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52 unusual facts about Westminster


1896 Welsh Cup Final

Another draw, 1–1, after 90 minutes the game was replayed at Westminster, where Bangor won 3–1.

1972 and 1973 Dublin bombings

William Craig, leader of the Unionist Vanguard movement, addressed a meeting of right-wing MPs in Westminster who belonged to the Monday Club on 19 October during which he claimed he could mobilise 80,000 men who "are prepared to come out and shoot and kill".

7 Burlington Gardens

Although the official address is 7 Burlington Gardens, it is also on Savile Row and Google Maps labels the now A&F location as 42 Savile Row, Westminster, W1S 3QG, United Kingdom.

Alan Keen

The Waterloo apartment is nine miles from their constituency home in Brentford, a 30-minute drive from Westminster.

Analogue television in the United Kingdom

Westminster in London had the same problem, where BT owned the cables.

Beaufort, Blaenau Gwent

Also concerts at La Maison Blance in Oxford and St Mary's Chapel in Westminster.

Boer War Memorial, Crewe

The memorial was designed and made by Joseph Whitehead and Sons of Westminster.

Buddleja davidii 'Carroll Deep Lavender'

Buddleja davidii 'Carroll Deep Lavender' is a selection made by the Carroll Gardens Inc., (ceased trading 2009) Westminster, Maryland, USA.

Buddleja davidii 'Raspberry Wine'

Buddleja davidii 'Raspberry Wine' is a cultivar raised by Carroll Gardens Inc. (ceased trading 2009), Westminster, Maryland, USA, in 1994.

Charlotte Montagu Douglas Scott, Duchess of Buccleuch

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Married secondly Bertram Chetwynd-Talbot on 21 February 1903 in Westminster with no issue.

Common Ground on the Hill

Common Ground on the Hill is an annual summer festival at the Carroll County Farm Museum in Westminster, Maryland, first held in 1994.

Diana and Callisto

Certainly, on Bridgewater's death five years after the purchase, he bequeathed the Titians and the rest of his collection to Gower, who put it on display to the public in his Bridgewater House in London where it would remain on public display for the next century and a half.

Dictes and Sayings of the Philosophers

Caxton in 1476 travelled to Westminster from Bruges, where he had been running a successful printing business.

Dudley Loftus

He served four times as a Member of the Irish House of Commons, representing Naas between 1642 and 1648, the combined counties of Kildare and Wicklow in the Third Protectorate Parliament of 1659 at Westminster, Bannow between 1661 and 1666 and Fethard between 1692 and 1693.

Gateway Academy

Gateway Academy, Westminster, a primary school in Westminster, London, England

Gautier de Metz

In 1480 William Caxton published an English translation from the French translation of the Image du Monde as The Myrrour of the World at Westminster; this was the first English book to be printed with illustrations and was one of the earliest English-language encyclopedias.

Jeffrey Sterling, Baron Sterling of Plaistow

He was created a life peer as Baron Sterling of Plaistow, of Pall Mall in the City of Westminster in 1990 in Margaret Thatcher’s resignation honours list.

Jill Balcon

Balcon was born in Westminster, London, the daughter of Aileen Freda Leatherman (1904–1988) and Michael Balcon.

John of Argyll

By 1310, John's father Alexander had joined him in England, both attending a royal council at Westminster.

Julie Kirkbride

MacKay and Kirkbride owned two homes: one in her constituency of Bromsgrove; and a house close to Parliament in Westminster.

Lady Helena Gibbs

Her mother was Lady Margaret Grosvenor, the third daughter of the 1st Duke of Westminster.

Lambeth, London, Ontario

It held the status of Police Village (lacking corporate status as a village, but administered by a board of trustees) until an effort was made by the local Reeve, David Murray, to stop annexation by the City of London which brought about the creation of the Town of Westminster in 1988, which itself ceased to exist on December 31, 1992.

Legal history

In particular, Henry II instituted legal reforms and developed a system of royal courts administered by a small number of judges who lived in Westminster and traveled throughout the kingdom.

Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba

Royal Assent to the bill was reserved by Lieutenant Governor James Aikins and eventually the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council at Westminster ruled that, since the law affected an appointee of the federal Crown, it was ultra vires and struck down.

Local Government Association

The LGA has its Head Office at Local Government House (formerly Transport House) in Smith Square, Westminster, London.

