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2 unusual facts about Philip V. Holberton


Philip V. Holberton

Fanny, who married Thomas Henry Holberton, a doctor, was a member of the well-known family of tea merchants, Twinings of the Strand in London.

Holberton is the son of Robert Maynard Holberton and Charlotte Stone Holberton and nephew of Betty Holberton.


Louis Godin

The expedition sailed from Rochelle, May 16, 1735, touched at Cadiz to take two naval lieutenants, whom Philip V had ordered to accompany it, and proceeded to Santo Domingo, where they remained six months to take observations.

Ludowika Margaretha of Zweibrücken-Bitsch

She married on 14 October 1560 in Bitsch with Count Philip V of Hanau-Lichtenberg (1541–1599).

Marquess of Saint Philip

Marquess of Saint Philip, also spelled as Marquis of Saint Philip or St. Philip (in Spanish: Marqués de San Felipe; in Italian: Marchese di San Filippo) is a title granted in 1709 by Philip V, king of Spain and, at that time, claimant king of Sardinia, to the Sardinian nobleman and politician Vicente Bacallar.

Mercat del Born

This portion of la Ribera was forcibly demolished to make way for the construction of the Ciutadella military structure as ordered by the new Spanish king, Philip V.

Philip Francis

Philip V. Francis (1964–2008), tabla player, composer and Ghazal singer from Kerala, India

Zenón de Somodevilla, 1st Marqués de la Ensenada

His ability was recognized by Don José Patiño, the chief minister of King Philip V, who promoted him to supervise work at the naval arsenal at Ferrol, the main base of the Spanish Navy's Maritime Department of the North since the time of the early Bourbons.


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