Duke of Roxburgh was launched in 1828 at Newcastle upon Tyne. Initially she traded with India, but later she often sailed between Great Britain and her...
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William Roxburgh FRSE FRCPE FLS (3/29 June 1751 – 18 February 1815) was a Scottish surgeon and botanist who worked extensively in India, describing species...
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Montagu Douglas Scott (category Lists of Scottish people)
they are descendants of the Duke of Monmouth, the eldest illegitimate son of King Charles II Duke of Buccleugh (ship) – several ships with that name Scots...
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Henry of Grosmont, Duke of Lancaster KG (c. 1310 – 23 March 1361) was an English statesman, diplomat, soldier, and Christian writer. The owner of Bolingbroke...
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May 1937. MV Roxburgh Castle, refrigerated cargo ship for Union Castle, launched 25 March 1937, completed 26 June 1937. MV Delius, cargo ship for Lamport...
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of this tale has the skeleton discovered at Hume a few years after the battle and re-interred at Holyrood Abbey. The same story was told for Roxburgh...
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Merchant and Duke of Roxburgh. The Glenbervie sailed from London on 2 October 1839 as a store ship. At the rendezvous they were told of their final destination...
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siege of Roxburgh Castle. James III's reign began with a minority that lasted almost a decade, during which Scotland was governed by a series of regents...
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the lands of Woodland and Meiklegall in the barony of Monycabock in Aberdeenshire and the lands of Cavers and office of sheriff of Roxburgh in 1399. He...
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diverted into the construction of Linlithgow Palace and other schemes. In August 1436, James' siege of English-held Roxburgh Castle failed, and he subsequently...
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group were Adelaide, Duke of Roxburgh, and Bengal Merchant, plus a freight vessel, Glenbervie. At the rendezvous they were told of their final destination...
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Devonshire-class cruiser (1903) (category Ship classes of the Royal Navy)
1916. Roxburgh, launched on 19 January 1904, sold on 8 November 1921. The following table gives the build details and purchase cost of the members of the...
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Angevin Empire (category House of Plantagenet)
I of England would annul the Treaty with the Quit-claim of Canterbury, which saw the return of Roxburgh and Berwick and a formal acknowledgment of Scotland's...
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which a year prior, James II of Scotland, using the turmoil of the war as an opportunity tried to retake as well as Roxburgh. The latter, though successful...
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The list of ship launches in 1828 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1828. "Ship News". Hull Packet. No. 2251. Hull. 8 January 1828...
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"STEWART, John (d. 1726), of Livingstone, Kirkcudbright. and Stewartfield (Hartrigge), Roxburgh". The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1690-1715....
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serving to carry stores, were Adelaide, Aurora, Bengal Merchant, and Duke of Roxburgh. Glenbervie sailed from London on 2 October 1839. The vessels were...
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The list of ship launches in 1825 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1825. "Multum in Parvo". Newcastle Courant. No. 7737. Newcastle...
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Settlers Museum. Other ships in the New Zealand Company's fleet that arrived in 1840 were Oriental, Adelaide, Duke of Roxburgh, and Bengal Merchant, plus...
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(1903) – Sold 1922 Roxburgh (1904) – Sold 1921 Argyll (1904) – Wrecked 1915 Duke of Edinburgh group first class armoured cruiser Duke of Edinburgh class...
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H. L. Hunley (submarine) (category Ships built in Mobile, Alabama)
In the beginning of the war, combat was fought with bayonets, horses, wooden ships, and imprecise artillery. During the course of the battle the weaponry...
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1344 required the raising of another army and a supporting navy. Edward, having repaired Roxburgh Castle, launched a number of ineffective strikes against...
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USS Housatonic (1861) (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships)
Housatonic was one of four sister ships which included USS Adirondack, USS Ossipee, and USS Juniata. Housatonic is recognized as being the first ship sunk in combat...
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Warfare in Medieval Scotland (redirect from Common army of the King of Scotland)
him his life and demonstrated some of the dangers of early artillery, when a gun exploded at the siege of Roxburgh in 1460. James III also experienced...
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Auld Alliance (section Birth of the Auld Alliance)
further by seeing this as its chance of retaking Roxburgh and Berwick in 1460. Despite their victory of capturing Roxburgh, it unfortunately cost King James...
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Rough Wooing (redirect from War of the Rough Wooing)
accession to the throne in 1547 at the age of nine, the war continued for a time under the direction of the Duke of Somerset, before Somerset's removal from...
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Henry Godfrey (pioneer) (category History of Victoria (state))
in 1843 as a young man of 19 years on the ship the Duke of Roxburgh, in company with Francis Russell Nixon, the first Bishop of Tasmania. He subsequently...
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parliaments of Great Britain or of Ireland). For acts passed up until 1707, see the list of acts of the Parliament of England and the list of acts of the Parliament...
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Newcastle or Roxburgh, both located in those areas of Northumbria which he and his father had attached to the Scots crown in the period of English weakness...
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1st Cruiser Squadron (category Cruiser squadrons of the Royal Navy)
part of Light Cruiser Force until April 1919 when it was once again disbanded. Post holders included: As per: Good Hope Roxburgh Hampshire Argyll As of: Armoured...
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