* Lester Piggott – Never Say Die ( 1954 ), Crepello ( 1957 ), St. Paddy ( 1960 ), Sir Ivor ( 1968 ), Nijinsky ( 1970 ), Roberto ( 1972 ), Empery ( 1976 ), The Minstrel ( 1977 ), Teenoso ( 1983 )

In 1466 Shabbington was settled on Sir William Lovel, 7th Baron Morley, who in 1474 released the manor to feoffees including Richard Piggott, who in turn transferred it to other feoffees, of whom the principal was Richard Fowler.

* Lester Piggott – Pinched ( 1957 ), St Paddy ( 1959 ), Casabianca ( 1963 ), Soft Angels ( 1965 ), Royal Palace ( 1966 ), Remand ( 1967 ), Sir Wimborne ( 1975 ), Dunbeath ( 1982 )

* Lester Piggott – Cellini ( 1973 ), Sir Wimborne ( 1975 ), El Prado ( 1991 ), Fatherland ( 1992 )

* Choice Collection of Ayres for the Harpsichord or Spinnet by John Blow, Jeremiah Clarke, Francis Piggott, John Barrett and William Croft

Maeshowe is a magnificent example of Neolithic craftsmanship and is, in the words of the distinguished archaeologist Stuart Piggott, " a superlative monument that by its originality of execution is lifted out of its class into a unique position.

Richard Atkinson, Stuart Piggott and John F. S. Stone re-excavated much of Hawley's work in the 1940s and 1950s, and discovered the carved axes and daggers on the Sarsen Stones.

* June 6 – Elizabeth II strips jockey Lester Piggott of his OBE, following his jailing for tax irregularities.

** Champion English jockey Lester Piggott is jailed for three years after being convicted of tax evasion.

The county has two county seats, Corning and Piggott.

Upon the arrival of the St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas Railroad in 1882, other towns such as Greenway, Rector and Piggott experienced growth.

In 1887, the Eastern District seat was moved to Piggott.

Important county functions ( such as the Quorum Court ) alternate between Piggott and Corning as their venues.

Ridden for the first time by Lester Piggott he was held up at the back of the six horse field before moving through to take the lead inside the final furlong.

Nijinsky took the lead two furlongs from the finish, and without being put under any pressure by Piggott, he pulled clear to win by two and a half lengths from Yellow God.

Nijinsky was held up by Piggott as usual before moving forward in the straight by which time Gyr was in front and moving clear.

Two furlongs from the finish Piggott was forced to use his whip on Nijinsky.

Piggott claimed that he was " always cantering " while Bill Williamson, who rode Gyr said that " Nijinsky was just too good.

Piggott produced Nijinsky in the straight to make his challenge on the wide outside and 150m from the finish he caught the front runners Miss Dan and Sassafras and took a slight lead.

While some felt that Piggott had given Nijinsky too much ground to make up and had left his challenge too late, the jockey responded by saying that in his opinion Nijinsky was past his peak for the year.

O ' Brien on this occasion concurred with Piggott, saying that Nijinsky appeared to have " lost his fire.

In the latter group, one notable friend of Childe's was Stuart Piggott, another influential British archaeologist who would succeed Childe in his post as Abercromby Professor at Edinburgh.

It is one of the two county seats of Clay County, along with Piggott.

The town was founded by William N. Barron, after his sister's married name ( sister Sarah Ann Barron, wife of John Piggott ).

Piggott is perhaps best known for its association with American writer and Nobel laureate Ernest Hemingway, whose second wife Pauline Pfeiffer was the daughter of prominent local landowner and businessman Paul Pfeiffer.

Mynheer, Sir Francis, the valley society, the very smell of the river on his right purling along to the bay past fish weirs and rocks, and ahead the sleepy ribbon of moon-drenched road.

Instead of quelling the dissension, as many captains of the era would have done ( Sir Francis Drake lopped a man's head off under similar circumstances ), Hudson decided to be reasonable.

* 1740 – Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet, English merchant banker ( d. 1810 )

* 1982 – 1990 Sir Francis Graham-Smith

He was then deluged with petitions urging him to call it together, and this agitation was opposed by Sir George Jeffreys and Francis Wythens, who presented addresses expressing abhorrence of the Petitioners, and thus initiated the movement of the abhorrers, who supported the action of the king.

Before he entered parliament, Disraeli was involved with several women, most notably Henrietta, Lady Sykes ( the wife of Sir Francis Sykes, 3rd Bt ), who served as the model for Henrietta Temple.

A Young Disraeli by Francis Grant ( artist ) | Sir Francis Grant, 1852

Of these only Henrietta Temple ( based on his affair with Henrietta Sykes, wife of Sir Francis William Sykes, 3rd Bt ) was a true success.

Similarly, the influences of philosophers such as Sir Francis Bacon ( 1561 – 1626 ) and René Descartes ( 1596 – 1650 ), who demanded more rigor in mathematics and in removing bias from scientific observations, led to a scientific revolution.

The first recorded English visitor was Sir Francis Drake in 1586, who reported that the caymanas were edible, but it was the turtles which attracted ships in search of fresh meat for their crews.

Trevor Huddleston, Sir Julian Huxley, Edward Hyams, the Bishop of Llandaff Dr Glyn Simon, Doris Lessing, Sir Compton Mackenzie, the Very Rev George McLeod, Miles Malleson, Denis Matthews, Sir Francis Meynell, Henry Moore, John Napper, Ben Nicholson, Sir Herbert Read, Flora Robson, Michael Tippett, the cartoonist ' Vicky ', Professor C. H. Waddington and Barbara Wootton.

In 1586, Sir Francis Drake captured the city of Santo Domingo, collecting a ransom for its return to Spanish rule.

The Neustra Señora del Rosario, the Spanish Armada's " payship " commanded by Admiral Pedro de Valdés, was captured along with all its crew by Sir Francis Drake.

* 1577 – Sir Francis Drake sets out from Plymouth, England, on his round-the-world voyage.

The modern field and term were first formulated by Sir Francis Galton in 1883, drawing on the recent work of his half-cousin Charles Darwin.

Elizabeth's reign is known as the Elizabethan era, famous above all for the flourishing of English drama, led by playwrights such as William Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe, and for the seafaring prowess of English adventurers such as Sir Francis Drake.

Sir Francis Walsingham, Secretary of State ( England ) | Principal Secretary 1573 – 1590.

Mary may not have been told of every Catholic plot to put her on the English throne, but from the Ridolfi Plot of 1571 ( which caused Mary's suitor, the Duke of Norfolk, to lose his head ) to the Babington Plot of 1586, Elizabeth's spymaster Sir Francis Walsingham and the royal council keenly assembled a case against her.

Meanwhile, Sir Francis Drake had undertaken a major voyage against Spanish ports and ships to the Caribbean in 1585 and 1586, and in 1587 had made a successful raid on Cadiz, destroying the Spanish fleet of war ships intended for the Enterprise of England: Philip II had decided to take the war to England.

With the exception of Lord Burghley, the most important politicians had died around 1590: The Earl of Leicester in 1588, Sir Francis Walsingham in 1590, Sir Christopher Hatton in 1591.