As Sir Charles Oman once said, `` it is no longer fashionable to declare that we can say nothing certain about Old English origins ''.

Sir Robert Watson-Watt's `` rebuttal '' of Sir Charles Snow's Godkin Lectures is marred throughout by too forceful a desire to defend Lindemann and apparently himself from Sir Charles' supposed falsehoods while stating those `` falsehoods '' in an unclear incoherent argument.

* Sir Charles Waldstein, Alcamenes and the establishment of the classical type in Greek art ; 1926

* Charles Dickens used Selkirk as a simile in Chapter Two of The Pickwick Papers: " Colonel Builder and Sir Thomas Clubber exchanged snuff – boxes, and looked very much like a pair of Alexander Selkirks — ' Monarchs of all they surveyed.

* 1799 – The entire Dutch fleet is captured by British forces under the command of Sir Ralph Abercromby and Admiral Sir Charles Mitchell during the Second Coalition of the French Revolutionary Wars.

* 1840 – Foundation stone for new Palace of Westminster, London, is laid by wife of Sir Charles Barry.

* 1704 – War of the Spanish Succession: Gibraltar is captured by an English and Dutch fleet, commanded by Admiral Sir George Rooke and allied with Archduke Charles.

During the Civil War, prior to the siege of Raglan Castle in 1645, King Charles I visited Abergavenny and presided in person over the trial of Sir Trefor Williams, 1st Baronet of Llangibby, a Royalist who changed sides, and other Parliamentarians.

On the battlefield, it is probably fair to say, Charles was comparable in skill and style to Sir Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington-quite conservative and yet exceedingly competent.

* Sir Charles Walker, Thirty-Six Years at the Admiralty ( London, 1933 )

Other possible ministers included Sir Robert Inglis, Henry Goulburn, John Charles Herries, and Lord Ellenborough.

The original early 19th-century interior designs, many of which still survive, included widespread use of brightly coloured scagliola and blue and pink lapis, on the advice of Sir Charles Long.

After defeating the Army of Sir William Waller at the Battle of Cropredy Bridge, King Charles marched west in pursuit of the Parliamentarian army of the Earl of Essex, who was invading the Royalist stronghold of Cornwall.

Sir Edmund Blackadder and his servant, Baldrick, are the last two men loyal to the defeated King Charles I of England ( played by Stephen Fry, portrayed as a soft-spoken, ineffective, slightly dim character, with the voice and mannerisms of Charles I's namesake, the current Prince of Wales ).

As well as stories from the Old Testament, John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress and Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin, she grew up with Aesop ’ s Fables, the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen, Charles Kingsley's The Water Babies, the folk tales and mythology of Scotland, the German Romantics, Shakespeare, and the romances of Sir Walter Scott.

Over two-thirds of the members, and all the serving MPs, of the Liberal Party joined this party, led first jointly by Steel and the SDP leader Robert Maclennan, and later by Paddy Ashdown ( 1988 – 99 ), Charles Kennedy ( 1999 – 2006 ), Sir Menzies Campbell ( 2006 – 07 ) and Nick Clegg ( incumbent ).

Sir Charles Spencer " Charlie " Chaplin, KBE ( 16 April 188925 December 1977 ) was an English comic actor, film director and composer best known for his work during the silent film era.

During the Anglo-French War ( 1627 – 1629 ), under Charles I, by 1629 the Kirkes took Quebec City, Sir James Stewart of Killeith, Lord Ochiltree planted a colony on Cape Breton Island at Baleine, Nova Scotia and Alexander ’ s son, William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling established the first incarnation of “ New Scotland ” at Port Royal.

* α CVn ( Asterion, Cor Caroli ) is the constellation's brightest star, named by Sir Charles Scarborough in memory of King Charles I, the deposed king of Britain.

The term took on its present meaning from a group of ministers of King Charles II of England ( Sir Thomas Clifford, Lord Arlington, the Duke of Buckingham, Lord Ashley, and Lord Lauderdale ), whose initial letters coincidentally spelled CABAL, and who were the signatories of the public Treaty of Dover that allied England to France in a prospective war against the Netherlands.

Fifteen former All Blacks have been inducted into the International Rugby Hall of Fame ; Sir Fred Allen, Don Clarke, Sean Fitzpatrick, Grant Fox, Dave Gallaher, Michael Jones, Ian Kirkpatrick, Sir John Kirwan, Sir Brian Lochore, Jonah Lomu, Sir Colin Meads, Graham Mourie, George Nepia and Wilson Whineray.

In October 1878, at Beechworth court, Mr Justice Sir Redmond Barry presided over a case in which Mrs. Ellen Kelly ( King ) and two other men in aiding and abetting the attempted murder of a Victoria Police Constable named Alexander Fitzpatrick.

These include sportspeople such as Dame Susan Devoy, Mark Todd, Sir Richard Hadlee and numerous All Blacks including Sir Colin Meads and Sean Fitzpatrick.

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* Jock, historical dog in book and film Jock of the Bushveld by Sir Percy Fitzpatrick

* 12 Sir Desmond Fitzpatrick, 89.

* General Sir Desmond Fitzpatrick 1968 – 1970

The family of Sir Percy Fitzpatrick made a major contribution to the political formation of South Africa.

* Air Mshl Sir John Fitzpatrick CB 1974-5

* Barberton was home to Sir Percy Fitzpatrick, author of Jock of the Bushveld.

