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Britain
Britain , alternate term for Great Britain, comprised of England, Scotland, and Wales. Often used synonymously with the United Kingdom, the name Britain is derived from Britannia, given by the Romans to the portion of the island of Great Britain that they occupied. It has sometimes been used to re... Read more
Alexandra
Alexandra 1844-1925, queen consort of Edward VII of Great Britain, whom she married in 1863. She was the daughter of Christian IX of Denmark. ... Read more
Independents
Independents in religion, those bodies of Christians who claim freedom from ecclesiastical and civil authority for their individual churches. They hold that each congregation should have control of its own affairs. In a historic sense, it is ordinarily applied to churches in Great Britain now known... Read more
John Speed
John Speed 1552?-1629, English historian and cartographer. He abandoned his trade as a tailor to engage in mapmaking. Many of his maps of parts of England and Wales were published in The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain (1611). His major work, The History of Great Britain, and his Geneal... Read more
James Douglas Queensberry, 2d duke of
James Douglas Queensberry, 2d duke of 1662-1711, Scottish statesman. One of the early supporters of William III in Scotland, he held offices under him and Queen Anne, rising to become commissioner to the Scottish Parliament (1700) and a secretary of state for Scotland (1702). Duped by an intrigue o... Read more
Battle of Britain
Battle of Britain in World War II, series of air battles between Great Britain and Germany, fought over Britain from Aug. to Oct., 1940. As a prelude to a planned invasion of England, Germany attacked British coastal defenses, radar stations, and shipping. On Aug. 24 the attack was shifted inland t... Read more
Great Britain
Great Britain officially United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, constitutional monarchy (2005 est. pop. 60,441,000), 94,226 sq mi (244,044 sq km), on the British Isles, off W Europe. The country is often referred to simply as Britain. Technically, Great Britain comprises England (199... Read more
Aldershot
Aldershot , town (1991 pop. 53,665), Hampshire, S central England. It is the site of the largest military training center (est. 1854) in Great Britain. The minister of defense appoints most of the town council. Aldershot is within the metropolitan area of London. Industries include engineering and t... Read more
Aughrim
Aughrim or Aghrim , village, Co. Galway, W central Republic of Ireland. It was the scene of a battle (July 12, 1691) in which the forces of William III of Great Britain won a decisive victory over those of James II. ... Read more
Caledonia
Caledonia , Roman name for that part of the island of Great Britain that lies N of the firths of Clyde and Forth. The name first occurs in the works of Lucan (1st cent. AD) and has been used in modern times rhetorically and poetically to mean all of Scotland or the Scottish Highlands. ... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Anne of Great Britain"

Anne (England) (1665–1714; Ruled 1702–1714)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ANNE (ENGLAND) (1665 – 1714; ruled 1702 – 1714) ANNE (ENGLAND) (1665 –...1702 – 1714), queen of Great Britain and Ireland. The last Stuart monarch, Anne was the second daughter of James...
Anne
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Anne 1665-1714, queen of England...1702-7), later queen of Great Britain and Ireland (1707-14), daughter of James II and Anne Hyde; successor to William...brother rose and fell in Great Britain (see Stuart, James Francis...
Hanoverian Dynasty (Great Britain)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World HANOVERIAN DYNASTY (GREAT BRITAIN) HANOVERIAN DYNASTY (GREAT BRITAIN). Under the terms of the...Settlement, on the death of Queen Anne on 1 August 1714 the joint...George I, as he was styled in Britain, spoke no English and throughout...
Rulers of England and Great Britain
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Rulers of England and Great Britain Rulers of England and Great Britain ( including dates of reign ) Saxons and Danes Egbert...James II; ruled jointly with William III, 1689-94 Anne, younger daughter of James II, 1702-14 House of...
Kings and Queens of England and Britain
Book article from: World Encyclopedia ...Kings and Queens of England and Britain Years Monarch Age 1 Reign 2...x2013;899 Alfred (the Great) 52 28 899–924...I 69 44 Kings and Queens of Britain House of Stuart 1603–...II 32 5) 1702–14 Anne 49 12 House of Hanover 1714...
