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12th Royal Lancers

On 28 August 1914, 'C' Squadron of the 12th Lancers, led by Lieutenant-Colonel Wormald, made a successful charge against a dismounted squadron of Prussian Dragoons at Moy.

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George I Ghisi, Triarch of Euboea,Baron of Chalandritsa, Lord of Tinos, Mykonos, Serifos and Keos

Al Giardello

He is based on Baltimore Police Department Shift Lieutenant Gary D'Addario, a member of the BPD homicide unit described in David Simon's book Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets which served as the inspiration for the series as a whole.

Alkincoats Hall

It passed down through Parker family from father to son via Thomas, Robert (1720–1758), Thomas (1754–1819), a Justice of the Peace (J.P.) and Deputy Lieutenant {D.L.} of Lancashire, to Thomas Parker (died 1832), an Army captain, J.P. and D.L. who also bought Browsholme Hall from his cousin.

Arawn Death-Lord

In The High King Queen Achren (then sorceress) said that if Arawn were to go into Prydain unprotected and in his true form, he would be killed on sight so Arawn always employed his shape-shifting powers when in Prydain.

Bert Lord

Lord was elected as a Republican to the 74th, 75th and 76th United States Congresses, holding office from January 3, 1935, until his death in 1939.

Blue Ridge Quartet

1965 The Blue Ridge Quartet (Canaan Records CA-4605/CAS-9605): The Streets Of Gold; Precious Memories; Lord I'm Coming Home; I Dreamed I Searched Heaven For You; Not My Will; Stop And Pray; Lead Me Guide Me; Mansion Can't Be Bought; Suppertime; The Haven Of Rest; How Great Thou Art; Take My Hand.

Books of Kings

Hezekiah, the 14th king of Judah "did what was right in the eyes of the Lord" and institutes a far reaching religious reform, centralising sacrifice at the temple at Jerusalem and destroying the images of other gods.

Catherine Petre, Baroness Petre

When her son came of age and got married in 1732, Dowager Lady Petre finally accepted the proposal of Charles Stourton, whose first proposal came on the same day as Lord Petre's.

Charles Lefebvre-Desnouettes

On 29 December 1808, he was taken prisoner in the action of Benavente by the British cavalry under Henry Paget (later Lord Uxbridge, and subsequently Marquess of Anglesey).

Counts of Avranches

1874–1909 José Maria de Almada, 16th Count of Avranches, 19th Lord of Lagares d' El-Rei, 14th Lord of Pombalinho

County of Schaumburg

It was named after Schauenburg Castle, near Rinteln on the Weser, where the owners started calling themselves Lords (from 1295 Counts) of Schauenburg.

Dante's Equation

Calder Farris-- Lieutenant in the United States Army and agent for the United States Department of Defense, a violently patriotic sociopath investigating new weapons technology from non-mainstream scientific sources.

Dungal MacDouall

King Robert I of Scotland's invasion of Galloway in 1307, led by his brother Alexander de Brus and Thomas de Brus, Malcolm McQuillan, Lord of Kintyre, two Irish sub kings and Reginald de Crawford, and composing of eighteen galleys, landed at Loch Ryan.

Edward Clive, 1st Earl of Powis

Lord Powis lived at Walcot Hall, an estate purchased by his father from the Walcot family in 1764.

Frederick William, Prince of Solms-Braunfels

When his father died on 18 February 1724, he became Count of Somls-Braunfeld, Greifenstein and Hungen, Tecklenburg, Kriechingen and Lingen, Lord of Münzenberg, Wildenfels, Sonnewalde, Püttlingen, Dortweiler and Beaucourt.

George Beresford-Stooke

Beresford-Stooke was born on 3 January 1897 in Priors Marston, Warwickshire, on 15 January 1914 he enrolled in the Royal Navy as a Paymaster Lieutenant.

GNU arch

The original author and maintainer of GNU arch was Thomas Lord who started the project in 2001.

