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    John Mainwaring (1724 – 15 April 1807) was an English theologian and the first biographer of the composer Georg Friedrich Händel in any language. He was...
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  • and diplomat John Mainwaring (1724–1807), English theologian and first biographer of the composer Georg Friedrich Händel Marion Mainwaring (1922–2015)...
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    on the characterization of him by Handel's first biographer, John Mainwaring. Mainwaring is the source for almost all information (little as it is) of...
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    John Newton leaves his job for the church, and begins composing hymns. Memoirs of the Life of the Late George Frideric Handel, by John Mainwaring, is...
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    The Mainwaring baronetcy of Over-Peover, Cheshire, was created on 22 November 1660 by Charles II on his restoration, for Thomas Mainwaring, High Sheriff...
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  • Dad's Army (redirect from Barry Mainwaring)
    we're ready for that, aren't we, men?" says Mainwaring. "Of course," replies Frazer. Captain George Mainwaring (/ˈmænərɪŋ/) (Arthur Lowe), the pompous, if...
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    Gunning 1661 John Pearson 1673 Ralph Widdrington 1688 Humphrey Gower 1711 Robert Jenkin 1727 John Newcome 1765 Zachary Brooke 1788 John Mainwaring 1807 Herbert...
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    Ralph Egerton James Framlingham John Mainwaring John Mainwaring of Ightfield, (knighted at Lille) William Tyler John Sharpe Thomas Lovell, junior of Barton...
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  • who sat in the House of Commons from 1689 to 1702. Mainwaring was the son of Sir Thomas Mainwaring, 1st Baronet of Peover Hall and his wife Mary Delves...
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  • poll Captain Mainwaring was ranked 21st on their list of the 100 Greatest TV Characters. Mainwaring was born in 1885 to Edmund Mainwaring and is a pompous...
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    she refused to sing this, her first aria. According to the historian John Mainwaring, Handel replied: "Oh! Madame I know well that you are a real she-devil...
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  • Sir Arthur Mainwaring (c. 1580 – 1648) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1624 to 1626. Mainwaring was the eldest son of Sir...
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    by Handel's early biographer John Mainwaring; although it may have some foundation in fact, the tale as told by Mainwaring has been doubted by some Handel...
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    Chapel. Its pipe organ completed in 1673 has 22 stops. According to John Mainwaring, Duke Johann Adolf I of Saxe-Weissenfels himself discovered the musical...
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  • Royalist cause in the English Civil War. Mainwaring was born in Ightfield, Shropshire, second son of Sir George Mainwaring and his wife Ann, the daughter of...
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  • Margaret married John Mainwaring of Over Peover, who was recorded as holding Booton and Skeyton in 1401. John Mainwaring was dead by 1410. Sir John de Warren...
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  • her neighbor, John Mainwaring, heir to the Earl of Rosswood. In 1644, she has her engagement broken off when her family and the Mainwarings find themselves...
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    2023. Mainwaring, Rachel (20 June 2009). "John Rhys-Davies tells of his family's Alzheimer's agony". Walesonline.co.uk. "Lord of the Rings star John Rhys-Davies...
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    trumpets marks the final storming of heaven". Handel's first biographer, John Mainwaring, wrote in 1760 that this conclusion revealed the composer "rising still...
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    Herbert Marsh (category Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge)
    School, Canterbury, and St John's College, Cambridge, where he graduated BA as second wrangler and was elected a fellow of St John's in 1779, the year of the...
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  • {{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help) Mainwaring, Rachel (12 June 2011). "Siodwell creator John Sparkes is Welsh voice of Peppa Pig". Wales Online...
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    1589/90 in Church Stretton - 1653) was Bishop of St David's 1636-49. John Mainwaring (1724-1807 in Church Stretton), theologian and first biographer of...
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    Ed Stewart (redirect from Ed Mainwaring)
    Edward Stewart Mainwaring (23 April 1941 – 9 January 2016), known as Ed "Stewpot" Stewart, was an English radio broadcaster and TV presenter. He was principally...
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    ArchitectureAU.com. 14 June 2019. Retrieved 25 November 2023. Russell, Ellway, James, John (3 April 2013). "Railton House and Office (1963) revisited". ArchitectureAU...
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  • Sir Thomas Mainwaring, 1st Baronet (7 April 1623 – 28 June 1689) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1660. Mainwaring was the son...
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    supported the Habsburgs and Pope Clement XI France and Spain. According to John Mainwaring, Handel's first biographer, Agrippina was composed in the three weeks...
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  • Sir Henry Stapleton Mainwaring, 5th Baronet JP (25 August 1878 – 30 December 1934) was an English soldier and actor. Mainwaring was born on 25 August...
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    original manuscripts, a copy of one of the first biographies of Handel by John Mainwaring, with marginal comments by his friend and librettist Charles Jennens...
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  • met Mainwaring when the latter was a foreman of a shop which employed him. Mainwaring was the namesake of a nephew whom he adopted, Sam Mainwaring Jr....
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    1996 Award, Melbourne Exhibition Centre, Melbourne, Victoria 2000 Award, John Niland Scientia Building, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2001 Award...
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