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A more recent variant of towed tubing is "kite tubing". When tubes being towed on water reach high speeds, they may take flight. This is because the body of the tube acts as an airfoil and creates lift. In this way, the tube becomes a kite. A tube's ability to achieve and maintain flight depends on a number of factors including the speed at ...
It was the first dead-heat in a major New Zealand jumping race since the Otago Steeplechase in 1918. [ 2 ] Ken and Ann Browne won the Great Northern Steeplechase a record nine times with Ascona (1977 and 1979), Ardri (1990), Brother Bart (1991), Lord Tennyson (1992), Sydney Jones (1995 and 1997), Smart Hunter (2001, dead-heated with Sir Avion ...
Anne Douglas, Countess of Morton (c. 1610 – 15 December 1654), born Anne Villiers, [1] was an English noblewoman, famed for her beauty, bravery and loyalty to the throne. The first half of the 17th-century closet drama Cicilia and Clorinda was dedicated to her.
Festetics Palace. Lady Mary’s second marriage, on 2 June 1880, was to Count Tassilo Festetics de Tolna.The couple had four children, Countess Mária Matild Georgina (1881–1953), who married Prince Karl Emil von Fürstenberg; Prince György (1882–1941); Countess Alexandra Olga Eugénia (1884–1963), who married Prince Karl von Windisch-Graetz; and Countess Karola Friderika Mária (1888 ...
Lady Mary Douglas, married Charles Seton, 2nd Earl of Dunfermline and had issue. James Douglas, 10th Earl of Morton (d. 1686) [6] He succeeded his nephew as earl in 1681. [6] Isabel Douglas (1630-1673), who married James Graham, 2nd Marquess of Montrose and had issue. Nicholas Douglas (d. 1686). Jean Douglas, who married James Home, 3rd Earl of ...
Through her mother, Mary was descended from Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans (1670–1726), illegitimate son of King Charles II of England and his mistress Nell Gwynn. On 21 April 1921, she married Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 8th Duke of Buccleuch and 10th Duke of Queensberry ; she was styled "Duchess of Buccleuch" from 19 October 1935.
Chart showing descent and progeny of Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox. Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox (8 October 1515 – 7 March 1578), born Lady Margaret Douglas, was the daughter of the Scottish queen dowager Margaret Tudor and her second husband Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus, and thus the granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and the half-sister of King James V.
Lady Jane Douglas (17 March 1698 – 21 November 1753) was a Scottish noblewoman. She married secretly and had twins abroad at the age of fifty who would inherit the family's riches. She married secretly and had twins abroad at the age of fifty who would inherit the family's riches.