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Hearst Castle (is) a palace in every sense of the word". [310] Victoria Kastner, for many years the in-house historian of Hearst Castle and author of a number of books on its design and history, concludes her history of the castle with an assessment of San Simeon as "the quintessential twentieth-century American country house". [311]
Barbara Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn [ai] 16 July 1990 3 May 2002 Life peeress Conservative: Joan Seccombe, Baroness Seccombe: 14 February 1991 Life peeress Labour: Jennifer Hilton, Baroness Hilton of Eggardon: 14 June 1991 5 November 2021 (Retired) Life peeress Labour: Ann Mallalieu, Baroness Mallalieu [aj] 19 June 1991 Life peeress ...
Morgan became William Randolph Hearst's principal architect, producing the designs for dozens of buildings, such as Phoebe Apperson Hearst's Wyntoon, which he inherited. The estate includes a castle and "Bavarian village" of four villas, all on 50,000 acres (202 km 2 ) of forest reserve that includes the McCloud River near Mount Shasta in ...
Lady Mary Bankes defended the castle during two sieges in the English Civil War. Sir John Bankes (1589 – 28 December 1644) was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1624 and 1629. [1] He was Attorney General and Chief Justice to Charles I during the English Civil War.
Mary was born at Stirling Castle on 13 May 1453, the eldest daughter of James II of Scotland and Mary of Guelders. She had five siblings, including James III, who ascended the Scottish throne in 1460 upon their father's accidental death by an exploding cannon. [citation needed] Mary's mother died in 1463, leaving her an orphan at the age of ten.
Mary, Lady Bankes (née Hawtry; c. 1598 – 11 April 1661) was a Royalist who defended Corfe Castle from a three-year siege during the English Civil War from 1643 to 1645. She was married to Sir John Bankes , Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas and Attorney-General of King Charles I .
Elizabeth Russell, Lady Russell (née Cooke; formerly Hoby; c.1540–1609) was an English poet and noblewoman. [1] [2] She was an influential member of Queen Elizabeth I's court and was known in her time for her refined poetry as well as her musical talent. [3]
The life of seventeen-year-old Adam was spared as was that of George, Lord Gordon who had denied the queen entrance to the castle of Inverness where he held the post of sheriff; George, although pardoned, was nonetheless ordered to Kinneil House and then Dunbar Castle where he remained in custody until 1565 when his dignities were nominally ...