William Windham PC PC (Ire) (14 May [O.S. 3 May] 1750 – 4 June 1810) of Felbrigg Hall in Norfolk, was a British Whig statesman. Elected to Parliament...
46 KB (6,098 words) - 15:54, 18 July 2024
William Windham may refer to: William Windham (of Earsham, senior) (died 1730), Member of Parliament 1722–1730 William Windham (of Earsham, junior) (c...
929 bytes (151 words) - 09:50, 5 March 2021
the time of Henry the First William Windham (of Earsham, senior) (died 1730), Member of Parliament 1722–1730 William Windham (of Earsham, junior) (c. 1706–1789)...
3 KB (377 words) - 20:15, 28 March 2024
Donald Windham (July 2, 1920 – May 31, 2010) was an American novelist and memoirist. He is perhaps best known for his close friendships with Truman Capote...
6 KB (566 words) - 15:02, 6 August 2024
and Fox as Foreign Secretary as joint leaders. Grenville's cousin William Windham served as Secretary of State for War and the Colonies, and his younger...
27 KB (1,726 words) - 00:41, 11 August 2024
William Ashe Dymoke Windham (2 April 1926 – 5 January 2021) was a British rower who competed for Great Britain in the 1952 Summer Olympics. Born in Biggleswade...
4 KB (223 words) - 20:28, 24 May 2023
Windham William Sadler (1796 – 30 September 1824) was a balloonist born in Ireland. His father was aviation pioneer James Sadler and, after an education...
8 KB (1,003 words) - 15:24, 13 October 2023
William Windham, FRS (1717 – 30 October 1761) was an English landowner and writer. The son of Ashe Windham and Elizabeth Dobyns, he made an extensive Grand...
6 KB (595 words) - 18:01, 2 July 2024
Windham Hill Records was an independent record label that specialized in instrumental acoustic music. It was founded by guitarist William Ackerman and...
16 KB (1,777 words) - 15:54, 18 April 2024
close friend of Charles James Fox, and joined his Eton schoolmate William Windham in his support of the American colonists during the American Revolutionary...
41 KB (5,201 words) - 00:24, 23 October 2023
Windham is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. The population was 18,434 at the 2020 census. It includes the villages of South Windham...
19 KB (1,526 words) - 00:08, 2 May 2024
William Ackerman (born November 16, 1949) is an American guitarist and record producer who founded Windham Hill Records. Ackerman was born in Germany....
8 KB (690 words) - 04:11, 23 July 2024
William Windham (c. 1706 – 1789) was a British landowner and politician. The eldest son of William Windham of Earsham (died 1730) and Anne Tyrrell, he...
3 KB (207 words) - 11:02, 1 July 2023
William Windham (c. 1674 – 2 April 1730), of Earsham, Norfolk, was a British Army officer, landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from...
4 KB (300 words) - 14:13, 20 July 2023
Windham (/ˈwɪndəm/ WIN-dəm) is a town in Windham County, Connecticut, United States. It contains the former city of Willimantic as well as the communities...
18 KB (1,514 words) - 21:21, 28 April 2024
MacLeod Nicholas Clack Roger Sharpley Edward Worlidge Brian Lloyd William Windham David Jennens John Hinde (cox) Twelve shooters represented Great Britain...
13 KB (969 words) - 23:49, 18 August 2023
Chairman of The Castle of Mey Trust from 1996 to 2018. The son of William Windham, he was educated at Eton College and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst...
4 KB (379 words) - 00:33, 22 November 2023
William Frederick Windham (9 August 1840 – 2 February 1866) was the son of William Howe Windham and the heir to Felbrigg Hall in the county of Norfolk...
13 KB (1,400 words) - 10:39, 21 December 2022
arguments. William Windham spoke from the same bench in the House of Commons as Burke had when he had separated from Fox and an observer said Windham spoke...
131 KB (17,082 words) - 12:31, 8 August 2024
Britain's expense that she could grow. Edmund Burke, Richard Sheridan, William Windham and Charles Grey all spoke out against the trade agreement on the same...
63 KB (6,396 words) - 19:42, 9 August 2024
Vice-Admiral William Lukin, later William Lukin Windham (20 September 1768 – 12 January 1833), was a Royal Navy officer who rose to the rank of Vice Admiral...
13 KB (1,554 words) - 12:04, 11 August 2024
William Howe Windham (30 March 1802 – 22 December 1854) was the son of Vice-Admiral William Lukin Windham, and a British Member of Parliament. He lived...
2 KB (123 words) - 08:12, 13 August 2024
who sat in the House of Commons from 1708 to 1710. Windham was the eldest son of William Windham of Felbrigg (died 1689) and his wife Katherine Ashe...
6 KB (454 words) - 23:09, 7 April 2024
Suffolk, by his wife Catherine Windham (d.1738), daughter (and in her issue eventual heiress) of Colonel William Windham (1673–1730), MP, of Earsham in...
12 KB (1,204 words) - 13:19, 4 August 2024
Battle of the Frogs (redirect from Windham Frog Fight)
incident in the Connecticut Colony town of Windham in 1754. On a summer night in June or July, the people of Windham were awakened by a mysterious loud noise...
40 KB (4,323 words) - 09:04, 3 July 2024
Rt Hon William Windham Lord Robert Manners Charles, 5th Duke of Richmond Rowland Egerton-Warburton William, 7th Duke of Devonshire Sir William Molesworth...
36 KB (4,176 words) - 23:27, 20 July 2024
Windham-Ashe was born Joseph Windham the son of William Windham of Felbrigg Hall, Norfolk and his wife Katherine Ashe. He was the brother of William and...
4 KB (372 words) - 00:50, 10 April 2022
publish (1744) an account of their visit was that of Richard Pococke, William Windham and others, such as the Englishmen who visited the Mer de Glace in...
24 KB (2,154 words) - 15:56, 3 August 2024
jurist and prominent political supporter of both William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, and his son, William Pitt the Younger. The marriages of the elder Robert...
104 KB (10,774 words) - 19:21, 28 July 2024
actor, and later editor and publisher, mainly for his life-partner, Donald Windham. Sandy Campbell was born in New York City in 1922, the son of the owner...
4 KB (371 words) - 05:13, 15 March 2023