749 as of July 2019, up more than 100,000...
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Hereford (redirect from History of Hereford)
sausage rolls, as well as the famous Hereford breed of cattle. The Herefordshire edition of Cambridge County Geographies states "a Welsh derivation of Hereford...
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these included the Statue of Liberty, the Capitol Building and others. The first time (1869) that images other than portraits of statesmen had been featured...
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race tied (The Hill) Real Clear Politics FOX News The Polling Company (R) Monmouth University IMGE Insights (R) Change Research Quinnipiac University Archived...
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Edinburgh Castle (redirect from Castle of the Maidens)
a legendary King of the Britons, as having "byggyd [built] Edynburgh". According to the earlier chronicler, Geoffrey of Monmouth (c. 1100 – c. 1155)...
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American Pharoah (category Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing winners)
time was the second-fastest for a Triple Crown winner. He next shipped to Monmouth Park and easily won the Haskell Invitational on August 2. Three weeks later...
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Washington quarter (category Sculptures of presidents of the United States)
The Mint also sold a large number of numismatic items, including rolls and bags of coins, collector's maps, and other items designed to encourage coin...
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