John Henry Towers CBE (January 30, 1885 – April 30, 1955) was a highly decorated United States Navy four-star admiral and pioneer naval aviator. He made...
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English Independent minister John T. Towers (1809–1855), mayor of Washington, D.C from 1854 to 1856 John Henry Towers (1885–1955), United States Navy...
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action in the Vietnam War. The ship was named in honor of Admiral John Henry Towers. Towers keel was laid down on 1 April 1958 at Seattle, Washington, by...
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Wichita Falls and was the organist at the Towers' church. She was five years his senior. John and Lou Tower had three children during their years in Wichita...
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between the two towers. It was similar to, although slightly smaller than, that also built by Henry III at Winchester Castle. Near Wakefield Tower was a postern...
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Alton Towers Resort (UK: /ˈɒltən/ OL-tən) (often shortened to Alton Towers) is a theme park and resort complex in Staffordshire, England, near the village...
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White Tower was the castle's strongest point militarily, provided accommodation for the king and his representatives, and housed a chapel. Henry III ordered...
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Look up Tower or Towers in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Tower and Towers are English surnames which may refer to: People with the surname Tower: Alan...
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Wilkinson – The Princes in the Tower (2013) John Ashdown-Hill - The Mythology of the "Princes in the Tower" (2018) Nathen Amin - Henry VII and the Tudor Pretenders;...
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lead a resistance to Edward, Henry was captured by Edward's forces in 1465 and imprisoned in the Tower of London. Henry was restored to the throne by...
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Foster, John. "Carlton Towers Yorkshire" (PDF). Ingilby History. Photographed by Mr Grahame E. Davidson on 29 July 2002 HHA. "Carlton Towers". Historic...
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Tudor. Henry's mother, Margaret Beaufort, was a descendant of John of Gaunt, founder of the House of Lancaster and son of King Edward III. Henry's father...
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to John Hancock Tower. John Hancock Tower at Structurae library-towers John Hancock Tower Architecture Week When Bad Things...
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Henry VIII (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) was King of England from 22 April 1509 until his death in 1547. Henry is known for his six marriages and his...
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Louise Thaden (1999) Lowell Thomas (1992) Paul W. Tibbets (1996) John Henry Towers (1966) Juan Terry Trippe (1970) Sean D. Tucker (2008) Roscoe Turner...
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Lady Jane Grey (category Executions at the Tower of London)
Chisholm 1911, p. 707. Ives 2009, pp. 222–223, 225–227, 233–236 Stow, John. "Of Towers and Castels." A Survey of London. Reprinted From the Text of 1603....
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of 169 miles, flown in a Curtiss flying boat piloted by Lieutenant John Henry Towers, Naval Aviator No. 3, from the Washington Navy Yard in Washington...
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Mentmore Towers, historically known simply as "Mentmore", is a 19th-century English country house built between 1852 and 1854 for the Rothschild family...
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artist; and socialite Elizabeth Haseltine "Lily" Carstairs, (aka Mrs. John Henry Towers, Mrs. Martin Brown Saportas; 2 November 1892-April, 1977). Carstairs...
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of the area. Wheatley, Henry Benjamin; Cunningham, Peter (1891). "Tower Hill". London Past and Present. Vol. 3. London: John Murray. pp. 400–402. Map...
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World Trade Center (1973–2001) (redirect from Twin towers)
the Twin Towers, including the original 1 World Trade Center (the North Tower) at 1,368 feet (417 m), and 2 World Trade Center (the South Tower) at 1,362...
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Church of St Peter ad Vincula (redirect from St. Peter's in the Tower of London)
Rot. Lib. 25 Henry III m. 20. 2005. Bayley, John. The History and Antiquities of the Tower of London Part I (1821), p. 118 Bayley, John. The History and...
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Jones and engineered by John Wolfe Barry with the help of Henry Marc Brunel. It crosses the River Thames close to the Tower of London and is one of five...
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Henry IV (c. April 1367 – 20 March 1413), also known as Henry Bolingbroke, was King of England from 1399 to 1413. Henry was the son of John of Gaunt,...
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Catherine and William was Sir John Bourchier, a regicide of King Charles I of England, who was the Great-great-nephew of King Henry VIII. Alison Weir, Britain's...
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in 1405. John was the son of King Henry III and his wife, Catherine of Lancaster, a granddaughter of King Peter; Peter had been ousted by Henry III's grandfather...
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House of Lancaster (section Reign of Henry IV)
who was also called Henry, gave loyal service to Edward's son King Edward III. The second house of Lancaster was descended from John of Gaunt, who married...
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extinct. Henry Grey was created Duke of Suffolk on 4 October 1551, in the same ceremony that elevated John Dudley to the Dukedom of Northumberland. Henry Grey...
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in the grounds of Alton Towers at the end. The Chetwynd-Talbots' main home was Ingestre Hall and they only lived at Alton Towers while Ingestre was being...
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Irish round towers (Irish: Cloigtheach (singular), Cloigthithe (plural); literally 'bell house') are early medieval stone towers of a type found mainly...
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