Currently, it houses American students studying in Europe through a partnership with Saint Cloud State University ; is the base of Northumberland Estates, the Duke's commercial enterprise ; and is in its own right a tourist attraction.

It provides a home for the present Duke and family and offices for Northumberland Estates, which manages the Duke's extensive farming and property holdings.

The garden belongs to a charitable trust which is separate from the Northumberland Estates, but the Duke of Northumberland donated the site and £ 9 million.

The British branch of the family owns Bothal Castle ( Bothal Estates ) in Northumberland and Welbeck Abbey ( Welbeck Estates ), the ancestral seat of the Dukes of Portland in Notthinghamshire.

Bothal was the headquarters of the extensive Welbeck Estates in Northumberland.

Born in Ashington, Northumberland, Charlton made his debut for the Manchester United first-team in 1956, and over the next two seasons gained a regular place in the team, during which time he survived the Munich air disaster of 1958 after being rescued by Harry Gregg.

However, the role of Northumberland is not clear ; his position was with the reserve — behind the King's line — and could therefore not easily have moved forward without a general Royal advance, which did not take place.

Bedlingtonshire, Craikshire, Norhamshire and Islandshire were exclaves of County Durham, which were incorporated into Northumberland or Yorkshire in 1844.

Northumbria is also used in the names of some regional institutions: particularly the police force ( Northumbria Police, which covers Northumberland and Tyne and Wear ) and a university ( Northumbria University ) based in Newcastle.

The Scots pronunciation of wh as becomes English south of Carlisle but remains in Northumberland, but Northumberland realises “ r ” as, often called the burr, which is not a Scots realisation.

The bridge itself forms the centre of the Ballsbridge suburb which extends northwards towards the Grand Canal along Northumberland Road up to Haddington Road and Shelbourne Road, extends southwards along the Merrion Road towards Merrion and along Anglesea Road towards Donnybrook, and westwards to encompass the area around Pembroke Road, Clyde Road, Elgin Road, and Herbert Park.

After Christmas, 686, however, he returned to his cell on Inner Farne Island ( two miles from Bamburgh, Northumberland ), which was where he eventually died on 20 March 687 AD, after a painful illness.

These victories capped Neville's extensive service in the north, and Edward rewarded him with the earldom of Northumberland, which bore substantial income.

It covers Northumberland, County Durham, Tyne and Wear, and Teesside, which is partly in North Yorkshire.

Darling was born in 1815 at Bamburgh in Northumberland and spent her youth in two lighthouses ( Brownsman and Longstone ) of which her father, William, was the keeper.

His last great project, begun in 1894, was the purchase and restoration of the huge Bamburgh Castle on the Northumberland coast, which remains in the hands of the Armstrong family.

They brought with them the stand they used at Northumberland Park which gave shelter to 2, 500 fans.

The Lindisfarne Gospels ( London, British Library Cotton MS Nero D. IV ) is an Illuminated manuscript gospel book produced around the year 700 AD in a monastery off the coast of Northumberland at Lindisfarne, which is now on display in the British Library in London.

As the unprecedented prospect of a military confrontation between the King and Parliament grew, on 4 July 1642 Parliament voted to create a Committee of Safety consisting of ten Members of the House of Commons and five peers, of which Essex was one alongside the Earl of Northumberland, the Earl of Pembroke, the Earl of Holland and Viscount Saye and Sele.

Two modern examples have been the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers ( amalgamated from the county regiments of Northumberland, Warwickshire, City of London and Lancashire, all of which were regiments of fusiliers ) and The Light Infantry ( amalgamated from the county regiments of Cornwall, Somerset, Shropshire, South Yorkshire and Durham, all of which were regiments of light infantry ).

Two houses, Norton Priory in Cheshire, and Hexham Abbey in Northumberland, attempted to resist the commissioners by force ; actions which Henry interpreted as treason, resulting in his writing personally to demand the summary brutal punishment of those responsible.

