Among his relations, in large numbers, were “ many of Britain ’ s titled, rich and influential personages .” Although he had his doubts, he was a distant descendant of Philip III of Spain.

Although Verity took just one wicket, Wisden's correspondent praised him, reporting: " Among the bowlers ... Verity must not be forgotten.

Although he produced a number of well-received, low budget horror films in the early 70's ( Dracula vs Frankenstein, Vampyros Lesbos, A Virgin Among the Living Dead ), many people in the industry considered him a porn director due to the huge number of X-rated adult films he began churning out.

Although the appellation Malachi has frequently been understood as a proper name, its Hebrew meaning is simply " My God's messenger " ( or ' His messenger ' in the Septuagint ) and may not be the author's name at all.

Although it had been funding British experimental films as early as 1952, the British Film Institute's foundation of a production board in 1964 — and a substantial increase in public funding from 1971 onwards — enabled it to become a dominant force in developing British art cinema in the 1970s and 80s: from the first of Bill Douglas's Trilogy My Childhood ( 1972 ), and of Terence Davies ' Trilogy Childhood ( 1978 ), via Peter Greenaway's earliest films ( including the surprising commercial success of The Draughtsman's Contract ( 1982 )) and Derek Jarman's championing of the New Queer Cinema.

Although Trotsky stated in his autobiography My Life that he was never perfectly fluent in any language but Russian and Ukrainian, Raymond Molinier wrote that Trotsky spoke fluent French.

Although this initially led to hard feelings, it didn't prevent other McCarey-Grant collaborations — My Favorite Wife ( 1940 ), Once Upon a Honeymoon ( 1942 ), and An Affair to Remember ( 1957 )— from being made later.

My father was an athletic, creative, intelligent filmmaker and writer, and the only thing he had in common with Homer was a love of donuts " Although Groening has stated in several interviews that Homer's namesake is his father, he also claimed in several 1990 interviews that a character in the 1939 Nathanael West novel The Day of the Locust was the inspiration for naming Homer.

Although the Justices will still be formally addressed in the Supreme Court as " My Lord " or " My Lady ", future appointees will not be elevated to the House of Lords.

Although it may now be accepted in the art world as a viable practice, it continues to arouse questioning, as with the Tate Gallery's Turner Prize exhibition of Tracey Emin's My Bed, which consisted literally of her unmade and disheveled bed.

Although he became an American naturalized citizen in 1958, he still maintained friendships in Canada and remembered his roots with the 1968 album, My Nova Scotia Home.

Although the Jefferson Starship albums of this era were only modestly successful, they continued to string together hit singles like " Winds of Change " (# 38 ), " Be My Lady " (# 28 ), and " No Way Out " (# 23 ).

Although never scripted, his catchphrase was generally known as " My Name Is Harry Worth.

Although Sherman believed that all the songs parodied on My Son, the Folk Singer were in the public domain, two of them, " Matilda " and " Water Boy " – parodied as " My Zelda " and " Seltzer Boy ," respectively – were actually under copyright, and Sherman was sued for copyright infringement.

Although this single became her first # 1 on the US charts ( immediately followed by her second # 1, " My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own "), and its B-side " Jealous of you ( Tango della Gelosia )" became a huge hit in Italy, it failed to make any impression on the German charts.

Although the band's singles were written by some of the top songwriters of the day, Noone, Leckenby, Hopwood and Green contributed songs such as " My Reservation's Been Confirmed ", " Take Love, Get Love ", " Marcel's ", " For Love ", " Tell Me Baby ", " Busy Line ", Moon Shine Man ", " I Know Why " and " Gaslight Street ".

Although Don Fedderson gets the credit, My Three Sons was created by George Tibbles and produced by Don Fedderson Productions throughout the show's run, with MCA Television co-distributing the series during its 1960 – 65 ABC airing.

Although nothing before or after ever matched the career-defining success of " My Toot Toot ," several of his songs such as " If It's Good For The Gander ," " My Zydeco Shoes ," " Jalapeño Lena ", and " Ann Cayenne " have become zydeco staples and are played regularly by other bands.

Although, he was no longer writing with Muir, the two regularly appeared together on panel shows My Word!

Although My Family is presented as autobiographical, if not completely objective, the events described are not always true — in particular Larry lived in another part of Corfu with his first wife Nancy Durrell, whom Gerald does not mention at all.

Although commercially unsuccessful, Come to My Garden is now considered a masterpiece by music critics and many others in the music industry.

Although Frawley acted in over 100 films, he is best known for playing landlord Fred Mertz in the situation comedy I Love Lucy, and " Bub " in the TV series My Three Sons.

Although not meeting the definition of an infomercial per se, animated children's programming in the 1980s and early 1990s, which included half-hour animated series for franchises such as Transformers, My Little Pony, Go-Bots and Bravestarr were often described by media experts and parents derisive of these types of series as essentially program-length commercials, as they also sold the tie-in toy lines and food products for the shows within commercials.

Although the tracklist on the official Sting website includes a remix of " Send Your Love " and a live version of " Shape of My Heart ", these are not always available.

Although the album reached No. 8 in the UK album charts, the singles performed disappointingly, with " Pale Movie ", " Like a Motorway " and " Hug My Soul " reaching No. 28, No. 47 and No. 32 in the UK charts.

Although, The White Swan, The British Queen, The Navigation and The Corner Pin and others have closed, in line with national trends.

