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George John Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer, KG, PC, DL, FRS, FSA (1 September 1758 – 10 November 1834), styled Viscount Althorp from 1765 to 1783, was a British Whig politician. He served as Home Secretary from 1806 to 1807 in the Ministry of All the Talents. He was also the father of the Venerable Father Ignatius of St Paul, a Roman Catholic ...
Friar Park. Friar Park is a Victorian neo-Gothic mansion in Henley-on-Thames, England, construction began in 1889 and was completed in 1895. It was built for lawyer Sir Frank Crisp, and purchased in January 1970 by English rock musician and former Beatle George Harrison. [1] The site covers about 30 acres, [2] [3] and features caves, grottoes ...
St. George is the newest incorporated city in Louisiana.It was approved in a ballot initiative on October 12, 2019. Upon incorporation, it became the fifth largest city in Louisiana and the second largest in East Baton Rouge Parish with a population of 86,316.
The home sellout was the Fever's first since October 2012 when they played in Game 3 of the WNBA Finals. The crowd was also the second-best for a home opener in franchise history (behind 18,345 in ...
The funeral honours of Sir John Spencer, Kt. (1546–1599). He displays both the Despencer arms, adopted after c. 1595 and the blue and white arms granted in 1504. The Spencer family is an aristocratic family in the United Kingdom.
The George Spencer Academy (informally George Spencer; formerly George Spencer Foundation School and Technology College) is an English academy in Stapleford, Nottinghamshire encompassing both a secondary school and sixth form on the same campus. [1] First opened in 1960, it was named after George Spencer–headmaster of the Church Street Boys ...
—Plaque above the East gate of Blenheim Palace Following the Duke's death in 1722, completion of the palace and its park became the Duchess's driving ambition. Vanbrugh's assistant Hawksmoor was recalled and in 1723 designed the "Arch of Triumph", based on the Arch of Titus, at the entrance to the park from Woodstock. Hawksmoor also completed the interior design of the library, the ceilings ...
Lincoln Pioneer Village is a memorial along the Ohio River in Rockport, Spencer County, Indiana to President Abraham Lincoln who lived in the county during his boyhood years. [2] It was built in 1934 and 1935 [2] [3] in the city park by the Works Progress Administration. [4] George Honig, an artist and sculptor from Spencer County, designed the ...