Somerset House is a large Renaissance complex situated on the south side of the Strand in central London, overlooking the River Thames, just east of Waterloo...
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Duke of Somerset, from the county of Somerset, is a title that has been created five times in the peerage of England. It is particularly associated with...
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El Bulli (section Somerset House)
International Documentary Film Festival in Amsterdam. In July 2013, Somerset House in London hosted an exhibition dedicated to the food of Ferran Adrià...
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Somerset (/ˈsʌmərsɪt, -sɛt/ SUM-ər-sit, -set), archaically Somersetshire (/ˈsʌmərsɪt.ʃɪər, -sɛt-, -ʃər/ SUM-ər-sit-sheer, -set-, -shər) is a ceremonial...
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The Somerset House Conference, 1604 is an oil-on-canvas painting depicting the Somerset House Conference held in 1604 to negotiate the end the Anglo-Spanish...
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Wiltshire and Devon, and a member of the House of Lords. The Duke is the son of Percy Seymour, 18th Duke of Somerset, and Jane née Thomas (died 2005). His...
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Strand Campus (section Somerset House East Wing)
and is located on the Strand in the City of Westminster, adjacent to Somerset House and continuing its frontage along the River Thames. The original campus...
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Ashcombe House at Swainswick, north-east of Bath in Somerset, England is a Gothic revival country house. It is a Grade II listed building. Ashcombe House stands...
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Treaty of London (1604) (redirect from Somerset House Conference)
negotiations probably took place at Somerset House in Westminster and are sometimes known as the Somerset House Conference. The Anglo-Spanish War had...
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Somerset West (Afrikaans: Somerset-Wes) is a town in the Western Cape, South Africa. Organisationally and administratively it is included in the City of...
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Somerset House (built 1769–70; demolished 1915), was an 18th-century town house on the east side of Park Lane, where it meets Oxford Street, in the Mayfair...
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Somerset was the Anglicised name for an Irish estate near Coleraine, on which a succession of country houses were built. The formation of the estate dates...
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Courtauld was based in Home House, a townhouse designed by Robert Adam in Portman Square, Marylebone. The Strand block of Somerset House, designed by William...
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illegitimate continuation, the House of Somerset, whose senior representative is Henry Somerset, 12th Duke of Beaufort. The Somerset family has long borne the...
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Live at Somerset House (also known as Mums & Dads of the World Be Patient With Your Children) is a concert film by Northern Irish–Scottish alternative...
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of the Courtauld Institute of Art and on display in the Gallery at Somerset House. The painting includes inspiration from Japanese Woodblock printing...
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Sydenham House, the manor house of the ancient manor of Sydenham in the parish of Wembdon, Somerset, England, is a grade II listed building, constructed...
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terrorists intended to fly into either the U.S. Capitol or the White House. The Somerset County Amish community is the second oldest Amish community in the...
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and the river included Essex House, Arundel House, Old Somerset House, Savoy Palace, Durham House, York House and Cecil House, none of which survive. The...
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Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, 1st Earl of Hertford, 1st Viscount Beauchamp KG, PC (1500 – 22 January 1552), also known as Edward Semel, was an...
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founder of the Forward Prizes for Poetry. He is former chairman of the Somerset House Trust. In 1986, he founded Forward Publishing with a business partner...
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the 1st Duke of Westminster's residence at Grosvenor House, the Dukes of Somerset at Somerset House, and the British prime minister Benjamin Disraeli at...
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California Somerset, Colorado Somerset, Illinois Somerset, Indiana Somerset, Kansas Somerset, Kentucky Somerset County, Maine Somerset, Maryland Somerset County...
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Photography with am exhibition entitled Weird Beauty. In the Summer of 2013, Somerset House in London hosted a major retrospective exhibition of the photographer...
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the Jointure was discussed and read in the House of Commons on 24 May 1604. The estate included Somerset House, the Honour of Hatfield, Pontefract Castle...
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Henry John FitzRoy Somerset, 12th Duke of Beaufort (born 22 May 1952), styled Marquess of Worcester between 1984 and 2017, also known as Harry Beaufort...
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Swedish-Scottish architect, based in London. Among his best-known works are Somerset House, and the pagoda at Kew. Chambers was a founder member of the Royal Academy...
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dysentery and depression. Born at Badminton House in Gloucestershire as the ninth and youngest son of Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort and his wife Elizabeth...
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The Somerset Club is a private social club in Boston, Massachusetts that opened to members in 1852, but had origins in related associations dating back...
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Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild (category Hereditary peers removed under the House of Lords Act 1999)
the Hermitage Development Trust, Somerset House; a Trustee and Honorary Fellow of the Courtauld Institute, Somerset House; and a Fellow, Benefactor, and...
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