Haldane Stewart

He scored 142 at Lord's against the M.C.C. in 1897 and scored 203 not out for Blackheath against Granville, Lee.

Herbert Hasler

Hasler was born in Dublin on 27 February 1914, the youngest son of Lieutenant Arthur Thomas Hasler (a Royal Army Medical Corps quartermaster), and his wife, Annie Georgina (née Andrews).

Japanese air attacks on the Mariana Islands

Nimitz ordered a major attack on Iwo Jima following the raids of November 27 and dispatched Lieutenant General Millard Harmon, the commander of Army Air Forces in the Pacific Ocean Areas, from Hawaii to Saipan to oversee this operation.

Japanese cruiser Niitaka

On 26 August 1922, Niitaka anchored near the mouth of a river in what is now part of the Ust-Bolsheretsky District on the southern coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula, while a party of 15 led by Lieutenant Shigetada Gunji went ashore.

John Dunton

He had early success with Thomas Doolittle's The Lord's last-sufferings, the topical Stephen Jay's Daniel in the Den, and a sermon by John Shower.

Joseph Gatt

Gatt voices Lord Scourge in the LucasArts/Bioware game Star Wars: The Old Republic and several characters on the game The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.

Judith Keppel

Keppel's father was a Lieutenant Commander in the Fleet Air Arm, who moved with the family to various naval postings around Britain until they settled in London when she was 17.

Kattamuru

There are temples of Lord Shiva, Lord Ganapathi, Lord Hanuman, Saint Sri Sai Baba of Shirdi, Saint Sri Pothulooru Veera Brahmendra Swamy (India’s Nostradamus)and deity Kanaka Durga are very famous temples in this village.

Kingcraft

When Lord Falmouth decided to dispose of all his horses in 1884 Kingcraft was bought for 500 guineas by Lord Rossmore.

Kocengannan

:Suba Devan, the Chola king and his wife Kamalavati went to Chidambaram and eagerly prayed to the Lord Nataraja for a son.

Levens

At the end of the 14th century, the destiny of Levens was linked to the whole County of Nice, which parted with Provence to form an alliance with Savoy on the initiative of the powerful John All Saints' Day, baron of Beuil, whose eldest son later became lord of Levens.

Liam Halligan

Outside journalism, Halligan has written chapters, pamphlets and short books with, among others Frank Field and Professor Lord Robert Skidelsky.

Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin

In 1938, following the resignation of lieutenant governor Henry Gunderson, Governor Philip La Follette appointed Herman Ekern lieutenant governor to fill the vacancy.

Mikhail Zasulich

His refusal to go on the offensive and continual retreats made him unpopular with his troops, at the Battle of Liaoyang, his refusal to obey Lieutenant General Nikolai Zarubaev’s orders to hold his position endangered the entire Russian position.

Patrick Carnegy, 15th Earl of Northesk

Lord Northesk is an agnatic descendant of the 2nd Earl of Northesk.

Petition of Free Negroes

Because the grants were spread around the province, isolating the freed men among the otherwise-white settlers, on June 29, 1794, nineteen men from the Niagara region submitted a petition to Lieutenant Governor John Graves Simcoe hoping to address this.

Philip Palin

Philip Palin was born in Edinburgh on 8 August 1864, the son of Lieutenant-General C.T. Palin of the Bombay Army.

Roger Murtaugh

He was a lieutenant of the 173rd Airborne Brigade in the U.S. Army, and served in the Vietnam War.

Samson Road

Samson Road is named for Apolonio Samson, a Katipunan barrio lieutenant from Sitio Kangkong, Balintawak, Caloocan (now Quezon City) who fought alongside Andres Bonifacio during the Philippine Revolution.

Sir Philip II Courtenay

In about 1426 Courtenay married Elizabeth Hungerford, daughter of Walter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford, Speaker of the House of Commons, Steward of the Household to KingsHenry V and Henry VI, and Lord High Treasurer.

