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| | Palace of Westminster |
 | | The site of the Houses of Parliament is the Palace of Westminster, a royal palace and former residence of kings. | | | Control of the Palace of Westminster and its precincts was for centuries exercised by the Queen's representative, the Lord Great Chamberlain. | | | While Parliament has never met in the Hall on a regular basis, it was the existence of the Hall, which at that time was the largest in Europe, that helped to make Westminster the judicial and administrative centre of the kingdom. |
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http://www.parliament.uk/parliament/guide/palace.htm
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| | Westminster system - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The Westminster system is a democratic system of government modelled after that of the United Kingdom system, as used in the Palace of Westminster, the location of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. | | | Also, Westminster systems tend to have strong cabinets in which cabinet members are politicians with independent bases of support. | | | Because of the mandate and the potentially significant constitutional powers of the Irish president, some authorities believe the Irish constitution is as similar to semi-presidential systems, as it is to Westminster. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westminster_System
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| | Westminster Palace, or Houses of Parliament - Sir Charles Barry - Great Buildings Online |
| | Westminster New Palace, the Houses of Parliament for England and all the United Kingdom, including the famous clock Big Ben. | | | Westminster Palace, or Houses of Parliament - Sir Charles Barry - Great Buildings Online | | | Search the RIBA architecture library catalog for more references on Westminster Palace, or Houses of Parliament |
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http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Westminster_Palace.html
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| | Edward Iii, King England/Philippa, Countess of Hainault (Hollan |
| | Name: Edward "The Black" England, [Prince of Wale Born: 15 Jun 1330 at: Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England Married: 10 Oct 1361 at:, Windsor, Berkshire, England Died: 8 Jun 1376 at: Palace, Westminster, Berkshire, England Spouses: Joan Princess of England, [Countess of Ke Miss Edward England NOTES | | | Name: Isabel Princess of England Born: 16 Jun 1332 at: Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England Married: 27 Jul 1365 at:, Windsor, Berkshire, England Died: BEF 4 May 1379 at: Spouses: Enguerrand VII de Coucy | | | Name: Joan Princess of England Born: Feb 1334/1335 at: Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England Married: at: Died: 2 Sep 1348 at: Spouses: |
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| | Scotsman.com News - Top Stories - Westminster protests to be banned after fox hunt clashes |
| | Under the complex constitutional rules controlling the Palace of Westminster and the streets around it, primary legislation is required to limit public demonstrations in Parliament Square. | | | Peter Hain, the leader of the House of Commons, defended the police over the demonstration, but ministers are determined that there should be no chance for another such rally to take place on Parliament Square, directly outside Westminster. | | | PUBLIC protests outside the Westminster parliament will be banned by security chiefs determined to avoid a repeat of Wednesday’s bloody clashes between police and pro-hunting protesters. |
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http://news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1091052004
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| | Edward I of England - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Edward was born at the Palace of Westminster on June 17 or 18, 1239. | | | Edward's character greatly contrasted that of his father, who reigned in England throughout Edward's childhood and consistently tended to favour compromise with his opponents. | | | Wales became incorporated into England under the Statute of Rhuddlan in |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_I_of_England
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| | Features - Notable Dates in History |
| | The General Assembly approved the Westminster Confession of Faith. | | | Marriage treaty between James IV, King of Scots, and Margaret, the 11-year-old daughter of the English king, Henry VII, was signed in the Palace of Richmond, England, after prolonged negotiations. | | | When the news was given to her father, James V, on his deathbed at Falkland Palace, that he had "ane fair douchter", the King said: "Adew, fair weill, it come with ane lass, it will pas with ane lass." He died soon afterwards. |
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| | webGED: The Bement Family Data Page |
