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The Baynes Baronetcy, of Harefield Place in the County of Middlesex, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 29 June 1801 for Christopher Baynes. [ 2 ] He was Major-Commandant of the Uxbridge Gentlemen and Yeomanry Cavalry, which he helped to raise.
It includes 50 departmental councilors (25 women and 25 men) from the 25 cantons of Dordogne. It is the co-founder, in partnership with the State and the Regional Council of Nouvelle-Aquitaine , of the Pôle d'Interprétation de la Préhistoire [ fr ] (PIP).
Near La Mothe-Montraval, on the right bank of the Dordogne, a tumulus is pointed out under the name of Talbot's tomb; but it is known that his body was removed by his friends to St Alkmund's Church, Whitchurch, in Shropshire in England. [3] [4] On 27 November 1953, the name of the town was changed from Castillon-sur-Dordogne to its current name.
Baynes was a partner at Cazenove & Co., and latterly a managing director of JPMorgan Cazenove, from 1982 to 2006. From 2007 to 2011, he was the owner and bookseller of Simon Baynes - Books and Music in Shrewsbury. [3] He has been a trustee (and was the founder) of Concertina - Music for the Elderly, which he formed in 1998 with his wife.
1695 – Nine Years' War: At the Battle of Sant Esteve d'en Bas, Catalan miquelets attacked a column of French regular infantry and caused them to surrender. 1959 – An anti-Chinese uprising began as thousands of Tibetans surrounded the Potala Palace in Lhasa to prevent the Dalai Lama from leaving or being removed by the Chinese army.
The canton of Haute-Dordogne is an administrative division of the Corrèze department, south-central France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015.
Faux-en-Périgord (French pronunciation: ⓘ; Occitan: Faus, before 2025: Faux) [3] is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.. After confusion with other French towns also called Faux, and computer problems caused by the meaning of the name, "false" or "fake", Faux received permission to change its name effective January 1, 2025.
Dordogne's 2nd constituency is one of four French legislative constituencies in the department of Dordogne. It is currently represented by Serge Muller of National Rally (RN). Historic representation