Jane Seymour
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...former mistress: where Anne was sparkling, she was still; where Anne was challenging, she...Thomas, stood to gain great standing with the court...biographer of the Royals of Britain, Antonia Fraser, suggested...day after her passing. Anne Boleyn dressed likewise...
Union, Act of (Scotland)
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History ...established the kingdom of Great Britain. In 1603 there was a...restarted on the accession of Anne in 1702, but commissioners...the Scottish crown on Anne's death, putting the...unitary state of Great Britain was established on 12...
Marlborough, John Churchill, 1st duke of
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History ...but by championing Anne against her sister Mary...Dutch alliance, when Anne succeeded. In 1702 Marlborough...the Dutch Republic. Anne made him duke. In 1703...capitulate, isolating Britain's other major ally...August) he inflicted the greatest defeat the French had...
Stuart Dynasty (England and Scotland)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...daughter of James II. Anne also died childless...the United Kingdom of Great Britain, thus ending the rule...Culloden in 1746. See also Anne (England) ; Charles...Hanoverian Dynasty (Great Britain) ; Jacobitism ; James...
Hanover
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History ...in personal union with Britain from 1714, when George I succeeded Queen Anne under the terms of the...Germans to any post in Britain, could not declare war...William Pitt gained great popularity by declaring...particularly tense. Britain put into the field the...

Dictionary entries related to "Anne of Great Britain"

Anne
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History Anne (1665–1714), queen of England, Scotland (Great Britain from 1707), and Ireland...conventional picture of Queen Anne as a weak‐willed...of York, and his first wife Anne Hyde . The doctrines of the...
Union, Act of (Scotland)
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History ...established the kingdom of Great Britain. In 1603 there was a...restarted on the accession of Anne in 1702, but commissioners...the Scottish crown on Anne's death, putting the...unitary state of Great Britain was established on 12...
Utrecht, Treaty of
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military ...Utrecht a treaty to end Queen Anne's War and that included...agreements signed by France and Great Britain on April 11, 1713 and by Spain and Great Britain on July 13, 1713. France...James II, recognized Queen Anne as Britain's sovereign...
Marlborough, John Churchill, 1st duke of
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History ...with the future queen Anne. Churchill made a massive...but by championing Anne against her sister Mary...the Dutch Republic. Anne made him duke. But in...capitulate, isolating Britain's other major ally...August) he inflicted the greatest defeat the French had...
royal
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable ...and architecture in Britain. Sir Joshua Reynolds...initiated in 1711 by Queen Anne. royal assent the assent...building was burnt in the Great Fire of London. The...institution of Great Britain. It was founded at Greenwich...scientific society in Britain. It was formed by followers...
Hanover
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History ...in personal union with Britain from 1714, when George I succeeded Queen Anne under the terms of the...Germans to any post in Britain, could not declare war...William Pitt gained great popularity by declaring...glory in the name of Britain’ played the...
Stuart architecture
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture ...also applied to the period of the Stuart dynasty in Great Britain from James I and VI (1603–25) to Queen Anne (1702–14). However, the architecture...William and Mary (1689–1702), then Queen Anne styles.
Olney Corollary
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...On 20 July 1895, during a dispute between Great Britain and Venezuela over the latter's boundary...BIBLIOGRAPHY Braveboy-Wagner, Jacqueline Anne. The Venezuela-Guyana Border Dispute: Britain's Colonial Legacy in Latin America. Boulder...
Wilcox, Herbert
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Hollywood before returning to Britain; 1945—signed...d); Victoria the Great (+ d); Splinters in...amalgamation of Victoria the Great and Sixty Glorious Years...co-pr); Laughing Anne (+ d) 1954 Trouble...Film Making in 1930s Britain, London, 1985. On...
Werner, Oskar
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...divorced 1950), daughter: Eleanore; 2) Anne Power, 1954 (divorced), one son. Career...in Vienna, the Austrian equivalent of Britain's Old Vic, and soon made a considerable...Frankfurt in 1953 was regarded as one of the great interpretations of the time, and assured...

