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George Cubitt, 1st Baron Ashcombe ( 4 June 1828 – 26 February 1917 ) was a British politician and peer, the son of Thomas Cubitt, the leading London builder and property developer of his day.
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During 1846 to 1849 George Turnbull was the resident engineer under William Cubitt for the London District of the Great Northern Railway.
Under his auspices, the castle was partially restored before being sold to George Cubitt, 1st Baron Ashcombe, and later to Lord Curzon, both of whom undertook further restoration work.
George Cubitt, later Baron Ashcombe, purchased the castle and its from Fuller's grandson in 1849, for over £ 5, 000 (£ as of 2008 ).
Grave photo of Victoria Cross recipient William George Cubitt, migrated from the Victoria Cross Reference site with permission.
Colonel William George Cubitt VC DSO ( 19 October 1835 – 25 June 1903 ) 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.
Lieutenant William George Cubitt, 13th Native Infantry, was awarded the Victoria Cross several years later, for his act of saving the lives of three men of the 32nd Regiment of Foot during the retreat.
* William George Cubitt ( d. 1903 ), who won the Victoria Cross in the Indian Mutiny for saving three men's lives at the risk of his own during the retreat from Chinhut
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" The reception of the Diplomatique ( George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney | Macartney ) and his suite, at the Court of Pekin ".
Attacks upon the monopolists by Parliament for the abuse of prices led to the scapegoating of Francis Bacon by George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, leading to Bacon's impeachment before the Lords, the first of its kind which was not officially sanctioned by the King in the form of a bill of attainder since 1459.
However, George Spencer, the 5th Duke of Marlborough, obtained a Royal Licence to assume and bear the additional surname and arms of his famous ancestor, the 1st Duke of Marlborough, and thus became George Spencer-Churchill.
Admiral of the Fleet Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas George Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma ( born Prince Louis of Battenberg ; 25 June 1900 – 27 August 1979 ), was a British statesman and naval officer, an uncle of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and second cousin once removed to Elizabeth II.
Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton PC ( 25 May 1803 – 18 January 1873 ), was an English politician, poet, playwright, and novelist.
The garrison, led by George Augustus Eliott, later 1st Baron Heathfield of Gibraltar, survived all attacks and a blockade of supplies.
By now the siege was over, and George Augustus Eliott was awarded the Knight of the Bath and was created 1st Baron Heathfield of Gibraltar.
George Ville calculated an average age at death at 27 for gladiators ( based on headstone evidence ), with mortality " among all who entered the arena " around the 1st century CE at 19 / 100.
George Gordon, 1st Earl of Aberdeen ( 6 October 1637 – 20 April 1720 ), Lord Chancellor of Scotland, was the second son of Sir John Gordon, 1st Baronet, of Haddo, Aberdeenshire, ( executed in 1644 ); by his wife, Mary Forbes.
An extravagant example of marshalling: the 719 quarterings of the George Nugent-Temple-Grenville, 1st Marquess of Buckingham | Grenville Roll of arms | Armorial at Stowe House | Stowe.
Field Marshal Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis ( 10 December 189116 June 1969 ) was a British military commander and field marshal who served with distinction in both world wars and, afterwards, as Governor General of Canada, the 17th since Canadian Confederation.
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Benjamin West's depiction of Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet | William Johnson sparing Jean Erdman, Baron Dieskau | Lord Dieskau's life after the Battle of Lake George.
Other guests included George Bernard Shaw, Albert Einstein, Elinor Glyn, Helen Keller, H. G. Wells, Lord Mountbatten, Fritz Kreisler, Amelia Earhart, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Noël Coward, Max Reinhardt, Baron Nishi, Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Austen Chamberlain, Sir Harry Lauder, and the Indian spiritual teacher Meher Baba.
It was granted as a colony to Sir George Carteret and John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton.
* George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore of England ( 1579 – 1632 ), nobleman, Member of Parliament, Secretary of State, and English colonizer of the North America ( most notably the founder of the Province of Avalon in Newfoundland and future founder of Maryland )
* January 3 – In the court of James I of England, the king's favorite George Villiers becomes Master of the Horse ; on April 24 he receives the Order of the Garter ; and on August 27 is created Viscount Villiers and Baron Waddon, receiving a grant of land valued at £ 80, 000.
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