| | Edward was born on November 9, 1841, in Buckingham Palace, London, the eldest son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, and was christened Albert Edward. | | | Edward was born at Windsor on November 13, 1312, the elder son of King Edward II, of the house of Plantagenet. | | | Edward also saw the power to be gained through strategic marriages, and he is one of the first kings to have used marriage to his benefit, gaining a great deal of children. |
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http://www.bementfamily.com/webged/bement.wbg/wga27.html
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| | Fathers 4 Justice House of Commons protest - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Palace of Westminster is run by the Domestic Committees, rather than the Home Office. | | | Whilst throwing the bombs (reported to be made from either self-raising or corn flour), one of the organisation members shouted, "Fathers for justice!" Fathers 4 Justice spokesman Matt O'Connor later explained the choice of colour, stating that "purple is the international colour of equality". | | | The members of Fathers 4 Justice who perpetrated the incident were, however, vouched for by |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fathers_4_Justice_House_of_Commons_protest
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| | Britannia Biographies: Edward the Black Prince, Prince of Wales |
| | Prince Edward, the eldest son of King Edward III and Queen Philippa of Hainault, was born at the Royal Palace of Woodstock in Oxfordshire, on the 15th June 1330. | | | Edward proceeded immediately to his new territories, accompanied by his princess; and held his court with great state and magnificence at Poitiers, to which city the barons and knights of Poitou and Saintonge repaired, to do him fealty and homage, and where he was also visited by Peter de Lusignan, King of Cyprus. | | | During the residence of Prince Edward at Bordeaux, his aid was personally solicited by Peter "the Cruel," King of Castile, towards the recovery of his kingdom, from which he had been driven by his illegitimate brother, Henry of Transtamare. |
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http://www.britannia.com/bios/royals/blckprnc.html
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| | Plantagenet Genealogy & Biography |
| | EDWARD IV, ELIZABETH WYDVILLE, and EDWARD V [Lambeth Palace Library] | | | EDWARD III PAYS HOMAGE TO PHILIP VI OF FRANCE [Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris] | | | EDWARD, THE BLACK PRINCE, Canterbury Cathedral [Washington State University] |
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| | Victoria Palace Theatre |
| | Victoria Palace Theatre, Westminster, London Victoria Palace Theatre, Westminster, London The Victoria Palace Theatre opened in 1911 and was built as a music hall by Frank Matcham (a specialist in theatre design). | | | The Victoria Palace Theatre is part of Stephen Waley-Cohen... | | | Lily Savage in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Victoria Palace Theatre - www.warntickets.co.uk |
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http://www.llamafarm.co.uk/holparks/victoria_palace_theatre.html
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| | Edward "The Black" Prince VON WALES/Joan "Fair Maid" von Kent Countess VON KENT |
| | Born: 15 Jun 1330 at: Woodstock Palace, Oxfordshire, England Married: 10 Oct 1361 at: Windsor Castle, England Died: 8 Jun 1376 at: Westminster Palace, London, Middlesex, England Father:Edward III Koenig VON ENGLAND Mother:Philippa Countess VON HAINAULT-HOLLAND Other Spouses: | | | Name: Richard II Koenig VON ENGLAND Born: 6 Jan 1366/67 at: Bordeaux, France Married: 20 Jan 1381/82 at: Westminster, Palace, London, England Died: 6 Jan 1399/00 at: Pontefract Castle, Yorks., England Spouses: Anne VON BOEHMEN Isabella Prinzessin VON FRANKREICH | | | Born: 19 Sep 1328 at: Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England Died: 7 Aug 1385 at: Wallingford Castle, Berkshire, England Father:Edmund von Woodstock, EARL VON KENT Mother:Margaret WAKE Other Spouses: William Earl VON SALISBURY Thomas Holand Earl VON KENT |
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http://www.usgennet.org/family/baicon/data/fam02633.htm
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| | Ancestors of Frederick Lewis Prince of Wales and Auguste Princess Of Saxe |
| | Born: July 31, 1737 - St. James's Pala, Westminster, Middlesex, England Christened: August 29, 1737 - St James Palace, Westminster, Middlesex, England Died: March 23, 1813 - Hanover Square, Westminster, Middlesex, England Buried: March 31, 1813 - St. George's Cha, Windsor, Berkshire, England | | | Born: November 14, 1743 - Leicester House, Westminster, Middlesex, England Christened: November 25, 1743 - St. Anne Soho, Westminster, Middlesex, England Died: August 25, 1805 - Gloucester House, Westminster, Middlesex, England Buried: September 4, 1805 - St George Chaple, Windsor, Berkshire, England | | | Born: November 30, 1719 - Gotha, S-C-Gt, Thrn Christened: Died: February 8, 1772 - Carlton House, Westminster, Middlesex, England Buried: February 15, 1772 - Westminsterabbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England |
