John Stanwix (c. 1690 - 29 October 1766) was a British soldier and politician. He was born John Roos, the son of Rev. John Roos, rector of Widmerpool,...
7 KB (419 words) - 23:26, 14 July 2024
Fort Stanwix was a colonial fort whose construction commenced on August 26, 1758, under the direction of British General John Stanwix, at the location...
15 KB (1,604 words) - 17:34, 22 August 2024
place as Stanwix Ranch (or Stanwix Station) which became the site of the westernmost skirmish of the American Civil War. A traveler in 1864, John Ross Browne...
7 KB (689 words) - 17:01, 22 June 2024
Belle Vue, Botcherby, Currock, Denton Holme, Harraby, Morton, St Aidan's, Stanwix Urban, Trinity, Upperby, and Yewdale. 1997–2010: The City of Carlisle wards...
113 KB (2,428 words) - 18:43, 21 September 2024
Street was renamed Stanwix Street in 1910 in honor of British General John Stanwix, who led the construction of Fort Pitt. Stanwix Street was extended...
3 KB (194 words) - 09:14, 29 March 2024
The siege of Fort Stanwix (also known as Fort Schuyler) began on August 2, 1777, and ended on August 22, 1777. Fort Stanwix, at the western end of the...
34 KB (4,004 words) - 10:18, 5 September 2024
brigade major to Brigadier General John Stanwix, a position he continued when General Robert Monckton took over Stanwix's command in 1760. Gates served under...
31 KB (3,619 words) - 20:27, 20 August 2024
Stanwix Rural is a civil parish in the Carlisle district of Cumbria, England. It contains 63 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage...
54 KB (1,535 words) - 08:42, 16 October 2023
Davies Bay (redirect from Stanwix Ridge)
Expedition (ANARE) (Magga Dan, 1961) led by Phillip Law. Named for Captain John Stanwix, helicopter pilot with the expedition. 69°22′S 158°22′E / 69.367°S...
7 KB (1,137 words) - 22:37, 25 July 2024
North American front between the colonies of Britain and France. Colonel John Stanwix marched upstream with British regulars and provincials against the backdrop...
23 KB (2,282 words) - 12:12, 10 August 2024
William Poole (section Dispute with John Morrissey)
"The Stanwix Hall Tragedy" New York Times, November 29, 1855, page 3, "The Stanwix Hall Tragedy" New York Times, December 1, 1855, page 2, "The Stanwix Hall...
22 KB (2,767 words) - 14:19, 20 September 2024
erected in the 1750s to defend the waterway, in particular the British Fort Stanwix (1763) built in New York. Following the American Revolution, the settlement...
44 KB (4,186 words) - 22:35, 8 August 2024
of Carlisle 27 October 1739: Lt Gen. John Folliot 12 August 1749: Gen. Sir Charles Howard 1752: Gen. John Stanwix George III (1760–1820): July 1763: Henry...
25 KB (2,727 words) - 16:31, 26 August 2024
Fort Carlisle or Fort Lowther. In 1757, colonel-commandant John Stanwix, for whom Fort Stanwix in Upstate New York was named, established his headquarters...
41 KB (3,856 words) - 13:16, 14 September 2024
a captain in Major General Brudenel's Regiment. Eleanor Howard, married John Dalrymple of St. James, Westminster, esquire in 1765. "Leigh Rayment – British...
8 KB (468 words) - 12:18, 14 September 2024
army commanders, hoped for notice and sponsorship, and asked General John Stanwix to "[m]ention me in favorable terms to General Forbes." Forbes ordered...
49 KB (6,299 words) - 15:21, 10 April 2024
Sea Bird Huxham. John Debrett, Debrett's Peerage of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1840), p. 249 Romney R. Sedgwick, Stanwix, John (1693–1766), of Carlisle...
199 KB (5,905 words) - 22:06, 3 September 2024
John Hylton, de jure 18th Baron Hylton (bapt. 27 April 1699 – 25 September 1746) was an English politician. Hylton was the second son of John Hylton (himself...
3 KB (224 words) - 15:51, 19 February 2024
Holmes (wife of Henry Holmes) Admiral Sir John Holmes (1640?–1683), English Admiral leader Lewis Namier & John Brooke, The History of Parliament: The House...
8 KB (495 words) - 06:22, 24 April 2024
Wolfe 1759–1764: Major-Gen. The Hon. John Barrington 1764–1766: Lt-Gen. John Stanwix 1766–1772: Lt-Gen. Daniel Webb 1772–1794: Gen. Bigoe Armstrong 1794–1814:...
48 KB (5,766 words) - 17:31, 19 July 2024
1733–1751: Charles Armand Powlett 1754–1762: Henry Holmes 1763–1766: John Stanwix ?1766–1768: John Mompesson 1768–1795: William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe 1795–1798:...
9 KB (822 words) - 16:56, 15 October 2022
Explorers Range (redirect from Stanwix Peak)
Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition (ANARE) for Captain John Stanwix, helicopter pilot with the expedition. 70°45′S 162°09′E / 70.750°S...
17 KB (2,974 words) - 21:30, 6 March 2024
million subscribers and over 750 million views. John Lorimer Campbell grew up primarily in the Stanwix district of Carlisle. He holds a diploma in nursing...
31 KB (2,940 words) - 06:27, 25 September 2024
48th Regiment of Foot 1755–1766 Succeeded by William Browne Preceded by John Stanwix Colonel of the 8th (The King's) Regiment of Foot 1766–1772 Succeeded by...
5 KB (458 words) - 15:29, 10 August 2024
force was following Braddock's road toward Fort Cumberland. Colonel John Stanwix, evidently concerned that Fort Loudoun would not withstand an assault...
16 KB (1,683 words) - 21:18, 18 August 2024
Britannica. Vol. 16 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 804. Cannon, John (2008) [2004]. "Jenkinson, Charles, first earl of Liverpool (1729–1808)"...
13 KB (742 words) - 20:56, 26 July 2024
Major-General John Barrington (c. 1722 – 2 April 1764) was a British Army officer who was the third son of John Barrington, 1st Viscount Barrington. He...
6 KB (571 words) - 02:06, 23 June 2023
Commissary as well as paymaster during the erection of Fort Pitt under John Stanwix from 1759 to 1760. He lived in Fort Pitt in 1761. During Pontiac's Rebellion...
10 KB (1,067 words) - 01:32, 3 September 2024
Graeme was co-owner of the sugar plantation Montrose in the Parish of St. John on the Island of Grenada from c.1780 onwards. For his services to Queen Charlotte...
7 KB (798 words) - 20:08, 31 December 2023
for C. Gregory, geologist with the AN ARE (Thala Dan) cruise. Pilot John Stanwix, with Gregory and party leader Phillip Law, landed a helicopter at the...
4 KB (548 words) - 14:34, 7 March 2024