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    / 51.4313; -2.4010 Lansdowne The First English Civil War battle of Lansdowne, or Lansdown, was fought on 5 July 1643, at Lansdowne Hill, near Bath, Somerset...
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  • Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne (1666–1735) Marquess of Lansdowne, title in the Peerage of Great Britain William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, William Petty...
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    Marquess of Lansdowne, KG, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, PC (14 January 1845 – 3 June 1927), was a British statesman who served successively as Governor General of Canada...
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    pole-axe at the Battle of Lansdowne, and Sir Richard Bulstrode was wounded by one at the Battle of Edgehill. In Scandinavia, however, the battle axe continued...
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    Bevil Grenville (category Alumni of Exeter College, Oxford)
    action at the Battle of Lansdowne in 1643. Bevil Grenville was born 23 March 1596 in Lower Brynn, near Withiel, Cornwall, eldest son of Sir Bernard Grenville...
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    Cotswold Way (category Lists of coordinates)
    Stanway and Broadway. It passes numerous places of interest, including the site of the Battle of Lansdowne, the Somerset Monument, the Tyndale Monument,...
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    Lansdowne was founded and named after then Viceroy of India (1888–1894), Lord Lansdowne in 1887, and by 1901 it had a population of 3943. Lansdowne was...
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    great-grandson, killed at the Battle of Lansdowne. A portrait also existed there of Sir George Carteret, 1st Baronet (c.1610–1680), Governor of Jersey, who purchased...
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    Bath, Somerset (redirect from City of Bath)
    following the Battle of Lansdowne and occupied for two years until 1645. Luckily, the city was spared the destruction of property and starvation of its inhabitants...
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  • Second Sieges of Bradford 4 July, Battle of Burton Bridge 5 July, Battle of Lansdowne (or Lansdown) fought near Bath. 13 July, Battle of Roundway Down...
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    was the site of a skirmish in the English Civil War, when Royalists seized control of the bridge on their way to the Battle of Lansdowne. On the bridge...
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    USS Lansdowne (DD-486), a Gleaves-class destroyer, is the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Lieutenant Commander Zachary Lansdowne. Lansdowne...
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    The Lansdowne portrait is an iconic life-size portrait of George Washington painted by Gilbert Stuart in 1796. It depicts the 64-year-old president of the...
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    East Lansdowne is a borough in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,668 at the 2010 census. East Lansdowne is located at...
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    banner, two of his sons were killed fighting for the king at the Battle of Lansdowne, on 5 July 1643. In 1645 Lord Deincourt was created Earl of Scarsdale...
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    Westminster Abbey with the aim of restructuring the Church of England. July 5 – First English Civil War: Battle of Lansdowne – Royalists gain a pyrrhic victory...
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    Bath and North East Somerset (category Lists of coordinates)
    Parliamentarian, was the site of a number of important battles between the Royalists and the Parliamentarians. The Battle of Lansdowne was fought on 5 July 1643...
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    considerable estates when Sir Bevil was killed at the Battle of Lansdowne in 1643. During the 1638 to 1651 Wars of the Three Kingdoms, Granville fought in the regiment...
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    Down in January 1643, then Stratton in May. After the inconclusive Battle of Lansdowne on 5 July, he linked up with Hertford and Prince Maurice; their combined...
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    William Waller (category English Presbyterians of the Interregnum (England))
    friend leading Royalist forces in the west. After the inconclusive Battle of Lansdowne on 5 July, Hopton was joined by Prince Maurice and on 13 July, their...
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    capacity for 51,711 spectators (all seated). It is built on the site of the former Lansdowne Road Stadium, which was demolished in 2007, and replaced it as...
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    care of English Heritage. List of Cadw properties (Wales) List of Historic Scotland properties List of abbeys and priories List of castles List of Conservation...
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    William Petty Fitzmaurice, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne, KG, PC (2 May 1737 – 7 May 1805; known as the Earl of Shelburne between 1761 and 1784, by which...
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    Sir Bevil Grenville's Monument (category History of Bath, Somerset)
    included the repair of inscriptions carved on the base of the monument, eulogising Grenville and his forces. The Battle of Lansdowne took place on 5 July...
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    Arthur Haselrig (category Members of the Parliament of England for Leicestershire)
    themselves at the Battle of Lansdowne on 5 July 1643, where his men defeated Sir Beville Grenville's Pikemen, although the battle is traditionally seen...
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  • Somerset men 1643 – Battle of Lansdowne 1645 – Siege of Taunton during the English Civil War 1685 – Battle of Sedgemoor – Duke of Monmouth defeated 1685...
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    was the site of important battles between the Royalists and the Parliamentarians, notably the Battle of Lansdowne in 1643 and the Battle of Langport in...
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    The Battles of Saratoga (September 19 and October 7, 1777) marked the climax of the Saratoga campaign, giving a decisive victory to the Americans over...
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    5 July: Battle of Lansdowne fought near the city. 1657 – Regular coach service from London. 1676 – Dr. Thomas Guidott publishes A discourse of Bathe, and...
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  • John Trevanion (category Members of the Parliament of England for Grampound)
    Slanning and Trevanion were slain at the siege of Bristol; Sir Bevil Grenville fell at the Battle of Lansdowne near Bath, where an obelisk has been erected...
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