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    Somerset House is a large Renaissance complex situated on the south side of the Strand in central London, overlooking the River Thames, just east of Waterloo...
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    Duke of Somerset, from the county of Somerset, is a title that has been created five times in the peerage of England. It is particularly associated with...
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    The Somerset House Conference, 1604 is an oil-on-canvas painting depicting the Somerset House Conference held in 1604 to negotiate the end the Anglo-Spanish...
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    International Documentary Film Festival in Amsterdam. In July 2013, Somerset House in London hosted an exhibition dedicated to the food of Ferran Adrià...
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    and is located on the Strand in the City of Westminster, adjacent to Somerset House and continuing its frontage along the River Thames. The original campus...
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    Wiltshire and Devon, and a member of the House of Lords. The Duke is the son of Percy Seymour, 18th Duke of Somerset, and Jane née Thomas (died 2005). His...
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    negotiations probably took place at Somerset House in Westminster and are sometimes known as the Somerset House Conference. The Anglo-Spanish War had...
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    Somerset (/ˈsʌmərsɪt, -sɛt/ SUM-ər-sit, -⁠set), archaically Somersetshire (/ˈsʌmərsɪt.ʃɪər, -sɛt-, -ʃər/ SUM-ər-sit-sheer, -⁠set-, -⁠shər) is a ceremonial...
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    Ashcombe House at Swainswick, north-east of Bath in Somerset, England is a Gothic revival country house. It is a Grade II listed building. Ashcombe House stands...
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  • Somerset House (built 1769–70; demolished 1915), was an 18th-century town house on the east side of Park Lane, where it meets Oxford Street, in the Mayfair...
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    Somerset West (Afrikaans: Somerset-Wes) is a town in the Western Cape, South Africa. Organisationally and administratively it is included in the City of...
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  • California Somerset, Colorado Somerset, Illinois Somerset, Indiana Somerset, Kansas Somerset, Kentucky Somerset County, Maine Somerset, Maryland Somerset County...
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    Somerset was the Anglicised name for an Irish estate near Coleraine, on which a succession of country houses were built. The formation of the estate dates...
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    illegitimate continuation, the House of Somerset, whose senior representative is Henry Somerset, 12th Duke of Beaufort. The Somerset family has long borne the...
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    Courtauld was based in Home House, a townhouse designed by Robert Adam in Portman Square, Marylebone. The Strand block of Somerset House, designed by William...
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    Haus Liberty, in Clerkenwell, London. Its work has been exhibited at Somerset House in London and the Venice Biennale of Architecture. "Dara Huang to speak...
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    and the river included Essex House, Arundel House, Old Somerset House, Savoy Palace, Durham House, York House and Cecil House, none of which survive. The...
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    Norton House was a mansion in Midsomer Norton, Somerset. It was built around 1789 by the Savage family, investors in mines in the Somerset Coalfield....
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    of the Courtauld Institute of Art and on display in the Gallery at Somerset House. The painting includes inspiration from Japanese Woodblock printing...
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    Hadspen House of Hadspen, Somerset, England is built of Cary stone, mined from Hadspen Quarry. The stone is a soft limestone known for its deep burnt-orange...
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  • Live at Somerset House (also known as Mums & Dads of the World Be Patient With Your Children) is a concert film by Northern Irish-Scottish alternative...
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    founder of the Forward Prizes for Poetry. He is former chairman of the Somerset House Trust. In 1986, he founded Forward Publishing with a business partner...
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    issues, it relocated to Battersea Park in February 2005.    In 2009, Somerset House became the new venue, hosting LFW until September 2015, when the event...
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    Sydenham House, the manor house of the ancient manor of Sydenham in the parish of Wembdon, Somerset, England, is a grade II listed building, constructed...
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    Photography with am exhibition entitled Weird Beauty. In the Summer of 2013, Somerset House in London hosted a major retrospective exhibition of the photographer...
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    terrorists intended to fly into either the U.S. Capitol or the White House. The Somerset County Amish community is the second oldest Amish community in the...
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    Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, 1st Earl of Hertford, 1st Viscount Beauchamp KG, PC (1500 – 22 January 1552), also known as Edward Semel, was an...
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    Gallery (UK: /ˈkɔːrtoʊld/) is an art museum in Somerset House, on the Strand in central London. It houses the collection of the Samuel Courtauld Trust and...
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    the Jointure was discussed and read in the House of Commons on 24 May 1604. The estate included Somerset House, the Honour of Hatfield, Pontefract Castle...
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    Swedish-Scottish architect, based in London. Among his best-known works are Somerset House, and the pagoda at Kew. Chambers was a founder member of the Royal Academy...
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