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Harrow School is in Harrow.
Around 1551 William Gerard was born to William Gerard (age 28) and Dorothy Page. He was educated at Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge University [Map].
Around 1672 Charles Seymour 6th Duke of Somerset (age 9) educated at Harrow School.
Around 1772 George Henry Fitzroy 4th Duke Grafton (age 11) educated at Harrow School.
Around 1779 Robert Grosvenor 1st Marquess Westminster (age 11) educated at Harrow School.
Around 1779 William Robert Spencer (age 9) educated at Harrow School.
Around 1781 Robert Brudenell 6th Earl Cardigan (age 11) educated at Harrow School.
On 10th February 1790 Henry Fitzroy 5th Duke Grafton was born to George Henry Fitzroy 4th Duke Grafton (age 30) and Charlotte Maria Waldegrave (age 28). He was educated at Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge University [Map]. He a great x 3 grandson of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 10th April 1792 Charles Morgan 1st Baron Tredegar was born to Charles Gould aka Morgan 2nd Baronet (age 32) and Mary Margaret or Magdalen Stoney. He was educated at Harrow School, Westminster School [Map] and Christ Church College, Oxford University.
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 30th September 1796 John "Mad Jack" Mytton was born to John Mytton (age 28). He was educated at Westminster School [Map] but expelled after one year for fighting with a Master. He was then sent to Harrow School from where he was expelled after three months.
On 9th April 1823 Captain William Kent Allix was born to Colonel Charles Allix (age 40) and Mary Elizabeth Hammond at Willoughby Hall. He was educated at Harrow School where there is a memorial plaque to him.
Around 1831 Walter William Brabazon Ponsonby 7th Earl Bessborough (age 9) educated at Harrow School.
On 23rd July 1840 Colonel John Worthy Chaplin was born to William James Chaplin (age 53) and Elizabeth Alston at Ewhurst Park, Hampshire. He was educated at Harrow School.
In 1846 Charles Noel Allix was born to Frederick William Allix (age 29) and Mary Sophia Nevile (age 25). Educated at Harrow School from which he was expelled. He became a Colonel in the Grenadier Guards, but he seems to have been obliged to resign his commission and in the 1870s he was employed for several years in Egypt and in the Turkish army.
On 7th April 1848 Archbishop Randall Davidson was born at Edinburgh. He was educated at Harrow School.
In 1856 Thomas Francis Anson 3rd Earl Lichfield was born to Thomas George Anson 2nd Earl Lichfield (age 30) and Harriet Georgiana Louisa Hamilton Countess Lichfield (age 22). He was educated at Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge University [Map] taking a BA in 1876.
On 9th December 1883 Thomas Edward Anson 4th Earl Lichfield was born to Thomas Francis Anson 3rd Earl Lichfield (age 27) and Mildred Coke Countess Lichfield (age 29). He was educated at Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge University [Map].
In 1886 John Peniston Milbanke 10th Baronet (age 13) commenced his education at Harrow School where he and Winston Churchill (age 11) became friends.
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The Deeds of King Henry V, or in Latin Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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On 23rd April 1955 Christopher Neville 6th Marquess Abergavenny was born to Rupert Charles Montacute Neville (age 32) and Anne Camilla Eveline Wallop (age 29). He was educated at Harrow School.