Marlborough realised the great opportunity created by the early victory of Ramillies: " We now have the whole summer before us ," wrote the Duke from Brussels to Robert Harley, " and with the blessing of God I shall make the best use of it.

Early collections of English ballads were made by Samuel Pepys ( 1633 – 1703 ) and in the Roxburghe Ballads collected by Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer ( 1661 – 1724 ).

In 1701 Defoe, flanked by a guard of sixteen gentlemen of quality, presented the Legion's Memorial to the Speaker of the House of Commons, later his employer, Robert Harley.

Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer, brokered his release in exchange for Defoe's co-operation as an intelligence agent for the Tories.

In despair, he wrote to William Paterson the London Scot and founder of the Bank of England and part instigator of the Darien scheme, who was in the confidence of Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer, leading minister and spymaster in the English Government.

* 1661 – Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer, English statesman ( d. 1724 )

* Sir Robert Harley

Jonathan Swift, for example, wrote in 1713 about " those who are now commonly called Prime Minister among us ", referring to Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin and Robert Harley, Queen Anne's Lord Treasurers and chief ministers.

Consequently, her chief ministers Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin and Robert Harley, who were called " Prime Minister " by some, had difficulty executing policy in the face of a hostile Parliament.

* December 5 – Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer, English statesman ( d. 1724 )

* May 21 – Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer, English statesman ( b. 1661 )

The Country Whigs, led by Robert Harley, gradually merged with the Tory opposition in the later 1690s.

It was headed by Lord Godolphin and Anne's favourite the Duke of Marlborough, who were considered moderate Tories, along with the Speaker of the House of Commons, Robert Harley.

On 30 September 1642 Parliamentarians led by Sir Robert Harley and Henry Grey, 1st Earl of Stamford occupied the city without opposition.

The new ministry, under the leadership of the Tory Robert Harley, removed Walpole from his office of Secretary at War but allowed him to remain Treasurer of the Navy until 2 January 1711.

Walpole developed an intense hatred for Robert Harley ( by then Earl of Oxford and Mortimer ) and Lord Bolingbroke, the Tories who had engineered his impeachment.

In August 1710 Robert Harley was appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer.

Members of the committee included Harley himself and the two Auditors of the Imprests whose task was to investigate government spending, Edward Harley brother of Robert and Paul Foley his brother in law.

The Cheapside Cross was demolished in May 1643 under an ordinance from the parliamentary Committee for the Demolition of Monuments of Superstition and Idolatry, led by Sir Robert Harley.

and Harley Rounds and Robert Pugmire.

The moderate Tory ministry of Marlborough, the Lord Treasurer Godolphin, and the Speaker of the House of Commons Robert Harley, were hampered by, and often at variance with, their High Tory colleagues whose strategic policy favoured the full employment of the Royal Navy in pursuit of trade advantages and colonial expansion overseas.

Robert Harley by Jonathan Richardson, c. 1710.

Anne fought stubbornly to keep her favourite minister, but when the Duke of Somerset and the Earl of Pembroke refused to act without ' the General nor the Treasurer ', Harley resigned: Henry Boyle replaced him as Secretary of State, and his fellow Whig, Robert Walpole, replaced St John as Secretary at War.

The Chancellor Manuscript and The Aquitaine Progression by Robert Ludlum fall into this category, as do films such as Awake, Snake Eyes, The Da Vinci Code, Edge of Darkness, Absolute Power, Marathon Man, In the Line of Fire, Capricorn One, and JFK.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Original Radio Scripts lists works including A Modern Mass for the Dead ( Requiem ) by György Ligeti, A Rainbow in Curved Air by Terry Riley, Volumina by György Ligeti, Wind on Water by Robert Fripp and Brian Eno, Poppy Nogood and the Phantom Band by Terry Riley, Cachaca by Patrick Moraz, Shine on You Crazy Diamond ( intro ) by Pink Floyd, Rock and Roll Music by The Beatles, Also sprach Zarathustra ( intro ) by Richard Strauss, Katakomben by Gruppe Between, Space Theme by Stomu Yamashta, Oxygène by Jean Michel Jarre, That's Entertainment by Howard Dietz and Arthur Schwartz, Over Fire Island by Eno ( with Fripp ), Miracles of the Gods by Absolute Everywhere, Mikrophoniet by Karlheinz Stockhausen, Melodien by György Ligeti, The Engulfed Cathedral by Isao Tomita, Volkstanz by Gruppe Between and What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong.

Mic Rodgers ( Mel Gibson's stunt double ), John Casino ( Kurt Russell's stunt double ), Keith Tellez ( Dustin Hoffman's stunt double, Fast & Furious ), Bob Elmore ( John Candy's stunt double ), Carl Ciarfalio ( The Whole Ten Yards ), Merritt Yohnka ( stuntman on Nash Bridges ), Ray Gabriel ( Baywatch, Magnolia ( film ), Bob Hoskins ' stunt double ), Jim Poslof, Bob Rochelle, Bob Stambaugh, Terry Jackson, Robert Shook, Davey Thompson ( Multiplicity ( film ), Absolute Power ( film ), Spider-Man 3, Ed Harris ' stunt double ), and Stephen Burhoe ( 1st & Ten ( HBO TV series ), The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, acting coach ).

