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    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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    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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    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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    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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