Wilkes ' increasing conservatism as he grew older caused dissatisfaction among radicals and was instrumental in the loss of his Middlesex parliamentary seat at the 1790 general election.

These were reorganised further when Greater London was formed out of Middlesex and the County of London in 1965.

Three were completed when the War of 1812 broke out ; these were the Santee Canal ( opened 1800 ) in South Carolina, the Middlesex Canal ( opened 1802 ) in Massachusetts and the Dismal Swamp Canal ( opened 1805 ) in Virginia.

Soon after, turnpikes were built: the Cambridge and Concord Turnpike ( today's Broadway and Concord Ave .), the Middlesex Turnpike ( Hampshire St. and Massachusetts Ave. northwest of Porter Square ), and what are today's Cambridge, Main, and Harvard Streets were roads to connect various areas of Cambridge to the bridges.

The first football match at which there were any gate receipts was when Fulham played against Minerva in the Middlesex Senior Cup, on 10 October 1886.

Her earliest American ancestors were the immigrants John Anthony ( 1607 – 1675 ), who was from Hempstead, Essex, and his wife, Susanna Potter ( c. 1623-1674 ), who was from London, Middlesex.

Little is known about the history of the East Saxons during the eighth century, but what evidence there is indicates that both London and Middlesex, which had been part of the kingdom of Essex, were finally brought under Mercian control during the reign of Æthelbald.

It is likely that both London and Middlesex were quickly under Offa's control at the start of his reign.

On the northern bank were the ancient counties of Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Middlesex and Essex.

Besides the Sheriff and the two Registers of Deeds, the Middlesex District Attorney, the Middlesex Register of Probate and the Middlesex Clerk of Courts ( which were already part of state government before the abolition of Middlesex County government ) are all elected countywide to six-year terms.

In 1785, two more counties were established in the now U. S. state of Connecticut: Tolland and Middlesex.

In conjunction with the works to integrate the two lines, two major extensions were undertaken: northwards to Edgware in Middlesex ( now in the London Borough of Barnet ) and southwards to Morden in Surrey ( then in the Merton and Morden Urban District, but now in the London Borough of Merton ).

As of the 2010 Census, there were 170, 070 people of Asian descent in Middlesex county accounting for 21 % of the county's total population.

This was the world's first council housing, and brothers Lew Grade and Bernard Delfont were brought up here .< ref >< cite >' Bethnal Green: Building and Social Conditions from 1876 to 1914 ', A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 11: Stepney, Bethnal Green ( 1998 ), pp. 126-32 accessed: 14 November 2006 </ ref > In 1909, the Bethnal Green Estate was built with money left by the philanthropist William Richard Sutton which he left for ' modern dwellings and houses for occupation by the poor of London and other towns and populous places in England '.< ref >< cite >< cite >

Woodland areas in Middlesex were registered in the number of pigs which could be supported there ; Harefield had 1, 200, the second highest in the Hundred of Elthorne to Ruislip, with 1, 500.

The Inglis Barracks at Mill Hill East were home to the Middlesex Regiment between 1905 and 1962.

Around 1880, not only were railways serving the area, but this was the point where the tram systems coming north from the city, met the Hackney tram system, and so it became a busy interchange, with a depot opening in 1873 .< ref >< cite >' Hackney: Communications ', A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 10: Hackney ( 1995 ), pp. 4-10 Date accessed: 1 November 2006 .</ ref > Electrification commenced in 1902 and by 1924 a service was commenced between Stamford Hill and Camden Town along Amhurst Park.

With the increased development of the area, many distinguished families moved away: in 1842 there were few of the wealthy Jews who had once settled in Hackney .< ref name = brithist >< cite > ' Hackney: Judaism ', A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 10: Hackney ( 1995 ), pp. 145-48.

The Wixan were a 7th-century Saxon tribe from Lincolnshire who also began to settle in what became Middlesex.

Whitechapel High Street and Whitechapel Road are now part of the A11 road, anciently the initial part of the Roman road between the City of London and Colchester, exiting the city at Aldgate .< ref >< cite >' Stepney: Communications ', A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 11: Stepney, Bethnal Green ( 1998 ), pp. 7 – 13 accessed: 9 March 2007 </ cite ></ ref > In later times travellers to and from London on this route were accommodated at the many coaching inns which lined Whitechapel High Street.

