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3 days ago · Just before midnight on January 20, 1936, King George V died at Sandringham, in Norfolk, England. His health had gradually declined over the previous few months because of a chronic lung issue that had first appeared in 1928. He managed a last meeting with his privy council and secretary before he grew too weak to continue.
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2 days ago · Fagg, the Chinaman, since the renewed rage in England for old valuables, has in vain offered Lord Harewood immense sums for this collection; but it was originally made by his elder brother, well known then as Beau Lascelles, who died unmarried, in 1814, and is always preserved in the family as a souvenir of him. The brothers were much attached ...
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5 days ago · One of Britten's friends was George Lascelles, the 7th Earl of Harewood and grandson of King George V, who introduced the pair at the Aldeburgh Festival of Music and the Arts. On 29 September 1949, they were married at St Mark's Church in London, for which Britten composed a wedding anthem.
5 days ago · The story of Lady Lucan, born Veronica Mary Duncan, is one of privilege, tragedy, and enduring mystery. Her life was indelibly marked by her tumultuous marriage to John Bingham, the 7th Earl of Lucan, and the shocking events of November 7, 1974, when their nanny Sandra Rivett was brutally murdered in the basement of the family‘s London home.
3 days ago · Download stock image of “The Royal Wedding, 1922. The wedding of Mary, Princess Royal and Henry Lascelles, son of the Earl of Harewood. Postcard.” from the Look and Learn History Picture Archive
5 days ago · A formidable character who became the matriarch of the Royal Family, Princess Victoria Mary of Teck was born at Kensington Palace on 26 May 1867 in the same room where Queen Victoria (who was a distant cousin) had been born 40 years prior. In 1891, aged 24, Mary was betrothed to her second cousin once removed, Prince Albert, eldest son of the ...
4 days ago · The Roundhead Association is part of The English Civil War Society, which is dedicated to the re-enactment of life during the English Civil War period. The Roundhead Association represent the Parliamentarians. Our army is made up of a number of Brigades whose Regiments take their names and uniforms from those of the 17th century.
