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The business was founded in 1888 in Geelong, Victoria, Australia, by Godfrey Hirst, an English immigrant from Meltham, West Yorkshire, England. His Excelsior Mill, on the north bank of the Barwon River , manufactured various wool textiles until it was sold in the 1966, continuing in operation as Godfrey Hirst Carpets. [ 2 ]
[2] On 1 June 1680 at the Church of Holy Trinity, Minories, London, [3] she married Charles Godfrey and had three more children. They lived happily together for more than three decades. [4] Godfrey died in 1714, at the age of 67. [5] She survived him by 16 years, dying in 1730 aged 82.
[2] My Man Godfrey became the first film to receive nominations in all four acting categories , but did not win in any category. It is the only such film to not receive a nomination for Best Picture, and was the only one to lose all of its nominations until Sunset Boulevard at the 23rd Academy Awards and American Hustle at the 86th .
William Arnold Ridley (7 January 1896 – 12 March 1984) [3] was an English playwright and actor, known early in his career for writing the 1925 play The Ghost Train and later in life for the British television sitcom Dad's Army (1968–77), in which he played the elderly, bumbling Private Godfrey.
Lambert's grandson, Count Henry III of Louvain was vested with the title of a Landgrave of Brabant upon the death of the Ezzonid count palatine Hermann II of Lotharingia in 1085. In the early 12th century, Henry III was succeeded by his brother Godfrey I , who was entrusted with the imperial Dukedom of Lower Lotharingia, and Margraviate of ...
From left to right are the three Christians: Charlemagne bearing an eagle upon his shield, King Arthur displaying three crowns, and Godfrey of Bouillon with a dog lying before him; then the three pagans: Julius Caesar, Hector, and Alexander the Great bearing a griffon upon his shield; and finally the three Jews: David holding a sceptre, Joshua ...
In 1012 his son Godfrey II was appointed Duke of Lower Lorraine by the East Frankish king Henry II, in order to protect the lands against claims raised by West Francia . With Godfrey's uncle Duke Theodoric, both Lower and Upper Lorraine then were held by the House of Ardennes.
Despite Oates' unsavoury reputation, the councillors were impressed by his confidence, his grasp of detail and his remarkable memory. A turning point came when he was shown five letters, supposedly written by well-known priests and giving details of the plot, which he was suspected of forging: Oates "at a single glance" named each of the ...