Prior to the Roman invasion, Hertfordshire, Essex and Middlesex were occupied by the Catuvellauni tribe.

In Middlesex, Virginia, on the night of October 2, 1988, troubled teenager Donnie Darko ( Jake Gyllenhaal ) is awakened and led outside by a figure in a monstrous rabbit costume, who introduces himself as " Frank " and tells him the world will end in 28 days, 6 hours, 42 minutes and 12 seconds.

Local Government reform in England in 1965 led to the appointment of lieutenants to Greater London and Huntingdon and Peterborough, and the abolition of those of the County of London, Middlesex and Huntingdonshire.

He married for the first time in 1827, spent some time in Ghent, Belgium, was a director of the Clerical, Medical and General Life Assurance Society and a Justice of the Peace for Middlesex and for Kent, but generally led a quiet and retired life.

DES was first synthesized in early 1938 by Leon Golberg, then a graduate student of Sir Robert Robinson at the Dyson Perrins Laboratory at the University of Oxford, based on a formulation of Wilfrid Lawson at the Courtand Institute of Biochemistry, led by Sir Edward Charles Dodds at Middlesex Hospital Medical School of the University College London of the University of London, and a report of its synthesis was published in Nature on February 5, 1938.

On 26 June 1680, Shaftesbury led a group of fifteen peers and commoners who presented an indictment to the Middlesex grand jury in Westminster Hall, charging the Duke of York with being a popish recusant in violation of the penal laws.

Progressive development in the north Middlesex area over the next two decades led to the gradual opening of additional stations along the Uxbridge branch to encourage the growth of new residential areas.

A century against Middlesex led to run of bigger scores, and his contribution to Yorkshire's County Championship victory that season was 577 runs at an average in first-class matches of 28. 85.

Hobbs was first recognised in 1909, but was selected a second time in 1926 to honour his breaking W. G. Grace's record of 126 first-class hundreds ; Warner was first honoured in 1904, but received a second award in 1921 for his last season in first-class cricket, when he led Middlesex to a County Championship win.

It could have led to Jardine playing for England in 1921 as Plum Warner, an influential figure who had recently captained Middlesex, suggested in The Cricketer magazine that Jardine should play in the first Test, which followed the Oxford match.

As captain between 1971 and 1982, he led Middlesex to County Championships in 1976, 1977 ( jointly with Kent ), 1980 and 1982 ; and he appeared in Free Foresters ' very last first-class fixture, in 1968, keeping wicket and scoring 91.

The teams inability to win a game in his tenure led to Dannie leaving and being replaced by former Ashford Town Middlesex Reserve Team manager Wilson Frimpong for the final six games of the season during which time, the team went unbeaten but still narrorly couldn't avoid finishing 21st and in the relegation zone.

Progressive development in the north Middlesex area over the next two decades led to the gradual opening of additional stations along the Uxbridge branch to encourage the growth of new residential areas.

Stuart Surridge became captain of Surrey in 1952 and led them to their first of a record seven successive County Championships ( they shared the trophy with Middlesex in 1950 ).

He captained Middlesex County Cricket Club during three spells ( 1935 – 1938, 1946 – 1947 and 1950 ) and led them to the County Championship in 1947.

He made his first-class cricket debut for Victoria that same season, selected to play against a touring English XI led by Middlesex batsman George Vernon.

Frank Mann led the team, but his appointment was criticised in the press on the grounds of his lack of playing ability and a perceived bias among the selectors for people associated with Lord's — Mann was Middlesex captain.

When he graduated he raised a volunteer company in New Brunswick and led it as Captain in the Middlesex County militia.

Middlesex and Westminster were among the few parliamentary constituencies with a large and socially diverse electorate including many artisans as well as the middle class and aristocracy, and along with the county association of Yorkshire led by the Reverend Christopher Wyvill were at the forefront of reform activity.

