George III Opposed parliamentary reform and came into conflict with william Pitt over his policy of Catholic Emancipation. Includes brief biography. (17381820) http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/PRgeorgeIII.htm
Extractions: George, son of Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales, and grandson of George II , was born in London in 1738. George was not very intelligent and could not read until he was eleven. However, his tutors praised him for the amount of effort he was willing to put into solving his academic problems. George was only twelve when his father died and his mother's friend, the Earl of Bute , became an important influence on his future development. In 1760 George succeeded his grandfather, George II, as king. The previous year George had fallen in love with Sarah Lennox, a descendent of Charles II, but the Earl of Bute persuaded him to bring the relationship to and end and instead arranged for him to marry the German princess, Charlotte of Mecklenberg-Strelitz. During their marriage Queen Charlotte gave birth to fifteen children.
William Lyon Mackenzie King A short essay on Mackenzie king. http://www.tvdsb.on.ca/tecumseh/student/7/willwam_lyod_mackenzie_kin.htm
William "the Lion" Of Scotland He was sent in chains to Henry II at Northhampton, but Henry, was said to be too busy to deal with the captive king, so william the Lion of Scotland was taken http://members.aol.com/skyelander/thelion.html
Extractions: William, King of Scotland, was surnamed "The Lion" due to the rampant (standing on hind legs) red lion on a yellow field, which he had as his standard. It would go on to become Scotland's Royal Heraldic colours and is easily recognizable even today. He was the second son of Henry, Earl of Huntingdon (died 1152), a son of King David I, he became king of Scotland on the death of his brother, the weak-willed Malcolm IV. In December 1165, William was crowned at Scone. Shortly after his accesssion to the throne, he spent some time at the English court of Henry II; then quarrelling with Henry, he arranged an alliance between the two countries, Scotland and France, which would take root again over 100 years later (in 1294) and last until 1746, known as the "Auld Alliance." The oldest mutual self-defence treaty in Europe. He arranged this treaty with French King Louis VII; and even assisted Henry's sons in their revolt against their father (Henry II of England) in 1173. In return for this aid, the younger Henry granted Northumberland, a possession which William had sought, in vain, from the English king. William was a ferocious fighter and military commander, but of questionable ability as a tactician, by English chronicle accounts. He led a band of well armed men, a mix of wild Irish Kerns, Norman-Scots, Celts and Galloway men. According to the chroniclers the kerns "slaughtered children, ripped open pregnant women, and cut down priests at their atlars." But, this type of description of William's actions were written by frightened and highly propagandized English chroniclers, whose prose was so compelling that later chroniclers and writers would use this same propaganda when they described the behaviour of William Wallace's men.
Grave Of William Lyon Mackenzie King Picture of the former Prime Minister's gravesite as well as a few details of his life. http://www.parkscanada.gc.ca/pm/english/King_e.HTM
Mackenzie King-Profils-Premier Parmi Ses Pairs Translate this page au sommet Le chemin vers le pouvoir À la tête du Canada La vie privée Les lendemains Profils Discours Commentaires, Bannière william Lyon Mackenzie king http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/premiersministres/h4-3250-f.html
Extractions: By email On Saturday, July 22, 1950, William Lyon Mackenzie King died peacefully at his Kingsmere retreat near Ottawa. That ended one of the most remarkable lives in Canadian political history-a life which began right here in Berlin, Ontario, 75 years earlier. On Saturday, July 22, 2000 , the Waterloo Historical Society and Woodside National Historic Site combined to honor our community's most famous citizen-fifty years on! Mackenzie King was still Prime Minister when he last visited Kitchener in September 1947. Here he addresses a crowd from the steps of Kitchener City Hall. If the Kitchener Hotel across the road was removed, King would be looking directly at his birthplace on Benton Street. Within a year, Mackenzie King retired and within 3 years he had passed away. The boyhood home of Willie King is not to be missed. Inside you'll be transported back to the 1880s when John and Isabel King, along with their four children, Bella, Jennie, Max and Willie lived at Woodside. Mackenzie King always referred to his 8 years at Woodside as the most memorable of his life. Did You Know!
