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Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange 1709–1759: Princess Amelia of Great Britain 1711–1786: Princess Caroline of Great Britain 1713–1757: Prince George William of Great Britain 1717–1718: William Augustus Duke of Cumberland 1721–1765: Princess Mary of Great Britain 1723–1772: Frederick II Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel 1720–1785 ...
William Patterson, Jr. (son), Isambard Kingdom Brunel. William Patterson Shipbuilders was a major shipbuilder in Bristol, England, during the 19th century and an innovator in ship construction, producing both the SS Great Western and SS Great Britain, fine lined yachts and a small number of warships. [1]
The Royal House of Windsor. Revised edition. Crown, 1984. Weir, Alison. Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy. Pimlico/Random House, 2002. Royal Family (1969) is a celebrated and reverential BBC documentary made by Richard Cawston to accompany the investiture of the current Prince of Wales. The documentary is frequently held ...
A 1936 registered letter from Canada to Great Britain sent via the RMS Queen Mary A registered parcel sent from India to the UK with electronic barcode registration Registered mail is a postal service in many countries which allows the sender proof of mailing via a receipt and, upon request, electronic verification that an article was delivered ...
Great Britain qualified in all track events. On 18 June 2012, British Cycling confirmed two accredited 'P' places – sprinters Ross Edgar and Becky James – essentially, substitute riders officially selected for the Olympic squad in the event of injury or illness. Competitors in the individual sprint and keirin events to be chosen from ...
Britannia Stakes. The Britannia Stakes is a flat handicap horse race in Great Britain open to three-year-old colts and geldings. It is run at Ascot over a distance of 1 mile (1,609 metres) on the straight course, and it is scheduled to take place each year in June on the third day of the Royal Ascot meeting. The Britannia Stakes was first run ...
The postal history of the United Kingdom is notable in at least two respects: first, for the introduction of postage stamps in 1840, and secondly for the establishment of an efficient postal system throughout the British Empire, laying the foundation of many national systems still in existence today. As the originator of postage stamps, the UK ...
A Travelling Post Office (TPO) was a type of mail train used in Great Britain and Ireland where the post was sorted en route. The TPO can be traced back to the earlier days of the railway, the first ever postal movement by rail being performed by the Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L&MR) on 11 November 1830. The Railways (Conveyance of Mails ...