These are, the reduction in gun crime in Northern Ireland ( which led to guns coming from there to the criminal black market in England ); guns ( official issue or confiscated ) acquired by military personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan ; and guns coming from Eastern Europe after the fall of the iron curtain.

Steinway has acquired some of its suppliers in order to maintain high quality: the German manufacturer Kluge in Wuppertal, which supplies the keyboards, was bought in December 1998 ; in November 1999, Steinway purchased the company which supplies its cast iron plates, O. S.

No permanent settlers arrived until 1778, when Robert Ogden built his home and constructed an iron forge on lands he had acquired.

Once famous for its iron furnaces ( circa 1794-1927 ), the town was founded in 1855 by Henry P. Robeson, who had acquired existing iron manufacturing operations and founded the Robesonia Iron Company in 1845.

The family, who later owned the mansion Denne Park in Horsham, which they represented in Parliament, acquired a large fortune through marriage, real estate acquisition and iron foundering.

After moving to Geneva, Bonnot acquired a job, but was fired after he hit his boss with an iron bar.

There are different variations of pica, as it can be from a cultural tradition, acquired taste or a neurological mechanism such as an iron deficiency, or chemical imbalance.

The island was acquired in 1912 by Baird & Co. who opened the iron mine.

The Japanese started to manufacture the Portuguese acquired matchlocks and the use of these firearms in warfare caused the gradual decline in the use of the centuries old lamellar armour that the samurai were known for ; the Japanese armour makers started to use solid iron plates in their armour designs which were based on European armours, and eventually plate armour became the standard for samurai warriors.

Since 13 – 14th century, the area acquired economical importance as a source of iron ores.

Suell also acquired interests in many other industries connected with the spread of the Industrial Revolution to Sweden, such as textiles, the smelting of iron, and the refining of beet sugar.

Sackville acquired a large fortune through his real estate dealings in many counties, as well as his investments in the iron foundry business.

By 1959 use of the wharf was acquired by National Steel Corporation for loading pelletized iron ore from its Low Phos Mine at Sellwood.

The Iron Age in northern Europe is markedly distinct from the Celtic La Tène culture south of it, whose advanced iron-working technology exerted a considerable influence in the north, when, around 600 BC northern people began to extract bog iron from the ore in peat bogs, a technology acquired from their Central European neighbours.

In 2000, Rio Tinto acquired Northern Limited, an Australian company with iron ore and uranium mines, for $ 2. 8 billion.

George's father died whilst he was a child but as an adult acquired the freehold of land in Eckington and exploited it by mining iron ore.

On the death of his father, who for several years had carried on the business of an iron and coal master at Omoa on the estate of Cleland, belonging to the family of Stair, Robert Stewart reconstructed the works, and acquired a lease to an extensive mineral field, which was found to contain an excellent seam of blackband ironstone, he in the course of a few years acquired a considerable fortune, to which after years of great success were to make great additions.

When the iron ore was worked out, the locomotives were surplus to requirements, and were acquired by London Underground in 1971.

" Upon completing about a year of study ," Okazaki wrote in his Esoteric Principles ( contained in the Mokuroku scroll given to his pupils who mastered his system ), " I acquired a body of iron " ( paraphrased ), so he dedicated his life to the study of martial arts and the healing techniques associated with each style he took up.

The brook may have acquired that name because of the dirty appearance of its water, perhaps caused by discolouration due to peat or iron deposits.

Blue has been used as a symbol of political affiliation as with the Manners family who bought a number of inns in Grantham, all of which they renamed to include the word blue to show their allegiance to the Whig Party, or may have arisen incidentally, as with the Blue Pig in Telford, which acquired the name due to the local workers producing blue pig iron.

A Flemish harpsichord after the Ruckers school, decorated with faux iron strapwork and jewels. When constructing an instrument, a number was written on the case and many of the parts of the action, along with a serial number depending on the model ; this has allowed much more knowledge to be acquired about undated instruments and an estimation of the rate of production, which has been calculated to be as high as 35 to 40 instruments per year.

In 1946 Red Funnel acquired a controlling interest in Cosens & Co Ltd, a rival pleasure steamer operator based in Weymouth.

* Theodore Roosevelt was a steamer built in 1906, acquired by the Navy from the Roosevelt Steamship Company sometime in 1918 and fitted out as a troop transport.

* SS Clearwater ( later renamed Ingalls and Yosemite )-A steamer built in 1894 and acquired by the US War Department in 1899.

