The series features rotten boroughs ( or " robber buttons "), Dr. Samuel Johnson ( played by Robbie Coltrane ), William Pitt the Younger ( Simon Osborne ), the French Revolution ( featuring Chris Barrie, Nigel Planer and Tim McInnerny as the Scarlet Pimpernel ), over-the-top theatrical actors, a squirrel-hating transvestite highwayman, and a duel with the Duke of Wellington ( played by Stephen Fry ).

The brothers Samuel and John Pringle were English soldiers serving in the French and Indian War ( Seven Years ' War ) who in 1761 deserted their post at Fort Pitt ( present-day Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ).

In that house, or the church itself, he was visited by Founding Fathers of the United States such as Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and Thomas Paine ; other American politicians such as John Adams, who later became the second president of the United States, and his wife Abigail ; British politicians such as Lord Lyttleton, the Earl of Shelburne, Earl Stanhope ( known as " Citizen Stanhope "), and even the Prime Minister William Pitt ; philosophers David Hume and Adam Smith ; agitators such as prison reformer John Howard, gadfly John Horne Tooke, and husband and wife John and Ann Jebb, who between them campaigned on expansion of the franchise, opposition to the war with America, support for the French Revolution, abolitionism, and an end to legal discrimination against Roman Catholics ; writers such as poet and banker Samuel Rogers ; and clergyman-mathematician Thomas Bayes, of Bayes ' theorem.

Also listed are the Methodist Church, First Baptist Church, Samuel Sadler House, and Newton M. Pitt House.

Given Soane's youth and relative inexperience, his appointment was down to the influence of William Pitt then the Prime Minister and his friend from the Grand Tour Richard Bosanquet whose brother was Samuel Bosanquet, Director and later Governor of the Bank of England.

The cast included Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Dennis Hopper, Christopher Walken, Gary Oldman, Brad Pitt, Tom Sizemore, Chris Penn, Val Kilmer and in bit roles, James Gandolfini and Samuel L. Jackson.

Samuel was the father of Treasury Secretary William Pitt Fessenden, congressman Samuel C. Fessenden and congressman T. A. D. Fessenden.

Samuel Clement Fessenden ( March 7, 1815 – April 18, 1882 ) was a United States Congressman from Maine, son of abolitionist Samuel Fessenden, and brother of Treasury Secretary William Pitt Fessenden and Congressman T. A. D. Fessenden.

From east to west, Rivington starts at the Samuel Gompers Houses on Pitt Street, intersects Ridge Street, Attorney Street, Clinton Street, Suffolk Street, Norfolk Street, Essex Street, Ludlow Street, Orchard Street, Allen Street and Eldridge Street, and ends at Forsyth Street.

It starred Brad Pitt and Catherine Keener with early appearances from Samuel L. Jackson and Nick Cave.

In April 1804 talk of an alternative government led to Grey proposing to Samuel Whitbread MP that Pitt and Fox serve in the same administration with Fitzwilliam as nominal Prime Minister.

Shelburne introduced Baring to Isaac Barré, his paymaster-general, and to such leading luminaries as William Pitt the Younger, Henry Dundas, Jeremy Bentham, Edmund Burke, Sir Samuel Romilly, and Lords Erskine, Camden and Sydney.

* Peter Samuel Pitt ( Lab ): Feltham and Heston 1981 – March 31, 1986

England contributed a young subaltern named Newton and the naval architect Samuel Bentham, brother to the economist, who for his colonel's commission was proving a godsend to the Russian fleet.

Samuel Gorton, founder of Warwick, was styled by the historian Samuel Greene Arnold `` one of the most remarkable men who ever lived ''.

The country was now full of Gazettes and Samuel C. Atkinson and Charles Alexander, who had just taken over Franklin's old paper, desired a more distinctive name.

The AID has found a mantlepiece attributed to Samuel McIntyre of Salem, Mass., an architect and woodcarver who competed for the designing of the Capitol here in 1792.

Some of the General Semantics tradition was continued by Samuel I. Hayakawa, who had a dispute with Korzybski.

Alcott had been influenced by educational philosophy of the Swiss pedagogue Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi and even renamed his school " The Cheshire Pestalozzi School ". His style attracted the attention of Samuel Joseph May, who introduced Alcott to his sister Abby May.

Based on his industry experience on Air Force missile projects, Mueller realized some skilled managers could be found among high-ranking officers in the US Air Force, so he got Webb's permission to recruit General Samuel C. Phillips, who gained a reputation for his effective management of the Minuteman program, as OMSF program controller.

He was closely pursued by Asahel, brother of Joab, who is said to have been " light of foot as a wild roe " ( 2 Samuel 2: 18 ).

Johnson appointed one judge to the United States Court of Claims, Samuel Milligan, who served from 1868 to 1874.

* Uncle Sam ( initials U. S .) is a common national personification of the American government that according to legend came into use during the War of 1812 and was supposedly named for Samuel Wilson a meat packer in New York, who supplied rations for the soldiers.

His numerous disciples — some of whom were very influential and who, for the most part, were also disciples of Samuel — amplified and, in their capacity as instructors and by their discussions, continued the work of Rav.

She became the mother of one of David's sons, who is listed in the Book of Chronicles under the name Daniel, in the Masoretic Text of the Books of Samuel as Chileab, and in the Septuagint text of 2 Samuel 3: 3 as Δαλουια, Dalouia.

