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Fourth Earl Sandwich
JOHN MONTAGU fourth earl of SANDWICH, naval commander who spent 24 hours at the gaming table sustained by slices of beef placed between slices of bread... Date: 1718 - 1792

Mary Leman Grimstone
MARY LEMAN GRIMSTONE (sometimes using nom-de-plume Oscar ) Author of romantic poems and novels, spent 3 years in Australia in the 1820s for her health. Date: 1800? - 1866

Ammunition Up. Captain Gilbert Holiday, Royal Field Artillery (1879-1937). Holidays Early Life Was Spent In St. Johns Wood And From His Window He Was Able To Watch The Royal Horse Artillery

Cartridge case recovery unit for recycling spent anti-aircraft shell cases, c.1938-1939 Date: circa 1939

Versailles Le Hameau
Le Hameau, the imitation farmhouse where Marie Antoinette spent her happiest hours. Date: circa 1904

John Baron Blaquiere
JOHN baron de BLAQUIERE statesman who spent most of his career in Ireland : he carried out many improvements in the city of Dublin. Date: 1732 - 1812

Spa / Germany / Leuk / C18Th
At the healing waters in Leuk, where people were provided with floating chess boards and writing tables due to the long periods of time spent in the water Date: Eighteenth century

1, Chalk Road
No.1, Chalk Road, Chalk, Kent. Over the doorway is a bust by Percy Fitzgerald :" Dickens spent his honeymoon in this house, 1836". etc. Date: 1812 - 1870

Grantham Street
Old houses and the church at Grantham, Lincolnshire, where Margaret Thatcher spent her childhood. Date: 1940s

Lear / Nonsense / Kilkenny
There was an Old Man of Kilkenny, who never had more than a penny; He spent all that money, in onions and honey, that wayward Old Man of Kilkenny

The Woman Who Spent 10 In A Woolworth Store, by H. M. Bate
A humorous illustration showing a lady who has bought everything in a department store. Woolworths was particularly renowned for its low-cost goods

Charles Edward, 2nd Duke of Albany, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1884-1954), as a member of the Borussia Corps of Bonn University in about 1904

Unveiling the John Bunyan Statue at Bedford, 1874
Engraving showing the unveiling of the John Bunyan statue in Bedford, June 1874. Bunyan (1628-1688), the English writer and preacher

The Prince of Wales as a Midshipman on Board the HMS Hindust
Photograph of the Prince of Wales, later Edward VIII, who spent a few months in the navy under the care of Captain Henry Hervey Campbell

Henry Navigator / Anon
HENRIQUE O NAVEGADOR Spent his life directing voyages of discovery along the African coast

Thomas Guy
Born in 1644, Guy completed his education and went on to represent Tamworth in Parliament. He moved to London and spent eight years as a booksellers apprentice

Thomas Guys tomb
The tomb of Thomas Guy in the chapel at Guys hospital. Born in 1644, he completed his education and went on to represent Tamworth in Parliament

Miss Gabrielle Ray
Gabrielle Ray (1883-1973), British stage actress brushing her hair and wearing pyjamas. Ray was a star of the Gaiety Theatre and was adored by fans for her beauty and dancing

Garibaldi on Caprera
GIUSEPPE GARIBALDI The Italian patriot on the island of Cabrera, off the coast of Sardinia, where he spent his last thirty years

Wilfred T. Grenfell
WILFRED THOMASON GRENFELL Physician and fundraiser who spent many years working with the communities of Labrador and Newfoundland

KLAPROTH (1743 - 1817)
MARTIN HEINRICH KLAPROTH German chemist. Discovered uranium in 1789. Spent his later years studying Asiatic languages

Doorway of the Monastery at Belem, Portugal
Illustration of the Doorway of the Convento dos Jeronymos Monastery, Belem, Portugal. This monastery was built on the site of a Seamans Home founded by Prince Henry the Navigator

Edward VII deer-stalking in Scotland
Edward VII (1841-1910), deer-stalking in Scotland. A keen sportsman, the King spent many holidays at Balmoral or Sandringham in Norfolk, where he was able to indulge this particular passion

David Niven
DAVID NIVEN Graduated from the Royal Military College at Sandhurst before he arrived in Hollywood where he became part of Clark Gables social set

Clotilde Queen & Saint
CLOTILDE, queen of Clovis I of the Franks who she converted when he won a battle after appealing to the Christian god. Her latter years were spent in good works. Saint

Crusoe at Home
Robinson Crusoe in his island home: Surrounded by household pets, I spent many happy and peaceful days

Lamartine and Elvire
LAMARTINE with ELVIRE (madame Charles) whom he met at Aix, and with whom he spent hours of exchanging confidences and ecstatic contemplation beside the lac du Bourget

Humayan / Indian Emperor
HUMAYAN Mughal Emperor from 1530, but spent most of his rule in exile

Cornelis Drebbel
CORNELIS DREBBEL Dutch physician and inventor, spent most of his life in England where he is credited with inventing the first submarine

Events / Ireland 1844
Supporters of the Irish MP Daniel O Connell celebrate his acquittal and release from prison. He spent 3 months in prison accused of attempting to repeal the Act of Union

O connell Released
Having spent a 3 months in prison accused of sedition for attempting to repeal the Act of Union, Irish MP Daniel O Connell is paraded through London after his acquittal

O CONNELL ACQUITTED 1844
Having spent a 3 months in prison accused of sedition for attempting to repeal the Act of Union, Irish MP Daniel O Connell is cheered by crowds following his acquittal

Churchill / Hoe Farm / Surre
WINSTON CHURCHILL British statesmans home at Hoe Farm, Surrey, where he spent his leisure time painting landscapes

Vanderheym (Traveller)
VANDERHEYM French emissary to Ethiopia, where he spent considerable time with emperor Menelik

Donkey Gets New Shoes
Shoeing (hooving) a donkey at a farm in Deal, where it has spent the winter. Come Easter the donkey will grace the beach at Margate. This little girl will have the first ride

Beethoven / Gneixendorf
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN His brother Johanns house, the Schloss Gneixendorf, near Vienna, where the German composer spent his last summer

Wilfrid and Cadwalla
In 684 SAINT WILFRID is appointed Bishop of Selsey by Cadwalla, king of the West Saxons, though most of his career is spent in dispute with the secular powers

Dressed for Dinner
British officers wear formal evening dress, in all its glory, to consume their evening meal in a mess tent after a day spent hunting elephants in Mysore

Margaret Ctss Cumberland
MARGARET countess of CUMBERLAND, wife of George Clifford, earl, who spent his time fighting the Spaniards so they had only one child. with her autograph

Tunguska / Kulik Portrat
LEONID KULIK (1883 - 1942) Discovered the impact site, spent most his life unsuccessfully trying to prove it was a meteorite

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