It was named after Edward Coles, the second governor of Illinois from 1822 to 1826.

* Premier of Colony of Prince Edward Island: George Coles

* August 21-George Coles, Premier of Prince Edward Island ( b. 1810 )

He was also much given to conflict in the assembly, frequently arguing with both George Coles and Edward Whelan.

George Coles ( September 20, 1810 – August 21, 1875 ) was a Canadian politician, being the first Premier of Prince Edward Island, and a Father of Canadian Confederation.

Coles was born in Queens Royalty, Prince Edward Island, the son of James Coles, a farmer, and Sarah Tally.

Coles, with Edward Whelan, the editor of the Examiner, was the leader in the struggle for responsible government.

* September 20-George Coles, Premier of Prince Edward Island ( d. 1875 )

His second wife, Sarah ( Sally ) Coles, was a cousin of Dolley Madison and sister of Edward Coles, a governor of Illinois.

Vizard's one man play Coles Funny Picture Man, based on the life of the eccentric Victorian bookseller Edward William Cole, was performed by AFI award winning actor Norman Kaye.

Edward Coles ( December 15, 1786 – July 7, 1868 ) manumitted his slaves in 1819, was secretary to James Madison ( 1810 to 1815 ), neighbor and anti-slavery associate of Thomas Jefferson and was the second Governor of Illinois, serving from 1822 to 1826.

Edward Coles was born ( December 15, 1786 ) at Enniscorthy, a plantation in Albemarle County ( central Virginia ).

( Dolley Madison was Coles ’ first cousin and Edward ’ s brother, Isaac Coles, had been secretary to both Thomas Jefferson and James Madison during their administrations.

Edward Coles ran for governor in the election of 1822.

Governor Edward Coles led the opposition to the convention, recognizing it as a dishonest attempt to more clearly legalize slavery in the state.

Edward Coles married Sally Logan Roberts ( 1809 to 1883 ) on November 28, 1833.

Sally Coles bore three children, Mary Coles, Edward Coles, Jr., and Roberts Coles ( who died during the Civil War at the Battle of Roanoke Island, February 8, 1862 ).

Edward Coles was among the very few slaveholders who manumitted his slaves entirely as a testament to the republican ethos that was at the heart of the American enlightenment.

According to legend ( recounted in Edward Hall's chronicle, written several years afterwards though from first-hand accounts ), he did not wait for an answer but dashed out Wenlock's brains with a battleaxe before seeking sanctuary in the Abbey.

One theory was later recounted in Edward Hall's chronicle, written a few decades after the event, but partly from first-hand sources, and the contemporary Burgundian Jean de Waurin's chronicle.

As recounted in Frances Donaldson's biography of the Duke of Windsor, even before the formalities of abdication had been completed, some observers were of the opinion that the former king would be simply " Mr. Edward Windsor.

It is recounted that the Prince of Wales, later King Edward VIII, dropped by in the 1920s to play polo.

The experience of Australian PoWs in the Pacific War is recounted by Nevil Shute in A Town Like Alice and in the autobiography of Sir Edward Dunlop.

Addy additionally noted that there existed a ' folk etymology ' for the name Ringinglow — a story also recounted by local historian J. Edward Vickers — that the village got its name after a man lost on the moors in bad weather was saved when he heard the bells of Sheffield parish church ' ringing low ' over the moors.

Edward Lasker recounted the witty way in which Teichmann demonstrated the Schlechter win in his book Chess Secrets I learned from the Masters, and generally admired Teichmann's mastery.

An article in The Illustrated London News from 1882 provided the following which showed the state of the school at that time: " The head master, after some allusion to the former history of the school ( in which Edward the Confessor had been educated, and which, in the seventy years after its new foundation by Henry VIII, had developed, into a school of upwards of 300 boys, among whom were many of distinction ), recounted the honours achieved in the past year.

He was educated at Transylvania University in Lexington, where his classmates included five future Democratic senators ( Solomon Downs of Louisiana, Jesse Bright of Indiana, George W. Jones of Iowa, Edward Hannegan of Indiana, and Jefferson Davis of Mississippi ).

When the secession proposal failed, Gadsden, working with his cousin Isaac Edward Holmes, a lawyer in San Francisco since 1851, and the California state senator Thomas Jefferson Green, attempted to divide California in two.

An amendment by Jefferson Davis giving the U. S. most of Tamaulipas and Nuevo Leon, all of Coahuila and a large part of Chihuahua was supported by both senators from Texas ( Sam Houston and Thomas Jefferson Rusk ), Daniel S. Dickinson of New York, Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois, Edward A. Hannegan of Indiana, and one each from Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Ohio, Missouri and Tennessee.

