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Huntingdon, Henry Hastings, 3rd earl of
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History
Huntingdon, Henry Hastings, 3rd earl of (1536–95). Huntingdon was of royal blood and briefly within reach of...the duke of Clarence and a niece of Edward IV. Huntingdon was summoned to Parliament in 1559 in his father...
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Huntingdon, Selina, Countess of
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
Huntingdon, Selina, Countess of (1707–...Founder of the ‘Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion’, an association...liturgical form of worship. The Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion, formed in 1790, united...
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Huntingdon, Lady
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History
Huntingdon, Lady (1707–91). Foundress of the countess of Huntingdon's Connexion, Selina Shirley, daughter of the 2nd Earl Ferrers, married the 9th earl of Huntingdon (d. 1746) in 1728. Despite her aristocratic...
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Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion. See HUNTINGDON, SELINA .
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Wright, Willard Huntingdon
Book article from: A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art
Wright, Willard Huntingdon (1888–1939). American art and literary critic and novelist, brother of the painter Stanton Macdonald-Wright...
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Foster, Michael
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
Foster, Michael ( b . Huntingdon, England, 8 March 1836; d . London...won many prizes. He practiced at Huntingdon from 1833 and was created fellow...prominent religious and civic leader in Huntingdon. The younger Michael Foster, the...
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Huntingdonshire
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History
...part mother, part rival to the town of Huntingdon, which developed just north of the...By the time of the Domesday survey, Huntingdon was one of the largest towns in the...1580s in admiring the meadows around Huntingdon—‘the most beautiful...
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Shrubsole, William
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
...b Canterbury, 1760; d London, 1806). Eng. composer and organist. Org., Bangor Cath. 1782–4 and Lady Huntingdon's Chapel, Clerkenwell, 1784–1806. Wrote hymn-tune Miles Lane (pubd. anonymously 1799), sung to words...
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Gallier, James, sen.
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
...x2013;1868). Irish-born architect, he designed the ‘Chinese Bridge’ at Godmanchester, near Huntingdon, England (1827), and several houses in South Street, Mayfair, London, before emigrating to the USA in 1832 where he...
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Otford, battle of
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History
...later 8th cent., Kent was struggling to retain its independence against the growing power of Mercia . According to Henry of Huntingdon, the Mercians were victorious at this battle near Sevenoaks. But Stenton argues that Egbert of Kent defeated Offa and that...
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