In the 19th century the term Psilanthropism, was applied by such as Samuel Taylor Coleridge who so called his own view that Jesus was the son of Joseph.

Among other composers who set Housman songs were John Ireland ( song cycle, Land of Lost Content ), Michael Head ( e. g. ' Ludlow Fair '), Graham Peel ( a famous version of ' In Summertime on Bredon '), Ian Venables ( Songs of Eternity and Sorrow ), and the American Samuel Barber ( e. g. ' With rue my heart is laden ').

The estate was first known as Bletchley Park during the ownership of Samuel Lipscomb Seckham, who purchased it in 1877.

Former colonial governors of Rhode Island Stephen Hopkins and Samuel Ward, as well as the Reverend Isaac Backus and the Reverend Samuel Stillman, were among those who played an instrumental role in Brown's foundation and later became American revolutionaries.

Samuel answers the description of the " prophet like Moses " predicted in Deuteronomy 18: 15-22: like Moses, he has direct contact with Yahweh, the God of the Israelites, acts as a judge, and is a perfect leader who never makes mistakes.

In doing so the bulk of Liberals remained supporting the government, but two distinct Liberal groups had emerged within this bulk – the Liberal Nationals ( officially the " National Liberals " after 1947 ) led by Simon, also known as " Simonites ", and the " Samuelites " or " official Liberals ", led by Samuel who remained as the official party.

These changes came about partly as the result of the urgings of Edwin Samuel Montagu, an influential anti-Zionist Jew and secretary of state for India, who was concerned that the declaration without those changes could result in increased anti-Semitic persecution.

She subsequently gave birth to three daughters and another son, Samuel ( who would eventually succeed their father as rector of Stenbrohult and write a manual on beekeeping ).

Cartier was followed by nobleman Pierre Dugua, Sieur de Monts who was accompanied by explorer / cartographer Samuel de Champlain in a 1604 expedition where they established the second permanent European settlement in North America, following Spain's settlement at St. Augustine.

The first Commandant was Samuel Nicholas, who took office as a captain, though there was no office titled " Commandant " at the time, and the Second Continental Congress had authorized that the senior-most Marine could take a rank up to Colonel.

Her parents, Samuel Elijah Eastman and Annis Bertha Ford, were both Congregational Church clergy, and together served as pastors at the church of Thomas K. Beecher near Elmira, New York.

Samuel served in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, along with his two older half-brothers.

In November 1781, Hanson became the first President of the Continental Congress to be elected for an annual term as specified in the Articles of Confederation, although Samuel Huntington and Thomas McKean had served in that office after the ratification of the Articles.

On his father's side, he was descended from Samuel Willard, who served as acting President of Harvard University from 1701 to 1707.

The Saint Lawrence River served as the main route for European exploration of the North American interior, first pioneered by French explorer Samuel de Champlain.

* Mark Twain's angelfish, a group of young women that served as surrogate grand-daughters to author Mark Twain ( aka Samuel Clemens ) during the last years of his life

Samuel was therefore reared by his grandfather, Samuel Shellabarger, a noted lawyer who had served in Congress during the American Civil War and as Minister to Portugal.

Samuel Prentice, born in 1850, attended Yale University and served as Connecticut ’ s Chief Justice during 1913-20.

* Samuel Huntington ( 1731 – 1796 ) a leading Patriot in the American Revolution who served as a delegate to the Continental Congress where he signed the Declaration of Independence, was born in Scotland.

He was one of four Muscatine residents to be appointed as a diplomatic envoy between 1855 and 1900, a remarkable feat for a town of such small size: George Van Horne was consul at Marseilles, France during the 1860s ; Samuel McNutt served at Maracaibo, Venezuela in 1890 ; and Frank W. Mahin represented his country in Reichenberg, Austria in 1900.

Samuel ( Jr .) served as a selectman and was deacon of the Baptist Church for many years.

Samuel Spring, John's son, became a Revolutionary War Chaplain commissioned in the militia at the Siege of Boston, and who also served in the Invasion of Canada ( 1775 ) under Colonel Benedict Arnold.

* Samuel Spring, John's son, who served as a Revolutionary War Chaplain

The settlement was named for mill owner Samuel N. Shattuck, who also served as the first and only postmaster.

The village founder Samuel W. Dexter served as the chief justice of the Washtenaw County Court as well as being elected a University of Michigan regent.

Samuel who later served as one of the town's first selectmen.

* Samuel K. Robbins ( 1853 – 1926 ), politician who served as Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly and President of the New Jersey Senate.

The schools in the district ( with 2009-10 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics ) are Jeffrey Clark School, located on Quaker Road, had an enrollment of 462 students Grades K-2 and the Samuel Mickle School, located on Kings Highway, served 499 students in Grades 3-6.

Italian Americans have served as CEO ’ s of numerous major corporations, such as the Ford Motor Company and Chrysler Corporation by Lee Iacocca, IBM Corporation by Samuel Palmisano, Lucent Technologies by Patricia Russo, The New York Stock Exchange by Richard Grasso and Honeywell Incorporated by Michael Bonsignore.

* Samuel Lewis Southard ( 1787 – 1842 ), served as U. S. Senator, Secretary of the Navy, and the 10th Governor of New Jersey.

* Samuel Fowler ( 1779 – 1844 ), who served in the House of Representatives from 1833 to 1837.

Samuel L. French was a veteran of the Civil War, having served in the Union Army from 1861 to 1862.