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[15] [16] His physician Lord Moran first informed the Queen and the Prime Minister Harold Wilson of the death, and then made the announcement at 8:35 a.m. which was given to the press, saying, "Shortly after eight this morning, Sunday, Jan the 24th, Sir Winston Churchill died at his London home. [Signed] Moran."
It presents a scene during the Siege of Seringapatam in 1799. General Baird, a senior British officer and accompanying troops encounter the body of the Tipu Sultan.The ruler of Mysore and an ally of France he was killed when Anglo-Indian forces stormed his capital Seringapatam.
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According to MacMahon, the Scott family, which claimed descent from John Balliol, [4] was among the leading families in Kent during the reign of King Henry VII. [5]John Scott, born about 1484, was the eldest son of Sir William Scott of Scot's Hall and Sibyl Lewknor (d. 1529), the daughter of Sir Thomas Lewknor of Trotton, Sussex. [5]
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He was born in or before 1516, the son and heir of Sir Thomas Fiennes and Jane (d. 1539), daughter of Edward Sutton, 2nd Baron Dudley. When his father died in 1528 he became heir apparent to his grandfather's title and the family seat at Herstmonceux Castle in Sussex, and he succeeded to the title at the age of approximately 19 in 1533.
Richard Grey was the younger son of Sir John Grey of Groby and Elizabeth Woodville. [1] Richard was a 3-year-old child when his father was killed fighting for the House of Lancaster at the Second Battle of St Albans on 17 February 1461. When Richard was 6 his mother married the Yorkist king, Edward IV, in secret, on 1 May 1464.
While he was a member of the council, his son Richard would have met the Duke of Bedford's French wife Jacquetta, whom he married after the Duke's death. [1] [2] In 1435 he was made Lieutenant of Calais again, [1] and was named as chief commissioner to negotiate for England with the Duchy of Burgundy, the Teutonic Order and the Hanse. [2]