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unusual facts about County of Kent



Baron Northbourne

Baron Northbourne, of Betteshanger in the County of Kent, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.

Marquess of Abergavenny

The 1st Marquess's ancestor, the de facto 17th (de jure 2nd) Baron Bergavenny, was created Earl of Abergavenny, in the County of Monmouth, and Viscount Nevill, of Birling in the County of Kent, in the Peerage of Great Britain on 17 May 1784.


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Baron Astor of Hever

Baron Astor of Hever, of Hever Castle in the County of Kent, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

Baron Bridges

Baron Bridges, of Headley in the County of Surrey and of Saint Nicholas at Wade in the County of Kent, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

Bossom

Bossom baronets, of Maidstone in the County of Kent, a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom

Coat of arms of Lower Saxony

The white horse is similar to the one used in the coat of arms for the county of Kent in England which is likely to have originated from the Rhineland area.

Cyril Salmon, Baron Salmon

On 10 January 1972, he was appointed Lord of Appeal in Ordinary and was created additionally a life peer with the title Baron Salmon, of Sandwich in the County of Kent.

Dunn Street, Maidstone

Dunn Street is a hamlet near the village of Bredhurst and the M2 motorway, in the Maidstone District, in the English county of Kent.

Edward Bridges, 1st Baron Bridges

He was invested a Privy Counsellor in 1953 and in 1957 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Bridges, of Headley in the County of Surrey and of Saint Nicholas at Wade in the County of Kent.

Ford Kent engine

This series of engines became known as the Kent engine because Alan Worters, the company's Executive Engineer (Power Units), lived across the river from Ford's Dagenham plant in the English county of Kent.

Furnese baronets

The Furnese baronetcy, of Waldershare in the County of Kent, was a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain.

Henry Whitfield House

Henry Whitfield, one of Guilford's founders and first minister, is estimated to have been born sometime between June 8 and October 1, 1592 in Greenwich in the English county of Kent.

HM Prison Maidstone

Also involved in the design of Maidstone Prison was Kent architect John Whichcord Snr, who was Surveyor to the County of Kent from the 1820s.

Lambert Blackwell Larking

For many years Larking collaborated with the Revd Thomas Streatfeild (1777–1848), in the collection and compilation of materials for a new history of the county of Kent and, when Streatfeild died in 1848 the materials were left in Larking's hands.

Percy Smythe, 6th Viscount Strangford

and translated the Rimas of Luís de Camões, and in 1825 was created Baron Penshurst, of Penshurst in the County of Kent, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, enabling him to sit in the House of Lords.

Saxon Steed

The white horse is similar to the one used in the coat of arms for the county of Kent in England, which is likely to have originated in the Rhineland area.

Thatcher baronets

The Thatcher baronetcy, of Scotney in the County of Kent, is a Baronetage created on the recommendation of John Major for the businessman Denis Thatcher on 7 December 1990 following the resignation of his wife, Margaret Thatcher, Conservative Prime Minister in 1990.

Viscount Chilston

Viscount Chilston, of Boughton Malherbe in the County of Kent, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

Williams baronets

The Williams Baronetcy, of Elham in the County of Kent, was created in the Baronetage of England on 12 November 1674 for Thomas Williams, Physician to Charles I and James II.