Cornewall

Cornewall

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  • Cornewall — This interesting surname of English origin is either a locational name from Cornwall in Oxfordshire so called from the Old English pre 7th Century corn a metathesized form of cron , cran meaning crane plus well(a) spring, stream, or it is a… …   Surnames reference

  • Cornewall Baronets — The Amyand, later Cornewall Baronetcy of Moccas Court, in the County of Hereford [1], was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 9 August 1764 for George Amyand, who was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Barnstaple in the House of Commons of …   Wikipedia

  • Sir George Cornewall, 2nd Baronet — (8 November 1748 ndash; 26 August 1819) was a British politician.Baptised George Amyand, he was the son of Sir George Amyand, 1st Baronet and Anna Maria Korteen. Cornewall was educated at Christ Church, Oxford, where he graduated with a Master of …   Wikipedia

  • Sir George Cornewall Lewis, 2nd Baronet — The Right Honourable Sir George Cornewall Lewis, Bt PC Chancellor of the Exchequer …   Wikipedia

  • Geoffrey Cornewall — was a British archer. He competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.Cornewall entered the men s double York round event in 1908, taking 15th place with 430 points. References* *Persondata NAME=Cornewall, Geoffrey ALTERNATIVE NAMES= SHORT… …   Wikipedia

  • Lewis, Sir George Cornewall — (1806 1863)    Scholar and statesman, s. of Sir Thomas F.L., a Radnorshire baronet, was ed. at Eton and Oxf. He studied law, was called to the Bar in 1831, and entered Parliament in 1847, where his intellect and character soon gained him great… …   Short biographical dictionary of English literature

  • Sir Thomas Frankland Lewis, 1st Baronet — (14 May 1780 – 22 January 1855) was a British Poor Law Commissioner. He was from Radnorshire (now Powys) in central Wales. Lewis was the son of John Lewis and Anne Frankland, daughter of Sir Thomas Frankland, 5th Baronet.He married Harriet… …   Wikipedia

  • Henry Devereux, 14th Viscount Hereford — Henry Fleming Lea Devereux, 14th Viscount Hereford PC (9 February 1777 – 31 May 1843), was a British Tory politician.Hereford was the son of George Devereux, 13th Viscount Hereford and Marianna Devereux. His maternal grandfather was George… …   Wikipedia

  • Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston — Lord Palmerston and Henry Temple redirect here. For the peerage, see Viscount Palmerston; for the Congressman from Pennsylvania, see Henry Wilson Temple. Infobox Prime Minister honorific prefix = The Right Honourable name=The Viscount Palmerston… …   Wikipedia

  • Gymnopédie — For the Ancient Greek festival and dance, see Gymnopaedia. The Gymnopédies , published in Paris starting in 1888, are three piano compositions written by French composer and pianist, Erik Satie.These short, atmospheric pieces are written in 3/4… …   Wikipedia

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