London Basin

The axis of the basin runs west-east from Marlborough and Newbury (Berkshire) to Chertsey (Surrey) before swinging slightly north of east through Westminster, passing midway between Chelmsford and Southend-on-Sea (Essex) to the east coast between the estuaries of the Crouch and the Blackwater.

Murray Thurston Titus

Titus and his wife returned to the United States in 1951, whereupon Titus took the position of professor of comparative religion at a seminary in Westminster, Maryland.

New York Air Brake

By 1990, New York Air Brake had furnished $100 million worth of equipment for more than half of New York City's subway cars before NYAB's Transit Division was established as the Knorr Brake Company and moved to Westminster, Maryland.

Parliament of England

It was in this period that the Palace of Westminster was established as the seat of the English Parliament.

Parliamentary republic

A number of these republics kept the Westminster Parliamentary system inherited during their British colonial rule.

Patrick Leslie, 1st Lord Lindores

Robert Leslie of Kinclaven, Perthshire, and of Westminster, London (c. 1598 - c. 1675), married first Frances, widow of Sir John Pakington and daughter of John and Dorothy (Puckering) Ferrers, and married second, at St Giles in the Fields, London, on 4 November 1633, Catherine, daughter of Edward and Elizabeth (Pigott) Bassett

Puisne

The judges and barons of the common law courts at Westminster, other than those having a distinct title, were called puisne.

Richard Ashman

Richard Gerald Alfred Ashman (24 November 1899, Westminster, London, England – 15 May 1965, Bloemfontein, South Africa) was a South African cricket umpire.

RIT Capital Partners

RIT Capital Partners has its headquarters in Spencer House, ( St James's, London, England ), one of the last surviving city palaces in London (next door to Bridgewater House, one of the others).

Robert de Brantingham

On 18 November 1381, in a case tried at Westminster, de Brantingham stood alongside Alexander Marley and two clerks, Thomas de Staindrop and Thomas de Barton, as plaintiff against Sir John and Gwenllian de Raleigh.

Robert Hubert

Hubert's confession, at first, was of starting a fire in Westminster.

Robert of Melun

At a council held at Westminster in October 1163, the king and Becket contended over the question, with the bishops supporting Becket against the king.

Shelton Smith

Shelton Smith was a long time Pastor, his longest tenure being at Church of the Open Door/Carroll Christian Schools in Westminster, Maryland, from 1979 to 1995.

St John the Evangelist's Church, Norley

Most of the stained glass was made in the early and mid 20th century by William Morris of Westminster.

St Mary's, Stretton

(...) dedicated to St. Mary, it was designed by J. T. Micklethwaite of Westminster on an aisled, cruciform plan with a massive crossing tower.

Sydney Stanhope, 6th Earl of Harrington

Sydney Seymore Hyde Stanhope at Ashburnham House in Westminster, London, Stanhope was the second son of Leicester Stanhope, 5th Earl of Harrington and Elizabeth Williams Green, and only became heir to his father's peerage following the premature death of his brother Algernon Russell Gayleard Stanhope (1838-1847).

Term of office

The devolved administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are a variation on the system of government used at Westminster.

The Green Book: A Guide to Members' Allowances

It describes support provided for employing staff; provision of facilities, equipment and supplies for themselves and their staff; overnight stays away from home whilst on parliamentary duties; communicating with constituents; House stationery and postage; and travel between Westminster, the constituency, and main home.

Ulster Political Research Group

After a few months McMichael wrote about the progress of the group in the UDA's Ulster magazine and stated that they had examined the case for direct rule from Westminster and found it to be wholly unsatisfactory.

Westminster-Richmond

It and its sister ridings Westminster-Delta, Westminster-Dewdney and Westminster-Chilliwhack were successors to the old four-member Westminster riding, which appeared in 1890 only and was a subdivision of the older New Westminster (provincial electoral district) riding.

Westminster, Maryland

Theodore E. Woodward, Nobel Prize nominee, renowned researcher in the field of medicine

On March 10, 2006, members of the Westboro Baptist Church picketed the funeral of Matthew A. Snyder who had been killed in the Iraq War.

Westminster, Massachusetts

Gregory Ciottone, Harvard professor; pioneer in disaster medicine.

