The Abbot of St. Eloi, Claude De Mommor, had been a good friend, but not even he thought Charles deserved burial in hallowed ground.

Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1970.

** Charles Greeley Abbot, American astrophysicist ( d. 1973 )

A flourishing period of Monte Cassino followed its re-establishment in 718 by Abbot Petronax, when among the monks were Carloman, son of Charles Martel ; Ratchis, predecessor of the great Lombard Duke and King Aistulf ; and Paul the Deacon, the historian of the Lombards.

Largely due to the devastating effects of war many people turned to the idea of some form of unified Europe, notably William Penn, Abbot Charles de Saint-Pierre, Victor Hugo, Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi and Giuseppe Mazzini.

His speech was a sensation, famously described by the Speaker, Charles Abbot, as " the best first speech since that of William Pitt.

In 1855, French Abbot Charles Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg also found Ximénez's writings in the university library.

* Joby, R S. The Railway Builders: Lives and Works of the Victorian Railway Contractors, David & Charles, Newton Abbot, 1983, ISBN 0-7153-7959-3

Odo lost this title in 895 when King Charles the Bald appointed Hugh the Abbot to the title, but regained it following the death of Hugh.

* Charles Abbot, 1st Baron Colchester ( 1757 – 1829 ), Speaker of the House of Commons

Newton Abbot, Devon: David & Charles, 1974.

Newton Abbot: David & Charles.

* Gerig, Reginald R., Great Pianists and Their Techniques ( Newton, Abbot, David & Charles, 1976 )

* Lothair, son of Charles the Bald, Abbot of Saint-Germain-des-Prés

Newton Abbot, UK: David & Charles, 1969.

Newton Abbot: David & Charles.

Newton Abbot: David and Charles.

Newton Abbot: David and Charles.

* Williams, R. ( 1988 ) The Midland Railway: a new history, Newton Abbot: David and Charles, ISBN 0-7153-8750-2

Clinker, Newton Abbot: David and Charles, ISBN 0-7153-4786-1

Newton Abbot: David & Charles.

Newton Abbot: David & Charles.

Newton Abbot: David & Charles.

Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1971.

– David & Charles, Newton Abbot.

* 1661 – Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax, English poet and statesman ( d. 1715 )

During the Civil War, prior to the siege of Raglan Castle in 1645, King Charles I visited Abergavenny and presided in person over the trial of Sir Trefor Williams, 1st Baronet of Llangibby, a Royalist who changed sides, and other Parliamentarians.

On the battlefield, it is probably fair to say, Charles was comparable in skill and style to Sir Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington-quite conservative and yet exceedingly competent.

The establishment of the bank was devised by Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax, in 1694, to the plan which had been proposed by William Paterson three years before, but had not been acted upon.

During the Anglo-French War ( 1627 – 1629 ), under Charles I, by 1629 the Kirkes took Quebec City, Sir James Stewart of Killeith, Lord Ochiltree planted a colony on Cape Breton Island at Baleine, Nova Scotia and Alexander ’ s son, William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling established the first incarnation of “ New Scotland ” at Port Royal.

At the behest of Charles and Buckingham, James assented to the impeachment of the Lord Treasurer, Lionel Cranfield, 1st Earl of Middlesex, by the House of Commons, who quickly fell in much the same manner as Bacon had.

Sir Charles Lyell, 1st Baronet, Kt FRS ( 14 November 1797 – 22 February 1875 ) was a British lawyer and the foremost geologist of his day.

Lyell, Charles, 1st Baronet

* Charles Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford, Marshal of the Royal Air Force

The 1st Foreign Parachute Regiment ( 1 < sup > e </ sup > Régiment Étranger Parachutiste, 1 < sup > e </ sup > REP ) was established in 1955 during the Algerian War and disbanded in April 1961 as the entire regiment rose against the French government of Charles de Gaulle ( Algiers Putsch ), in protest against moves to negotiate an end to the Algerian War and providing Algeria's independence from France.

* Nicholl, Charles, " The Lodger: Shakespeare on Silver Street " ( 2007 ) 1st edition ; Chapter 27, " A handfasting ".

* 1660 – Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury, English statesman ( d. 1718 )

In 1806, he was appointed commander-in-chief of India ( to succeed Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, who had died shortly after arriving in India.

* 1670 – Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans, English soldier ( d. 1726 )

* 1515 – Mary Tudor, Queen of France and Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk are officially married at Greenwich.

Mary's uncle was King Charles II, who ruled the three kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland ; her maternal grandfather, Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, served for a lengthy period as Charles's chief advisor.

* 1726 – Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham, English sailor and politician ( d. 1813 )

* 1709 – Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland, English mistress of Charles II of England ( b. 1640 )

In the resulting case, Entick v. Carrington ( 1765 ), Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden ruled that the search and seizure was unlawful as the warrant authorized the seizure of all of Entick's papers, not just the criminal ones and the warrant lacked probable cause to even justify the search.

* December 14 – Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham, English statesman ( b. 1536 )

* April 16 – Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax, English poet and statesman ( d. 1715 )

** Charles Robberts Swart 1st State President of South Africa ( b. 1894 )

** Sir Charles Solomon Henry, 1st Baronet, Australian businessman ( d. 1919 )

* April 18 – Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain ( b. 1714 )

* June 17 – Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham, English sailor and politician ( b. 1726 )