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    Walter Beaumont Fawkes. He inherited Farnley Hall in 1792, at which point he assumed the surname Fawkes.before him. Early in life Fawkes became an active...
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  • Richard Fawkes (1944–2020), British writer and director Wally Fawkes (1924–2023), British-Canadian jazz clarinetist and cartoonist Walter Fawkes (1769–1825)...
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    When Walter Fawkes died in 1792 the hall passed to his son, also Walter Hawkesworth, who also adopted the surname Fawkes, and was known as Walter Ramsden...
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    with his friend Walter Fawkes at Farnley Hall on the opposite side of the valley to the Chevin. Recalling a day in the autumn of 1810 Fawkes' son, Hawkesworth...
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  • Walter Ernest Fawkes (né Pearsall; 21 June 1924 – 1 March 2023), also known as Trog when signing cartoons, was a Canadian-British jazz clarinettist and...
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    Farnley Hall, the house of Walter Fawkes in Yorkshire, in 1810; making notes on the back of a letter, he remarked to Fawkes' son Hawkesworth that its like...
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  • née Fawkes, daughter of Walter Fawkes, and her husband, the then Governor of Ceylon, Edward Barnes. He spent many of his early years at the Fawkes' family...
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    never visited (it is said to be his only Irish subject); his patron Walter Fawkes was married to Maria Sophia Vernon of Clontarf and one of her sketches...
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    parliamentary candidacies, including those of Fitzwilliam's son Lord Milton and Walter Fawkes. An advocate for reform, Wood was a supporter of the abolition of slavery...
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    (1843–1919) was the leader of the 1875 weavers strike in west Yorkshire. Walter Fawkes, Writer and Member of Parliament Frank Parkinson, notable Electrical...
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    Thomas Percy, Guy Fawkes, Robert Keyes, Thomas Bates, John Grant, Ambrose Rookwood, Sir Everard Digby and Francis Tresham. Fawkes, who had 10 years of...
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  • Lord Charles Townshend, Member of Parliament (died 1796) 2 March – Walter Fawkes, writer and Member of Parliament (died 1825) 4 March – Ellen Sharples...
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    Harrison Ainsworth's 1841 historical romance Guy Fawkes; or, The Gunpowder Treason, portrays Fawkes in a generally sympathetic light, although it also...
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    Leuven. Walter Fawkes' Estate Act 1796 36 Geo. 3. c. 80 14 May 1796 An act for vesting certain detached parts of the settled estates of Walter Fawkes esquire...
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    and included two of the 1817 Rhine series of watercolours painted for Walter Fawkes, probably Turner's greatest patron, and other British, German, Swiss...
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  • mine, retorting, and refining operation was south of Sawyers Swamp. Dr Walter Fawkes Mackenzie (1835-1886) applied for a Mineral Lease of 240ac there in...
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  • footballer William Hawksworth (1911–1966), New Zealand cricketer and doctor Walter Fawkes, né Hawksworth This page lists people with the surname Hawksworth. If...
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  • (2005–present) Derek Fatchett (1983–1999) Andrew Faulds (1966–1997) Walter Fawkes (1806–1807) Ronnie Fearn, Baron Fearn (1997–2001) Lynne Featherstone...
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    Warwick. Guy Fawkes and the failed 1605 Gunpowder Plot later made the name synonymous with treachery in England. Effigies of Guy Fawkes are burned every...
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    November 2010. Guy Fawkes' Nights – which are, after all, more commonly just called Bonfire or Firework Nights) "How is Guy Fawkes Night Celebrated in...
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    the most complete work of a genius I ever saw". It was purchased by Walter Fawkes for 500 guineas at the request of his son, and hung in the drawing room...
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    Frederick Solly-Flood 1866–1877 Robert French Sheriff 1877–>1890 Archibald Walter Fawkes 1892–?1902 Anthony Coll ?-1911 Sir Bartle Frere 1911–1914 Charles James...
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  • Change.org petition started by the right-wing blogger Paul Staines (Guido Fawkes) calling on the BBC to reinstate Clarkson has been signed by over 350,000...
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  • Walter Frederick George Williams (8 October 1928 – 30 March 2018), better known by his stage name Bill Maynard, was an English comedian and actor. He began...
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    1879. He married, on 26 March 1836, Lucy Susan, youngest daughter of Walter Fawkes of Farnley Hall, North Yorkshire. "Cleasby, Anthony (CLSY822A)". A Cambridge...
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    Doctor Who episodes The Night of the Doctor and The Day of the Doctor. Guy Fawkes, member of the Gunpowder Plot at the beginning of the 17th century, had...
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    Middleton Railway. He married Frances Elizabeth Hawksworth, daughter of Walter Fawkes (formerly Hawksworth) of Hawksworth, Yorks. His friend Earl Grey described...
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    version of himself on the sitcom The Big Bang Theory and in the roles of Fawkes on The Guild, Colin Mason on Leverage, and Dr. Isaac Parrish on Eureka....
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    unopposed. At the 1806 general election, William Wilberforce and Walter Ramsden Fawkes were elected unopposed. At the 1812 general election, Viscount Milton...
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  • father of the parliamentary bar. Wrangham married Amelia, daughter of Walter Fawkes. They had two sons and two daughters. Of the sons, Digby Strangeways...
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