Britain was required to scrap most of her vast First World War fleet ( only two new, oddly-shaped, battleships, Rodney and Nelson were built at this time, known colloquially as the ' Cherry Tree Class ' as they had been ' cut down by Washington ').

Said safety Rodney Harrison, " If I had to go through another year like that, I'd probably quit playing ".

Rodney says that the Portuguese reports generally were detailed and thorough, especially concerning trade, and that it is unlikely, if slavery had been an important local institution, that the reports would have been so silent about it.

British Admiral George Brydges Rodney, who had been tracking de Grasse around the West Indies, was alerted to the latter's departure, but was uncertain of the French admiral's destination.

The PNC government quickly accused Rodney of being a terrorist who had died at the hands of his own bomb and charged his brother Donald with being an accomplice.

Rodney was a well-known leftist, and the circumstances of his death damaged Burnham's image with many leaders and intellectuals in less-developed countries who earlier had been willing to overlook the authoritarian nature of his government.

Rodney was born in Saint Ann's Bay, Saint Ann, Jamaica, as were reggae singer Bob Marley and political activist Marcus Garvey who both had a great influence on Rodney's life: Garvey in his philosophy, which Burning Spear greatly took to, and Marley in directly helping Burning Spear get started in the music industry ( by some accounts ) by introducing him to Clement Dodd.

Admiral Rodney the commander of the Leeward Islands station of the Royal Navy attacked the Dutch colonies in that part of the Caribbean: St. Eustatius, Saba, and Saint Martin, as soon as he had received word of the declaration of war, in the process surprising a number of Dutch naval and merchant ships, who were still unaware of the start of hostilities.

The French also returned the other Dutch colonies they had recaptured from the British, including the ones in the West Indies ( like St. Eustatius that had been taken by Admiral Rodney in February, 1781, but was retaken by the French Admiral De Grasse on November 27, 1781 )

The film had an atmospheric music score composed by Richard Rodney Bennett, who later based a concert work, Elegy for Lady Caroline Lamb for viola and orchestra, on some of the material.

After years of fruitless searching, both Del and Rodney found long-term love, in the form of Raquel ( Tessa Peake-Jones ) and Cassandra ( Gwyneth Strong ) respectively ; Del also had a son with Raquel, Damien ( played by five actors, most recently Ben Smith ).

Cassandra miscarried, but then she and Rodney eventually had a baby.

He nonetheless had endearing features, especially his " lovable loser " qualities and his devotion and loyalty to his family, which saw him take care of Rodney and Grandad on his own from the age of 16.

Sullivan partly based Rodney on his own experiences ; he, too, had a much older sibling and, like Rodney, claims to have been a dreamer and an idealist in his youth.

Prior to Sugar Ray, in the late 1980s, Rodney Sheppard and Stan Frazier had been together in a band under the name The Tories.

During that time, Perry starred in the independent film Normal Life opposite Ashley Judd, starred in the TV science fiction movie Invasion ( 1997 ), a Rodney King-era drama Riot ( 1997 ) and also had a small role in Luc Besson's science fiction adventure film The Fifth Element ( 1997 ).

The National Science Foundation issued a statement that Rodney Marks had " apparently died of natural causes, but the specific cause of death ha yet to be determined ".

He was particularly noted for his conduct at Rochefort, where he had taken the Ile d ' Aix, and was described by George Rodney as performing his duties " with such cool and steady resolution, as has most justly gained him the universal applause of army and navy ".

Johnson's independence was further displayed in 1808 when he defied the orders of the Collector of the Port of Charleston, the United States Attorney General Caesar A. Rodney, and President Thomas Jefferson ( the very man who had nominated Johnson to his position ) because he felt that the executive branch's control of maritime trade was an overextension of its constitutional powers.

He was elected on 28 February 2000 and took up the post on 1 January 2001, succeeding Rodney Bickerstaffe who had held the post for five years.

On the 18 November 1882 Newport had a fixture against Weston-super-Mare at Rodney Parade.

He was the son of Caesar and Elizabeth Crawford Rodney and grandson of William Rodney, who came to America in the 1680s and had been Speaker of the Colonial Assembly of the Delaware Counties in 1704.

Sykes served as a lieutenant under Caesar Rodney in the Dover Militia in 1756.

In a major engagement that ended Franco-Spanish plans for the capture of Jamaica in 1782, he was defeated and taken prisoner by Rodney in the Battle of the Saintes.

In total around 48 merchantmen were taken by the squadron, although Rodney ignored an order of Fox by pursuing several ships which had broken away from the rest in an attempt to escape managing to capture six of them.

In August 1758 Rodney sailed for home in charge of six warships and ten transports carrying the captured garrison of Louisbourg who were being taken to Britain as prisoners of war.

