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    Sir William Denys (c. 1470–1533) of Dyrham, Gloucestershire, was a courtier of King Henry VIII and High Sheriff of Gloucestershire in 1518 and 1526. The...
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  • first of the Denys family to have resided at Dyrham rather than at the Denys ancestral manor of Siston, appears to have been Sir William Denys(1470–1533)...
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    Cholmondeley. Denys had previously protected Sassoon from being bullied for his feminine behavior. In turn, Sassoon visited sick Denys and gifted him...
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    appointed Sir William Denys (1470–1533) an Esquire of the Body at some date before 5 June 1511. It was perhaps at the very time of William's appointment...
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    William III (William Henry; Dutch: Willem Hendrik; 4 November 1650 – 8 March 1702), also known as William of Orange, was the sovereign Prince of Orange...
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  • of Sir William's sons. The Denys family held Siston from the death of Kemeys in 1376 until 1568 as evidenced by the Cecil Papers. Richard Denys, of Gloucester...
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    Biography William J. R. Curtis, Denys Lasdun: Architecture, City, Landscape (Phaidon, 1994) Barnabas Calder, "The Education of an Architect: Denys Lasdun...
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  • Gloucestershire. The first was Sir Gilbert Denys (c. 1350 – 1422); others included Maurice Denys (c. 1410 – 1466), Sir William Denys (1470–1533) and Henry Dennis (Feb...
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  • Denys Gravenor Rhodes (9 July 1919 – 30 October 1981) was an English writer. He was best known for his novel The Syndicate, which was adapted into a 1968...
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    Denis the Carthusian (1402–1471), also known as Denys van Leeuwen, Denis Ryckel, Dionysius van Rijkel, Denys le Chartreux (or other combinations of these...
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    households. The first lord of the manor to be resident may have been William Denys, who was an Esquire of the Body to Henry VIII and later High Sheriff...
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  • Walter Denys (c. 1501–1571) of Dyrham, Gloucestershire was a Tudor landowner and member of Parliament. Denys was the son of Sir William Denys of Dyrham...
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  • the Victorian era for approximately 900 pupils, St Denys Primary School, located opposite St Denys Church on Dundee Road, is now a Foundation school serving...
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    The Denys, later Denys-Burton, later Denys Baronetcy, of Stratford Place in the County of Middlesex, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom...
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  • Gloucestershire than any other. Gilbert Denys was probably born in about 1350 in Glamorgan, South Wales, probably the son of John Denys of Waterton, in the lordship...
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  • Maurice Denys re-built Siston Court in the 16th century. The Denys family of Siston came most immediately from Glamorgan. The ancient arms of Denys of Devon...
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    Switzerland he there met and married Helen, third daughter of Sir George William Denys, Bart. Early in 1842, after a few months' rest, he accepted a curacy...
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    however, favourable. Marie Denys lived until at least 1571, when she was bequeathed by the will of her brother Sir Walter Denys (1501–1571) his second best...
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  • inspectors accused Sir Denys of "grave mismanagement" of his companies "to obtain very substantial gain for himself and his family." Sir Denys apologised and...
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    John Marnye. Gloucester:—The Duke of Buckingham, Sir Maurice Barkeley, William Denys, Sir Wm. Kyngston, Sir Christopher Baynham, Sir John Hungerford, Sir...
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    Franciscan missionaries, and Simon Denys (Denis) de La Trinité (1599-1678), brother of Nicolas Denys. Simon Denys was a future seigneurial attorney and...
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  • controversial fiscal policies. Denys was probably born at Olveston Court, Gloucestershire, c. 1440, the second son of Maurice Denys (d. 1466), Lord of the Manor...
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    be traced back to King Richard II), by his wife Eleanor Denys, a daughter of Sir William Denys (d.1533) of Dyrham, High Sheriff of Gloucestershire, whose...
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  • the Parliament of England for Kingston upon Hull 1812 to 1818. "DENYS, George William (1788-1857), of Blacklands House, Chelsea, Mdx. - History of Parliament...
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  • Sir John William Denys Margetson KCMG (9 October 1927 – 17 October 2020) was a British diplomat who served as ambassador to Vietnam, the United Nations...
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  • brother, William, was 16 at the time of his disappearance. He was considered a suspect and questioned in 1976 and again in 2004. William denies the allegations...
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    cousin Hugh Denys, and a cadet (younger) branch of the Denys family became lords of the manor of Pucklechurch until the death of William Dennis in 1701...
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    the crown. It appears the Denys/Twynyho relationship may have started in 1481 on the sale or other transfer by Sir Walter Denys of the manors, or an interest...
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    Science (88): 23. Denys-Montfort (1801), p. 386. Lee (1875), p. 100. Denys-Montfort (1801), p. 386, note (1) Arbor marinus. Denys-Montfort (1801), p...
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    marriage on 4 November 1677. Her joint reign with William over Britain is known as that of William and Mary. Mary was born during the reign of her uncle...
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