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    Sir John Holker (1828 – 24 May 1882) was a British lawyer, politician, and judge. He sat as a Member of Parliament for Preston from 1872 until his death...
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    Allison Renae Holker (born February 6, 1988) is an American dancer. Holker has worked in film, television, and concert tours. She is known for appearances...
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    John Holker (1719 – 27 April 1786) was an English Jacobite soldier, industrialist, and one of the world's first industrial espionage agents. Born in Stretford...
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  • Holker may refer to: Allison Holker (born 1988), American dancer John Holker QC (1828–1882), British lawyer and politician John Holker (Jacobite) (1719–1786)...
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    Holker Hall (pronounced Hooker by some) is a privately owned country house located about 2 km to the southwest of the village of Cartmel in the ceremonial...
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    Holker Street is a sports stadium in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England. As well as being a football ground, it has also been used for motorcycle speedway...
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    November 1878, so the artist Edward Burne-Jones and Attorney General Sir John Holker represented him. The trial took place on 25 and 26 November, and many...
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    by-election. Caused by Holker's resignation upon appointment as a Lord Justice of Appeal. Caused by Hermon's death. Caused by Holker's appointment as Solicitor...
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    representation of the fireworks from the Cremorne Gardens. During the trial, Sir John Holker asked, "Not a view of the Cremorne?" to which Whistler was quoted as...
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  • MP John Holker, after his appointment as Lord Justice of Appeal. The seat was won by the Conservative candidate, Henry Cecil Raikes. "Sir John Holker (Hansard)"...
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    inadequate, and in 1929 a new Library, known as the Holker Library after the benefactor, Sir John Holker, was opened. The library, although impressive looking...
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    called John de Boys William Inge and Hugo de Louther (1291–1293) John de Mutford (1293–1299) Nicholas de Warwick (1299) John de Cestria (1300–1301) John de...
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    judge; but it was otherwise when, in 1882, in succession to Lord Justice Holker, he was raised to the Court of Appeal. As a Lord Justice of Appeal, he was...
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    Huddleston and a special jury. Counsel for John Ruskin, Attorney General Sir John Holker, cross-examined Whistler: Holker: "What is the subject of Nocturne in...
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    1778 to January 1780, Morris was agent, normally paid on commission for John Holker (French consul general for the four states of Delaware , Pennsylvania...
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    August 1876 Attorney General Sir John Burgess Karslake 27 February 1874 Sir Richard Baggallay 20 April 1874 Sir John Holker 25 November 1875 Solicitor General...
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    also entitled to affirm instead of taking the Oath in Parliament. Sir John Holker, Conservative MP for Preston, moved an amendment to reverse this finding...
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    Froude, George Joachim Goschen, Charles Gounod, John Holker, Henry Labouchère, Henry Parry Liddon, John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury, Henry Edward Manning...
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    Sir Richard Baggallay 1874 Sir John Holker 1874–1875 Sir Hardinge Giffard 1875–1880 Sir Farrer Herschell 1880–1885 Sir John Eldon Gorst 1885–1886 Sir Horace...
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  • Sir Thomas Fermor-Hesketh. It was won by the Conservative candidate John Holker. Craig, Frederick Walter Scott, ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election...
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  • Preceded by R. A. Cross Charles Grenfell Succeeded by Edward Hermon John Holker Personal details Born Thomas George Hesketh (1825-01-11)11 January 1825...
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    Philip Turner James, a surgeon of Hereford, and Frances Gertrude, daughter of John Bodenham. His father's family was descended from the Gwynnes of Glanbran...
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  • reiterates its intention to proceed with a code. Attorney-General Sir John Holker said: Surely, it is a desirable thing that anybody who may want to know...
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    President's House (Philadelphia) (category Presidency of John Adams)
    British. The next resident was John Holker, a purchasing agent for the French, who were American allies in the war. During Holker's residency the house suffered...
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  • Thomas Hesketh Member of Parliament for Preston 1868 – 1881 With: Sir Thomas Hesketh to 1872 John Holker from 1872 Succeeded by William Ecroyd John Holker...
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  • The Earl of Rosebery (1847–1929) Sir Nathaniel Lindley (1828–1921) Sir John Holker (1828–1882) The Lord FitzGerald (1816–1889) Sir Charles Bowen (1835–1894)...
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    industrial estate, one of the world's first industrial espionage agents, John Holker, was born in Stretford, in 1719. Two of Stretford's famous residents...
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    had also committed adultery, and a team including the Attorney General John Holker intervened on behalf of the Queen's Proctor to detail the countering...
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    or UK public library membership required.) Hamilton, J. A. (2004). "Holker, Sir John". In Mooney, Hugh (ed.). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed...
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    Staveley Raikes (1874–1947), a Vice-Admiral in the Royal Navy, and Henry St John Digby Raikes, father of the Conservative politician Sir Victor Raikes. The...
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