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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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