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| | King Henry VIII: Biography, Portraits, Primary Sources |
| | She was born on 28 November 1489 at Westminster Palace in London. | | | Henry was crowned king of England at Westminster Abbey on 23 June 1509. | | | Henry was formally promised in marriage to Katharine on 23 June 1503; the treaty stated that he would marry Katharine on his fifteenth birthday, 28 June 1505, and that her parents send over 100,000 crowns worth of plate and jewels in addition to the dowry she had given when married to Prince Arthur. |
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http://www.englishhistory.net/tudor/monarchs/henry8.html
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| | Cities of London and Westminster |
| | The constituency of London and Westminster includes the West End, with its shops and entertainment, as well as the traditional tourist sites of Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey, Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square. | | | He has been an active campaigner in the City of Westminster since 1996, when he and his wife, NHS registrar Dr Shona Arora, returned from India. | | | Peter Brooke, MP for the City of London and Westminster - in one form or another - since 1977, and his father, Henry Brooke (an MP from 1938 to 1945 and 1950 to 1966), together spanned all but ten of the last 60 years in the Commons, but enjoyed rather different reputations. |
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http://www.obv.org.uk/elec2001/areaprof/londonwe.html
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| | Scotsman.com News - Latest News - Batman Protest Spotlights Palace Security |
| | Fathers 4 Justice protester Jason Hatch, dressed as Batman, climbed over one of the palace walls and stood precariously on a ledge for more than five hours. | | | He was arrested on suspicion of criminal damage and was examined at St Thomasâ Hospital, near Westminster, before being taken into custody. | | | The demonstration was timed to coincide with the trial of one of two protesters who allegedly hurled condoms filled with purple flour at Prime Minister Tony Blair. |
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http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3493600
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| | BBC NEWS VOTE 2001 RESULTS & CONSTITUENCIES Cities of London & Westminster |
| | Many of Londons most famous and prominent landmarks fall within this seat - St Pauls Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, the Houses of Parliament, Buckingham Palace, Hyde Park, Downing Street and Harrods. | | | In 1997 he won with a majority of almost 5,000 votes but is retiring at this election. | | | One might assume that a constituency which is home to some of Londons most popular tourist attractions as well as the main shopping areas would not have that large a population. |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2001/results_constituencies/constituencies/147.stm
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| | London - CITIES OF EUROPE - London |
| | Close to the city to prevent the population from rioting, beside the river to have a good view of hostile force coming up the Thames, it served through the centuries as castle, palace, mint (1300-1810), prison and home of the Crown Jewels (including the three largest cut diamonds in the world). | | | You can attend the House of Commons or House of Lords visitors' galleries during a parliamentary debate. | | | Expansion began in the eleventh century when it was the home of the Norman duke William II, the last successful invader of Britain. |
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http://www.netgate.co.uk/london.htm
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| | BBC - History Trail - Church & State |
| | The combination of a magnificent new abbey (unprecedented by its size and architectural style in England) and palace, elevated Westminster, architecturally at least, to the status of the primary royal residence of the English monarchy. | | | On the same day, his brother-in-law, Harold Earl of Wessex became the first English king to be crowned at Westminster Abbey thus increasing Westminsters status as not only the residence and burial place of kings but the site where kings were annointed. | | | This was a considered and significant move, clearly intended to demonstrate what he - William - perceived as his rightful assumption of the English crown. |
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/lj/churchlj/westminster_02.shtml
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| | CND - CND IN THE NEWS |
| | A "people's assembly" or open-air "counter conference" to the government's war plans, to meet opposite the palace of Westminster in London between 10am and 5pm. | | | CND is now inviting all MPs who recently voted against the government to a meeting at Westminster this week to hear more about this legal opinion. | | | Activists are tearing up their membership cards and, last week, 122 MPs voted against the Government's policy on Iraq. |