While at Nootka Sound Vancouver acquired Robert Gray's chart of the lower Columbia River.

* On 27 December 1831, set off from anchorage in the Barn Pool, under Mount Edgecumbe on the west side of Plymouth Sound, on her second survey voyage, captained by Robert FitzRoy with Charles Darwin on board.

* Robert Anton Wilson On Finnegans Wake and Joseph Campbell ( interview by Faustin Bray and Brian Wallace ) ( 1988 ) 2 CD Set Sound Photosynthesis

" Sound editor Ben Burtt added the sound of jangling spurs, created and performed by the Foley artist team of Robert Rutledge and Edward Steidele, to Fett's appearance in Cloud City, intending to make the character menacing and the scene reminiscent of similar gunfighter appearances in Western films.

The film was also nominated for Best Picture, Best Screenplay ( Robert Riskin ), and Best Sound Recording ( John P. Livadary ).

The film was also nominated in the categories Assistant Director ( Robert Webb ) Won, Music ( Scoring ) Nomimated, Sound Recording ( E. H. Hansen ) Nominated and Writing ( Original Story ) Nominated.

In 1906 Robert Peary led an expedition in northern Ellesmere Island, from Cape Sheridan along the coast to the western side of Nansen Sound ( 93 ° W ).

" It won four Academy Awards: Best Original Score, Best Sound ( Robert Knudson, Robert Glass, Don Digirolamo, Gene Cantamessa ), Best Sound Effects Editing ( Charles L. Campbell and Ben Burtt )

During the second expedition they met the American captain Robert Gray near Nootka Sound.

The Sand Pebbles was nominated for eight Academy Awards, but failed to win any: Best Picture for Robert Wise, Best Actor for Steve McQueen, Best Supporting Actor for Mako, Best Art Direction / Set Decoration-Color, Best Cinematography-Color, Best Film Editing, Best Sound ( James Corcoran ) and Best Original Music Score for Jerry Goldsmith.

Robert Fordham and John Carman sailed across Long Island Sound from Stamford, Connecticut and purchased what we now know as the towns of Hempstead and North Hempstead from the Rockoway, Mericock, Marsappeaque and Matinecock Indians.

* 1989: BAFTA Award for Best Sound: Bill Phillips, Danny Michael, Robert J. Litt, Elliot Tyson, Rick Kline

** Best Sound: Robert J. Litt, Elliot Tyson, Rick Kline and Danny Michael

The film was nominated for eight Oscars at the 50th Academy Awards, including Direction, Supporting Actress ( Melinda Dillon ), Visual Effects, Art Direction ( Joe Alves, Daniel A. Lomino, Phil Abramson ), Original Music Score, Film Editing, and Sound ( Robert Knudson, Robert Glass, Don MacDougall and Gene Cantamessa ).

Among the studio musicians responsible for the " Motown Sound " were keyboardists Earl Van Dyke, Johnny Griffith, and Joe Hunter ; guitarists Joe Messina, Robert White, and Eddie Willis ; percussionists Eddie " Bongo " Brown and Jack Ashford ; drummers Benny Benjamin, Uriel Jones, and Richard " Pistol " Allen ; and bassists James Jamerson and Bob Babbitt.

Rodgers and Hammerstein's The Sound of Music is a 1965 American musical film directed by Robert Wise and starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer.

His music-theatre work includes the texts for Philip Glass ' 1000 Airplanes on the Roof, The Voyage, and The Sound of a Voice, the book for Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida ( co-written by Linda Woolverton and Robert Falls ), the Walt Disney Company's theatrical version of Edgar Rice Burroughs ' Tarzan ( with music and lyrics by Phil Collins ), the libretti for Bright Sheng's The Silver River, Osvaldo Golijov's Ainadamar, Unsuk Chin's Alice in Wonderland ( libretto co-written by Chin ), and Howard Shore's The Fly as well as Rodgers and Hammerstein's Flower Drum Song.

* Academy Awards: Oscar, Best Cinematography, Black-and-White, Lionel Lindon ; Best Director, Robert Wise ; Best Film Editing, William Hornbeck ; Best Sound, Gordon E. Sawyer ( Samuel Goldwyn SSD ); Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium.

Academy Award nominations went to Debbie Reynolds for Best Actress ; George Davis, E. Preston Ames, Henry Grace, and Hugh Hunt for Best Color Art Direction and Set Decoration ; Daniel L. Fapp for Best Color Cinematography ; Morton Haack for Best Color Costume Design ; Robert Armbruster, Leo Arnaud, Jack Elliott, Jack Hayes, Calvin Jackson, and Leo Shuken for Best Music, Scoring of Music, Adaptation or Treatment ; and Franklin Milton for Best Sound.

Mary, Queen of Scots was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actress in a Leading Role ( Vanessa Redgrave ), Best Art Direction-Set Decoration ( Terence Marsh, Robert Cartwright, Peter Howitt ), Best Costume Design, Best Music, Original Dramatic Score and Best Sound ( Bob Jones, John Aldred ).