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TSS Duke of Lancaster is a former railway steamer passenger ship that operated in Europe from 1956 to 1979, and is beached at Llannerch-y-Mor Wharf near Mostyn Docks, on the River Dee, in north Wales. She replaced an earlier 3,600-ton ship of the same name operated by the London Midland and Scottish Railway company between Heysham and Belfast.
Just down the A548 road from Mostyn at Llanerch-y-Mor is the now closed Mostyn Fun Ship. The ship started life as the Duke of Lancaster, a car ferry and cruise ship. After it was permanently dry-docked in Mostyn, it earned its later name from its new operation as an arcade and bar. [6]
Duke of Lancaster, 4th Earl of Lancaster, 4th Earl of Leicester: Joan of Lancaster c. 1312 –1349: John (II) de Mowbray 1310–1361 3rd Baron Mowbray: Eleanor of Lancaster 1318–1372: Mary of Lancaster c. 1320 –1362: Earl of Worcester (2nd creation), 1397: John of Gaunt 1340–1399 Duke of Lancaster, 5th Earl of Lancaster, (6th) Earl of ...
People who held the title of Duke of Lancaster. Cornwall portal; Pages in category "Dukes of Lancaster" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. ...
The Duchy of Lancaster is an estate of the British sovereign. The estate has its origins in the lands held by the medieval Dukes of Lancaster , which came under the direct control of the monarch when Henry Bolingbroke , the then duke of Lancaster, ascended the throne in 1399.
The last British dukedom to become extinct was the title of Duke of Portland in 1990. [1] The oldest six titles – created between 1337 and 1386 – were Duke of Cornwall (1337), Duke of Lancaster (1351), Duke of Clarence (1362), Duke of York (1385), Duke of Gloucester (1385), and Duke of Ireland (1386).
Thomas of Lancaster 1387–1421 Duke of Clarence: John of Lancaster 1389–1435 Duke of Bedford Surrendered dukedom and then regranted, 1433: Humphrey of Lancaster 1390–1447 Duke of Gloucester: John Beaufort 1373–1410: Joan Beaufort c. 1379 –1440: Edward of Norwich c. 1373 –1415 Duke of Aumale, 2nd Duke of York: Richard of Conisburgh ...
The Mostyn Baronetcy, of Talacre in the County of Flint, was created in the Baronetage of England on 28 April 1670 for Edward Mostyn. [5] This family descends from Richard ap Hewell, who was seated at Mostyn in the reign of King Henry VIII. His son, Pyers Mostyn, of Talacre, was the great-grandfather of the first Baronet.