Westminster, Texas

The college, a preparatory school for prospective ministers, was named after Westminster, Maryland, a Methodist stronghold in an otherwise predominantly Catholic state.

William C. Hammer

He studied at Yadkin Institute and Western Maryland College, Westminster, Maryland.

Wonderbug

Specifically the body was a Dune Runner manufactured by Dune Buggy Enterprises of Westminster, California.

Woodside Morris Men

The early years for the club were taken up with local social and community events, regular involvement with Morris Ring meetings, and privately arranged trips to various locations, though Deal, Kent was a particular favourite, in the company of Westminster Morris Men, and later joined by the Hammersmith Morris Men.


Academy Hill Historic District

Westminster Village-Academy Hill Historic District, Westminster, MA, listed on the NRHP in Massachusetts

Arthur Carr

Arthur Wesley Carr (born 1941), Anglican divine, Dean of Westminster, 1997–2006

Ben Caunt

The origin of the name is contested with Westminster's Chief Lord of the Woods and Forests, Sir Benjamin Hall.

Britain's Best Buildings

Edited editions of the Palace of Westminster edition (ranging from 5–15 minutes) are often shown on the BBC Parliament channel, when live coverage of the House of Commons, House of Lords, committees etc. ends early, before the beginning of the next programme.

Castleblayney

In 1853, Cadwallader Blayney, 12th Baron Blayney and sometime MP for Monaghan in the United Kingdom Parliament, sold the Castle and estate to Henry Thomas Hope from Deepdene in Surrey, a former MP at Westminster.

Clayton Mordaunt Cracherode

He died at Queen Square, Westminster, on 5 April 1799, and was buried on 13 April near his mother, in the east cloister of Westminster Abbey.

Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802

Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802 is a sonnet by William Wordsworth describing London and the River Thames, viewed from Westminster Bridge in the early morning.

Days of May

In 1819 a crowd of 15,000 had gathered at Newhall Hill in Birmingham to symbolically elect Charles Wolsley as the town's "Legislatorial Attorney and Representative" in Westminster; when Manchester followed Birmingham's lead two months later troops opened fire and killed 15 in the event that became known as the Peterloo Massacre.

Disappearance of Henry Borynski

Heenan later became Archbishop of Westminster and was made a cardinal by Pope Paul VI.

Former National Westminster Bank

The former National Westminster Bank in Spring Gardens, Manchester, England, is an Edwardian bank building constructed in 1902 for Parr's Bank by Charles Heathcote.

Galtee Rovers GAA

One of the Club leaders in its formative years was Mr. John Cullinane, M.P. who was a native of Bansha and represented County Tipperary as a Nationalist member of Parliament at Westminster from 1900 to 1918.

Garbhan Downey

In 2010, he won a contest to predict the winners of Northern Ireland's 18 Westminster constituencies, missing out on just one, Naomi Long, who surprisingly beat First Minister Peter Robinson in East Belfast.

Garden Grove Unified School District

GGUSD's enrollment boundaries allow the district to serve students in many central and northern Orange County communities, including: Anaheim, Cypress, Fountain Valley, Garden Grove, Santa Ana, Stanton, and Westminster

Henry Manning

Henry Edward Manning (1808–1892), English Roman Catholic Archbishop of Westminster

Herbert Edward Ryle

He wrote to Dean Ryle in 1920 proposing that an unidentified British soldier from the battlefields in France be buried with due ceremony in Westminster Abbey "amongst the kings" to represent the many hundreds of thousands of Empire dead.

Institution of Railway Signal Engineers

The headquarters of the IRSE is located in Westminster, London, in the offices of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.

Isle of Man Bank

It was acquired by National Provincial Bank in 1961, becoming part of the National Westminster Bank upon the merger of its parent with Westminster Bank in 1968 and joined The Royal Bank of Scotland Group in 2000 when the National Westminster was purchased by the Scottish bank.

Jennifer Hedger

A native of London, Ontario, Hedger grew up in Lambeth and Westminster, Ontario and later graduated from the University of Western Ontario.

Lyana Armstrong-Emery

She and her party strongly supported Gibraltarian representation in the Parliament at Westminster and in the European Parliament.

Margaret Balfour

She sang in the St Matthew Passion in November 1929 (with Keith Falkner and Elsie Suddaby) at Westminster with the Bach Cantata Club under Charles Kennedy Scott.

