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    David George Brownlow Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter, KCMG, KStJ (9 February 1905 – 21 October 1981), styled Lord Burghley before 1956 and also known as...
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    William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley KG PC (13 September 1520 – 4 August 1598) was an English statesman, the chief adviser of Queen Elizabeth I for most of...
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  • the above Burghley Horse Trials, an annual three-day event Burghley, an abandoned English village, believed to be under Burghley House David Cecil, 6th...
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  • Chariots of Fire (category Films produced by David Puttnam)
    Lord Andrew Lindsay, a Cambridge student runner (partially based on David Burghley and Douglas Lowe) Nicholas Farrell as Aubrey Montague, a runner and...
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    Burghley House (/ˈbɜːrli/) is a grand sixteenth-century English country house near Stamford, Lincolnshire. It is a leading example of the Elizabethan prodigy...
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    Edinburgh, the playing fields of George Heriot's School in Edinburgh. Producer David Puttnam viewed footage from a 1924 film of Liddell and Abrahams while researching...
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  • Benham Frederick Blackett Halland Britton David Burghley Guy Butler Arthur Clark Ernest Clark Charles Clibbon David Cummings Cyril Ellis Arthur Farrimond...
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    Lord High Treasurer and Lord Privy Seal. In 1571 he was created Baron Burghley, in the County of Northampton, in the Peerage of England. His son from...
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    Buchanan (1995): All-Time Greats of British & Irish Sport Wallechinsky, David (2000): The Complete Book of the Olympics Lowe, DGA and Porritt, AE (Longmans...
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    Abrahams are held at the Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham. David Jacobs, the first British Jew to win an Olympic gold medal. List of select...
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    Benham Frederick Blackett Halland Britton David Burghley Guy Butler Arthur Clark Ernest Clark Charles Clibbon David Cummings Cyril Ellis Arthur Farrimond...
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    The Defender Burghley Horse Trials is an annual three-day event held at Burghley House near Stamford, Lincolnshire, England, currently in early September...
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  • Bolding USA, 400 m H Shaun Bownes RSA Bryan Bronson USA Arto Bryggare FIN David Burghley GBR, 400 m H, OG 1928 Lee Calhoun USA, 110 m H, OG 1956, 1960 WR 13...
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    Judge of the High Court of Justice Anthony Bull – transport engineer David Burghley – gold medalist of the 1928 Olympic Games in 400m hurdles Clemency Burton-Hill...
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    hurdlers. He was particularly known for rivalry with the British champion David Burghley in the 1920s and 1930s. Luigi Facelli participated at four Summer Olympics...
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    56.9 2 Q 58.4 3 Q Disqualified Halland Britton 10000 m N/A 32:06.0 6 David Burghley 110 m hurdles N/A Unknown 3 did not advance Guy Butler 400 m 50.2 1...
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    forced to vault with, and handed it back to Paulen. Paulen succeeded David Burghley as IAAF President in 1976 and served in that position until 1981. During...
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  • Erik Wilén  Finland Ivan Riley  United States 1928 Amsterdam details David Burghley  Great Britain Frank Cuhel  United States Morgan Taylor  United States...
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    Erik Wilén  Finland Ivan Riley  United States 1928 Amsterdam details David Burghley  Great Britain Frank Cuhel  United States Morgan Taylor  United States...
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     Gold Douglas Lowe 1928 Amsterdam Athletics Men's 800 metres  Gold David Burghley 1928 Amsterdam Athletics Men's 400 metres hurdles  Bronze Cyril Gill...
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    statesman the 1st Baron Burghley, from his second marriage, to Mildred Cooke. His elder half-brother the 2nd Baron Burghley, was created Earl of Exeter...
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    event, adding to his 1924 gold and 1928 bronze. Defending champion David Burghley of Great Britain finished fourth. This was the seventh time the event...
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    The maximum number of athletes per nation was 4. The event was won by David Burghley of Great Britain, the first time a hurdler not from the United States...
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  •  United States John Collier  United States 400 metres hurdles details David Burghley  Great Britain Frank Cuhel  United States Morgan Taylor  United States...
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    Karl Warner Bill Carr  Great Britain (GBR) Crew Stoneley Tommy Hampson David Burghley Godfrey Rampling  Canada (CAN) Ray Lewis James Ball Phil Edwards Alex...
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    David John Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Turville (born 24 October 1940) is a British politician, businessman and philanthropist. From 1992 to 1997, he...
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  • thecgf.com. Retrieved 25 April 2021. "England wins first two finals. Lord Burghley's record". The Manchester Guardian. 18 August 1930. p. 4. Retrieved 2 April...
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  • Warner Bill Carr 3:08.2  Great Britain (GBR) Crew Stoneley Tommy Hampson David Burghley Godfrey Rampling 3:11.2  Canada (CAN) James Ball Ray Lewis Phil Edwards...
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    End to Rivalry". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 24 December 2021. Greisman, David (12 October 2021). "'Fighting Words' — Fury-Wilder 3: Five Knockdowns and...
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  • Exeter House or Burghley House, was on the north side of The Strand; it was built in the 16th century by William Cecil (later Lord Burghley) as an expansion...
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