Berwick-upon-Tweed (/ˈbɛrɪk/ ), sometimes known as Berwick-on-Tweed or simply Berwick, is a town and civil parish in Northumberland, England, 2.5 mi (4 km)...
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is a list of those who have held the office of Governor of Berwick-upon-Tweed, including the garrison at Holy Island (during English occupation of the...
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Berwick Castle is a ruined castle in Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England. The castle was commissioned by the Scottish King David I in the 1120s...
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Duns, Scottish Borders (section The Ba game of Duns)
original county town of Berwick-upon-Tweed was finally ceded to English control in 1482, Duns and Lauder initially shared the role of county town between...
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Anne-Marie Trevelyan (category CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list)
the Conservative Party, she was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Berwick-upon-Tweed from 2015 until 2024, when she lost her seat in the 2024 General Election...
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popular Riding of the Bounds event takes place along this border, in recognition of Berwick's sister city status with Berwick-upon-Tweed in Northumberland...
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needed]. Douglas siding with his countrymen, was appointed Governor of Berwick upon Tweed, the most important commercial centre in Scotland at the time...
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the Governor of the castle at Berwick-upon-Tweed, and his wife, Eleanor de Lovaine, Douglas was also half-brother of "the Good" Sir James Douglas, King...
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Perthshire Alan Beith (born 1943), currently the Member of Parliament for Berwick-upon-Tweed Josephine Butler (1828–1906), feminist activist, born at...
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the Governor of Berwick upon Tweed, with Henry Percy and 4000 men marched north to retake the Castle. Angus, with Hepburn and Alexander Ramsay of Dalhousie...
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Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon (category Garrison of Berwick-upon-Tweed)
1568, Henry was appointed Governor of Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland. The year 1569 was the beginning of the Rising of the North (November 1569 -...
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Alnwick (section Freedom of the Town)
south of Berwick-upon-Tweed and the Scottish border, 5 miles (8 km) inland from the North Sea at Alnmouth and 34 miles (55 km) north of Newcastle upon Tyne...
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Philip Babington (died 1690) (category People from Newcastle upon Tyne (district))
England in the 1688 Glorious Revolution and was Member of Parliament and Governor for Berwick-upon-Tweed from 1689 to 1690. In April 1690, he joined the army...
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Anthony Ughtred (category Garrison of Berwick-upon-Tweed)
sea in France. He served with distinction as captain of Berwick, marshal of Tournai and governor of Jersey. In 1530, he married Elizabeth Seymour, sister...
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Hubert Jerningham (category Governors of Trinidad and Tobago)
was the daughter of a 'Jamaican of colour' called Elizabeth Augier. He served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Berwick-upon-Tweed from 1881 to 1885...
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expulsion of the English by retaking the then Scottish city of Berwick-Upon-Tweed in April 1318. In 1320, the Declaration of Arbroath was sent by a group of Scottish...
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Rufane Shaw Donkin (category Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath)
House of Commons as Member of Parliament (MP) for Berwick-upon-Tweed, and in 1835 became Surveyor-General of the Ordnance. He was elected as MP for Sandwich...
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Edrington (category History of the Scottish Borders)
estate occupying the lower part of Mordington parish in Berwickshire, Scotland, five miles (8.0 km) west of Berwick-upon-Tweed. From probably the 14th century...
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Halidon Hill (category Hills of Northumberland)
miles (3 km) west of the centre of Berwick-upon-Tweed, on the border of England and Scotland. It reaches 600 feet (180 m) high. The name of the hill indicates...
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includes Berwick upon Tweed and Monmouthshire". In 2008, SNP MSP Christine Grahame made calls in the Scottish Parliament for Berwick to become part of Scotland...
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Navigation Acts (redirect from Act of Navigation)
shipped to England, Wales, or Berwick upon Tweed, except in "what is or shall bee of the Built of England or of the Built of Ireland or the said Colonies...
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Bamburgh Castle (category Grade I listed buildings in Northumberland)
A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 15 January 2022. "History of Bamburgh, in Berwick upon Tweed and Northumberland". A Vision of Britain through...
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George Wade (category British military personnel of the War of the Spanish Succession)
home of their representative in Parliament. He was promoted to lieutenant general on 15 April 1727. On 1 June 1732, he became Governor of Berwick-upon-Tweed...
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from the after-effects of a childhood cricket injury. Grey was selected as the Liberal Party candidate for Berwick-upon-Tweed where his Conservative opponent...
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of Berwick upon Tweed Mylne hoole (Mill Hill); a brass falcon, a very old iron demi-sling. Tower of St Margaret; 5 iron hagbuts. Wall to the west of St...
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John Vaughan (British Army officer, died 1795) (category British Governors of Martinique)
as member for Berwick-upon-Tweed, holding the seat for the remaining twenty years of his life. From 1776 to 1783, he was also a member of the Irish Parliament...
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Robert Monckton (category Governors of the Province of New York)
England. In 1765 Monckton was appointed governor of Berwick-upon-Tweed. In 1770 he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant-general. Later, Monckton became...
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Edinburgh Waverley railway station (category Category A listed buildings in Edinburgh)
from Berwick-upon-Tweed. The Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway's General station opened on 17 May 1847, on the same day as the Canal Street station of the...
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Banastre Tarleton (category Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath)
appointed governor of Berwick and Holy Island in 1808. On 23 January 1816, he was made a baronet; and in 1820 a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath...
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William Barrington, 2nd Viscount Barrington (category Chancellors of the Exchequer of Great Britain)
in the British House of Lords. In March 1740 he was returned to the House of Commons as Member of Parliament for Berwick-upon-Tweed (a seat his father had...
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