In 1588 he became MP for Liverpool and then for Middlesex in 1593.

He then made his way via Cuba to the United States, giving concerts in New York and San Francisco and then travelled to Liverpool, London and Leipzig.

* 1914 – The new and then largest Cunard ocean liner RMS Aquitania, 45, 647 tons, sets sails on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England to New York City.

In May 1943 he made his way back in the guise of Hugh Anson, an obnoxiously unruly steward, sailing on a merchant ship, the ' The City of Lancaster ', from Liverpool to Lisbon in neutral Portugal where he then jumped ship.

Those sent to Virginia are refused and then sent on to Liverpool, Bristol, Southampton and Penryn in England.

In September 1957, she made her first professional stage appearance with the Old Vic Company, at the Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool, as Ophelia in Hamlet, then her London debut in the same production at the Old Vic.

Adams's strong discipline of the defence was considered a factor in Arsenal winning the League Cup in 1986 – 87 and then the First Division championship twice ; the first in 1988 – 89 after a win over Liverpool in the final game of the season ; the second in 1990 – 91, losing once all season.

Access at the north end of the line was difficult: trains were limited to 26 wagons and had to be shunted into the Great Eastern's Liverpool Street station and then drawn forward onto the East London line.

In 2001 – 02, holders Liverpool were defeated 2 – 1 at home by Grimsby Town, then humbled again by Northampton Town in September 2010.

Redgrave made his first professional appearance at the Liverpool Playhouse on 30 August 1934 as Roy Darwin in Counsellor-at-Law ( by Elmer Rice ), then spent two years with its Liverpool Repertory Company where he met his future wife Rachel Kempson.

John Eyes of Liverpool surveyed the route, and presented a scheme for a navigation which would use the River Calder from Wakefield to its junction with the River Hebble, follow the Hebble to Salterhebble bridge, and then follow the Halifax Brook to reach Halifax.

In order to resolve the situation the Birmingham Canal Company and the Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Company jointly promoted an Act of Parliament to authorise a short canal which would have left the Birmingham Canal at a higher level than the junction, crossed the Staffordshire and Worcestershire by an aqueduct, and then dropped down by a series of locks to join the Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal north of Autherley junction.

Having marched north, taking Bolton and Liverpool along the way in two bloody assaults, Rupert then intervened in Yorkshire in two highly effective manoeuvres, in the first outwitting the enemy forces at Newark with speed ; in the second, striking across country and approaching York from the north.

Its orchestra, then the Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, is the oldest surviving professional symphony orchestra in the United Kingdom.

He won a scholarship with Liverpool Repertory Company, and he worked with them for 15 months, then moved to the Belgrade Theatre in Coventry for 6 months and then had his West End debut.

The premises were constructed adjacent to the ( then new ) Liverpool and Manchester Railway and the Bridgewater Canal.

In 1946 he was signed by Liverpool for a then club record of £ 12, 500.

Although a contractual dispute in the 1948-9 season limited his appearances for the Merseyside club, he then helped Liverpool reach the 1950 FA Cup final, the first time Liverpool had ever appeared at Wembley.

Hill then received critical acclaim for his performance as Joe Bradshaw in Shirley Valentine ( 1989 ), about a Liverpool housewife ( Pauline Collins ) who was a former anti-establishment rebel and engages in an extramarital affair.

Control of the airport transferred to Merseyside County Council from Liverpool Corporation in the mid 1970s and then, ten years later, to the five Merseyside councils following the abolition of Merseyside County Council.

However, he always believed the ball was in the net because of Hunt's reaction – the Liverpool striker was following in as the ball hit the bar and turned to celebrate a goal instead of trying to knock the rebound into the net.

Lord Liverpool told Caroline that she should not go to the service, but she turned up anyway.

In May 2008, it was revealed Kewell had turned down a new contract at Liverpool.

From a ' Liverpool suburb ,' Neil Hughes turned out to be perhaps the most unpredictable of the entire group.

Liverpool turned up the pressure in the second half, pulling a goal back before being awarded a penalty nine minutes from time.

However, after Whelan suffered another injury, he turned to Mølby, who went on to feature heavily in the Liverpool side that season, starring in the UEFA Cup and playing an important part in their FA Cup winning season.

Redknapp started his career at Tottenham Hotspur as a youth player but turned down their offer of a contract to play for Bournemouth under his father, manager Harry Redknapp, before going on to play for Liverpool where Redknapp will be remembered for his best performances.

Parrott turned professional in 1983 and he made his televised debut as a professional during the 1984 Classic in which he played Alex Higgins in the last 16 of the competition in front of a packed house at Warrington near his home town of Liverpool.

According to reports, De Boer was offered the chance to interview for the Liverpool FC job but turned it down to remain with Ajax.

Turner designed and constructed the railway sheds at Westland Row and at the Broadstone in Dublin, and Lime Street in Liverpool, but also turned his hand to the design and manufacture of railings, boilers, cisterns and bedsteads.

He turned professional in May 1962, making his Football League debut on 18 August 1962 against Liverpool at Anfield in a 2 – 1 victory.

After writing The Blithedale Romance in 1852, Hawthorne, approaching fifty, turned away from publication and obtained a political appointment as American Consul in Liverpool, England, an appointment which he held from 1853 to 1857.

The Earl of Derby's lands encompassed a region from Liverpool to Manchester, and to the north beyond Lancaster and were primarily turned to meeting the pastoral needs of the people.

He scored his first and what turned out to be only Liverpool goal during this season, in the UEFA Cup against FC Steaua Bucureşti.

He was sent – off in 36th minute of Liverpool's UEFA Cup second leg match against Marseille, which turned things around for Liverpool as they were eliminated from the competition, after which he struggled to regain his place.

The directors of Liverpool turned to the unassuming Paisley.

Educated at St Bede's College, Manchester, the University of Liverpool ( BA ) and Merton College, Oxford ( D. Phil ), Kershaw was originally trained as a medievalist but turned to the study of modern German social history in the 1970s.

After Rush left, Aldridge scored 26 goals in what turned out to be a magnificent season for Liverpool, including a strike in each of the first nine games, forming a 10-match scoring run as he had scored in his final league appearance of the previous season.

Nicol started his career with Ayr United in 1979 and spent just over two seasons with the Scottish side, racking up 70 league appearances, before Liverpool manager Bob Paisley decided to pay, what turned out to be, a bargain price of £ 300, 000 to bring Nicol to Anfield on 26 October 1981.

A passionate supporter of Liverpool FC through his father ( nowadays he is frequently seen watching from the Director's box ) Davies had trials for the club during the reign of Bill Shankly but was unsuccessful ( in 1995 he told The Independent that as things as turned out, it was probably for the best ).

In January 2007 Neill turned his back on a un-confirmed bid from in favour of West Ham United, following the successful transfer of Stephen Warnock from Liverpool to Blackburn.

Encouraged by the extra trade generated by the Waterloo Cup, the Liverpool entrepreneur turned his attention to the Turf the following year and organised the first running of the Grand Liverpool Steeplechase, known as the Grand National since 1839.

He came on as a substitute in the FA Cup Final and his performance, together with Michael Owen's goals, turned the match after Liverpool had seemed to be heading for defeat against Arsenal.