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Throgmorton, Sir Nicholas

(Encyclopedia)Throgmorton, Sir Nicholas: see Throckmorton, Sir Nicholas. ...

Sherley, Sir Anthony

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Urchard, Sir Thomas

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Sydney, Sir Philip

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Vandyke, Sir Anthony

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O'Brien, Lucius Richard

(Encyclopedia)O'Brien, Lucius Richard, 1832–99, Canadian landscape painter. He worked in an architect's office and later became an engineer. He is noted for his watercolor landscapes, especially of Rocky Mt. scen...

Child, Sir John

(Encyclopedia)Child, Sir John, d. 1690, English administrator in India. In 1680 he was appointed the British East India Company's agent at Surat, then the company's main factory (i.e., trading station) in W India. ...

York, Richard, duke of

(Encyclopedia)York, Richard, duke of, 1411–60, English nobleman, claimant to the throne. He was descended from Edward III through his father, Richard, earl of Cambridge, grandson of that king, and also through hi...

Northumberland, Henry Percy, 1st earl of

(Encyclopedia)Northumberland, Henry Percy, 1st earl of, 1342–1408, English nobleman. He fought in France in the Hundred Years War, became warden of the Scottish Marches, and was a supporter of John Wyclif. Create...

Morris, Richard Brandon

(Encyclopedia)Morris, Richard Brandon, 1904–89, American historian, b. New York City. He received his Ph.D. from Columbia in 1930, taught (1927–49) at the College of the City of New York, became a professor at ...