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Observations and experiences from a personal perspective. Writing about a wide variety of topics including The Monarchy, The Nobility, The Gentry, Heraldry, Pageantry, Heritage, Country Houses, The National Trust, Brackenber House School | |
on Sep 14, 2018
For the benefit of those of you who are unfamiliar with my ophthalmic history, it almost goes back to time immemorial, as those venerable peerages might say.When I was a youth of about fifteen, suffering from a bout of ennui brought on by pop Thompso...
on Sep 11, 2018
The family of MATHEW originated from Wales, where at Radyr, Glamorganshire, they long resided; and possessed the town of Llandaff in that county.SIR DAVID MATHEW (1400-84), Knight, was Standard-Bearer of EDWARD IV, whose monument is still to be seen...
on Sep 10, 2018
THE NUGENT BARONETS, OF BALLINLOUGH, OWNED 4,692 ACRES OF LAND IN COUNTY WESTMEATHThis family paternally derives from the Milesian sept of O'Reilly, Princes of Lower Breffny.Of the O'Reillys, Richard Gough, in his additions to William Camden's Britan...
on Sep 4, 2018
THE PRINCESS ROYAL this afternoon attended a Garden Party at Hillsborough Castle, County Down, hosted by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, the Rt Hon Karen Bradley MP.In attendance was the Lord-Lieutenant of County Down, Mr David Lindsay.H...
on Sep 4, 2018
THE BLAKE BARONETS OWNED 2,030 ACRES OF LAND IN COUNTY GALWAYThe founder of this family in Ireland, Richard Blake, alias Caddell, is said to have accompanied Prince (afterwards King) JOHN into that kingdom, 1185, and obtained for his military service...
on Sep 1, 2018 in: Heritage
I was undertaking a bit of research today and stumbled upon one of our more colourful nouns:-POT-WALLOPER: one qualified as a parliamentary voter in certain English boroughs prior to 1832 because he could boil his own pot at his own fire, thus provin...
on Aug 30, 2018
THE BANK BUILDINGS, ONE OF BELFAST'S MOST ICONIC BUILDINGS, WAS ENGULFED BY A CATASTROPHIC FIRE ON THE 28TH AUGUST, 2018.THIS IS MY TRIBUTE.The Bank Buildings, Castle Place, Belfast, stand between Castle Street to the south, and Bank Street to the no...
