William Windham PC PC (Ire) (14 May [O.S. 3 May] 1750 – 4 June 1810) of Felbrigg Hall in Norfolk, was a British Whig statesman. Elected to Parliament...
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William Windham may refer to: William Windham (of Earsham, senior) (died 1730), Member of Parliament 1722–1730 William Windham (of Earsham, junior) (c...
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the time of Henry the First William Windham (of Earsham, senior) (died 1730), Member of Parliament 1722–1730 William Windham (of Earsham, junior) (c. 1706–1789)...
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and Fox as Foreign Secretary as joint leaders. Grenville's cousin William Windham served as Secretary of State for War and the Colonies, and his younger...
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Windham Hill Records was an independent record label that specialized in instrumental acoustic music. It was founded by guitarist William Ackerman and...
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William Windham, FRS (1717 – 30 October 1761) was an English landowner and writer. The son of Ashe Windham and Elizabeth Dobyns, he made an extensive Grand...
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Windham William Sadler (1796 – 30 September 1824) was a balloonist born in Ireland. His father was aviation pioneer James Sadler and, after an education...
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William Ashe Dymoke Windham (2 April 1926 – 5 January 2021) was a British rower who competed for Great Britain in the 1952 Summer Olympics. Born in Biggleswade...
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Donald Windham (July 2, 1920 – May 31, 2010) was an American novelist and memoirist. He is perhaps best known for his close friendships with Truman Capote...
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Vice-Admiral William Lukin, later William Lukin Windham (20 September 1768 – 12 January 1833), was a Royal Navy officer who rose to the rank of Vice Admiral...
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close friend of Charles James Fox, and joined his Eton schoolmate William Windham in his support of the American colonists during the American Revolutionary...
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Windham is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. The population was 18,434 at the 2020 census. It includes the villages of South Windham...
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William Ackerman (born November 16, 1949) is an American guitarist and record producer who founded Windham Hill Records. Ackerman was born in Germany....
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William Windham (c. 1674 – 2 April 1730), of Earsham, Norfolk, was a British Army officer, landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from...
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Windham (/ˈwɪndəm/ WIN-dəm) is a town in Windham County, Connecticut, United States. It contains the former city of Willimantic as well as the communities...
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Chairman of The Castle of Mey Trust from 1996 to 2018. The son of William Windham, he was educated at Eton College and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst...
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William Howe Windham (30 March 1802 – 22 December 1854) was the son of Vice-Admiral William Lukin Windham, and a British Member of Parliament. He lived...
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who sat in the House of Commons from 1708 to 1710. Windham was the eldest son of William Windham of Felbrigg (died 1689) and his wife Katherine Ashe...
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Robert Walpole, the Hon. Henry Pelham, Henry Fox, Lord Palmerston, William Windham. and Lord Macaulay. "Senior Cabinet posts". The National Archives....
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Britain's expense that she could grow. Edmund Burke, Richard Sheridan, William Windham and Charles Grey all spoke out against the trade agreement on the same...
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William Windham (c. 1706 – 1789) was a British landowner and politician. The eldest son of William Windham of Earsham (died 1730) and Anne Tyrrell, he...
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jurist and prominent political supporter of both William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, and his son, William Pitt the Younger. The marriages of the elder Robert...
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William Frederick Windham (9 August 1840 – 2 February 1866) was the son of William Howe Windham and the heir to Felbrigg Hall in the county of Norfolk...
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arguments. William Windham spoke from the same bench in the House of Commons as Burke had when he had separated from Fox and an observer said Windham spoke...
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Rt Hon William Windham Lord Robert Manners Charles, 5th Duke of Richmond Rowland Egerton-Warburton William, 7th Duke of Devonshire Sir William Molesworth...
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Windham-Ashe was born Joseph Windham the son of William Windham of Felbrigg Hall, Norfolk and his wife Katherine Ashe. He was the brother of William and...
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Battle of the Frogs (redirect from Windham Frog Fight)
incident in the Connecticut Colony town of Windham in 1754. On a summer night in June or July, the people of Windham were awakened by a mysterious loud noise...
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Suffolk, by his wife Catherine Windham (d.1738), daughter (and in her issue eventual heiress) of Colonel William Windham (1673–1730), MP, of Earsham in...
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Napoleon controlled Europe. She corresponded with the British politicians William Windham (1750-1810) and Nicholas Vansittart (1766-1851) and reported her observations...
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Windham d. 1599 Jane Coningsby d. 1608 Thomas Windham d. 1653 by Martin Morley of Norwich Joan Windham d. 1669 John Windham d. 1676 William Windham d...
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