Conservative politician. Knowles was the son of John Knowles and Elizabeth Lees of Green Bank, Oldham, Lancashire whose family owned Andrew Knowles and Sons, collieries...
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The Lees Knowles Lectureship was established at Trinity College, Cambridge in 1912 and first started in 1915. Lectures are given by distinguished experts...
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entertainer Sir Lees Knowles, 1st Baronet (1857–1928), British barrister, historian, philanthropist and Conservative politician Sir Leonard Joseph Knowles (1915–1999)...
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Charles Francis Knowles, 7th Baronet (born 1951) (Charles) William Frederick Lance Knowles (born 1985), heir apparent Sir Lees Knowles, 1st Baronet (1857–1928)...
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Distinguished Service Medal on 14 June 1946. In 1947 he delivered the Lees Knowles Lecture, which was then published as Air Power in War. He moved on to...
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Petraeus to give Lees Knowles Lecture". Cambridge University's Trinity College. November 16, 2020. Retrieved February 10, 2022. "Lees Knowles Lecture". Cambridge...
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14 April 1956), married Sybil Frances Leyland and had issue. He was Lees Knowles Lecturer in 1924 Hon. Olive Elizabeth Wingfield (6 November 1884 – May...
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University of London, and at the University of Kent. He was the 2002-2003 Lees-Knowles Lecturer at Cambridge University. His best-known works, the best-selling...
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littered with name of Lees dating back to the fourteenth century. Sir Lees Knowles, 1st Baronet This page lists people with the surname Lees. If an internal...
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of the Second World War series. In 1963, he was invited to give the Lees Knowles Lecture and lectured on The Strategic Air Offensive. From 1958 to 1960...
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earned him the Oxford degree of DLitt. In 1936 Cruttwell delivered the Lees Knowles Lecture at Trinity College, Cambridge, under the title "The Role of British...
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Charles Algernon Whitmore 1892–1895: George Leveson Gower 1895–1906: Sir Lees Knowles 1906–1906: Francis Stevenson 1906–1907: Charles Hobhouse 1907–1910: James...
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Sandford 1875 Edward Sandford 1876 Frederick Elborough 1877 Frederick Elborough 1878 Henry Whately / Lees Knowles 1879 William Bolton / Charles Hazen-Wood...
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Fellowes Burton FC 20 yd 880 yards William W. Bolton Cambridge UAC 2:03.6 Lees Knowles Cambridge UAC 3 yd Charles J. Johnstone Cambridge UAC 17 yd 1 mile Bernhard...
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Cambridge on 1 October 1963 (having been awarded an Open Scholarship and the Lees Knowles Rugby Exhibition). He was awarded the Coutts Trotter Scholarship in 1966...
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was held in 1886, and he was defeated by his Conservative opponent, Lees Knowles. Armitage did not re-enter parliament. In January 1899 he was awarded...
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annually at Cambridge University on a topic in bibliography or book history Lees Knowles Lectures, given annually military history at Trinity College, Cambridge...
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pp. 172–174 Home > About Trinity > Public Lectures > Lees Knowles Lectures > Past Lees Knowles Lecturers, Trinity College, Cambridge. "Births". The Times...
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London: Harrap. 1940–43. OCLC 224016319. Generals and Generalship: The Lees Knowles Lectures Delivered at Trinity College, Cambridge in 1939. London: Times...
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Corps Suevia Munich Richard Wagner, composer, Corps Saxonia Leipzig Lees Knowles: A day with corps-students in Germany Martin Biastoch: Duell und Mensur...
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Fusiliers and built by Edwin Marshall & Sons, was opened by Colonel Lees Knowles in December 1899. The unit evolved to become the 7th and 8th Battalions...
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the Percy Pemberton Prize, the Porson Prize, the Yeats Prize and the Lees Knowles. He won a distinction in Greek and Latin for Part I of his Classical...
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he was a visiting lecturer at several universities, including being Lees Knowles Lecturer in 1961, the distinguished visiting lecturer at the U.S. Naval...
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Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Caleb Wright 4,621 58.5 Conservative Lees Knowles 3,275 41.5 Majority 1,346 17.0 Turnout 7,896 92.1 Registered electors...
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Spottiswoode. Keyes, Roger (1943). Amphibious Warfare and Combined Operations. Lees Knowles Lectures. Cambridge: University Press. St John-McAlister, Michael. The...
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Birkbeck Lectures", Trinity College, Cambridge. Retrieved 15 February 2021. Lees Knowles Lecture Tarner Lectures "Past Birkbeck Lectures", Trinity College, Cambridge...
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young. Lady Nina Geraldine Ogilvie-Grant (1884–1951), who married Sir Lees Knowles, 1st Baronet in 1915. Hon. John Charles Ogilvie-Grant (1887–1893), who...
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Arthur Hill Church of England titles Preceded by Charles Algernon Whitmore Second Church Estates Commissioner 1892–1895 Succeeded by Sir Lees Knowles...
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was bought by Sir Lees Knowles, 1st Baronet, MP for Salford West, for £3,875. After his death in 1929, his widow, Lady Nina Knowles, presented it to Turton...
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Apostles of Mobility: The Theory and Practice of Armoured Warfare. The Lees Knowles Lectures. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson. ISBN 0-297-77681-9. Edmonds...
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