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  2. George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough - Wikipedia

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    20th Regiment of Foot (1756–1760) George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough, KG, PC, FRS (26 January 1739 – 29 January 1817), styled Marquess of Blandford until 1758, was a British courtier, nobleman, and politician from the Spencer family. He served as Lord Chamberlain between 1762 and 1763 and as Lord Privy Seal between 1763 and 1765.

  3. List of Coronation Street characters introduced in 2002

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    Lillian Spencer, an old friend of Fred Elliott (John Savident), arrives at The Rovers Return Inn as the Relief Manager. Lillian thinks The Rovers is a come-down after having worked in the Xanadu Cocktail Bar of the Majestic Hotel in Cleethorpes and then the Golf Club, where Mike Baldwin ( Johnny Briggs ) plays.

  4. Henrietta Ponsonby, Countess of Bessborough - Wikipedia

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    Margaret Georgiana Poyntz. Henrietta Ponsonby, Countess of Bessborough (16 June 1761 – 11 November 1821), born Lady Henrietta Frances Spencer (generally called Harriet), was the wife of Frederick Ponsonby, 3rd Earl of Bessborough; the couple were the parents of Lady Caroline Lamb. Her father, John Spencer, 1st Earl Spencer, was a great ...

  5. George Stinney - Wikipedia

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    George Junius Stinney Jr. (October 21, 1929 – June 16, 1944) was an African American boy who, at the age of 14, was convicted and then executed in a proceeding later vacated as an unfair trial for the murders of two young white girls in March 1944 – Betty June Binnicker, age 11, and Mary Emma Thames, age 8 – in his hometown of Alcolu, South Carolina.

  6. Execution of George Spencer - Wikipedia

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    Execution of George Spencer. George Spencer (c. 1600 – April 8, 1642) was the second person in history to be executed in Connecticut. He was executed by hanging for charges of sodomy after being wrongfully convicted for an alleged sexual act with an animal, in which it was erroneously claimed that Spencer had fathered a female pig's offspring.

  7. The Essex Serpent (TV series) - Wikipedia

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    June 10, 2022. (2022-06-10) The Essex Serpent is a British gothic romance period drama miniseries based on the novel of the same name by Sarah Perry. The series was written by Anna Symon, directed by Clio Barnard, and starred Claire Danes and Tom Hiddleston in the lead roles. [2] It premiered on Apple TV+ on 13 May 2022.

  8. New Haven v. Thomas Hogg - Wikipedia

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    Thomas Hogg was a servant from New Haven Colony, where the one-eyed George Spencer was coerced into confessing to sodomy after a sow gave birth to a deformed one-eyed piglet, which led to his wrongful execution in early April 1642. Spencer was posthumously pardoned of the conviction in 2015. [1] Like Spencer, Hogg did not enjoy a good reputation.

  9. List of school shootings in the United States (2000–present ...

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    This chronological list of school shootings in the United States since the year 2000 includes school shootings in the United States that occurred at K–12 public and private schools, as well as at colleges and universities, and on school buses. Excluded from this list are the following: Incidents that occurred as a result of police actions