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4 unusual facts about Onslow


George Macarthur-Onslow

On 3 September 1918, he took command of the newly formed 5th Light Horse Brigade, with the temporary rank of brigadier general.

From May to August 1918, Macarthur-Onslow was acting commander of the 2nd Light Horse Brigade in the absence of the Brigadier General Ryrie.

George Onslow

George Macarthur-Onslow (1875–1931), Australian general who served in World War I

William Davison Hill

Some time afterwards, he moved from the family farm and bought his own farm at Onslow.


1908 Eastern Suburbs season

Legendary cricketer of the time Victor Trumper was appointed to Easts first committee, while Liutenant-Colonel Onslow was made Patron of the Eastern Suburbs club.

1991 Don't Drink Drive Sandown 500

The race was won by first time winners Mark Gibbs and Rohan Onslow and the Bob Forbes owned GIO Racing team in just their second race since taking delivery of the teams new Gibson Motor Sport developed Nissan Skyline GT-R.

Alexander Onslow

Sir Alexander Campbell Onslow (17 July 1842 – 20 October 1908) was the third Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Western Australia, which is the highest ranking court in the Australian State of Western Australia.

In the result, Lord Knutsford reinstated Mr. Onslow, but censured him.

Clandon Park

Many members of the Onslow family followed political careers—three of them, including Arthur Onslow, were Speakers of the House of Commons.

The estate had been bought in 1641, together with Temple Court Farm at Merrow, by Sir Richard Onslow, MP for Surrey in the Long Parliament, from Sir Richard Weston, canal builder & pioneering agriculturalist, of nearby Sutton Place.

Eric Dillon, 19th Viscount Dillon

Lady Onslow was involved in the Littlejohn Affair, a spy scandal involving an alleged MI6 double agent, Kenneth Littlejohn, whom she had met when visiting prison in the 1960s.

Geoffrey Hughes

He went on to appear in two popular British television sitcoms during the 1990s, playing loveable slob Onslow in Roy Clarke's Keeping Up Appearances (1990–95) followed by Twiggy in Craig Cash and Caroline Aherne's The Royle Family (1998–2000), the latter of which he reprised his role for specials in 2006 and 2008.

O and P-class destroyer

Pakenham * (ex-Onslow), built by Hawthorn Leslie & Company, Hebburn, damaged by gunfire from Italian Navy torpedo boats Cassiopea and Cigno off Marsala 1943-04-16, abandoned and sunk by sister ship HMS Paladin (see Battle of the Cigno Convoy)

Onslow College

Onslow College is a state co-educational secondary school located in Johnsonville, a suburb of Wellington, New Zealand.

Onslow County, North Carolina

The structure of local government in Onslow County was established in the late 19th century and consists of a five-member Board of Commissioners, elected at large for four-year terms.

Onslow County was formed in 1734 and was named for the Honorable Arthur Onslow, Speaker of the British House of Commons.

ORP Błyskawica

In late 1945 and early 1946, the Błyskawica along with the destroyer HMS Onslow took part in Operation Deadlight, the scuttling of over 100 German U-Boats.

Ruth Manning-Sanders

Others who illustrated her fairy-tale titles included Victor Ambrus, Scoular Anderson, Eileen Armitage, Raymond Briggs, Donald Chaffin, Brian Froud, Lynette Hemmant, C. Walter Hodges, J. Hodgson, Annette Macarthur-Onslow, Constance Marshall, Kilmeny Niland, William Papas, Trevor Ridley, Jacqueline Rizvi, Leon Shtainmets, William Stobbs, and Astrid Walford.

Thomas Frederick Onslow

Onslow was the son of British politician Thomas Cranley Onslow and the grandson of Thomas Onslow, 2nd Earl of Onslow, who played first-class cricket for pre-county club Surrey and the Marylebone Cricket Club.

Thomas Onslow, 2nd Baron Onslow

As Lord Onslow he was a leading participant in an insurance business known as Onslow's Insurance or Onslow's Bubble, which secured incorporation under the Bubble Act as Royal Exchange Assurance Corporation.

Tom Onslow-Cole

Onslow-Cole has returned to Team Aon to drive the third 'Global' Ford Focus alongside 2010 team-mate Chilton and Andy Neate.

Wisley

His son died in 1674, and in 1677 it was sold to Denzil Onslow — it passed under his will, after his widow's death in 1729, to Thomas Lord Onslow, and early in the 19th century it was exchanged for the manor of Papworth in Send, Surrey with Lord King, whose main descendant, a third earl, (see Earl of Lovelace) owned it, as his family did Ockham, in the early 20th century.


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