Marjorie Pratt, Countess of Brecknock

She married John Pratt, Earl of Brecknock, eldest son of John Pratt, 4th Marquess Camden and Lady Joan Marion Nevill, on 19 October 1920 in St. Margaret's Church, Westminster, London.

Maryland Route 852

The state highway climbs to the top of the ridge on which downtown Westminster sits and reaches its eastern terminus at the intersection of Main Street and Uniontown Road on the edge of the Western Maryland College Historic District and the district's namesake, McDaniel College.

Micah Sloat

Sloat plays both rock and blues on the guitar and also sings with the world champion Westminster barbershop chorus.

Parr's Ridge

Communities along Parr's Ridge include, from south to north, Damascus, Mount Airy (where Interstate 70 crosses the ridge), Westminster, Cranberry, Manchester, and Lineboro.

Phil M. Donnelly

Highlights of his first term as governor included overseeing the implementation of a new Missouri state constitution in 1946, creation of the Missouri Department of Revenue, and welcoming international statesman Winston Churchill to Fulton, Missouri for the famous Iron Curtain speech at Westminster College.

Publication of Domesday Book

In March 1767 Charles Morton (1716–1799), a librarian at the British Museum, was put in charge of the scheme; a fact which caused resentment towards him from Abraham Farley, a deputy chamberlain of the Exchequer who for many years had controlled access to Domesday Book in its repository at the Chapter House, Westminster, and furthermore had been involved in the recent Parliament Rolls printing operation.

Ranulph Crewe

Crewe died at Westminster on 3 January 1645-6, and was buried on 5 June in a chapel built by himself at Barthomley.

Representation of the People Act 1981

This Act was passed following the election to the Westminster Parliament of a hunger-striker, Bobby Sands, in the Fermanagh and South Tyrone by-election, April 1981, while he was serving a long term of imprisonment.

Richard Beke

Richard Beke (1630–1707), of Westminster and Ford, Dinton, Buckinghamshire, was an English politician.

Royal College

Although many institutions are formally Royal Colleges, such as the three royal public schools of Westminster, Winchester and Eton, the phrase "The Royal Colleges" is commonly applied to the medical institutions, such as the Royal College of Surgeons and the Royal College of Physicians, and the Royal College of Nursing and similar institutions in Australia, Canada, and elsewhere.

Sproxton, North Yorkshire

For Westminster elections Sproxton comes under the Thirsk and Malton constituency, currently represented by Anne McIntosh, a Conservative.

St. Andrew's United Church

Westminster Presbyterian was the first established on the site in 1891, it merged with Grosvenor Street Presbyterian in 1921 when the latter church's building was demolished as part of a plan to extend Bay Street.

Stoneheart

The statue, made by Percy Hetherington Fitzgerald is in Westminster at Aldwych & Strand behind St Clement Danes Church.

Sydney Selwyn

Whilst continuing as Professor at Westminster Medical School he also simultaneously became Professor of Medical Microbiology at Charing Cross Hospital Medical School, thus running two separate departments (each with its own research and teaching teams) in two different teaching hospitals.

Theodore Price

Thereafter, Price sided with William Laud, the main opponent of Williams within the Westminster Abbey chapter, sharing Laud's like of ceremonial practices in religion.

Thomas Keyes

in his chamber by the Watergate at Westminster Keyes secretly married the Queen's kinswoman, Lady Mary Grey, the daughter of Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk and Frances Brandon.

Tony Cunningham

On leaving Strasbourg and Brussels in 1999 he became the Chief Executive of Human Rights NGO INDICT where he remained until his election to Westminster.

West Cork by-election, 1916

2Healy was imprisoned in Frongoch internment camp for supposedly being associated with Sinn Féin, but Sinn Féin repudiated his candidacy for not revoking to take his seat at Westminster, instead had been supported by William O'Brien, who was leader of the All-for-Ireland League.

Westminster Presbyterian Church in the United States

The Westminster Presbyterian Church in the United States (WPCUS) is a small Presbyterian denomination which was constituted in January 2006 in Lansdowne, Pennsylvania.

Westminster Records

It was co–founded in 1949 by Mischa Naida (who later founded Musical Heritage Society, the owner of the Westminster Record Shop in New York City, businessman James Grayson (1897–1980), conductor Henry Swoboda, and Henry Gage.