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Bosanquet (surname)
Bosanquet is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Bernard Bosanquet (philosopher) (1848–1923), English philosopher * Bernard Bosanquet (cricketer) (1877–1936), English cricketer, credited with inventing the googly, a bowling technique * Caroline Bosanquet (1940–2013), British cellist, music teacher and composer * Charles Bosanquet (1769–1850), English official and writer * Charles Bosanquet (academic), Charles Ion Carr Bosanquet (1903–1986), first Vice-Chancellor of Newcastle University * Admiral Sir Day Hort Bosanquet (1843–1923), 16th Governor of South Australia * Sir Frederick Albert Bosanquet, KC, JP (1837–1923), Common Serjeant of London * Helen Bosanquet (1860–1926), English social theorist and social reformer * Jacob Bosanquet Jr. (1755–1828), High Sheriff of Hertfordshire and Chairman of the East India Company * James Whatman Bosanquet (1804–1877), English banker and writer on biblical chronology * Honourable Sir John Bosanquet KS PC (1773 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bosanquet, Ontario
Bosanquet () is a former township of Lambton County in Ontario, Canada located northeast of Sarnia. Geography and history Home to Native Americans for thousands of years, the first Europeans settled on the lakeshore in the early 19th century. It would not be until later in the century when the Grand Trunk Railway was extended through the region that farming would dominate the landscape. Bosanquet once covered all of Lambton County north of Townsend Line (named after early settler Asa Townsend). However, after various municipal incorporations in the late 19th century portions of the township were removed to form the town of Forest, and the villages of Thedford and Arkona, Ontario, and later in the 20th century Grand Bend. Port Franks was a major community within its boundaries but was never incorporated as a separate municipality. The township was permanently populated by over 10,000 people, most of them farmers or living in communities that provided services for farmers. In t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Of Bosanquet
The County of Bosanquet is a cadastral unit in the Australian state of South Australia that covers land both in the north of the Eyre Peninsula and to the peninsula's north. It was proclaimed on 23 October 1913 and was named after Sir Day Hort Bosanquet, the Governor of South Australia from 1909 to 1914. Description The county covers land extending from the southern end of Lake Gairdner in the north-east to the southern side of the Gawler Ranges in the south-west. Most of its extent is within the Eyre Peninsula because the peninsula’s northern boundary passes through the county in an east-west direction. It is bounded to the west by the counties of Dufferin and Robinson, to the south by the County of Le Hunte, and to the east by the County of Hore-Ruthven. There are no formal settlements within the county. The following gazetted localities, mainly based on pastoral leases, are within the county: Thurlga and parts of Buckleboo, Carriewarloo, Cooyerdoo, Corunna St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |