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  2. Cape Henry - Wikipedia

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    Cape Henry was named on April 26, 1607, in honor of Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales, the elder of two sons of King James I of England to survive to the age of 18 and heir-apparent to the throne of the Kingdom of England (later united in 1707 with neighboring Scotland as the Kingdom of Great Britain), by an expedition of the London Company branch of the proprietary Virginia Company headed by ...

  3. Cape Charles, Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Cape Charles, located close to the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay, on Virginia's Eastern Shore, was founded in 1884 as a planned community by railroad and ferry interests.In 1883, William Lawrence Scott became president of the New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad Company (NYP&N), and purchased three plantations comprising approximately 2,509 acres from the heirs of former Virginia Governor ...

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    Donald Forrester Brown (23 February 1890 – 1 October 1916) was a New Zealand recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for valour in the face of the enemy that could be awarded at that time to members of the British and Commonwealth armed forces. Born in Dunedin, Brown was a farmer when the First World War began.

  5. Charles I of England - Wikipedia

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    Charles I (19 November 1600 – 30 January 1649) [a] was King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649.. Charles was born into the House of Stuart as the second son of King James VI of Scotland, but after his father inherited the English throne in 1603, he moved to England, where he spent much of the rest of his life.

  6. Cape Charles (headland) - Wikipedia

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    Cape Charles was named in honor of Charles I of England, the second son of King James I and his eventual successor to the thrones of England, Scotland, and Ireland. Cape Henry , which forms the southern side of the entrance to the Chesapeake Bay, and Cape Charles are collectively known as the Virginia Capes .

  7. List of places in the United States named after royalty

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    [1] Georgia - King George II of Great Britain. Louisiana - King Louis XIV of France. Maryland - Queen Henrietta Maria of England. New York - James, Duke of York. Later became King James II of England. [2] North Carolina - King Charles IX of France. Name retained by British colonists in honor of King Charles I of England.

  8. List of place names of French origin in the United States

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    Anceney and Anceney Bridge, Montana, named after Charles Leon Ancen(n)ey (Anxionnaz)(1826-1895) Belle Creek community (and Belle Creek river) Cascade County ("waterfall") Choteau; Chouteau County, named after Pierre Chouteau, Jr., an American fur trader of French Canadian origin; Dupuyer; Froid ("Cold") Havre (named after Le Havre, France)

  9. Cape Prince of Wales - Wikipedia

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    Cape Prince of Wales (Russian: Мыс Принца Уэльского; Inupiaq: Siuġaq, Sivuġaq) is the westernmost mainland point of the Americas. It was named in 1778 by Captain James Cook of the British Royal Navy , [ 1 ] presumably for the Prince of Wales at the time, George Augustus Frederick .