Sudra

Shudra, one of the Varnas in the traditional four-section division in the Hindu caste system created by Lord Krishna

Taliska

During the writing of The Lord of the Rings, Tolkien toyed with the idea of making Taliska the primordial tongue of the people of Rohan who spoke Old English in his translated setting of The Lord of the Rings.

The Custody of the Pumpkin

They starred Ralph Richardson as Lord Emsworth and Stanley Holloway as Beach; this one, retitled "The Great Pumpkin Crisis", had Derek Nimmo as Freddie.

The Proud and Profane

In Noumea, New Caledonia 1943, Lee Ashley (Kerr), the widow of a Paramarine Lieutenant killed on the Battle of Bloody Ridge on Guadalcanal has joined the American Red Cross on the island to entertain American servicemen.

Ultima IX: Ascension

With the help of his longtime friends Shamino and Iolo and Samhayne's protégé Raven, they uncover that Lord Blackthorn is secretly advising members of the council and goading them to war.

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.

Walter Shuldham

He was seconded (on probation) to the Indian Army as a Lieutenant on the 15 March 1917 and was posted to the 104th Wellesley's Rifles.

William Linnæus Gardner

Gardner served as a leader of irregular horse (captain) under Lake and in the same capacity (lieutenant-colonel), performed services under Sir David Ochterlony in Kaman from 1814–15.

William McKay

Supported by the newly appointed Commander at Fort Mackinac, Lieutenant Colonel Robert McDouall, McKay (who now held the local rank of Lieutenant Colonel) mounted a scratch expedition of Fencibles, voyageurs and Indians which recaptured the post at the Siege of Prairie du Chien.

William Sly

He is generally thought to have been with the Lord Chamberlain's Men at their re-formed start in 1594, probably at first as a hired man; he may have become a sharer in the company when George Bryan retired, c.

William Wellesley-Pole, 3rd Earl of Mornington

William Wellesley-Pole, 3rd Earl of Mornington GCH, PC, PC (Ire) (20 May 1763 – 22 February 1845), known as Lord Maryborough between 1821 and 1842, was an Anglo-Irish politician and an elder brother of the Duke of Wellington.

Ziverbey Villa

The mastermind behind Ziverbey interrogations was brigadier general Memduh Ünlütürk, working under lieutenant General Turgut Sunalp, who was reporting to the Commander of First Army, General Faik Türün.


see also

Alexander Baird

Sir Alexander Baird, 1st Baronet (1849–1920), Lord-Lieutenant of Kincardineshire and philanthropist in Egypt

Angus Durie Miller Farquharson

He was awarded the honour of OBE in 1995 for services to forestry and the community in Aberdeenshire and upon his retirement as Lord-Lieutenant in 2010, was made a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order.

Baron Fairhaven

He is a Justice of the Peace and Vice Lord-Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire, a Major in the Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons) and Senior Steward of the Jockey Club.

Charles Bingham

Charles Bingham, 4th Earl of Lucan (1830–1914), British MP for Mayo and Lord Lieutenant of Mayo

Charles Compton

Charles Compton, 1st Marquess of Northampton (1760–1828), British MP for Northampton 1784–1796, Lord Lieutenant of Northamptonshire

Eric Dancer

Dancer was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1991 for services to business and training and Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) in the 2013 Birthday Honours for his work as Lord-Lieutenant.

Francis Bernard

Francis Bernard, 3rd Earl of Bandon (1810–1877), Irish MP for Bandon, Lord Lieutenant of Cork

Gilbert Mabbot

He was the brother-in-law of Sir William Clarke, Secretary to the Army, and kept in touch with him as a news source; he also regularly corresponded with Henry Cromwell, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.

