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Donald Cameron of Lochiel
Donald Cameron of Lochiel , 1695?-1748, Scottish clan chieftain, known as the Gentle Lochiel; grandson of Sir Ewen Cameron . He was the first of the major chieftains to join Charles Edward Stuart , Bonnie Prince Charlie, in the unsuccessful Jacobite uprising in 1745. He was wounded in the battles ...
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Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island province (2001 pop. 135,294), 2,184 sq mi (5,657 sq km), E Canada, off N.B. and N.S.
Geography
One of the Maritime Provinces , Prince Edward Island lies in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and is separated on the S from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick by the Northumberland ...
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University of Prince Edward Island
University of Prince Edward Island at Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada; provincially supported; coeducational; founded 1969 with the merger of Prince of Wales College (est. 1834) and St. Dunstan's Univ. (est. 1855). It has faculties of arts, sciences, business administration, education, ...
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Sir John Fortescue
Sir John Fortescue , c.1394-1476, English jurist. A supporter of the Lancastrian king Henry VI, he was chief justice of the Court of King's Bench from 1442 until 1461, when Henry was deposed by the Yorkist Edward IV. Fortescue was attainted and fled to France with the royal family. It is likely that...
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Edward the Black Prince
Edward the Black Prince 1330-76, eldest son of Edward III of England. He was created duke of Cornwall in 1337, the first duke to be created in England, and prince of Wales in 1343. Joining his father in the campaigns of the Hundred Years War, he established his reputation for valor at the battle ...
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Jacques Cartier
Jacques Cartier , 1491-1557, French navigator, first explorer of the Gulf of St. Lawrence and discoverer of the St. Lawrence River. He made three voyages to the region, the first two (1534, 1535-36) directly at the command of King Francis I and the third (1541-42) under the sieur de Roberval in a co...
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Henry Stafford, 2d duke of Buckingham
Henry Stafford, 2d duke of Buckingham 1454?-1483, English nobleman. He was the grandson of Humphrey Stafford, the 1st duke, whom he succeeded in 1460. He passed the death sentence on George, duke of Clarence, in 1478, but it was not until the death (1483) of Edward IV that Buckingham achieved polit...
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Edward Johnson
Edward Johnson 1881-1959, Canadian tenor and operatic manager, b. Guelph, Ont. As Eduardo di Giovanni, he sang in Italian opera houses (1912-19). In 1920 he joined the Chicago Opera Company and in 1922, the Metropolitan. In 1935 he became general manager of the Metropolitan Opera, retiring in 1950....
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Myton, battle of
Myton, battle of, 1319. While Edward II was besieging Berwick in 1319, Robert I Bruce sent Sir James Douglas and the earl of Moray on a diversionary raid, deep into Yorkshire. They were confronted at Myton-on-Swale, just east of Boroughbridge, by a scratch army hastily collected by William ...
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Robert Blake
Robert Blake 1599-1657, English admiral. A merchant, he sat in the Short Parliament (1640) and joined the parliamentary side in the civil war. He defended Bristol, Lyme, and Taunton against royalist attacks (1643-45). Appointed a "general at sea" (1649), he embarked on a brilliant naval career ...
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