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3 unusual facts about Haughton


Duke of Newcastle

He was created Baron Haughton, of Haughton in the County of Nottingham, in 1616, and was made Earl of Clare in 1624.

Haughton, Louisiana

Interstate 20 touches the northwest corner of the town, with access from Exit 33 (Elm Street).

Sir Raymond Greene, 2nd Baronet

He was the second son of Edward Greene (later Sir Edward Greene, 1st Baronet) of Nether Hall, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk and Anne Elizabeth née Royds of Haughton, Staffordshire.


Devon Island

On July 16, 2013, the Canadian Space Agency assigned Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen to a secondment with the Centre for Planetary Science and Exploration of the University of Western Ontario at Haughton Crater in preparation for a potential future manned exploration of Mars, the Moon or the asteroids.

The Haughton crater is now considered one of Earth's best Mars analog sites.

Godfrey Ludham

In 1191 John, Count of Mortain, (later King John of England) had granted the church of Walesby and its chapelry of Haughton to the church of St Mary, Rouen, and in 1257, Ludham confirmed Rouen's authority to present Walesby's vicar, and specified among his dues and duties the chapel of Hockton with its tithes, and the joint funding with Rouen of repairs, rebuilding, books, vestments and other alterages.

Haughton–Mars Project

As well as financial contributions, the project has also been the recipient of gifts such as the Arthur Clarke Mars Greenhouse, donated by SpaceRef Interactive, and a specially-equipped Humvee, donated by AM General.

Hugh Haughton

Hugh Haughton's research interests lie in twentieth-century Irish literature, modern poetry and poetics in the United Kingdom, United States and Ireland; psychoanalysis and literature; and the literature of nonsense.

Hugh Haughton is an academic, author, editor and specialist in Irish literature and the literature of nonsense.

Interstate 69 in Louisiana

From I-20 near Haughton, Louisiana, I-69 will probably be built on a new alignment towards Haynesville.

Northwest Passage

The Moon-1 was being ferried to the Haughton-Mars Project Research Station on Devon Island, where it now serves as a simulator of future pressurized rovers to be used by astronauts on the Moon and Mars.


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