This important battle saved Jamaica and ruined French naval prestige, while it enabled Rodney to write: " Within two little years I have taken two Spanish, one French and one Dutch admirals.

Shortly afterward, in April 1782, he was defeated and taken prisoner by Admiral Rodney at the Battle of the Saintes.

One of the most prominent researchers in the field of biomorphic robotics has been Mark W. Tilden, who has taken Rodney Brooks ' theory of removing the world model from robots to a low hardware level not even using microprocessors.

In 2004 the farm was taken over by Myles and Christopher ( Critta ) Lee, Robin's sons, after the retirement of Rodney Lee.

Del and Rodney, who had since become millionaires regretted not having taken him with them, but were consoled by the revelation that the " Ancient Marriner " never actually held a British passport.

Rodney corrects her, claiming that the photo was taken in July 1960 before he was born ( according to Rodney ), thus making Rodney's date of birth the date he reveals it to be in " The Unlucky Winner Is ...", 2 November.

In around 1967 when the second album was recorded, Rodney Garwood replaced Peter Moules on bass ( who had taken up bass when the band changed from a vocal group to a pop band ) and Hugh Halliday replaced Bob Henrit.

The Admiral Rodney Now has a pay and display car park for non-customers, Buy a drink / meal and you get your ticket price taken from your bill.

No one has yet made widely known, however, the story of the naming of two connected cul-de-sacs in the far south part -- Rodney Court and Dangerfield Drive, presumably someone's tribute to the comedian.

* Rodney is an unincorporated community in the southeast part of the township at.

The Rodney ZIP code also serves the most of the western part of Martiny Township as well as small areas of northeast Austin Township and northwest Morton Township to the south and the southeast corner of Grant Township and the southwest part of Chippewa Township to the north.

When his family moved to a farm in a remote part of Florida, Rodney began perfecting his flatground techniques in the family garage.

In contrast to Del Boy, the part of Rodney was cast early, with Lyndhurst settled on quickly.

On a positive note, the Mad Dogs were known for their strong defensive work that was rated second, behind Edmonton, in the CFL for giving up the least number of points with 364, due in large part to the strong defensive play of Tim Cofield and Rodney Harding.

For the remainder of the war Rodney took part in further cruises, and took several more prizes.

He contributed to the capture of Grenada and took part in the three actions fought by Guichen against Admiral Rodney in the Battle of Martinique ( 1780 ).

He served part of his time as midshipman with George Brydges Rodney on the Ludlow, and became a lieutenant in 1746.

In 1782 Hood took part in a British fleet under Rodney which defeated a combined French and Spanish fleet which was planning an invasion of Jamaica.

" Beautiful City " was written in 1972 as part of the movie and re-written in 1993 after the Rodney King riots in Los Angeles.

Rodney District is a former local government area in the northernmost part in New Zealand's Auckland Region, created in 1989 from the amalgamation of Helensville Borough and Rodney County.

Comedians and actors use this comedic method as part of their act, e. g. Rodney Dangerfield, Bruce Campbell, Steven Wright, Emo Philips, Tommy Cooper, Mark Linn-Baker, Henny Youngman, Mitch Hedberg, Dan Mintz, Zach Galifianakis, Demetri Martin, Jimmy Carr, Anthony Jeselnik, Tim Vine, Milton Jones, Shmuel Breban, Stewart Francis etc.

It was formed in 1994 from the merger of the City of Echuca, Shire of Deakin, Shire of Rochester, Shire of Waranga, Town of Kyabram and part of the Shire of Rodney.

*** the part of Rodney District known as the Hibiscus Coast, from Waiwera south, including Orewa and the Whangaparaoa Peninsula

*** the part of Rodney District around Kumeu

Despite being so critical of himself, LaMarche would be granted the opportunity of being part of the 1985 HBO production, Rodney Dangerfield Hosts the 9th Annual Young Comedians Special, on which also appeared Bob Saget, Rita Rudner, Louie Anderson, Yakov Smirnoff, and the breakout first appearance of Sam Kinison.

Moore St was part of the original Fencible village and was sub-divided into one acre ( 4, 000 m² ) allotments down to Rodney St. People will, no doubt, recognise that Wellington and Nelson Sts spring from the most famous of British war heroes, Lord Nelson and the Duke of Wellington and that Selwyn St takes its name from the first Bishop of New Zealand, George Augustus Selwyn.

In 1905 he made his first Davis Cup appearance as part of the Australasian team and the following year won both the Australasian Championships singles title, defeating Francis Fisher in the final in straight sets, and doubles title, partnering compatriot Rodney Heath.

Orewa was administered as part of the Rodney District for two decades, until this was subsumed by the broader Auckland Council in October 2010.

* Rodney District Council now part of Auckland Council