The eldest of seven children, Housman was born at Valley House in Fockbury, a hamlet on the outskirts of Bromsgrove in Worcestershire, to Sarah Jane ( née Williams, married 17 Jun 1858 in Woodchester, Gloucester ) and Edward Housman ( whose family came from Lancaster ), and was baptized on 24 Apr 1859 at Christ Church, in Catshill.

Bronski Beat formed in 1983 when Somerville, Steinbachek and Bronski shared a three-bedroom flat at Lancaster House in Brixton.

The United Kingdom ceremonially granted Zimbabwe independence on April 18, 1980 in accordance with the Lancaster House Agreement.

Lancaster House Conferences ( Kenya ) | Lancaster House Conference held in 1963 for Kenya's Independence.

Subsequently, the Lancaster House talks were held and Robert Mugabe was elected leader of an independent Zimbabwe at the inaugural 1980 election.

The " Roses Rivalry " with Leeds stems from the Wars of the Roses, fought between the House of Lancaster and the House of York, with Manchester United representing Lancashire and Leeds representing Yorkshire.

This new order also failed to gain legitimacy in the eyes of the world, and British control returned to the country in December 1979, following the Lancaster House Agreement.

On April 20, 1960, Sir Milton Margai led the twenty four members of the Sierra Leonean delegation at the constitutional conferences that were held with Queen Elizabeth II and British Colonial Secretary Iain Macleod in the negotiations for independence held at the Lancaster House in London.

Its first monarch was Henry VII, a descendant through his mother of a legitimised branch of the English royal House of Lancaster.

The Tudor family rose to power in the wake of the Wars of the Roses, which left the House of Lancaster, to which the Tudors were aligned, extinct.

Nevertheless, the Beauforts remained closely allied with Gaunt's legitimate descendants from his first marriage, the Royal House of Lancaster.

With most of the House of Lancaster now dead, Henry proclaimed himself the Lancastrian heir.

The new dynasty was symbolised by the " Tudor Rose ", a fusion of the White Rose symbol of the House of York, and the Red Rose of the House of Lancaster.

In 2007, the Fulton Opera House in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle, Washington were the only professional theaters in the United States to be granted the production rights to West Side Story on the 50th anniversary of its Broadway opening.

The Zimbabwean Constitution, initially from the Lancaster House Agreement a few months before the 1980 elections, chaired by Lord Carrington, institutionalizes majority rule and protection of minority rights.

By the time of the Lancaster House Agreement in 1979 Rhodesia only had representative offices in London, Bonn, Pretoria, Washington, D. C. and Tokyo.

* 1455 – 1485: Wars of the Roses – English civil war between the House of York and the House of Lancaster.

* July 26 – Battle of Edgecote Moor: The House of Lancaster defeats the House of York.

-- For its final change of bill in its London season, the Leningrad State Kirov Ballet chose tonight to give one of those choreographic miscellanies known as a `` gala program '' at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.

On the other side, the Parliament on Cetin chose Ferdinand I of the House of Habsburg as new ruler of Croatia, under the condition that he provide protection to Croatia against the Ottoman Empire while respecting its political rights.

The House takes its name from Habsburg Castle, a fortress built around 1020 – 1030 in present day Switzerland by Count Radbot of Klettgau, who chose to name his fortress Habsburg.

Unable to publicly reach a consensus because of constant political wrangling, the Michigan House of Representatives privately chose the Township of Lansing out of frustration.

In 2004 Aníbal Acevedo Vilá ( PDP ) was declared the winner by the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico as governor, by about 3, 000 votes, but his party lost control of the Senate, which elected NPP Senator Kenneth McClintock as its president, and the House of Representatives, which chose the NPP's José Aponte as Speaker, and Puerto Rico's seat in Congress, due to the election of Luis Fortuño.

The artist chose to paint the House of Representatives, in a similar way, with careful attention to architecture and dramatic lighting.

L ' Enfant chose Jenkins Hill as the site for the Capitol building, with a grand boulevard connecting it with the President's House, and a public space stretching westward to the Potomac River.

" Pitt chose for himself the office of Lord Privy Seal, which required his elevation to the House of Lords, and in August he became Earl of Chatham and Viscount Pitt.

Many important historic buildings were rebuilt, including the Semper Opera House, the Zwinger Palace and a great many other historic buildings, although the city leaders chose to reconstruct large areas of the city in a " socialist modern " style, partly for economic reasons, but also to break away from the city's past as the royal capital of Saxony and a stronghold of the German bourgeoisie.

Henry Clay, unsuccessful candidate and Speaker of the House, despised Jackson, in part due to their fight for Western votes during the election, and he chose to support Adams, which led to him being elected President.

Cannon exercised extraordinary control over the legislative process ; he determined the agenda of the House, appointed the members of all committees, chose committee chairmen, headed the Rules Committee, and determined which committee heard each bill.

The next two figures in the House Republican leadership hierarchy, majority leader Richard Armey and majority whip Tom DeLay, chose not to contest the Speaker's office.

When he chose not to run again in the June 2004 election, he was one of the longest-serving members in the House of Commons, having been elected and re-elected for seven consecutive terms.

After the death of Saul, all the tribes other than Judah remained loyal to the House of Saul, while Judah chose David as its king.

For that reason, when Congress formally proposed the repeal of Prohibition on February 20, 1933 ( with the requisite two-thirds having voted in favor in each house ; 63 to 21 in the United States Senate and 289 to 121 in the United States House of Representatives ), they chose the other ratification method established by Article V, that being via state conventions.

DeCicco tipped Gotti off that he would be having a meeting with Castellano and several other Gambino mobsters at Sparks Steak House on December 16, 1985, and Gotti chose to take the opportunity.

Edward's campaign had also a dynastic rationale, as, following the death of his uncle, Charles IV of France in 1328, Edward saw himself as the Capetian heir to the Kingdom of France, but the French chose to follow an all-male line of descent from his great grandfather and the House of Valois.

During the Revolutionary War, the Virginia House of Burgesses chose local resident and French and Indian War veteran Daniel Morgan to raise a company of militia to support General George Washington's efforts during the Siege of Boston.

In 1613 James I returned the castle to Thomas Howard, the Earl of Suffolk, but the castle was now derelict and he chose to live at Audley End House instead.

"; December 1979 ) by writer Paul Levitz, which explained that most of the Society chose to disband and retire rather than appear in front of the Joint Un-American Activities Committee, which demanded that they unmask themselves ( this was later retconned into the real House Un-American Activities Committee ).

King Louis II of Hungary died at Mohács, and in 1527, the Parliament on Cetin chose Ferdinand I of the House of Habsburg as the new ruler of Croatia, under the condition that he provide protection to Croatia against the Ottoman Empire, while respecting its political rights.

Separately, the General Accounting Office ( GAO ) submitted to a House subcommittee a report reviewing the benefits and risks of “ Glass-Steagall repeal .” The report recommended a “ phased approach ” using a “ holding company organizational structure ” if Congress chose “ repeal .” Noting Glass-Steagall had “ already been eroded and the erosion is likely to continue in the future ,” the GAO explained “ coming to grips with the Glass-Steagall repeal question represents an opportunity to systematically and rationally address changes in the regulatory and legal structure that are needed to better address the realities of the marketplace .” The GAO warned that Congress ’ s failure to act was “ potentially dangerous ” in permitting a “ continuation of the uneven integration of commercial and investment banking activities .”

In reality the Governor chose the leader of the party with a majority in the House to form a government.

After 1922 Stormont Castle was used, though some prime ministers chose to live in Stormont House, the unused residence of the Speaker of the House of Commons.