Arthur St. Clair was the territory's governor until November 1802, when President Thomas Jefferson removed him from office and appointed Charles Willing Byrd, who served the position until Ohio became a state and elected its first governor, Edward Tiffin, on March 3, 1803.

The assembly had 22 members from the following constituencies: James City ( Captain William Powell, Ensign William Spense ), Charles City ( Sergeant Samuel Sharpe, Samuel Jordan ), the City of Henricus ( Thomas Dowse, John Polentine or John Plentine ), Kicoughtan ( Captain William Tucker, William Capps ), Martin-Brandon ( Captain John Martin's Plantation ) ( Thomas Davis, Robert Stacy ), Smythe's Hundred ( Captain Thomas Graves, Walter Shelley ), Martin's Hundred ( John Boys, John Jackson ), Argall's Gift Plantation ( Thomas Pawlett, Edward Gourgainy ), Flowerdew Hundred Plantation or Flowerdieu Hundred ( Ensign Edmund Rossingham, John Jefferson ), Captain Lawne's Plantation ( Captain Christopher Lawne, Ensign Washer ), and Captain Ward's Plantation ( Captain John Warde or Capt.

Among Corigliano's students are David S. Sampson, Eric Whitacre, Elliot Goldenthal, Edward Knight, Nico Muhly, Roger Bergs, Scott Glasgow, John Mackey, Avner Dorman, Mason Bates, Steven Bryant, Jefferson Friedman, Dinuk Wijeratne and David Ludwig.

Example: " Jefferson " (" son of Jeffrey "), " Wilson " (" son of William "), " Edson " (" son of Edward "), " Anderson " (" son of Ander "), etc.

Throughout the Academy ’ s history, 10, 000 fellows have been elected, including such notables as John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, John James Audubon, Joseph Henry, Washington Irving, Josiah Willard Gibbs, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Willa Cather, T. S. Eliot, Edward R. Murrow, Jonas Salk, Eudora Welty, and Duke Ellington.

When the secession proposal failed, Gadsden, working with his cousin Isaac Edward Holmes, a lawyer in San Francisco since 1851, and the California state senator Thomas Jefferson Green, attempted to divide California in two.

The older of the two, Broaddus College, was founded in Winchester, Virginia, in 1871 by Edward Jefferson Willis, a Baptist minister who named the new college after Rev.

* Thomas Jefferson ( descendant of Edward III of England through Edward Neville, 3rd Baron Bergavenny ) ( Chart 5 alongside )

Schaffer has also listed Tom Schaffer, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, Samuel Adams, Patrick Henry, Stephen Toboz, Steve Harris, Ronnie James Dio, Hansi Kürsch, Aaron Russo, G. Edward Griffin and Ron Paul as people who inspire him.

* Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America – sculpted by Edward Valentine ; unveiled June 3, 1907

On June 5, 1776, the Congress appointed John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Edward Rutledge, James Wilson, and Robert Livingston " to consider what is proper to be done with persons giving intelligence to the enemy or supplying them with provisions.

* Edward Garnett ; a life in literature ( 1982 ) George Jefferson

Historian Edward Steers concedes that the evidence against Blackburn was circumstantial, but in his book Blood on the Moon, he contends that enough evidence survives not only to prove Blackburn's involvement in the plot, but to show that high-ranking Confederate officials up to and including President Jefferson Davis were aware of, condoned, and financed it.

Boggs was born May 15, 1909 at Cheswold, Delaware, son of Edward Jefferson and Lettie Vaughn Boggs.

Among the thousands of other important pieces found there are items owned by Jefferson Davis, Robert Edward Lee, Joseph E. Johnston, John Bell Hood, Thomas Jonathan Jackson, Simon Bolivar Buckner, J. E. B.

* Kevin Bacon as Jefferson " Jake " Edward Briggs

At the larger ‘ public school ’ at Kabete all the detached classrooms and houses were designed and built with connecting colonnades, in which respect I followed the excellent example set by States President Jefferson in his beautiful University of Virginia .” The use of colonnades accords with advice given to Baker by T. E. Lawrence, who regarded the tropical sun as " an enemy " and told him “ All pavements should be covered over with light vaulting .” The foundation stone was laid by Sir Edward Grigg on 24 September 1929, and the Prince of Wales School was opened in 1931-( the original idea for the name of the school was Kabete Boys Secondary School, but the first headmaster, Captain Bertram W. L. Nicholson, thought this to be too clumsy and therefore the name of The Prince of Wales School was suggested and eventually adopted ).

The origin of the duo ’ s name dates back to the recording sessions when engineer Mel Jefferson named the duo after English composer Edward Elgar.