*, was a steamer, built in 1877, and acquired by the US Navy in 1898 for service in the Spanish-American War and sold in 1899

* St. Mary's, was a side-wheeled steamer acquired by the U. S. Navy and renamed in 1861

In April 1924 the company acquired, a small coastal steamer that became the first in a series feeder ships used to transport passenger from ports around the Baltic Sea to Gothenburg.

Fleming's Nobel Prize medal was acquired by the National Museums of Scotland in 1989 and is on display after the museum re-opened in 2011.

Following his successful invention of the telephone and being relatively wealthy, Bell acquired land near Baddeck in 1885, largely due to surroundings reminiscent of his early years in Scotland.

It was Máel Coluim III, who acquired the nickname " Canmore " ( Cenn Mór, " Great Chief "), which he passed to his successors and who did most to create the Dunkeld dynasty that ruled Scotland for the following two centuries.

In 1967 New Scotland Yard moved to the present building at 10 Broadway, still within Westminster, which was an existing office block acquired under a long-term lease ; the first New Scotland Yard is now called the Norman Shaw ( North ) building, part of which is used as the headquarters for the Metropolitan Police's Territorial Policing department.

The Principality of Wales and Earldom of Chester must be created, and are not automatically acquired like the Duchy of Cornwall, which is the Heir Apparent's title in England, and the Dukedom of Rothesay, Earldom of Carrick, and High Stewardship of Scotland, which are the Heir Apparent's titles in Scotland.

Originally a specific class of poet, contrasting with another class known as fili in Ireland and Highland Scotland, the term " bard ", with the decline of living bardic tradition in the modern period, acquired generic meanings of an epic author / singer / narrator, comparable with the terms in other cultures ( minstrel, skald, scop, rhapsode, udgatar, griot, ashik ) or any poets, especially famous ones.

Thomas Randolph famously served as ambassador for Elizabeth I in Scotland from 1559, where he acquired the friendship of Mary Queen of Scots until he was accused of supporting the rebellion of James Stuart.

Initially, Cabletel acquired local cable franchises covering Guildford and parts of Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

In 1912, the company acquired another shipyard at Govan in Glasgow, Scotland.

It was during her time as an MEP that she acquired the nickname Madame Ecosse ( French for Mrs Scotland ) because of her strong advocacy of Scottish interests in Strasbourg and Brussels.

The abbey was acquired by the crown in 1908, and it is presently managed by Historic Scotland.

** Rockstar North in Edinburgh, Scotland, founded in 1988 as DMA Design, acquired from Infogrames in September 1999, world famous for the Grand Theft Auto series

In 1950 Midland Bank merged Clydesdale with the North of Scotland Bank which it acquired in 1926.

In October 2007 the bank was acquired, in what was at that time the biggest bank takeover in history, by a consortium made up of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group, Fortis and Banco Santander, known as RFS Holdings B. V. Consequently, the bank was divided into three parts, each owned by one of the members of the consortium.

ECNG developed further with the launch of Community Media Limited in 1981, a weeklies publishing operation based in Bath, which launched and acquired titles in Scotland and the West Country.

Ian Gibson was born in Dumfries, Scotland and was educated locally at the Dumfries Academy, before attending the University of Edinburgh where he acquired a Bachelor of Science degree in Genetics and a doctorate.

Without legitimate sons to succeed him, Alan's lands and dignities were divided between the husbands of his three daughters, so Roger acquired Alan's position as Constable of Scotland, and one-third of the lordship of Galloway ( although the actual title of Lord of Galloway went through Helen's half-sister Devorguilla to her husband John I de Balliol ), and part of the de Morville lands in Lauderdale.

In December 2005, The Scotsman was acquired, in a £ 160 million deal, by its present owners Johnston Press a company founded in Scotland and now one of the top three largest local newspaper publishers in the UK.

In 2000 Mingulay was acquired by The National Trust for Scotland through a bequest by J. M. Fawcitt “ to provide an area of natural beauty in memory of her parents and the courage of her late brother, Bernard .”

As in Scotland, the Crown lands in Ireland comprised a miscellany of feudal dues, land acquired for forts, and forfeitures especially after 1688.

A poor immigrant when he arrived in America from his native Scotland, Phyfe acquired wealth and fame through hard work, exceptional talent and the support of patrons.

In 1990 the National Australia Bank Group acquired the bank from the consortium of owning banks which, after mergers and acquisitions, were the National Westminster Bank, ( holders of 40 %), Barclays Bank ( 32 %), Lloyds Bank ( 20 %), and Royal Bank of Scotland ( 8 %).

The company took over the Heffers string of bookshops in Cambridge in 1999, and in 2002 acquired the academic bookshops of James Thin in Scotland.