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| | Have you ever wondered what goes on inside the Palace of Westminster? | | | Do you know what the House of Commons or House of Lords look like? | | | Explore the Teachers’ Centre to find out about the Parliamentary Education Unit, its resources and visits programmes; details of how to use the on-line activities; lesson plans and useful links. |
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| | Bequia free encyclopedia and guides |
| | Born at the Palace of Placentia at Greenwich, Henry was the third child of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York. | | | For two years after Henry's accession, Richard Fox, the Bishop of Winchester and Lord Privy Seal, and William Warham controlled matters of state. | | | By October 1518, Wolsey had engineered the Papacy-led Treaty of London to resemble an English triumph of foreign diplomacy, placing England at the centre of a new European alliance with the ostensible aim of repelling Moorish invasions through Spain (This being the original intention of the Pope). |
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http://bequia.paellaman.com/encyclopedia.php?title=Henry_VIII_of_England
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| | westminster |
| | "Westminster" is often used as shorthand for the Palace of Westminster, which houses the Parliament of the United Kingdom and also, in a similar but contrary way, for the government (rather than legislature), which has many departments in the area (see Whitehall). | | | Westminster is also the name of a number of places in the United States of America: | | | "Westminster" is also used in reference to the Westminster System, the democratic system of government that has evolved in the United Kingdom. |
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http://www.fact-library.com/westminster.html
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| | News release from Edward Davey |
| | Given a tour of the Palace of Westminster, the young people; who came from a variety of backgrounds' some being involved in the youth service, others from looked after homes, settled down into an hour-long discussion with Edward Davey MP on issues they felt affected them in Kingston and Surbiton. | | | Edward Davey, Liberal Democrat MP for Kingston and Surbiton, today met with a group of young people from Kingston in Westminster. | | | I regularly keep in touch with students at schools but also hope to use our newly elected member of the UK Youth Parliament, and the constituency's youth forums to keep plugged in, to the constituents of tomorrow as well as the constituents of today." |
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http://www.edwarddavey.co.uk/news180.htm
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| | woodgate - pafg109 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File |
| | Edward Prince of Wales [ Parents ] was born on 13 Oct 1453 in Westminster,Palace,England. | | | Edward Prince of Wales was born about Dec 1473 in Middleham Castle,Yorkshire,England. | | | She married Edward Prince of Wales in Aug 1470 in Amboise. |
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| | Belgravia |
| | Belgravia is a district in the City of Westminster, London, England, to the south-west of Buckingham Palace. | | | Most of the area was owned by Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster, who had it developed from the 1820s. | | | Belgravia is characterised by grand terraces of white stucco houses, and is focused on the Belgrave Square and Eaton Square. |
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| | ipedia.com: Belgravia Article |
| | Belgravia is a region in the City of Westminster, London, England, to the south-west Buckingham Palace. | | | The area was owned by Richard Grosvenor, the 2nd Marquess of Westminster, and was developed in the 1820s. | | | Thomas Cubitt was responsible for much of the design. |
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| | Jonathan Myles-Lea - Painter of Gardens and Country Homes List of Commissions |
| | The present house was built in 1849-51 to the designs of Sir Charles Barry, architect of the Palace of Westminster. | | | The owners of Cliveden who have most contributed to its present appearance are: the 2nd Duke of Buckingham, the 1st Earl of Orkney, the 2nd Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, the 1st Duke of Westminster and three generations of the Astor family. | | | Cliveden’s gardens and grounds were laid out in a formal design during the first half of the 18th century. |
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| | Cities of London and Westminster |
| | This constituency is the seat of Parliament, home to many of London's best known tourist attractions such as Buckingham Palace, and Britain's financial centre as mentioned before. | | | Peter Brooke has represented this seat at Westminster in the past though he is standing down at this election. | | | Second, Peter Brooke is standing down, which may further whittle down the Tory advantage, and still further whittling may be done by the contentiously hard-right credentials of his designated replacement Mark Field. |
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