Azincourt is famous as being near the site of the battle fought on 25 October 1415 in which the army led by King Henry V of England defeated the forces led by Charles d ' Albret on behalf of Charles VI of France, which has gone down in English history as the Battle of Agincourt.

He met two admirers, Charles Lane and Henry C. Wright.

He then followed the fortunes of his friend Elector Maurice of Saxony, deserted Charles, and joined the league which proposed to overthrow the Emperor by an alliance with King Henry II of France.

It became the expectation — rather than the exception — that those in the public eye should write about themselves — not only writers such as Charles Dickens ( who also incorporated autobiographical elements in his novels ) and Anthony Trollope, but also politicians ( e. g. Henry Brooks Adams ), philosophers ( e. g. John Stuart Mill ), churchmen such as Cardinal Newman, and entertainers such as P. T. Barnum.

His fellow Knights of the Garter created in 1867 were Charles Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond, Charles Manners, 6th Duke of Rutland, Henry Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort, Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, Franz Joseph I of Austria and Alexander II of Russia.

Other possible ministers included Sir Robert Inglis, Henry Goulburn, John Charles Herries, and Lord Ellenborough.

The English Biblical scholar Robert Henry Charles ( 1855 – 1931 ) reasoned on internal textual grounds that the book was edited by someone who spoke no Hebrew and who wished to promote a different theology from John's.

Over the years, numerous painters were employed at Balmoral, including Edwin and Charles Landseer, Carl Haag, William Wyld, William Henry Fisk, and many others.

Charles and Georgiana had eight children, but only four — Benjamin Herschel, Georgiana Whitmore, Dugald Bromhead and Henry Prevost — survived childhood.

They included Henry Wilcoxon, Julia Faye, Joseph Schildkraut, Ian Keith, Charles Bickford, Theodore Roberts, Akim Tamiroff and William Boyd.

Charles Henry Alston ( November 28, 1907 – April 27, 1977 ) was an African-American painter, sculptor, illustrator, muralist and teacher who lived and worked in the New York City neighborhood of Harlem.

Charles Henry Alston was born on November 28, 1907 in Charlotte, North Carolina to Reverend Primus Priss Alston and Anna Elizabeth Miller Alston, and was the youngest of five children.

* Charles Henry Alston Papers from the Archives of American Art

Charles was not as valued as his physically stronger, elder brother, Henry, Prince of Wales, whom Charles personally adored and attempted to emulate.

However, when Henry died of suspected typhoid ( or possibly porphyria ) at the age of 18 in 1612, two weeks before Charles's 12th birthday, Charles became heir apparent.

But just as quickly, late in 1580 he denounced a group of Catholics, among them Charles Arundel, Francis Southwell and Henry Howard, for treasonous activities and asking the Queen's mercy for his own, now repudiated, Catholicism.

Most notable international actors acted in this genre of films such Alain Delon, Henry Silva, Fred Williamson, Charles Bronson, Tomas Milian and others international stars.

Douglass and Anna had five children: Rosetta Douglass, Lewis Henry Douglass, Frederick Douglass, Jr., Charles Remond Douglass, and Annie Douglass ( died at the age of ten ).

Critics have charged Bopp with neglecting the study of the native Sanskrit grammars, but in those early days of Sanskrit studies the great libraries of Europe did not hold the requisite materials ; if they had, those materials would have demanded his full attention for years, while such grammars as those of Charles Wilkins and Henry Thomas Colebrooke, from which Bopp derived his grammatical knowledge, had all used native grammars as a basis.

In 1901 Gardner and the Elkingtons lived briefly in a bungalow in Kandy, where a neighbouring bungalow had just been vacated by the occultists Aleister Crowley and Charles Henry Allan Bennett.

Charles Henry Goren ( March 4, 1901 – April 3, 1991 ) was a world champion American bridge player and bestselling author who contributed significantly to the development and popularization of the game following upon the heels of Ely Culbertson in the 1940s and rising to prominence in the 1950s to the early 1960s.

A sampler of the book has indicated some inspiration from Charles Dickens life and literature, but it also contains a character called Henry Mayhew: a gentleman who concerns himself with the well-being of the poor, even going so far as to take people in to his home to nurse and feed them on some occasions.

