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Manderston House - Geograph
Manderston House is a British stately home in Duns, Scottish Borders, Duns, Berwickshire. It is the seat of the Baron Palmer, Palmer family. It was completely rebuilt between 1901 and 1903 and has sumptuous interiors with a silver-plated staircase. The proprietor, Sir James Miller, 2nd Baronet (1864–1906), told the architect, John Kinross, that there was no budget: "It doesn't matter". The house is a Category A listed building and the surrounding area, which includes the farm complex at Buxley, is listed in the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland. Origins Manderston was an estate of the powerful Clan Home, Hume family, and their tower house appears on William Roy, General Roy's map of 1750. Alexander Hume, of Manderston, ''de jure'' 5th Earl of Dunbar (1651–1720), seems to be the last member of this family who owned the estate. On 14 October 1689, William III of England, King William III & II confirmed the Earldom of Dunbar to him, exemplifying the pre ...
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William III Of England
William III (William Henry; ; 4 November 1650 – 8 March 1702), also known as William of Orange, was the sovereign Prince of Orange from birth, Stadtholder of County of Holland, Holland, County of Zeeland, Zeeland, Lordship of Utrecht, Utrecht, Guelders, and Lordship of Overijssel, Overijssel in the Dutch Republic from 1672, and List of English monarchs, King of England, Monarchy of Ireland, Ireland, and List of Scottish monarchs, Scotland from 1689 until his death in 1702. He ruled Great Britain and Ireland with his wife, Queen Mary II, and their joint reign is known as that of William and Mary. William was the only child of William II, Prince of Orange, and Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange, Mary, Princess Royal, the daughter of King Charles I of England, Scotland, and Ireland. His father died a week before his birth, making William III the prince of Orange from birth. In 1677, he Cousin marriage, married his first cousin Mary, the elder daughter of his maternal u ...
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Adrian Palmer, 4th Baron Palmer
Adrian Bailie Nottage Palmer, 4th Baron Palmer (8 October 1951 – 10 July 2023), was a British aristocrat and landowner in Scotland. Lord Palmer succeeded his uncle in the peerage in 1990, and was one of the original ninety hereditary peers elected to remain in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999; he sat as a crossbencher until his death. Early life Adrian Palmer was the son of Colonel the Hon. Sir Gordon Palmer, a younger son of Cecil Palmer, 2nd Baron Palmer, by his marriage to Lorna Eveline Hope Bailie.''Burke's Peerage'', volume 3, 2003, p. 3051. Palmer was educated at Eton and the University of Edinburgh, where he received a Certificate in Farming Practice. Career Palmer was an apprentice at his family's biscuit factory, Huntley and Palmers Ltd, in Reading, and then worked as sales manager in Belgium and Luxembourg, between 1974 and 1977. From 1977 to 1986 he was the Scottish representative to the European Landowners' Organisation ( ...
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Kedleston Hall
Kedleston Hall is a neo-classical manor house owned by the National Trust, and seat of the :Curzon family, Curzon family, located near Kedleston in Derbyshire, England, approximately 4 miles (6 km) north-west of Derby. The medieval village of Kedleston was moved in 1759 by Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Baron Scarsdale, Nathaniel Curzon to make way for the manor. All that remains of the original village is the 12th-century All Saints Church, Kedleston, All Saints Church. Background The current house was commissioned in 1759 by Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Baron Scarsdale, Nathaniel Curzon and designed by Robert Adam. The Curzon family, whose name originates in Notre-Dame-de-Courson in Normandy, have been in Kedleston since at least 1297, and have lived in a succession of manor houses near to or on the site of the present Kedleston Hall. The present house was commissioned by Sir Nathaniel Curzon (later 1st Baron Scarsdale) in 1759. The house was designed by the Palladian architects James Pa ...
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Viscount Scarsdale
Viscount Scarsdale, of Scarsdale in Derbyshire, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1911 for the prominent Conservative politician and former Viceroy of India George Curzon, 1st Baron Curzon of Kedleston, who was created Earl Curzon of Kedleston at the same time and was later made Marquess Curzon of Kedleston. History The first member of the Curzon family to hold a hereditary title was John Curzon, who was created a baronet, of Kedleston in the County of Derby, in both the Baronetage of Nova Scotia (18 June 1636) and the Baronetage of England (11 August 1641). His grandson, the third Baronet, sat as a Member of Parliament for Derbyshire. His younger brother, the fourth Baronet, represented Derby, Clitheroe and Derbyshire in the House of Commons. His eldest son, the fifth Baronet, also sat as a member of parliament for Clitheroe and Derbyshire. In 1761 he was created Baron Scarsdale, of Scarsdale in the County of Derby, in the Peerage of Great Bri ...
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Miller Baronets
There have been four baronetcies created for persons with the surname Miller, two in the Baronetage of England, one in the Baronetage of Great Britain and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. Two of the creations are extant as of 2008. The Miller Baronetcy, of Oxenhoath in the County of Kent, was created in the Baronetage of England on 13 October 1660 for Humphrey Miller. He was High Sheriff of Kent in 1666. The title became extinct on the death of the second Baronet in 1714. The Miller Baronetcy, of Chichester in the County of Sussex, was created in the Baronetage of England on 29 October 1705 for Sir Thomas Miller, 1st Baronet, of Chichester, Thomas Miller, Member of Parliament for Chichester (UK Parliament constituency), Chichester. His father Mark Miller was an Alderman and Mayor of Chichester. The second Baronet represented Chichester and Sussex (UK Parliament constituency), Sussex in the British House of Commons, House of Commons. The third Baronet was Member of P ...