Bath Preservation Trust: The William Herschel Museum of the museum at 19 New king Street, Bath (18th century residence of william and Caroline Herschel) http://www.bath-preservation-trust.org.uk/museums/herschel/index.html
Extractions: "I have looked further into space than any human being did before me" - William Herschel The William Herschel Museum is dedicated to the many achievements of the Herschels, who were distinguished astronomers as well as talented musicians. It was from this house, using a telescope of his own design that William discovered the planet Uranus in 1781. His observations helped to double the known size of the solar system. Following a tradition of the great astronomers of the renaissance he pushed forward the science of building telescopes. He was rewarded for his work by King George III, and also received the Copley Medal. Caroline also made a huge contribution to the field of astronomy. The work of the Herschels clearly had an impact on modern science and space exploration. To quote from the patron of the museum Patrick Moore, "William Herschel was the first man to give a reasonably correct picture of the shape of our star-system or galaxy; he was the best telescope-maker of his time, and possibly the greatest observer who ever lived".
Handbook Of Texas Online: KING, WILLIAM PHILIP format this article to print. king, william PHILIP (18201836). william Philip king, Alamo defender, son of John Gladden and Parmelia http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/KK/fki24.html
Extractions: format this article to print KING, WILLIAM PHILIP (1820-1836). William Philip King, Alamo defender, son of John Gladden and Parmelia (Parchman) King, was born on October 8, 1820, and in 1836 lived with his family ten to fifteen miles north of Gonzales, Texas. When his father was about to ride to the Alamo with the relief force from Gonzales, King took his place so that his father could care for the rest of his family. He died in the battle of the Alamo qv on March 6, 1836, at the age of fifteen. He was the youngest defender of the Alamo. BIBLIOGRAPHY: Daughters of the American Revolution, The Alamo Heroes and Their Revolutionary Ancestors (San Antonio, 1976). Bill Groneman, Alamo Defenders (Austin: Eakin Press, 1990). Walter Lord, A Time to Stand (New York: Harper, 1961; 2d ed., Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1978). Phil Rosenthal and Bill Groneman, Roll Call at the Alamo (Fort Collins, Colorado: Old Army, 1985). Bill Groneman top of page about search help ... suggest an article topic The Handbook of Texas Online is a joint project of The General Libraries at the University of Texas at Austin and the Texas State Historical Association
KING-BYNG AFFAIR Letter from william Lyon Mackenzie king to Governor General Byng, 28 June 1926. http://victoria.tc.ca/history/etext/king.position.byng.html
Extractions: October 1993 2 3 King-Byng Affair 4 William Lyon Mackenzie King's Position on the 5 Constitutional Authority of the Prime 6 Minister 7 8 ...edited by Marijan Salopek 9 10 ============================= 11 12 Letter from William Lyon Mackenzie King to Governor General Byng, 13 28 June 1926 14 15 Your Excellency having declined to accept my advice to place 16 your signature to the Order-in-Council with reference to a 17 dissolution of parliament, which I have placed before you to-day, 18 I hereby tender to Your Excellency my resignation as Prime 19 Minister of Canada. 20 Your Excellency will recall that in our recent conversations 21 relative to dissolution I have on each occasion suggested to Your 22 Excellency, as I have again urged this morning, that having 23 regard to the possible very serious consequences of a refusal of 24 the advice of your First Minister to dissolve parliament you 25 should, before definitely deciding on this step, cable the 26 Secretary of State for the Dominions asking the British 27 Government, from whom you have come to Canada under instructions, 28 what, in the opinion of the Secretary of State for the Dominions, 29 your course should be in the event of the Prime Minister 30 presenting you with an Order-in-Council having reference to 31 dissolution. 32 As a refusal by a Governor-General to accept the advice of a 33 Prime Minister is a serious step at any time, and most serious 34 under existing conditions in all parts of the British Empire to- 35 day, there will be raised, I fear, by the refusal on Your 36 Excellency's part to accept the advice tendered a grave 37 constitutional question without precedent in the history of Great 38 Britain for a century, and in the history of Canada since 39 Confederation. 40 If there is anything which, having regard to my 41 responsibilities as Prime Minister, I can even yet do to avert 42 such a deplorable and, possibly, far-reaching crisis, I shall be 43 glad to do so, and shall be pleased to have my resignation 44 withheld at Your Excellency's request pending the time it may be 45 necessary for Your Excellency to communicate with the Secretary 46 of State for the Dominions. 47 48 Source: 49 Public Archives of Canada, King Papers, Letter from William 50 Lyon Mackenzie King to Governor General Byng, 28 June 1926. 51 =============================== 52 53
Roger & Me william A. king III reviews this tale of revenge. Rated 3/4. http://www.geocities.com/moviecritic.geo/reviews/r/rogerandme.html
Extractions: Michael Moore - Himself Roger Smith - Himself is a tale of revenge, but it's unlike any other movie about revenge. I'm sure many of us would like to make a movie exposing those who have done us wrong. Michael Moore is such an individual, but he didn't dream of making his movie; he did it. Over a period of three years, Moore shot on location in and around his hometown of Flint, Michigan. During the mid 1980s, General Motors CEO Roger Smith announced plant closings around Michigan, but the hardest hit town was Flint, the birthplace of GM. In all, 30,000 jobs were lost. The reason? GM wanted to stay competitive, so the factories relocated to Mexico, where workers are paid cheaply. Moore, who had family members that worked for the automaker, found that to be unacceptable, especially since GM reported profits and Smith gave himself a raise. details the effects of the closing and Moore's attempts to ask Smith to come to Flint. The film begins with Moore accepting a job in San Francisco, but after a short-lived stint as editor of a magazine, he moved back to Flint to witness the devastation of the plant closings. The crime level soared, thousands were out of work and the local economy suffered. Moore interviews many of the former employees, who are drawing minuscule pay from Social Security and welfare. He talks to a local Taco Bell manager, who describes the uneasy transition from assemblyman to taco maker. Few of the residents are doing very well. Throughout the film, Moore follows a local eviction agent who boots out many residents from their homes, sometimes at a rate of four per day.
