Following the death of Sir Edward Fitton, 2nd Baronet in 1643, the estate passed to Sir Charles Gerard, later the first Earl of Macclesfield.

The reason for the request was that many of the copies of Aristotle in Latin then in circulation had originated in Spain ( see Gerard of Cremona ), from Arabic whose texts had often passed through Syriac versions before being re-translated into Arabic.

Maud de Lovetot married Gerard de Furnival in 1204 and the castle and town of Sheffield passed to the Furnival family.

The barony passed in direct line of succession until the death of the fifth Baron in 1684 when it passed to his second cousin Charles, and upon his death without a male heir, to his brother Philip Gerard, a Jesuit priest who died childless in 1773 when the barony expired.

A leaked summer 2009 memo from API President Jack Gerard asked its member companies to urge their employees to participate in planned protests ( designed to appear independently organized ) against the cap-and-trade legislation the House passed that same summer.

His son Gerard III was heir, and he in turn passed Loon to Arnold IV, but Rieneck to another son, Louis.

Then, on 17 September 2009, Gerard Kennedy introduced BILL C-440, a binding form of those motions, which in his words was “ in response to the refusal of the Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism,, to show Canadian sensibility .” It has yet to be passed.

The Radcliffs remained there until 1561 when William Radcliff died childless and the land passed to his half-sister Anne, who married Gilbert Gerard.

Throughout the novel, Jack explores perspective and interpretations of the world-existence, reality, illusion-and through the death of his older brother Gerard Jack realizes the Truth that has been passed on throughout history.

This prompted a refutation later that year by Samuel Gardiner, who argued that Gerard had gone too far in trying to " wipe away the reproach " which the plot had exacted on generations of English Catholics.

On the last play of the game, Flutie scrambled away from the defense and threw a " Hail Mary pass " that was caught in the end zone by Gerard Phelan, giving BC a 47-45 win.

The first record of a bridge being built here was in 1381 and in 1652 it was described by Gerard Boate in his A Natural History of Ireland as a wooden bridge which ' though it be high and strong nevertheless hath several times been quite broke and carried away through the violence of sudden floods.

The King's chances of escaping from Newark were becoming smaller day by day, and they were not improved by a violent dispute between him and Rupert, Maurice, Lord Gerard and Sir Richard Willis, at the end of which these officers and many others rode away to ask Parliament for leave to go over-seas.

Once inside the car, Gerard unlocks his handcuffs as they are driven away.

Offered the chance to replace Gorman as coach of the Americans, Gerard turned it down and spent the year away from hockey.

In the three years that Gerard had been away from the Maroons newspapers kept publishing rumours that he would return to the team.

But it was not until the Maroons lost in the 1932 playoffs that Sprague Cleghorn was let go as coach and Gerard was hired away from New York, finally confirming the rumours.

She had an affair with Dr. Gerard, delivered a child, and was sent away to a nunnery in Ireland while Lady Boynton kept the baby.

Morgan's biggest Irish broadcasting success occurred in the late 1980s in the Saturday morning radio comedy show, Scrap Saturday, in which Morgan, co-scriptwriter Gerard Stembridge, Owen Roe and Pauline McLynn mocked Ireland's political, business and media establishment.

Among the sins that Malmesbury imputed to him was the study of Julius Firmicus Maternus, a late Roman astrologer, every morning, which to Malmesbury meant that Gerard was a sorcerer.

Two members were killed during rescue operations on the morning of September 11th, 1st Lieutenant Gerard Baptiste ( FDNY ) & Specialist Thomas Jurgens ( NYS Courts ).

* April 9 – Gerard Way, American rock singer ( My Chemical Romance )

* April 23 – Saint Gerard Majella, Catholic saint ( d. 1755 )

The first nine " honoured members " ( players Hobey Baker, Charlie Gardiner, Eddie Gerard, Frank McGee, Howie Morenz, Tommy Phillips, Harvey Pulford, Hod Stuart and Georges Vézina ) were inducted on April 30, 1945, although the Hall of Fame still did not have a permanent home.

O ' Connor ( Percussion ), until April 2008 when Gerard Garone left the band.

John Gerard Braine ( 13 April 1922 – 28 October 1986 ) was an English novelist.

Gerard Fitt, Baron Fitt ( 9 April 1926 – 26 August 2005 ) was a politician in Northern Ireland.

Liberal Education Minister Gerard Kennedy resigned on 5 April 2006 to run for the Federal Liberal Party leadership.

On April 30, 1965, Warhol took Sedgwick, Chuck Wein and Gerard Malanga to the opening of his exhibition at the Sonnabend Gallery in Paris.

James ( Jim ) Gerard Soorley ( born 8 April 1951 ) is a former Australian politician.

on 17 April 1890, the 2nd daughter of Henry Gerard Sturt, 1st Baron Alington, by his first wife Lady Augusta Bingham, 1st daughter of George Charles Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan.

Gerard IV, Duke of Alsace ( – April 14, 1070 ) was the count of Metz and Chatenois from 1047 to 1048, when his brother Duke Adalbert resigned them to him upon his becoming the Duke of Upper Lorraine.

Gerrit Dou ( 7 April 1613 – 9 February 1675 ), also known as Gerard and Douw or Dow, was a Dutch Golden Age painter, whose small, highly-polished paintings are typical of the Leiden fijnschilders.

Gerard Kitchen O ' Neill ( February 6, 1927 – April 27, 1992 ) was an American physicist and space activist.

The Baronetcy of Gerard of Harrow on the Hill was created in the Baronetage of England on 12 April 1620 for Gilbert Gerard of Flambards, Harrow on the Hill, Middlesex, ( the nephew of Gilbert Gerard, Attorney General 1559-81, of Gerards Bromley, Staffordshire ) who was Member of Parliament for Wigan 1614, Middlesex 1621-48 and Lancaster 1660.

Major Martin carried a snapshot of " Pam ", who was actually a clerk in MI5 named Nancy Jean Leslie and later known as Jean Gerard Leigh ( 20 November 1923 – 3 April 2012 ), two love letters, and a jeweller's bill, dated 19 April 1943, from the exclusive S J Phillips Ltd of 113 New Bond Street, for a diamond engagement ring costing £ 53, 10s 6d, a ring that would cost £ today.

Gerard Edelinck ( 20 October 1640 – 2 April 1707 ), was a Flemish copper-plate engraver.

On April 25, 1935, the British Naval attaché to Germany, Captain Gerard Muirhead-Gould was officially informed by Captain Leopold Bürkner of the Reichsmarine that Germany had laid down twelve 250 ton U-boats at Kiel.

Pupatello was promoted to Minister of Education on April 5, 2006, after Gerard Kennedy resigned to run for the federal Liberal leadership.

Lieutenant-Commander Gerard Broadmead Roope VC RN ( 13 March 1905 – 8 April 1940 ) was a posthumous British 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.

Gerard Carlton " Pete " Lovely ( April 11, 1926 – May 15, 2011 ) was a racecar driver and businessman from the United States.

On April 20, 2011, the band announced the death of Gerard Smith on their homepage: " We are very sad to announce the death of our beloved friend and bandmate, Gerard Smith, following a courageous fight against lung cancer.