(Encyclopedia) Newstead AbbeyNewstead Abbeyny&oomacr;ˈstĭd, –stĕd [key], Nottinghamshire, central England, on the border of Sherwood Forest, between Nottingham and Mansfield. It was founded c.…
(Encyclopedia) Northumberland, Algernon Percy, 10th earl ofNorthumberland, Algernon Percy, 10th earl ofnôrthŭmˈbərlənd [key], 1602–68, English nobleman. He was created Baron Percy in 1626 and…
(Encyclopedia) Lovelace, Ada (Augusta Ada King-Noel, Countess of Lovelace), 1815–1852, English mathematician, b. London as Augusta Ada Byron. The daughter of the poet Lord Byron and Anne Isabella…
(Encyclopedia) Mansfield, William Murray, 1st earl of, 1705–93, English jurist. As solicitor general (1742–54) he prosecuted the Scottish rebel lords, Balmerino (Arthur Elphinstone), Kilmarnock, and…
(Encyclopedia) Ashton, Catherine Margaret, Baroness Ashton of Upholland, 1956– British government official. She was an administrator for the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (1977–83), director of…
(Encyclopedia) MillauMillaumēyōˈ [key], town (1990 pop. 22,458), Aveyron dept., S France, on the Tarn River. The center of the French glove industry, the town also has tanning and dyeing industries.…
(Encyclopedia) Arlington, Henry Bennet, 1st earl of, 1618–85, English statesman. He fought for the royalists in the English civil war and, after going into exile, served as an envoy in Spain for the…
(Encyclopedia) Roger I (Roger Guiscard), c.1031–1101, Norman conqueror of Sicily; son of Tancred de Hauteville (see Normans). He went to Italy in 1058 to join his brother, Robert Guiscard, in…
(Encyclopedia) Worcester, Edward Somerset, 6th earl and 2d marquess ofWorcester, Edward Somerset, 6th earl and 2d marquess ofw&oobreve;sˈtər [key], 1601?–1667, English soldier and inventor. Known…