A jury of French composers and playwrights including Daniel Auber, Fromental Halévy, Ambroise Thomas, Charles Gounod and Eugène Scribe considered 78 entries ; the five short-listed entrants were all asked to set a libretto, Le docteur miracle, written by Ludovic Halévy and Léon Battu.

This led to further investigation, and in 1985, Ludovic Kennedy published The Airman And The Carpenter in which he argued that Hauptmann had not kidnapped and murdered Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr.

Among the early regular contributors who established the review's reputation as an elite liberal vehicle of haute culture were Albert, 4th duc de Broglie, François Guizot, Jacques Nicolas Augustin Thierry, Ludovic Vitet, Paul-François Dubois, the literary critics Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve and Gustave Plache, and Jean-Jacques Ampère.

Other past presenters include: Sir Robin Day, Sir Ludovic Kennedy, Sir Charles Wheeler and Jeremy Vine.

The Commission on Narcotic Drugs was established by the ECOSOC in 1946, with Canadian Charles Henry Ludovic Sharman as its first chair.

*" The Toreador Song " ( 1875 )-from Carmen, by Georges Bizet ( music ) and Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy ( libretto ), sung by Charles Igor Gorin in the opening scene

However, the influence of Harry J. Anslinger and his Canadian counterpart Charles Henry Ludovic Sharman, both narcotics control officials, could be seen in the decision to allow the Commission to select somemembers ( thus allowing law enforcement officials to be appointed to the Supervisory Body ).

In January 1658, Charles Stewart went into exile in France, and took up his residence in the house of his uncle, Ludovic, seigneur d ' Aubigny.

Charles Yelverton O ' Connor CMG ( 11 January 184310 March 1902 ) was an Irish engineer who is best known for his work in Australia, especially the Goldfields Water Supply Scheme.

Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge, GCB, GCVO, CMG ( Adolphus Charles Alexander Albert Edward George Philip Louis Ladislaus ), born Prince Adolphus of Teck and later The Duke of Teck ( 13 August 1868 – 23 October 1927 ), was a member of the British Royal Family, a great-grandson of King George III and younger brother of Queen Mary, the consort of King George V. In 1900, he succeeded his father as Duke of Teck in the Kingdom of Württemberg.

* Sir Charles Peake CMG MC, Ambassador to Yugoslavia from 1946-51, and to Greece from 1951-7 ( 1908 – 15 )

* 1938-1947 Colonel Charles James Pickering CMG DSO

Lieutenant Colonel Charles Hotham Montagu Doughty-Wylie VC, CB, CMG ( 23 July 1868 – 26 April 1915 ) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

Major Charles Herbert Mullins VC CMG ( 28 June 1869 – 24 May 1916 ) was a South African recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

Major General Sir Charles John Melliss VC, CB, CMG ( 12 September 1862 – 6 June 1936 ) was a British military officer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

* The Trial of King Charles I-Defining Moment for Our Constitutional Liberties, by The Hon Justice Michael Kirby ( judge ) | Michael Kirby AC CMG

**** Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Charles Denison CMG ( 1846-1896 ), brother of George and Canadian Member of Parliament ( Conservative )

Sir Charles Philip Haddon-Cave ( better known as Philip Haddon-Cave ; Chinese: 夏鼎基爵士 ), KBE, CMG ( 6 July 1925 – 28 September 1999 ) was Financial Secretary of Hong Kong from 1971 to 1981.

* Sir Charles Wheeler CMG, BBC journalist

* Charles Gray, CMG 2008 – present

Lieutenant-General Ernest Charles Ashton CB CMG VD ( 1873 – 1957 ) was a Canadian soldier and Chief of the General Staff, the head of the Canadian Army from 1935 until 21 November 1938.

* Major-General Sir Charles Corkran, KCVO CB CMG 1928-1932 late Grenadier Guards

Charles David Murray, Lord Murray CMG, PC, KC ( 20 October 1866 – 9 June 1936 ) was a Scottish Tory politician, lawyer and judge.

Charles George Edward Patey CMG ( 27 February 1811-1881 ) was born at Chivelstone in Devon, England on 27 February 1811.

Kirk had a daughter, Helen, who married Major-General Henry Brooke Hagstromer Wright CB CMG, the brother of the famous bacteriologist and immunologist, Sir Almroth Edward Wright and of Sir Charles Theodore Hagberg Wright, Secretary and Librarian of London Library.