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Suffolk, Henry Grey, duke of

(Encyclopedia)Suffolk, Henry Grey, duke of, d. 1554, English nobleman. He became 3d marquess of Dorset on his father's death (1530), and in 1534 he married Frances, daughter of Charles Brandon, duke of Suffolk, and...

Esher and Molesey

(Encyclopedia)Esher and Molesey ēˈshər, mōlˈzē [key], town, Surrey, SE England. It is largely a residential suburb of ...

Banstead

(Encyclopedia)Banstead bănˈstĕd, –stəd [key], town, Surrey, SE England, on the North Downs. Banstead is mainly ...

Runnymede

(Encyclopedia)Runnymede or Runnimede rŭnˈĭmēd [key], meadow, in Egham, Surrey, S England, on the south bank of the Thames River, W of London. Either on this meadow or on nearby Charter Island, King John accepte...

Robert III, king of Scotland

(Encyclopedia)Robert III, 1340?–1406, king of Scotland (1390–1406), eldest son and successor of Robert II. Known before his accession as John, earl of Carrick, he ruled for his father until 1389, when, having b...

Rosamond, mistress of Henry II of England

(Encyclopedia)Rosamond (Rosamond Clifford), d. 1176, mistress of Henry II of England. She was not openly acknowledged by the king until 1174, after he had imprisoned his wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine. On Rosamond's de...

Robinson, Joan Violet

(Encyclopedia)Robinson, Joan Violet, 1903–83, British economist, b. Surrey, England. A socialist, she worked with Keynes and taught at Cambridge (1931–71). Her treatise, The Economics of Imperfect Competition (...

Epsom and Ewell

(Encyclopedia)Epsom and Ewell yo͞oˈəl [key], borough and district, Surrey, SE England. Epsom salts were first ...

Gloucester, Humphrey, duke of

(Encyclopedia)Gloucester, Humphrey, duke of, 1391–1447, English nobleman; youngest son of Henry IV and Mary de Bohun. He was well educated and had a great interest in humanist scholarship. After the accession of ...

Farnham

(Encyclopedia)Farnham färˈnəm [key], town, Surrey, SE England, on the Wey River. It is a market town but ...