Holmer Green has long elected two Conservative district councillors to the Conservative-run Chiltern District Council.

In a local referendum, held in 1995 ahead of the planned abolition of the Strathclyde Region and the partition of Renfrewshire into three separate local government areas, the residents of Ralston voted overwhelmingly against leaving the new Paisley-based ( and Labour-dominated ) Renfrewshire authority to become an annex of the newly-partitioned ( and Conservative-run ) East Renfrewshire.

Both the other ward members for Oxshott and Stoke serve in the Conservative-run Cabinet of Elmbridge Borough.

The taxpayers of East Greenwich appropriate sums of money, as do other Kent County communities, for the support of the Kent County Memorial Hospital, a regional facility.

There are forty-seven special district governments in Rhode Island ( excluding two regional school districts, four housing authorities, and the Kent County Water Authority ).

* Ada Township, Michigan, Kent County, Michigan

# He is the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury, which covers the east parts of the County of Kent.

* Corinth, Kent County, Michigan

So it was that New Castle lawyer Thomas McKean denounced the Stamp Act in the strongest terms, and Kent County native John Dickinson became the " Penman of the Revolution.

In attempting to arrest members of the Kent family in County Cork on 2 May, a Head Constable was shot dead in a gun battle.

Greater London was formally created by the London Government Act 1963, which took force on 1 April 1965, replacing the former administrative counties of Middlesex and London, adding the City of London, which was not under the London County Council, and absorbing parts of Kent, Surrey, Essex and Hertfordshire.

It thens flows through Blackman Charter Township and then Rives Township and Tompkins Township before entering Ingham County, Eaton County, Clinton County, Ionia County, Kent County, Ottawa County and into the city of Grand Haven where it empties into Lake Michigan.

The same year the Company petitioned a new Charter from Charles II of England and this granted the island free title as though it was a part of England “ in the same manner as East Greenwich in the County of Kent ”.

As such, he generally worked in partnership with Caesar Rodney from Kent County, and in opposition to his friend and neighbor, George Read.

Nearly 1, 000 refugees settled in Toronto, and several rural villages made up mostly of ex-slaves were established in Kent County and Essex County.

* Waterloo, New Kent County, Virginia

On March 13, 1996, Redskins owner Jack Kent Cooke, Maryland Governor Parris Glendening, and Prince George's County Executive Wayne K. Curry signed a contract that paved the way for the immediate start of construction for the new home of the Redskins ( now FedExField ).

* Chaffee is remembered in his hometown of Grand Rapids, Michigan, with the Roger B. Chaffee Planetarium, the Roger B. Chaffee Memorial Boulevard in the Grand Rapids suburb of Wyoming ( at the location of the old Kent County Airport ), and the Roger B. Chaffee Scholarship, awarded annually to exceptional students in math and science in the Grand Rapids metropolitan area.

Previously, Baltimore County was more known as a geographical entity than a political one, with its territorial limits consisting of the present day Baltimore City, Cecil and Harford Counties, as well as parts of Carroll, Anne Arundel, Frederick, Howard and Kent Counties.

In 1974 it lost its status as the smallest county borough in England, after the Local Government Act 1972, and came under the control of Kent County Council.

Kent County Council is responsible for running the largest and most expensive local services such as education, social services, libraries, main roads, public transport, policing and fire services, trading standards, waste disposal and strategic planning.

In the first tier, Kent County Council, Folkestone is divided into three Divisions each returning one County Councillor.

Folkestone Town Council comprises eight wards: Cheriton, Kent ; Morehall ; Park ; Harvey West ; Harvey Central ; Harbour ; East ; and Foord.

Bexleyheath was originally part of Kent until the expansion of the London County Council in the 1960s.

Kent County Council formed the second tier of local government during that time.

Catford was historically part of Kent until 1889, when it was absorbed into the new London County Council, along with the majority of the present day London Borough of Lewisham.

Accordingly, an Order in Council transferred the hamlet to Kent in 1900, constituting it as Penge Urban District.

Sidcup is a district in South East London in the London Borough of Bexley and small parts of the district in the Royal Borough of Greenwich. Located south east of Charing Cross, Sidcup is bordered by the London Boroughs of Greenwich and Bromley and Kent County Council, and whilst now part of Greater London, was once referred to as the gateway to Kent.

The Council is led by Cllr John Kent ( Lab ) who took over from Cllr Garry Hague in May 2010.

The Village Council is composed of John Mahoney ( Mayor ; Liquor Control Commissioner ), Kenneth " Kent " Oliven, CPA ( Commissioner of Accounts & Finances ; Mayor Pro-Tem ), Nicole Milovich-Walters ( Commissioner of Streets & Public Improvements ; by Village Code also in charge of Recreation ), Dan Polk ( Commissioner of Public Health & Safety ), and G. Darryl Reed ( Commissioner of Building and Public Property ).

Members of the Pompton Lakes Borough Council are Council President Richard Steele ( 2014 ), William Baig ( 2013 ), Lloyd Kent ( 2014 ), Terri Reicher ( 2012 ), Michael Serra ( 2012 ) and Michael Simone, Jr. ( 2013 ).