Fitzpatrick was awarded the New Zealand Order of Merit by the then Governor General of New Zealand Sir Michael Hardie Boys in 1997.

Directed by Peter H. Hunt, it starred Douglas Sills ( Sir Percy Blakeney ), Christine Andreas ( Marguerite St. Just ), Terrance Mann ( Citizen Chauvelin ), Marine Jahan ( Madame St. Cyr ), Tim Shew ( St. Cyr ), Elizabeth Ward ( Marie ), Philip Hoffman ( Tussaud ), James Judy ( Dewhurst ), Sandy Rosenberg ( Lady Digby ), Pamela Burrell ( Lady Llewellyn ), Gilles Chiasson ( Armand St. Just ), Ed Dixon ( Ozzy ), Allen Fitzpatrick ( Farleigh ), Bill Bowers ( Leggett ), Adam Pelty ( Elton ), Ron Sharpe ( Hal ), William Thomas Evans ( Hastings ), Dave Clemmons ( Ben ), R. F.

Sir Sultan Muhammed Shah, Aga Khan III GCSI GCMG GCIE GCVO PC ( November 2, 1877 – July 11, 1957 ) was the 48th Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims.

* 1934-1955: His Highness The Right Honourable Aga Sir Sultan Muhammad Shah, Aga Khan III, PC, GCSI, GCIE, GCVO

* 1955-1957: His Highness The Right Honourable Aga Sir Sultan Muhammad Shah, Aga Khan III, PC, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, GCVO

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* July 30 – Sir Patrick Russell QC, PC, British High Court Judge ( d. 2002 )

Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, KG, KB, PC ( 26 August 1676 – 18 March 1745 ), known before 1742 as Sir Robert Walpole, was a British statesman who is generally regarded as the first Prime Minister of Great Britain.

Sir Edward Richard George " Ted " Heath, KG, MBE, PC ( 9 July 1916 – 17 July 2005 ) was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ( 1970 – 74 ) and as Leader of the Conservative Party ( 1965 – 75 ).

* Sir John Mummery PC, DL a Lord Justice of Appeal lives at 5 Canonbury Grove

Sir John Joseph Caldwell Abbott, PC, KCMG, QC ( March 12, 1821 – October 30, 1893 ) was the third Prime Minister of Canada.

Sir Austen Henry Layard GCB, PC (; 5 March 1817 – 5 July 1894 ) was a British traveller, archaeologist, cuneiformist, art historian, draughtsman, collector, author, politician and diplomat, best known as the excavator of Nimrud.

Sir William McDougall PC CB ( January 25, 1822 – May 29, 1905 ) was a Canadian lawyer, politician and one of the Fathers of Confederation.

Sir Edward Coke SL PC (, formerly ; 1 February 1552 – 3 September 1634 ) was an English barrister, judge and politician considered to be the greatest jurist of the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras.

Sir George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, KG, GCSI, GCIE, PC ( 11 January 1859 – 20 March 1925 ), known as The Lord Curzon of Kedleston between 1898 and 1911 and as The Earl Curzon of Kedleston between 1911 and 1921, was a British Conservative statesman who was Viceroy of India and Foreign Secretary, but who was passed over as Prime Minister in 1923 in favour of Stanley Baldwin.

Sir George-Étienne Cartier, 1st Baronet, PC ( pronounced ; September 6, 1814 – May 20, 1873 ) was a French-Canadian statesman and Father of Confederation .< ref >

Benjamin Hall, 1st Baron Llanover PC ( 8 November 1802 – 27 April 1867 ), known as Sir Benjamin Hall, Bt, between 1838 and 1859, was a British civil engineer and politician.

Sir Keith Jacka Holyoake, KG, GCMG, CH, PC, QSO, KStJ ( 11 February 1904 – 8 December 1983 ) was a New Zealand politician.

Sir William Mulock, PC, KCMG, MP, QC, LL. D ( January 19, 1843 – October 1, 1944 ) was a Canadian lawyer, businessman, educator, farmer, politician, judge, and philanthropist.

Sir Lynden Oscar Pindling, KCMG, OM, PC, JP ( 22 March 193026 August 2000 ), is regarded as the " Father of the Nation " of the Bahamas, having led it to Majority Rule on 10 January 1967 and to independence on 10 July 1973.

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* Rt Hon Sir Robert Phillimore, Bt BA DCL Oxford Advocate Doctors ' Commons Barrister-at-Law Middle Temple QC PC 1855-1875

Sir Adams George Archibald, KCMG, PC ( May 3, 1814 – December 14, 1892 ) was a Canadian lawyer and politician, and a father of Confederation.

Sir Alexander Campbell, PC, KCMG, QC ( March 9, 1822 – May 24, 1892 ) was an English-born, Canadian statesman and politician, and a father of Canadian Confederation.

Sir Alexander Tilloch Galt, GCMG, PC ( September 6, 1817 – September 19, 1893 ) was a politician and a father of Canadian Confederation.

Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto PC ( 23 April 1751 – 21 June 1814 ), known as Sir Gilbert Elliott between 1777 and 1797 and as The Lord Minto between 1797 and 1813, was a Scottish politician diplomat.

Sir Samuel Leonard Tilley, PC, KCMG ( May 8, 1818 – June 25, 1896 ) was a Canadian politician and one of the Fathers of Confederation.