Didcot & Ladygrove, South Oxfordshire - Welcome Meeting schedules and locations, news, and event information for the king Alfred 3892, Ivy 4452, william Southby 4638, Royal Elizabeth 8646, kingspool 8829, and Frank Mace 10234 lodges as well as the PGL, KC, and ROH. http://raob-wallingford.org.uk/
Extractions: The father of William FitzHerbert, afterwards known as St. William of York , was Count Herbert, who had been Chamberlain and Treasurer to King Henry I. His mother, Emma, was a granddaughter of the Conqueror and half-sister of King Stephen and Henry of Blois, the powerful Bishop of Winchester. Either because, as was asserted, Court influence had been strongly brought to bear on his election or for some other reason, which is nowhere made clearly evident, the election of William, in 1143, was violently opposed by the party of reformers in the Church, and especially by the Cistercians. The accusations against William were heard in Rome, by Pope Innocent, and a judgement was so far given in his favour that his consecration was permitted, provided that the Dean of York would state, on oath, that no undue influence had been exerted on the part of the King. This was done, not by the Dean, Hugh de Puiset, himself, who, meanwhile, had become Bishop elect of Durham, but by the Bishop of Orkney and the Abbots of St. Mary's (York) and Whitby on his behalf. So William was consecrated at Winchester, on 26th September 1143, by his uncle, Henry of Blois. In 1145, the pall was sent to him by Pope Lucius, who died in the same year. The old Pope's successor was the Cistercian, Eugenius III. The archbishop's pall had not yet made it to England and the Cistercians, encouraged by St. Bernard of Clairvaux, revived the old charges. Archbishop William himself went to Rome. The cause was again tried and the Pope suspended the Archbishop until the late Dean of York should himself take the required oath. Meanwhile, certain followers of William, enraged at the treatment he was receiving from the Cistercians, attacked, plundered and burnt the monastery of Fountains. The Pope became altogether hostile and, at a council held at Rheims in 1147, he deprived William of his see.
Extractions: Mackenzie Thorpe, Lenkiewicz, Gordon King, Beryl Cook Studio open 24 hours a day/ 7 days a week! Viewing by appointment only Sir William Russell Flint David Shepherd L.S.Lowry Click on image for all work available Andy Warhol Gordon King Illingworth E.R.Sturgeon ... Beryl Cook Miscellaneous items:- 17TH Century Map of Nottinghamshire by John Speed.. £495 victorian Chaise Longue £495
Extractions: Home Encyclopedia Summa Fathers ... W > William the Conqueror A B C D ... Z King of England and Duke of Normandy. He was the natural son of Robert, Duke of Normandy, his mother, Herleva, being the daughter of a tanner of Falaise. In 1035 Robert set out upon a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, in which he died. Before starting he presented to the nobles this child, then seven years old, demanding their allegiance. "He is little", the father said, "but he will grow, and, if God Meanwhile William had begun to take a great interest in English affairs. How far his visit to England in 1051 was directly prompted by designs upon the throne, it is impossible to say. It is in any case likely that his marriage, in spite of the papal prohibition, with Matilda, the daughter of the Earl of Flanders, in 1053, was intended as a check upon the influence exercised in that powerful quarter by Earl Godwin and his sons. Through the mediation of Lanfranc, the future archbishop, the union was legitimized by papal dispensation in 1059, but William and his wife consented to found two abbeys at Caen, by way of penance for their contumacy. Edward the Confessor had been brought up in Normandy, for he was the nephew of Duke Richard II (d. 1026). All through the reign, the king himself and at least a minority of his subjects had turned their eyes across the water, realizing that the Continent represented in general higher religious ideals and higher culture than prevailed at home. Whether any explicit promise of the succession had been made to the duke may be doubted, but one fact stands out clearly from a mass of obscure and often conflicting details: that King Harold, about the year 1064, finding himself on Norman soil, was constrained to take a solemn oath of allegiance to William. Neither can there be much doubt that this pledge was given with explicit reference to the duke's intention of contesting the English throne. The repudiation of this oath by Harold at the Confessor's death enabled William to assume the character of an avenger of perjury. He was probably sincere enough in believing himself constituted by
