She was born Alice Sarah Rollit in Rawdon, Quebec, Canada on September 20, 1858 to John Charles Rollit and Elizabeth (née Spooner) Rollit.
After returning to Britain in 1932, he was lecturer in Hebrew at Rawdon Baptist College until 1935.
John Fennell, a former schoolmaster and Methodist class leader in Penzance and Wellington, Shropshire, was appointed Headmaster of the newly opened Woodhouse Grove School at Rawdon, for the sons of Methodist ministers in 1812.
Rawdon township was established in 1799 and named after Sir Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings.
There are many other places throughout the UK known as Little London.
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Frazer Hines ex Doctor Who actor, and ex-Emmerdale star, used to live in the Little London area of Rawdon.
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Benton Park School in Rawdon is used as a fictional location in the soap opera Emmerdale.
The NHL announced on June 17, 2013 that Stirling will host a pre-season game between the Washington Capitals and Winnipeg Jets at Yardmen Arena on September 14, 2013.
Andrew served as a Leeds City Council Councillor from 2003–2010, initially representing the Aireborough ward, and following boundary changes representing the Guiseley and Rawdon ward.
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After staying with a family in the village of Rawdon, Nova Scotia, he eloped with and married their daughter, a girl named Elizabeth P. Bond, on March 12, 1813, in Windsor.
In 1927 Rawdon was on the team of engineers that modified a pair of Travel Air 5000 aircraft which won the deadly Dole Air Race to Hawaii.
Isabella, married Sir James Graham, son of William Graham, 7th Earl of Menteith; her daughter Ellinor, or Helen, married Sir Arthur Rawdon, of Moira, lineal ancestor of the Marquis of Hastings.
Among his best works are: The Finding of Moses, after Salvator Rosa, 1785; Diana in a Landscape, after Carlo Maratti; Lady Rawdon, after Reynolds, 1783; and some subjects after Penny and Bunbury.
Section 2: Passing playing fields and old quarries, the path crosses the Woodhall Hills and follows Fagley Beck to cross the Leeds and Liverpool Canal and the River Aire at Apperley Bridge, then follows the river past Woodhouse Grove School before climbing up to meet the A65 south of Rawdon.
Sir George Rawdon, 1st Baronet (1604–1684), of Moira, County Down which he founded, was an English army officer and politician.
Named after Sophia Rawdon-Hastings, the second wife of John Crichton-Stuart, 2nd Marquess of Bute, the park was acquired by Cardiff Council (then the Cardiff Corporation) from the Marquis of Bute in 1947.
In turn, Briggs delivered the diamond to Francis Rawdon-Hastings which then went to England.
He rescued the Rawdon Loyalists from being killed by American Patriots in the Siege of Ninety-Six, South Carolina during the American Revolution.
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The first settlers in the Rawdon Township, Nova Scotia were United Empire Loyalists who had to flee their home in Ninety Six, South Carolina.
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Some of the troops that assisted Lord Rawdon in the Siege of Ninety-Six were from the 84th Regiment of Foot (Royal Highland Emigrants) as well as the 2nd American Regiment.
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One of the most prominent Loyalists to survive the Siege of Ninety-Six to settle Rawdon was Captain John Bond.