Through links with a cousin of his wife's, William Winchester, Clowes was able to gain access to government printing work which enabled the firm to develop rapidly, moving to Northumberland Court in 1807.

The nucleus of Northumberland ( outside of Groveton ) is arranged along US 3, which runs along the Connecticut River.

After being held by the family of De Vesci ( of which the modern rendering is Vasey – a name found all over south-east Northumberland ) for over two hundred years, it passed into the hands of the house of Percy in 1309.

The town has a thriving playhouse, a multi-purpose arts centre, which stages a hectic programme of theatre, dance, music, cinema, and visual arts exhibitions, and supports a weekly local newspaper — the Northumberland Gazette.

The West Branch Canal, which opened in 1834, ran from Northumberland to Farrandsville, about upstream from Lock Haven.

The dam supported steamboat ferries run by Ira T. Clement, which transported goods and people between Shamokin Dam and the city of Sunbury on the Northumberland County side of the river.

The Trust manages 60 nature reserves including Hauxley and East Chevington on the Northumberland Coast to Whitelee Moor, a 15 square kilometre hill farm on the Scottish Border.

He manages Alnwick Castle, his Northumberland ancestral seat, used as the filming location for " Hogwarts " in the Harry Potter films.

Guided by John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, and perhaps others, Edward excluded both of his sisters from the line of succession in his will.

After forcibly removing Edward VI to Windsor Castle, with the intention of keeping him hostage, Somerset was removed from power by members of the council, led by his chief rival, John Dudley, the first Earl of Warwick, who created himself Duke of Northumberland shortly after his rise.

In response to their fear, she chose as her chief minister Sir William Cecil, a Protestant, and former secretary to Lord Protector the Duke of Somerset and then to the Duke of Northumberland.

Elizabeth also appointed her personal favourite, the son of the Duke of Northumberland Lord Robert Dudley, her Master of the Horse, giving him constant personal access to the queen.

* June 28 – George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, English general ( b. 1665 )

* December 28 – George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, English general ( d. 1716 )

** Guilford Dudley, son of John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland ( d. 1554 )

On 16 October 1551, John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, overthrew the Duke of Somerset to become the new regent of the young King.

* August 22 – John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, a supporter of Lady Jane Grey, is executed.

* August 22 – John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland ( b. 1502 )

** John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, Tudor nobleman and politician ( d. 1553 )

* December 30 – Battle of Wakefield: A Lancastrian army under Henry Beaufort, Duke of Somerset and Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland defeats a Yorkist army under the Duke of York and his son, Edmund, Earl of Rutland.

Many more creations, mostly earldoms, followed in the 1670s: Charles FitzCharles became Earl of Plymouth, Charles FitzRoy Duke of Southampton, Henry FitzRoy Earl of Euston, George FitzRoy Earl of Northumberland, Charles Beauclerk Earl of Burford and Charles Lennox Duke of Richmond and Lennox.

# George Fitzroy ( 1665 – 1716 ), created Earl of Northumberland ( 1674 ), Duke of Northumberland ( 1678 )

Dudley's youth was overshadowed by the downfall of his family in 1553 after his father, the Duke of Northumberland, had unsuccessfully tried to establish Lady Jane Grey on the English throne.

Robert Dudley was the fifth son of John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland and his wife Jane, daughter of Sir Edward Guildford.

On 6 July 1553 King Edward VI died and the Duke of Northumberland attempted to transfer the English Crown to Lady Jane Grey, his daughter-in-law who was married to his second youngest son, Guildford Dudley.

* Loades, David ( 1996 ): John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland 1504 – 1553 Clarendon Press ISBN 0-19-820193-1

But service under Warwick ( by now the Duke of Northumberland ) carried some risk, and decades later in his diary, Cecil recorded his release in the phrase " ex misero aulico factus liber et mei juris " (" I was freed from this miserable court ").

The Duke of Northumberland had employed Cecil in the administration of the lands of Princess Elizabeth.