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5 unusual facts about John Moore-Brabazon


Baron Brabazon of Tara

It was created in 1942 for the aviation pioneer and Conservative politician John Moore-Brabazon.

De Havilland Biplane No. 1

During a visit to Crux Easton in the summer, they discovered unused sheds that had been built on Lord Carnarvon's estate at Seven Barrows by John Moore-Brabazon.

Earl of Meath

Their grandson John Arthur Henry Moore assumed the additional surname of Brabazon and was the father of the aviation pioneer and Conservative politician John Moore-Brabazon, 1st Baron Brabazon of Tara.

V-mail

In 1940 the British Minister of Transport, Lieutenant Colonel John Moore-Brabazon, 1st Baron Brabazon of Tara, put forward the idea that airgraphs be used to reduce both the bulk and weight of mail travelling between the Middle East Force (MEF) and the UK.

Westminster St George's by-election, 1931

The Conservative Party originally selected John Moore-Brabazon.


Arthur Ponsonby, 11th Earl of Bessborough

Cyril Myles Brabazon Ponsonby, second son of Edward Ponsonby, 8th Earl of Bessborough, and his wife Rita Narcissa Longfield, daughter of Lt. Col. Mountifort John Courtenay Longfield.

Benjamin Randell Harris

Many of his companions were killed at this action and the ensuing Battle of Vimeiro, but Harris remained unhurt, continuing the march to Salamanca before becoming trapped in northern Spain with the rest of Sir John Moore's army.

Charles Bury, 1st Earl of Charleville

Bury was the son of John Bury, son of William Bury and the Honourable Jane Moore, daughter of John Moore, 1st Baron Moore and sister of Charles Moore, 1st Earl of Charleville.

Charlton Hayes

The Main Hayes Way Dual Carriageway is separated into three roundabouts, named after the aeroplanes Concorde, Brabazon, Blenheim.

Dexter Dalwood

He has shown work internationally in many important exhibitions including the 2002 Sydney Biennial, “Hollywood is a Verb” at Gagosian Gallery in New York, the 19th John Moore’s Painting Prize at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool, “Die Young Stay Pretty” at the ICA London, “Remix” at Tate Liverpool and “New Neurotic Realism” at the Saatchi Gallery in London.

Edward Ponsonby, 8th Earl of Bessborough

Myles Brabazon (1881–1915), soldier and father of the 11th Earl of Bessborough.

Ivon Moore-Brabazon, 3rd Baron Brabazon of Tara

In 2001, he was elected Principal Deputy Chairman of Committees, and as a result resigned the Conservative whip and became a non-affiliated member of the House of Lords.

James Brabazon

Leslie James Seth-Smith (12 January 1923 – 5 November 2007), known as James Brabazon, was a screenwriter and the author of two well-received biographies of Albert Schweitzer and Dorothy L. Sayers.

John Bagford

Originally a shoemaker by trade, he was active on the book-trading market from 1680 in and around Holborn, travelling to Haarlem, Leiden, and Amsterdam on this business and aiding such collectors as John Moore, Robert and Edward Harley, Sir Hans Sloane, Samuel Pepys and John Woodward.

John Simson

He had a son, born 1727, and a daughter, who married (1757) John Moore, and was the mother of Sir John Moore of Coruña.

Liza Fromer

On September 23, 2009, it was announced that Fromer would be a member of the new John Moore morning show on Newstalk 1010 in Toronto beginning on October 5, 2009.

Marián Gáborík

After scoring 9 goals in 35 games, Gaborik was dealt at the trade deadline on April 3, 2013, along with minor league players Blake Parlett and Steven Delisle to the Columbus Blue Jackets in exchange for Derick Brassard, Derek Dorsett, John Moore and a sixth-round pick.

Middlesex County Automobile Club

The second President, Lord Brabazon, who had been so active and supportive in the club's affairs, died in 1964, and was succeeded by The Marquess of Donegall who was the senior Vice-president, and who instituted the annual Donegall Award.

Mowsley

The Brabazon family were lords of the manor in the 13th/14th centuries - eventually to become the Earls of Meath.

Old Thorns Manor Hotel

The new design team had just completed the Lansdowne and Brabazon courses at the Belfry so where regarded as rising stars in this field.

Paul Beresford

Beresford was selected to fight the safe Conservative seat of Croydon Central following the retirement of former Cabinet minister John Moore.

Princess Amelia of the United Kingdom

Amelia was christened at the Chapel Royal, St James's Palace by John Moore, The Archbishop of Canterbury, on 17 September 1783.

Roman Catholic Diocese of St. Augustine

The era of progress inaugurated by Bishop Verot continued under the administration of Bishop John Moore (1877–1901), whose successor, the Right Rev. William John Kenny, was consecrated by Cardinal Gibbons 18 May 1902, in the historic cathedral of St. Augustine.

Samuel Elias Sawbridge

Sawbridge married Elizabeth Ellis, daughter of Brabazon Ellis of Wyddial Hall, Hertfordshire.


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