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In the Peerage of England, the title of duke was created 74 times (using 40 different titles: the rest were recreations).Three times a woman was created a duchess in her own right; Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland, chief mistress of Charles II of England, Anne Scott, 1st Duchess of Buccleuch, wife of Charles II's eldest illegitimate son, the Duke of Monmouth, and Cecilia Underwood ...
This is an incomplete index of the current and historical principal family seats of English royal, titled and landed gentry families. Some of these seats are no longer occupied by the families with which they are associated, and some are ruinous – e.g. Lowther Castle.
Craig Rich (3 February 1938 – 1 December 2024) was a British meteorologist, journalist, radio presenter and television presenter. He was regarded as a prominent stalwart at BBC as he was regarded as the longest-serving regional weather forecaster of BBC.
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If the monarch has no male children, the rights and responsibilities of the duchy belong to the Crown, and there is no duke. The current duke is William, Prince of Wales. For the fiscal year ending 31 March 2020, the duchy was valued at £909 million, and annual profit was £22.3 million, a revenue surplus gain of 2.9% from the previous year. [4]
The UK experienced an unusually wet July even as a historic heatwave swept parts of Europe and the world hits back-to-back record-breaking temperatures this year driven by the man-made climate crisis.
The Duke of Cornwall Hotel – 1922. The first steam train arrived at the now-closed Plymouth Millbay railway station on 2 April 1849. The increase of first class travel to the area led to an increasing demand for luxury accommodation and once the need for a quality hotel was recognised, a group of railway directors were appointed as the hotel's board of directors.