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    Vice Admiral Sir Henry Kellett, KCB (2 November 1806 – 1 March 1875) was an Irish naval officer and explorer. Born at Clonacody in Tipperary County, Ireland...
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    Arctic archipelago through Lancaster Sound and the other, commanded by Henry Kellett, entering from the Pacific. In addition, the Admiralty offered a reward...
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    Hudson's Bay Company. It was changed to Neah in 1847 by Captain Henry Kellett. Kellett spelled it "Neeah Bay". The name "Neah" refers to the Makah Chief...
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    strait simply Narrows. Its name was formally set as The Narrows by Henry Kellett during the British Admiralty chart reorganization of 1847. Phillips...
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  • Thomas Henry "Tom" Kellett (c. 1860 – November 2, 1907) was a railway agent and political figure in Manitoba. He represented Deloraine from 1892 to 1895...
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    Admiral Henry Kellett, the captain of HMS Starling in the 19th century. A private hospital, Matilda Hospital, is located at the foot of Mount Kellett. Historically...
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    sail in search of Franklin was HMS Herald, and at the helm, Captain Henry Kellett. Herald went through the Bering Strait to search the western reaches...
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  • Dame Elaine Kellett-Bowman (1923–2014), British Conservative politician Gloria Calderon Kellett, American writer and actress Sir Henry Kellett (1806–1875)...
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    archipelago. In 1847, Henry Kellett assigned the name to Orcas Island during his reorganization of the British Admiralty charts. Kellett's work eliminated the...
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    for the missing ships and explorer. HMS Resolute, captained by Sir Henry Kellett, was joined by HMS Intrepid, HMS Pioneer, HMS Assistance, and HMS North...
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    Kellett, 1st Baronet (1761–1853) Sir William Henry Kellett, 2nd Baronet (1794–1886) Sir Henry de Castres Kellett, 3rd Baronet (1851–1924) Sir Henry de...
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    1812, including the Battle of Baltimore with the bombardment of Fort McHenry (as mentioned in The Star-Spangled Banner: “And the Rockets’ red glare,...
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    crescent shape or for its proximity to Crescent Bay, which was named by Henry Kellett in 1846. In 1849 two British–Canadian fur trappers, John Sutherland...
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    expedition (1820–1824) to discover the island, with no success. In 1849, Henry Kellett, captain of HMS Herald, landed on and named it Herald Island. He erroneously...
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    possibly unaware of the already existing Spanish names and charts. Henry Kellett led a project in 1847 to reorganize the official charts of the region...
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    Lawrence. These names disappeared after 1847, when the British Captain Henry Kellett reorganized the British Admiralty charts, in the process removing the...
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    Royal Navy. In 1847, during the British map reorganization project, Henry Kellett restored the earlier name McNeil. The U.S. government bought land on...
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    (some sources mention 1842) after the naval officer Sir Henry Kellett. Kellett Bay and Mount Kellett were also named after him. After Kowloon Peninsula was...
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    the British reorganized the official admiralty naval charts in 1847, Henry Kellett systematically removed many of Wilkes's names. He renamed the island...
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    HarperCollins. ISBN 9780006386599. Keenleyside, Anne; Bertulli, Margaret & Fricke, Henry C. (March 1997). "The final days of the Franklin Expedition: new skeletal...
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  • in 1822 and renamed in 1824. She served as a survey ship under Henry Kellett and Henry Mangles Denham and was sold in 1864. HMS Herald (1890) was a paddle...
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    World. In 1901 she married the Australian journalist and playwright Henry Kellett Chambers. In September 1910 she gave birth to a son, Colin Chambers...
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    expedition and search overland for Franklin's lost expedition 1849: Henry Kellett discovers Herald Island searching for Franklin's lost expedition 1850–1854:...
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    Fitzjames Sir John Franklin William Hulme Hooper Henry Hoppner Sir Edward Inglefield Sir Henry Kellett Skeffington Lutwidge George Francis Lyon Rochfort...
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    HMS Resolute, which was wintering off Melville Island under Captain Henry Kellett 28 days away by sledge. Resolute was accompanied by Intrepid, laying...
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    Fitzjames Sir John Franklin William Hulme Hooper Henry Hoppner Sir Edward Inglefield Sir Henry Kellett Skeffington Lutwidge George Francis Lyon Rochfort...
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    1824. She served as a survey ship under Henry Kellett and Henry Mangles Denham and was sold in 1864. Captain: Henry Mangles Denham (1800–1887) Naturalists:...
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    this theme, Wilkes named the island's highest point Mount Erie. When Henry Kellett reorganized the official British Admiralty charts in 1847, he removed...
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    Fitzjames Sir John Franklin William Hulme Hooper Henry Hoppner Sir Edward Inglefield Sir Henry Kellett Skeffington Lutwidge George Francis Lyon Rochfort...
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    an oratorio for solo baritone and chamber ensemble by Canadian composer Henry Kucharzyk, adapted from MacEwen's verse drama and crediting her for its...
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