He subsequently led a peripatetic existence, but for much of his life had his home in Middlesex on the outskirts of London: he was living in Walham Green, Middlesex, in 1592 ; by 1607 he was at Hendon, Middlesex, where he remained until 1619 ; and in the latter year he moved to the parish of St Giles in the Fields, where he eventually died in 1625.

In the years following the Revolution, Concord's central geographical location made it a logical choice for the state capital, particularly after Samuel Blodget in 1807 opened a canal and lock system to allow vessels passage around the Amoskeag Falls downriver, connecting Concord with Boston by way of the Middlesex Canal.

At the behest of Charles and Buckingham, James assented to the impeachment of the Lord Treasurer, Lionel Cranfield, 1st Earl of Middlesex, by the House of Commons, who quickly fell in much the same manner as Bacon had.

It was founded in the 6th century and covered the territory later occupied by the counties of Essex, Hertfordshire, Middlesex and ( for a short while ) Kent.

Although London ( and the rest of Middlesex ) was lost by the East Saxons in the 8th century, the bishops of London continued to exert spiritual authority over Essex as a kingdom, shire and county until 1845.

The first club was in 1849 at Blackheath in south-east London, but the modern rules grew out of a version played by Middlesex cricket clubs for winter sport.

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.

In 1997, Cronje played for Ireland as an overseas player in the Benson and Hedges Cup and helped them to a 46-run win over Middlesex by scoring 94 not out and taking three wickets.

However, they spared Vortigern, who ransomed himself by giving the Saxons Essex, Sussex, Middlesex, and other unnamed districts.

At the time, the body was dubbed " Pete Marsh " ( a pun on " peat marsh ") by Middlesex Hospital radiologists, a name subsequently adopted by local journalists.

In 1523 he was elected as knight of the shire ( MP ) for Middlesex and, recommended by Wolsey, was elected the Speaker of the House of Commons.

Staines-upon-Thames, often referred to by its former name Staines (), is a town on the north bank of the River Thames in the borough of Spelthorne in Surrey, England ( historically in Middlesex ).

Staines, albeit spelt Stanes, appears in the Middlesex section of the Domesday Book of 1086, as a property held by Westminster Abbey.

Colloquially, Staines remains associated with the former, historical, or geographic county of Middlesex, through its cultural and sporting affiliations, and the form of mail addressing preferred by the Post Office ( officially the use of a county on postal addresses was phased out over the period 1996-2000, but is still widely used in practice ).

* 2003: Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides

Hampton Court Palace is a royal palace in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, Greater London, and the historic county of Middlesex ; it has not been inhabited by the British Royal Family since the 18th century.

The manor of Kensington, Middlesex, was granted by William I of England to Geoffrey de Montbray or Mowbray, bishop of Coutances, one of his inner circle of advisors and one of the wealthiest men in post-Conquest England.

* London District, Upper Canada, a historic district replaced by Middlesex County

Some areas on the boundaries of the area recommended by the Herbert Commission, fearing increased local taxation, fought successfully not to come under the new Greater London Council, notably the Chigwell, Sunbury-on-Thames, Staines and Potters Bar urban districts of Middlesex.

In Middlesex County ( as in the entire Commonwealth of Massachusetts ) governmental functions such as property tax assessment and collection, public education, road repair and maintenance and elections are all conducted at the city and town level and not by county government.

Aside from the university, Hogg is commemorated by a Caribbean island ( Hogg Island in Guyana ), a sports team ( Middlesex league QUINTIN Rugby Football Club ), the statue depicted above, and a Blue Plaque on the house he occupied for many years, which abuts the university but faces onto Cavendish Square.

C. Ruggles Smith, desperate for a way to save something of Middlesex University, learned of a New York committee headed by Goldstein that was seeking a campus to establish a Jewish-sponsored secular university, and approached Goldstein with a proposal to give the Middlesex campus and charter to Goldstein's committee, in the hope that his committee might " possess the apparent ability to reestablish the School of Medicine on an approved basis.

The purposed-built building was designed by group of architects, including prominent British " Arts and Crafts " architect James Leonard Williams ( d. 1926 ), who designed All Saints church in Oxted ( 1914-28 ) and St George ’ s in Sudbury, Middlesex ( 1926-27 ).