Colonel Mordaunt's Cock Match, sometimes called Colonel Mordaunt's Cock Fight, is a painting by the German British artist Johann Zoffany. It records British...
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Mordaunt, 9th Baronet (1808–1845) Colonel John Mordaunt, in Lucknow and the subject of Colonel Mordaunt's Cock Match This disambiguation page lists articles...
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Cockfight (redirect from Cock fighting)
as gamefowl. Cocks possess congenital aggression toward all males of the same species. Wagers are often made on the outcome of the match. Cockfighting...
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Eastern Frontiers of the British Empire, 1750-1850' Fourth Estate Colonel Mordaunt's Cock Match circa 1784-6, Terry Riggs, October 1997, Tate.org.uk, accessed...
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Nollekens and his Times, "Blake", second edition 1829, volume 2 p. 489 Colonel Mordaunt's Cockfight, Johann Zoffany, Tate Gallery, accessed 18 April 2010 3...
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1788 in art (category Short description matches Wikidata)
Innocence (probable date) Lord Heathfield Johann Zoffany – Colonel Mordaunt's Cock Match February 5 – Sarah Goodridge, American painter who specialized...
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Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon (category Barons Mordaunt)
by Kaimes as the "greatest subject in Britain", and was also known as the Cock o' the North, the traditional epithet attached to the chief of the Gordon...
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Sierra Leone (1904–1910) and Governor of Jamaica (1918–1924) Arthur Somers-Cocks, 6th Baron Somers (1887–1944), Governor of Victoria, 1926–1931, Deputy Chief...
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the sequences and unused footage for a pair of comedies set in the air, Cock of the Air and the Sky Devils. "The picture contained parts of the dogfight...
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Johan Zoffany (category Short description matches Wikidata)
John's Church of England, Calcutta; and a vibrant history painting, Colonel Mordaunt's Cock Fight (1784–86) (Tate), described by historian Maya Jasanoff as...
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Political career of Rab Butler (1941–1951) (category Short description matches Wikidata)
had sent him a mounted copy of the letter, with "There you are, fixed, old cock" scrawled across it. This ruined Butler's plans to bring in an education...
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1918 New Year Honours (category Short description matches Wikidata)
Lieutenant-Colonel Francis William Towle, Royal Army Service Corps; Inspector of Quarter-Master General's Services; Member of the Tobacco and Matches Control...
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include the Duke on the Green and Aragon House both facing Parsons Green, the Cock in North End Road, and the Temperance in Fulham High Street. Other pubs include...
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1917 New Year Honours (category Short description matches Wikidata)
Corps Colonel Steuart Wellwood Hare Colonel Henry Brooke Hagstromer Wright, CMG Colonel Godfrey Leicester Hibbert, DSO Colonel Douglas Campbell Colonel Richard...
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1917 Birthday Honours (category Short description matches Wikidata)
Herbert Durie-Moore, Indian Army. Major (acting Lieutenant-Colonel) Osbert Cautley Mordaunt, Somerset Light Infantry. Captain (temporary Major) Percy Clifford...
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1961 Birthday Honours (category Short description matches Wikidata)
Ashburton. Sir Charles William Dixon, KCMG, OBE. Basil Smallpeice. Colonel Sir Bartle Mordaunt Marsham Edwards, MC. Captain North Edward Frederick Dalrymple-Hamilton...
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