Although Tundra Swan numbers are stable over most of its range, they are increasingly dependent on agricultural crops to supplement their winter diet, as aquatic vegetation in their winter habitat dwindles due to habitat destruction and water pollution.

Although predominantly known for his music, Paul Williams is also an actor, appearing in films and many television guest appearances, notably as the Faustian record producer Swan in the cult film Phantom of the Paradise ( for which he also wrote the songs ), a rock and roll remake of Phantom of the Opera, and as Virgil, the genius orangutan in Battle for the Planet of the Apes ( on Feb. 9, 1973, Williams mixed his two fields for a joke appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson in which he sang a song in full make-up as Virgil ).

Although not portrayed by Swan, an actor in costume represents Zatanna in the episode " Icarus ".

Although the allegations were never proven against him, three of his players at Wednesday – Peter Swan, Tony Kay and David Layne – were accused of taking bribes to fix a match with Ipswich Town on December 1, 1962, and betting on their team to lose.

Although relatively small, the village has facilities and services including a school, a secondary school, a swimming pool ( situated at the secondary school but open to the public ), two pubs, the Swan and the Royal Oak, a country club, churches, a doctors ' surgery and shops.

Although the smaller sheep companies folded one by one after 1900, " De Grote Compagnie " remained in existence until 1951, when representatives of the eleven participating families from a number of different countries held their final annual gathering in the high-class Swan Hotel in Venray, at the card table of which, 150 years earlier, their joint company had been founded.

Although the castle no longer remains, several other historical buildings and structures still exist in the town, such as the parish churches of St. Nicholas and St. John the Baptist, the 15th century Guildhall ( which has been restored ), the medieval market cross ( much of the decoration of whose shaft has been mutilated but which has three ranges of kneeling places and sculptures representing the Holy Trinity, the cruxifiction of Jesus, and, it is believed, St Peter ), the 16th century White Swan, and several half timbered residences along High Street, the main street of the town.

Although the village once had a post office and village shop, only the Black Swan pub now remains, a free house serving Adnams ale and food.

Although Faulkner was the heir in his own family to this tradition, he did not have Stark Young's inclination to romanticize and sentimentalize the planter society.

Although after much trouble he did manage to get it back, he discovered there was no trade to be had.

Although he did not attend any celebrated schools or universities, he was a master of Greek and Hebrew and could read the Bible in the original.

Although the fort was evacuated in the face of the force of Cornwallis, Morgan and his men did have a chance to take another swing at the redcoats.

Although a look of alarm passed over his face, he did not arrest his movements but disappeared into the shower room just as the chambermaid emerged from number nine.

Although there were no startling developments in shotgun design this year, a number of new models and variations of existing models did hit the market.

Although Miller noted in 1907 that a difference in the pleural blood supply existed between animals, nowhere in his published works is it found that he did a comparative study of the intrapulmonary features of various mammalian lungs other than in the dog and cat ( Miller, '13 ; ;

Although Pearson disbelieved almost everything Lizzie said, and read a sinister purpose into almost everything she did, he happily accepted her statement about Bridget as the whole truth.

Although these results did not reach statistical significance, the baths are an easy treatment.

Although Dirac did not himself use the term antimatter, its use follows on naturally enough from antielectrons, antiprotons, etc.

Although metics had no direct political influence many were wealthy business owners who could, and sometimes did, influence policy by not allowing their citizen employees time off to attend the assembly, as well as having the simple expedient of wealth.

Although Rodin is generally considered the progenitor of modern sculpture, he did not set out to rebel against the past.

Although Roma were unable to break into the top four during the following decade, they did achieve some measure of cup success.

Although his exact guidelines are no longer rigidly followed they did inspire this field of conservation.

Although he was highly in demand, he did not create many pieces because he was also employed as an art dealer.

Although most South African parties announced their candidate list for provincial premierships in the 2009 election, the ANC did not.

Although the Umayyads did not have a historical presence in the region ( no member of the Umayyad family was known to have ever set foot in al-Andalus before ) and there were grave concerns about young Abd al-Rahman's inexperience, several of the lower-ranking Yemenite commanders felt they had little to lose and much to gain, and agreed to support the prince.

Although his paternal great-grandfather had been a priest in the Russian Orthodox Church, and his pious mother did have him baptised, he was an atheist in later life.

Although influential for a time their popularity did not generally survive the horrors of ideological warfare, as the competing ideologies utilized their systems in their platforms.

Although this shift was an important one, it did not represent a radical break from the past so much as a small step in a broader, more gradual socio-economic movement that had been going on at least since 1907 when van de Velde had argued for a craft basis for design while Hermann Muthesius had begun implementing industrial prototypes.

Although the European film industry was then in its ascendancy, Bardot was one of the few European actresses to have the mass media's attention in the United States, an interest which she did not reciprocate by rarely, if ever, going to Hollywood.

Although the National League began its LCS MVP award in 1977, the American League did not begin its LCS MVP award until 1980.

Although the National League began its LCS MVP award in 1977, the American League did not begin its LCS MVP award till 1980.

Although Bede did not invent this method, his adoption of it, and his promulgation of it in De Temporum Ratione, his work on chronology, is the main reason why it is now so widely used.

Although he would go on to have back-to-back 17-win seasons for the Chicago Cubs in 1971 and 1972, including a no-hitter in the latter season, this did not help the Reds, who ended up losing the 1970 World Series to Robinson and the Orioles.