In 1824, Jackson wrote a letter saying that he was born at an uncle's plantation in Lancaster County, South Carolina.

Backman was formerly manager of the Class A California League Lancaster JetHawks, one of the Diamondbacks ' minor-league affiliates.

The title of Baron Abergavenny, in the Nevill family, dates from Edward Nevill, 3rd Baron Bergavenny ( d. 1476 ), who was the youngest son of Ralph de Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland by his second wife Joan Beaufort, daughter of John of Gaunt, first Duke of Lancaster.

The eldest of seven children, Housman was born at Valley House in Fockbury, a hamlet on the outskirts of Bromsgrove in Worcestershire, to Sarah Jane ( née Williams, married 17 Jun 1858 in Woodchester, Gloucester ) and Edward Housman ( whose family came from Lancaster ), and was baptized on 24 Apr 1859 at Christ Church, in Catshill.

Burton Stephen " Burt " Lancaster ( November 2, 1913-October 20, 1994 ) was an American film actor noted for his athletic physique, blue eyes and distinctive smile ( which he called " The Grin ").

Lancaster was nominated four times for Academy Awards and won once — for his work in Elmer Gantry in 1960.

Lancaster was the son of Elizabeth ( née Roberts ) and James Henry Lancaster, who was a postman.

Lancaster grew up in East Harlem and spent much of his time on the streets, where he developed great interest and skill in gymnastics while attending the DeWitt Clinton High School, where he was a basketball star.

Lancaster was accepted into New York University with an athletic scholarship but subsequently dropped out.

Lancaster sought demanding roles, and if he liked a part or a director, he was prepared to work for much lower pay than he might have earned elsewhere.

Lancaster was an early and successful actor / producer.

The Midnight Man was in fact starred in, co-written, produced, and directed by Lancaster.

The connection was firmly cemented by the time Lancaster and Douglas reteamed for their final movie, Tough Guys.

Although Douglas was always second billed under Lancaster in these films, their roles were usually more or less the same size with the exceptions of I Walk Alone, in which Douglas played a villain, and in Seven Days in May, where Douglas ' part was larger than Lancaster's but not as dramatic.

Lancaster was a vocal supporter of liberal political causes, and frequently spoke out in support of racial minorities, including at the March on Washington in 1963.

Lancaster was cremated and his ashes were buried under a large oak tree in Westwood Memorial Park located in Westwood Village, Los Angeles County, California.

The 120-page book, first published in the United States and then in Britain, was illustrated by Osbert Lancaster and became an instant best seller.

Attlee was given Mosley's post of Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.

Catherine was quite short in stature with long red hair, wide blue eyes, a round face, and a fair complexion. She was descended, on her maternal side, from the English royal house ; her great-grandmother Catherine of Lancaster, after whom she was named, and her great-great-grandmother Philippa of Lancaster were both daughters of John of Gaunt and granddaughters of Edward III of England.

He was born on November 24, 1818 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

He was the third son born to Philippa of Lancaster, the sister of King Henry IV of England.

He was born the eldest of seven children of James Fleming DD ( died 1879 ), a Congregational minister, and his wife, Mary Ann, at Lancaster, Lancashire and baptized on 11 February 1850.

Ambrose Fleming was born in Lancaster and educated at University College School, London, and University College London.

* March 22 – Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence, second son of Henry IV of England ( killed in battle ) ( born 1388 )

* June 5 – Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster, son of Henry III of England ( born 1245 )

John Herbert Dillinger, Jr. was born on June 22, 1903, in the Oak Hill section of Indianapolis, Indiana, the younger of two children born to John Wilson Dillinger ( July 2, 1864 – November 3, 1943 ) and Mary Ellen " Mollie " Lancaster ( 1860 – 1907 ).

July 25, 1415 marked the beginning of the Portuguese Empire, when the Portuguese Armada departed to the rich trade Islamic centre of Ceuta in North Africa with King John I and his wife Phillipa of Lancaster and their sons Prince Duarte ( future king ), Prince Pedro, Prince Henry the Navigator ( born in Porto in 1394 ) and Prince Afonso, and legendary Portuguese hero Nuno Álvares Pereira.

Sherman was born in Lancaster, Ohio, to Mary Hoyt Sherman and Charles Robert Sherman, a justice in the Ohio Supreme Court.

Sherman was born in 1820 in Lancaster, Ohio, near the banks of the Hocking River.

Elizabeth was born about 1437 at Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, the daughter of Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers and his wife, the former Jacquetta of Luxembourg, widow of John of Lancaster, Duke of Bedford.

Ohio's longest continuously operating newspaper, the Lancaster Eagle-Gazette was born of a merger of the early Der Ohio Adler, founded about 1807, with the Ohio Gazette, founded in the 1830s.

Myles Standish was born in Lancaster

A Waterproof native, he was one of six children born to Roderick Claude Lancaster and the former Lillie Hudnall.

* Ryan Lancaster ( born 1985 ), professional basketball player.

* Ryan Lancaster ( born 1985 ), professional basketball player.

Gabriel and Isaac Walker were born in Lancaster County, Pa., the former in 1744, the latter in 1746.

Hellam Township was named after Hallamshire, the township in England where Samuel Blunston, the magistrate of Lancaster County, was born.

Timothy Lancaster West, CBE ( born 20 October 1934 in Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire ), is an English film, stage and television actor.

The son of a timber merchant at Lancaster, he was born at Scotforth, Lancashire.

Whewell was born in Lancaster.

Manhattan press agent Sidney Falco ( Tony Curtis ) has been unable to get his clients mentioned in J. J. Hunsecker's ( Burt Lancaster ) influential, nationally syndicated newspaper column of late because of Falco's failure to make good on a promise to break up the romance between Hunsecker's younger sister Susan ( Susan Harrison ) and musician Steve Dallas ( Martin Milner ), an up-and-coming jazz guitarist.

From Manhattan, up through the Hudson, the settlers were interested in trading furs with the Susquehannock in and around current Lancaster, Pennsylvania.