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List Of Antiques Roadshow Episodes
''Antiques Roadshow'' is a long-running British television series about the appraisal of antiques, broadcast on BBC One since the show's launch on 18 February 1979. It is currently in its forty-sixth series, with more than 850 episodes to date. Broadcast history Regular series Series 1 (1979) Series 1: 8 editions from 18 February – 8 April 1979 * Newbury (18 February 1979) *Bedworth (25 February 1979) *Yeovil (4 March 1979) *Northallerton (11 March 1979) *Mold (18 March 1979) *Buxton (25 March 1979) *Perth (1 April 1979) *Hereford (8 April 1979) Series 2 (1980) Series 2: 8 editions from 9 March – 27 April 1980 * Ely (9 March 1980) *Llandrindod Wells (16 March 1980) *Trowbridge (23 March 1980) *Oldham (30 March 1980) *Maidstone (6 April 1980) *Camberley (13 April 1980) *Stoke-on-Trent (20 April 1980) *Guernsey (27 April 1980) Series 3 (1981) Series 3: 8 editions from 15 March – 3 May 1981 *Cheltenham (15 March 1981) *Troon (22 March 1981) *Aberystwyth (29 March ...
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Hemp
Hemp, or industrial hemp, is a plant in the botanical class of ''Cannabis sativa'' cultivars grown specifically for industrial and consumable use. It can be used to make a wide range of products. Along with bamboo, hemp is among the fastest growing plants on Earth. It was also one of the first plants to be spun into usable fiber 50,000 years ago. It can be refined into a variety of commercial items, including paper, rope, textiles, clothing, Bioplastic, biodegradable plastics, paint, Thermal insulation, insulation, biofuel, food, and Fodder, animal feed. Although chemotype I cannabis and hemp (types II, III, IV, V) are both ''Cannabis sativa'' and contain the psychoactive component tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), they represent distinct cultivar groups, typically with unique phytochemistry, phytochemical compositions and uses. Hemp typically has lower concentrations of total THC and may have higher concentrations of cannabidiol (CBD), which potentially mitigates the Psychoactive ...
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Herring
Herring are various species of forage fish, belonging to the Order (biology), order Clupeiformes. Herring often move in large Shoaling and schooling, schools around fishing banks and near the coast, found particularly in shallow, temperate waters of the North Pacific Ocean, North Pacific and North Atlantic Oceans, including the Baltic Sea, as well as off the west coast of South America. Three species of ''Clupea'' (the type genus of the herring family Clupeidae) are recognised, and comprise about 90% of all herrings captured in fisheries. The most abundant of these species is the Atlantic herring, which comprises over half of all herring capture. Fish called herring are also found in the Arabian Sea, Indian Ocean, and Bay of Bengal. Herring played an important role in the history of marine fisheries in Europe, and early in the 20th century, their study was fundamental to the development of fisheries science. These oily fish also have a long history as an important food fish, and ...
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Sir William Miller, 1st Baronet
Sir William Miller, 1st Baronet, of Manderston, Berwickshire (25 March 1809 – 10 October 1887) was a British Vice-Consul at Saint Petersburg in 1842–54, and a Member of Parliament for Leith Burghs in 1859–1868, for Berwickshire 1873/74, and an armiger. Life The son of James Miller (1775–1855) a merchant in Leith originally from Wick, by his spouse Elizabeth (d. 1862), daughter of Reverend William Sutherland, minister in Wick, he followed in his father's footsteps as a merchant trading in Imperial Russia representing the firm of James Miller & Sons, trading in iron, bricks and herring. He set up a new firn based in Russia named William Miller & Co, exporting hemp, tallow and grain back to the United Kingdom. He also founded a brewery in Russia based on Scottish brewing methods. He was later appointed honorary British Vice Consul at St Petersburg. He continued this role for 16 years, stepping down just prior to the Crimean War in 1853, when he moved his business intere ...
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Georgian Architecture
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Tilda Swinton
Katherine Matilda Swinton (born 5 November 1960) is a British actress. She is known for playing eccentric and enigmatic characters, often working with auteurs. Her accolades include an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards, and a Volpi Cup, in addition to nominations for five Screen Actors Guild Awards and four Golden Globe Awards. In 2020, ''The New York Times'' ranked her as one of the greatest actors of the 21st century. Swinton began her career by appearing in Derek Jarman's experimental films ''Caravaggio'' (1986), '' The Last of England'' (1988), '' War Requiem'' (1989), and '' The Garden'' (1990). For her portrayal of Isabella of France in '' Edward II'' (1991), she won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress. She next starred in ''Orlando'' (1992), '' Female Perversions'' (1996), and '' The Beach'' (2000), and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of a desperate mother in '' The Deep End'' (2001). Swinton received the Academy Award for Best Supp ...
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