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Anne, Britain's last circus elephant Campaign grows for her to retire to a sanctuary in the US
Newspaper article from: The Independent on Sunday; 3/12/2006; ; 537 words ; ...small number of people." But Anne's owners, Bobby and Moira...Although her owners go to great lengths to deny that she has...her living, they admit that Anne has been hired out for TV ads...But Mrs Roberts insisted that Anne was best off remaining with...
Anne Begg, Britain's only wheelchair-bound MP, witnesses a historic moment.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland); 5/29/1997; ; 700+ words ; ...had all been waiting for ... The chance to make laws in this great democracy of ours. All I could see was the crush of bums around...been watching over the last four weeks. Europe won't let Britain lower the VAT on domestic fuel to five per cent. Oh yes, it...
Down but not out; At 15, LESLEY-ANNE DOWN was voted Britain's most beautiful teenager and went on to star in Upstairs, Downstairs. Hollywood beckoned and since then her life has been filled with dramas - on and off screen. She tells LINA DAS how she survived drug abuse and a bitter divorce.
Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England); 1/22/2005; 700+ words ; ...degree, and Lesley-Anne, who stars in the show...throaty laugh. Lesley-Anne, much like her alter...Ever since she was voted Britain's Most Beautiful Teenager...Downstairs, Lesley-Anne's life has been filled...films such as The First Great Train Robbery with Sean...
'Fuddy-duddy' Anne eased out of Britain's Olympic bid.
Newspaper article from: The Mail on Sunday (London, England); 6/13/2004; 700+ words ; ...has been sidelined from Britain's bid to win the 2012...to bring the Games to Britain. According to a Whitehall...to bring the Games to Britain for the first time since...would go to Princess Anne, who remains a member...Olympics and that is a great opportunity for IOC members...
BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS WERE ENJOYED BY CITY OF ANNAPOLIS RESIDENTS AS THEY TOASTED TO CITY'S NAMESAKE, QUEEN ANNE OF GREAT BRITAIN
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 2/11/2009; 354 words ; ...toasted to the City's namesake, Queen Anne of Great Britain. The Queen issued a royal charter for the...and named the town Annapolis after Princess Anne, soon to be the Queen of Great Britain; it was incorporated as a city in 1708...
Britain's Princess Anne touts economic relationship with Kentucky
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 4/25/2003; ; 541 words ; ...something worth celebrating, Princess Anne said. Princess Anne is visiting Kentucky at the invitation...Farish, the U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, and his wife Sarah. When Queen...at Farish's home. Princess Anne began Friday with a visit to the...
Britain's Princess Anne attends memorial garden ceremony in New York
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 5/1/2003; 345 words ; ...who died in the war in Iraq. Princess Anne attended Tuesday's ceremony announcing...Gardens are about long-term plans and a great deal of care. More than 60 British nationals...the $2.5 million project. Princess Anne, the only daughter of Queen Elizabeth...
Luke lifts world masters crown ; Anne luke made a stunning debut for Great Britain returning with a gold medal and world title from the third World Masters Athletics Championships in France.
Newspaper article from: Plymouth Evening Herald, The; 4/2/2008; 608 words ; Anne luke made a stunning debut for Great Britain returning with a gold medal and world title from the third World...throughout the race, although the omens didn't look that great on the day of the race. "Two hours before the half-marathon...
Anne Strikes a Blow for Snail Mail and Britain -- She's a Neologism Winner
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 11/8/1996; ; 700+ words ; Anne S. Rowan does not own a fax machine and does not hold any great love for e-mail. So when...that strategy has borne fruit. Anne has been a loyal entrant for...someone has just left you? Anne's winning reply: Talksicity...
The united kingdom of animals Anne Chisholm enjoys this wide- ranging and provocative guide to Britain's fauna
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 8/25/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...and Domestic Creatures of Britain, Duff Hart-Davis was born...Rupert Hart-Davis; his great-uncle was the diplomat and...classes, helped to ensure that Britain had no equivalent of the French...holds the grim record for the greatest number of animals killed in...The veterinary profession in ...