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7 unusual facts about St. George's Hall


Charles King Hall

Active in the London theatre, he contributed regularly to the popular German Reed Entertainments at St. George's Hall, Langham Place.

Edward German

He soon wrote a light opera, The Two Poets (for four soloists and piano) in 1886, which was produced at the Academy and then performed at St. George's Hall.

German Reed Entertainment

In 1874, they moved the entertainments to the St. George's Hall, Regent Street, and the German Reeds also took the entertainments on provincial tours.

Giulia Warwick

Warwick originally intended to be a pianist, playing at the Hanover Rooms as early as 1869, when she was only 12 years old, and then at St. George's Hall in 1872.

Happy Arcadia

Gilbert (who directed and designed his own shows) was busy in the days leading up to the opening of Happy Arcadia: Four days before Happy Arcadia opened, Gilbert's one-act farce, A Medical Man, opened at St. George's Hall, although it had been published in 1870.

St. George's Hall, London

Many of the entertainments were written by Law, including A Night Surprise (1877), Nobody's Fault, composed by Hamilton Clarke (1882), and A Happy Bungalow, with music by Charles King Hall.

William Ralston Shedden-Ralston

He devised a novel form of public entertainment, telling stories to large audiences in lecture-halls, making several successful appearances at St. George's and St James's Halls.


Albert Sammons

He also consolidated his solo career by playing the Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 with the London Symphony Orchestra at the Queen's Hall in 1910.

Angelo Buono, Jr.

The presiding judge, Ronald M. George (future Chief Justice of California), denied the motion to dismiss.

B. George

In 1980, he received a National Endowment for the Arts grant to produce recordings by visual artists, and in 1981 released Laurie Anderson’s first single “O Superman”.

Battle of St. George's Caye

In 1783, hostilities were brought to an end by the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, which allowed the Baymen rights between the Belize and Hondo rivers; this was extended with the 1786 Convention of London to the Sibun River.

Brown Hall

Brown's Hall-Thompson's Opera House, Pioche, Nevada, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Nevada

Carlton Dramatic Society

Prince Philip aware of the hype surrounding the production invited the society to perform the play in St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.

Castle Harbour, Bermuda

A gem of Bermuda's coastline, it is surrounded by St. George's Parish in the north, east, south (Tucker's Town), and Hamilton Parish in the west.

In the west, The Causeway crosses from the main island to St. David's Island, and beyond this a stretch of water known as Ferry Reach connects the harbour with St. George's Harbour to the north, where Bermuda's first permanent settlement, St. George's Town, was founded in 1612.

Catherine Fillol

Catherine Fillol (or Filliol) (c. 1507 - c.1535) was the daughter and co-heiress of Sir William Fillol (1453 - 9 July 1527), of Woodlands, Horton, Dorset, and of Fillol's Hall, Essex.

Colleges of the University of Oxford

All colleges are now co-educational, although one of the Permanent Private Halls, St Benet's Hall, only accepts men.

Danubian Sich

They proved themselves in combat in the storming of Isaccea, and 10 Cossacks were awarded the Cross of St. George.

Dooly County, Georgia

Notable Dooly County residents include former governor George Busbee; former U.S. senator Walter F. George; the late Jody Powell, press secretary and aide to Jimmy Carter during his governorship and U.S. presidency; and Roger Kingdom, an Olympic gold medalist in track and field.

Edmund Cosyn

He held the living of Grendon, Northamptonshire, which was in the gift of King's Hall, from 21 September 1538, to November, 1541, and successively, fellowships of King's Hall, St. Catharine's Hall, and of Trinity College, Cambridge.

Flatt's Inlet, Bermuda

It lies almost exactly between the territory's two municipalities, Hamilton and St. George's.

Florence S. Jacobsen

As a church curator, Jacobsen supervised the restoration of many church buildings, including the Promised Valley Playhouse in Salt Lake City; the E. B. Grandin building in Palmyra, New York; the Brigham Young home in St. George, Utah; the Jacob Hamblin home in Santa Clara, Utah; the Newell K. Whitney store in Kirtland, Ohio; and the interior of the Manti Utah Temple.

Green Templeton Boat Club

It is based in the Longbridges boathouse on the Isis, which is co-owned by the college and shared with Hertford, St Hilda's, St Catz, Mansfield and St Benet's.

Henry de Baliol

William "le Scot" (c1251-c1313), who was the progenitor of the Scot/Scott family of Nettlestead and Scot's Hall in Kent

Judith St. George

Judith Saint George (born 1939) is an American author, most famous for writing So You Want to Be President? Author and illustrator David Small was awarded the 2001 Caldecott Medal for his illustrations in the book.

Kakkanadan

K. G. George's Onappudava (1978) was based on Kakkanadan's novel of the same name.

Laccolith

One of the largest laccoliths in the United States is Pine Valley Mountain in the Pine Valley Mountain Wilderness area near St. George, Utah

Mark Talbott

The Talbott Squash Academy, a well-respected summer camp for juniors and adults, was established in 1991, and is currently held at St George's School in Newport, Rhode Island and at Stanford University in Stanford, California.