The members of the City Council are Kimberly Bryant, Kent Hastings, Bradley Reneer, Troy Stout, and Jim Tracy.

The university's original name, chosen in 1962, was the University of Kent at Canterbury, reflecting the fact that the campus straddled the boundary between the county borough of Canterbury and Kent County Council.

Part of the original reasoning for the name disappeared when local government reforms in the 1970s resulted in the Canterbury campus falling entirely within the City of Canterbury, which no longer has county borough status, and Kent County Council.

In 1959 the Education Committee of Kent County Council explored the creation of a new university, formally accepting the proposal unanimously on 24 February 1960.

There was much discussion about the names adopted for most of the colleges with the following alternative names all in consideration at one point or another: for Eliot: Caxton, after William Caxton ; for Keynes: Richborough, a town in Kent ; Anselm, a former Archbishop of Canterbury ; and for Darwin: Anselm ( again ); Attlee, after Clement Attlee, the post war Prime Minister ; Becket, after Thomas Becket, another former Archbishop ( this was the recommendation of the college's provisional committee but rejected by the Senate ); Conrad ; Elgar, after Edward Elgar ; Maitland ; Marlowe, after Christopher Marlowe ; Russell, after Bertrand Russell ( this was the recommendation of the Senate but rejected by the Council ); Tyler, after both Wat Tyler and Tyler Hill on which the campus stands.

On his mother's side, he is the grandson of Margaret ( Kent ) and Herbert Morrison, the London County Council leader and Labour cabinet minister.

Kent County Council on Cream Cakes

The true extent of these plans, which would have seen the small academic village become a town, were kept secret from the public by Imperial, Ashford Borough Council and Kent County Council.

After considering the names Kent, Carlyle, and Gardner, for the governor of Massachusetts, it was decided to name named the town for Bloomington banker, lawyer, and land developer Asahel Gridley ( 1810 – 1881 ).

In June 1982, Howard was selected to contest the constituency of Folkestone and Hythe in Kent after the sitting Conservative MP, Sir Albert Costain, decided to retire.

Although Paulinus ' deacon, James, remained in the north and struggled to rebuild the Roman mission, Edwin's widow decided to return to Kent.

After being demobilised, Hart decided to become a professional artist and studied art at Maidstone College of Art, which later became Kent Institute of Art & Design ( and is now the Maidstone campus of the University for the Creative Arts ).

It was not until the Theban Mapping Project, under Kent R. Weeks, decided to clear the tomb ( in part to see if it would be damaged by proposed building works nearby, and in part so that it could be mapped ) that the stage was set for the discovery of its true nature.

He married Susan Georgina Longfield, the daughter of a former Kent cricketer Tom Longfield, whom he met at a party Cambridge University while still an undergraduate and decided to marry on sight.

In 1986, incumbent State Tax Commissioner Kent Conrad decided to retire in order to run for the U. S. Senate.

In the course of several days in Smallville, he encountered Jonathan and Martha Kent, and decided that they would be ideal foster parents for the Kryptonian child, due to their honest and generous natures.

Shortly after the album's release, Tim Gane decided he did not want to tour, and left the band ; he was replaced by new drummer Nick Kent.

As governor in 1970, he decided to send National Guard troops onto the Kent State University campus, resulting in the shooting of students on May 4.

Mahon decided not to run again in 1978, when Reese lost the Republican runoff primary for the seat to George W. Bush, who was then defeated in the general election by Democrat Kent Hance, Mahon's House successor, who subsequently switched parties.

By early 1217, Louis decided to return to France for reinforcements, but had to fight his way to the south coast through loyalist resistance in Kent and Sussex, losing part of his force in an ambush at Lewes, with the remainder pursued to Winchelsea and only saved from starvation by the arrival of a French fleet.

Having played in both the Kent League and Kent Amateur League in the 1938 – 39, they decided to play in just the amateur competition the following season, however this was interrupted with the event of World War two.

Allegedly, Connelly decided that Kent needed to be eliminated permanently and started talking to Puccio and other friends about murdering Kent.

" Then-owner Jack Kent Cooke however, decided to move on.

After playing for Kent against Lancashire in 1885, when he faced the bowling of Crossland and Nash, Harris decided to take action.

Day was almost convinced by Jack Kent Cooke to become the first general manager of the Los Angeles Kings in 1967, but he decided not to take the job, recommending Larry Regan instead.

Born Estelle Ruth Goodwin in Lee, Kent in 1883, she decided at the age of five that she wanted to be an actress.

The Earl of Kent therefore changed his mind and decided to resist.

Due to political events, however, he decided to return to the UK, and took the Chair of Economic Theory at the University of Kent in Canterbury in 1966.

Only one gig was played in this incarnation, at The Nag's Head pub in Rochester, Kent on 11 March 1978, where it was decided that Paul and Chris's playing styles weren't compatible, so they went back to a 3 piece.

With both his mother and stepfather working, his mother decided to send him away to a private boarding school in Connecticut ( South Kent School ).