Gustavus Hamilton

Gustavus Hamilton-Russell, 10th Viscount Boyne (1931–1995), Irish peer and Lord Lieutenant of Shropshire

Henry Bellingham

Sir Henry Bellingham, 4th Baronet (1846–1921), British MP for County Louth, Lord Lieutenant of Louth

Henry Bentinck

Lord Henry Cavendish-Bentinck (1863–1931), British MP for Norfolk North-West and Nottingham South, Lord Lieutenant of Westmorland

Henry Crichton

Henry Crichton, 6th Earl Erne (born 1937), Irish peer and Lord Lieutenant of Fermanagh

Ingrid Roscoe

Her father died during Ingrid's childhood, her mother subsequently marrying Brigadier Kenneth Hargreaves who would become Lord-Lieutenant between 1970 and 1978.

James Bernard

James Bernard, 4th Earl of Bandon (1850–1924), Irish representative peer and Lord Lieutenant of Cork

James Leslie

James Graham Leslie (1869–1949), Northern Irish politician, Lord Lieutenant of Antrim

John Ashburnham

John Ashburnham, 2nd Earl of Ashburnham (1724–1812), his son, Lord Lieutenant of Sussex

John Balfe

Shortly after marriage, Balfe emigrated to Tasmania bringing letters of introduction from the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to Governor William Denison.

John Scourfield

He was High Sheriff of Pembrokeshire in 1833 and Lord-Lieutenant and Gustos Rotulorum of the borough of Haverfordwest.

John Stanley

John I Stanley of the Isle of Man (1350–1414), Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and King of Mann

John Verney

John Verney, 20th Baron Willoughby de Broke (1896–1986), British officer, Lord Lieutenant of Warwickshire

Little Ratra

Its first resident was Lord Randolph Churchill who was appointed his Private Secretary by the then Lord Lieutenant, his father John Winston Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough.

Lord Elibank

He sat as Member of Parliament for Glasgow St Rollox and served as Lord Lieutenant of Peeblesshire.

Lord Lieutenant of Wigtown

The area of Wigtown, the name of the relevant lieutenancy area of the Lord Lieutenant, encompasses not only the town of Wigtown, but of Wigtownshire.

Lord Lisle

Philip Sidney, 3rd Earl of Leicester, played a major role in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms including time as Lord Lieutenant and Commander-in-Chief of Ireland from 1646 to 1647 under the courtesy title Lord Lisle

Neil Campbell

Niall Campbell, 10th Duke of Argyll (1872–1949), British Lord Lieutenant of Argyllshire

Peregrine Osborne

Peregrine Osborne, 2nd Duke of Leeds (1659–1729), English MP for Berwick-upon-Tweed, Corfe Castle and York, Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of the East Riding of Yorkshire

Richard Handcock

Richard Handcock, 4th Baron Castlemaine (1826–1892), his son, Irish representative peer, Lord Lieutenant of Westmeath

Richard Molyneux, 1st Viscount Molyneux

Molyneux's brother, Sir Vivian Molyneux, was a scholar, traveller and Royalist agent in the 1640s, and an uncle of Robert Earl of Caernarvon, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire.

Richard Onslow

Richard Onslow, 3rd Baron Onslow (1715–1776), Member of Parliament for Guildford and Lord Lieutenant of Surrey

Richard Sackville

Richard Sackville, 3rd Earl of Dorset (1589–1624), Lord Lieutenant of Sussex, first husband of Lady Anne Clifford

Richard Sackville, 5th Earl of Dorset (1622–1677), English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex, and Sussex

Royal Irish Rifle Volunteers

On 12 May 1859 the Secretary of State for War, Jonathan Peel had issued a circular letter to lieutenants of counties in England, Wales and Scotland, authorising the formation of volunteer rifle corps (VRC, a.k.a. corps of rifle volunteers and rifle volunteer corps), and of artillery corps in defended coastal towns.

Westmoreland Lock Hospital

The new hospital was founded in 1792, when Westmoreland was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and was located at the corner of present-day Townsend St. and Luke St.