Mary Bamber

During the winter of 1906-7, Mary was on the rota of women who made soup to sell at a farthing a bowl from a Clarion caravan parked by St. George's Hall on Lime Street.

New Brunswick Southwest

Major towns include St. Stephen, St. Andrews, St. George, Grand Bay–Westfield, McAdam, Harvey Station, Fredericton Junction, Gagetown, and the Kingsclear and Hanwell regions near Fredericton.

Pablo Larrazábal

This win came three weeks after Larrazábal had missed out in a playoff himself in an Open Championship qualifier at Sunningdale, but the win has ensured himself of a place at the 2011 Open Championship at Royal St. George's.

Palace of St. Michael and St. George

The palace is designed in the Regency style by the British architect George Whitmore, who was a Colonel and later a Major-General in the Royal Engineers.

RAF Middleton St. George

Squadrons based here include: 76 Squadron, which flew Halifaxes, 78 Squadron, which flew Whitleys, 419 Squadron RCAF, which flew Wellingtons, Halifaxes, and Lancasters, 420 Squadron RCAF, which flew Wellingtons, and 428 Squadron RCAF, which flew Wellingtons, Halifaxes, and Lancasters.

Red Rock Film Festival

Held annually in November, in St. George, Ivins, and Springdale by Zion National Park, the festival introduces the area to new international and US independent film.

Sark Arslanian

After a long and successful career as a football coach at the collegiate and professional levels, he helped establish a winning tradition at Pine View High School in St. George, Utah.

Somers Isles Company

A ninth subdivision, now the eastern-most parish, was Saint George's, comprising Saint George's Island, Saint David's Island, part of the Main Island, and various smaller islands and islets around Castle Harbour (then known as Southampton Harbour) and Saint George's Harbour.

St. George, Staten Island

According to island historians Charles Leng and William T. Davis, it was only after another prominent businessman, Erastus Wiman, promised to "canonize" him in the town's name that Law agreed to relinquish the land rights for a ferry terminal.

Brill sold the theater within three years to William Fox, whose name lives on in the Fox Television Network and 20th Century Fox film studio.

St. George's Abbey in the Black Forest

The monastery was founded in 1084–85 in the Black Forest, by the source of the Brigach, against the background of the Investiture Controversy, as a result of the community of interests of the Swabian aristocracy and the church reform party, the founders being Hezelo and Hesso of the family of the Vögte of Reichenau, and the politically influential Abbot William of Hirsau.

St. George's Chapel, Chatham

It was presented by Ritula Shah and guests include; Tom Newton Dunn, the political editor of The Sun newspaper, Clare Gerada (GP and Medical Director of the NHS Practitioner Health Programme), Lord Trimble (Irish Politician) and Angela Eagle (Labour Party MP).

St. George's School of Montreal

St. George's School of Montreal is a member of The Quebec Association of Independent Schools (QAIS), The Canadian Association of Independent Schools (CAIS), and The National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS).

Sub Arturo plebs

From various political allusions in the text, in connection with what is known about the named musicians, Brian Trowell and Ursula Günther have conjectured that the work was written for a specific historical event, the festivities at Windsor Castle on St. George's Day, 1358, when the knights of the Order of the Garter gathered to celebrate the English victory at the Battle of Poitiers two years earlier.

Susan Fish

She ran for Bill Davis' Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario in the 1981 Ontario election and was elected as Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) for the St. George constituency in downtown Toronto.

Thomas R. St. George

His best known work is C/O Postmaster, a semi-autobiographical description of his experiences in Australia as a U.S. soldier in 1942.

United States Army Bermuda Garrison

US Army field artillery batteries were put in long term emplacements around Bermuda, from St. George's Island to Southampton, where field artillery was placed outside Scaur Hill Fort.

Velden am Wörther See

In medieval times it belonged to the estates of the Hohenwart castle, seat of the Counts of Celje, the Counts of Ortenburg, the Knightly Order of Saint George in Millstatt and finally the Austrian House of Habsburg.

Volkhovsky District

The St. George's Church is located in the Staraya Ladoga fortress, whereas a much bigger Assumption Cathedral is the katholikon of the Assumption Monastery.

Walter George

Walter F. George (1878–1957), American politician from the state of Georgia

William Lutley Sclater

The couple were married at St. George's Cathedral in London on 1 February 1896 at St. George, shortly after which they moved to Cape Town, South Africa.

Yellow Knolls

Yellow Knolls is approximately 15-mi northeast of Littlefield-Beaver Dam, Arizona in the northeast of the Virgin Valley, and about 20-mi southwest of St. George, Utah.


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Florence Maybrick

After an inquest held in a nearby hotel, Florence Maybrick was charged with his murder and stood trial at St George's Hall, Liverpool, before Justice James Fitzjames Stephen, where she was convicted and sentenced to death.