HEALING OF KING GEORGE OF ENGLAND Account of George's supposed healing from Multiple Schlorosis by prophet william Branham. http://www.biblebelievers.org/lkgeorge.htm
Extractions: T he Year was 1950 and King George was sick, suffering with multiple sclerosis. - not being able to stand on his legs for more than five minutes at a time. Through his Private Secretary, he had heard of the Ministry of God's Prophet, William Branham. His Secretary was a friend to a Brother Walt Amen , a businessman in the city of Fort Wayne, Indiana who was also suffering from multiple sclerosis. During a Meeting at the Fort Wayne Gospel Tabernacle, a vision come over the man and he was made perfectly whole. T he King's Private Secretary heard of this and through there, King George himself sent word to Brother Branham, requesting that he come to England to offer a personal Prayer for him. Not being able to go at the time, Brother Branham sent word back, expressing his regret, but advising the King that tho he could not go to England, he would pray for him and God would hear his prayer there in America. I have his statements, and have his letters of his seals, to come pray for him with multiple sclerosis. And so I couldn't go up that time. C opies of the Royal Correspondence in Brother Branham's files reveal that King George sent another telegram, requesting that Brother Branham come to England immediately. It would appear that God had everything planned beforehand. God had laid it on Brother Branham's heart to go to Finland for meetings. En Route to Finland the Branham party stopped over in London to pray for the King. Arriving at the Airport, Brother Branham was summoned to pray for
Extractions: The Quotations Page The Tragedy of King Lear (Play, 1601, 101 pages) This title is not on Your Bookshelf Add to Shelf ] (0 / 10 books on shelf) PERSONS REPRESENTED ACT I. Scene I. A Room of State in King Lear's Palace. Scene II. A Hall in the Earl of Gloster's Castle. Scene III. A Room in the Duke of Albany's Palace. Scene IV. A Hall in Albany's Palace. ... Scene V. Court before the Duke of Albany's Palace. ACT II. Scene I. A court within the Castle of the Earl of Gloster. Scene II. Before Gloster's Castle. Scene III. The open Country. Scene IV. Before Gloster's Castle; Kent in the stocks. ACT III. Scene I. A Heath. Scene II. Another part of the heath. Storm continues. Scene III. A Room in Gloster's Castle. Scene IV. A part of the Heath with a Hovel. Storm continues. ... Scene VII. A Room in Gloster's Castle. ACT IV. Scene I. The heath. Scene II. Before the Duke of Albany's Palace. Scene III. The French camp near Dover. Scene IV. The French camp. A Tent. ... Scene VII. A Tent in the French Camp. Lear on a bed, asleep, soft music playing; Physician, Gentleman, and others attending. ACT V. Scene I. The Camp of the British Forces near Dover.
Extractions: This page uses frames, but your browser doesn't support them. Battle, East Sussex - site of the Battle of Hastings 1066 where King Harold was defeated by William the Conqueror, changing the face of English History. Our historic town of Battle is unique. It is built on the very site of the famous Battle of 1066 where William the Conqueror defeated King Harold and his Saxon army on that fateful day. Today, this bustling little Market town has no fewer than five attractions for you to enjoy, over 50 quality shops and boutiques to tempt you, and a superb range of hotels and restaurants awaiting you with the warmest of Sussex Welcomes. Whether you are a visitor from near or far, you are sure to appreciate so much of what we have to offer - including a packed diary of events, the 1066 Walk, the varied entertainment on offer with our Battle Festival - more than enough to make you want to come back to Battle again and again! This web site is your complete guide to Battle. In it you will find everything you need to help plan your visit, or to enjoy your stay to the full while you are visiting our town and its beautiful surroundings. Whatever your interest - simply browse our pages! You will soon discover that this site contains something just for you.
