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Royal George (pub)
Royal George may refer to: * ''Royal George'' (East Indiaman), various ships of the British East India Company * ''Royal George'' (locomotive), an early steam locomotive * Royal George, Tasmania, a village in Australia * , various ships of the Royal Navy * Royal George (pub), an historic pub on Eversholt Street in London See also * Royal George Hotel (other) * George Royal, a racehorse * George C. Royal (1921–2016), American microbiologist {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal George (East Indiaman)
Six vessels with the name ''Royal George'' made voyages for the British East India Company, and so may be referred to as East Indiamen. The company actually owned one, four were on long-term charter, and one was a one-voyage charter. The vessels were named in honour of one or more of the British kings whose name was George. * was launched by Perry, Blackwall, on 2 August 1737 and was of 550 tons ( bm).Hackman (2001), p.187. She made four voyages for the EIC between 1737 and 1750. She was sold for breaking up in 1750. * , of 430 tons (bm), was launched on 20 September 1758 by Wells & Stanton, Deptford, for the EIC. She and made three voyages while under EIC ownership. On 30 June 1767 the EIC sold her for 46,300 rupees to Captain Cleugh at Bombay. * was launched in 1777 and made one complete voyage for the EIC. A Spanish fleet captured her in the action of 9 August 1780. She then became the Spanish Navy 40-gun frigate ''Real Jorge'', but was out of service by 1784 and broken up th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal George (locomotive)
Timothy Hackworth (22 December 1786 – 7 July 1850) was an English steam locomotive engineer who lived in Shildon, County Durham, England and was the first locomotive superintendent of the Stockton and Darlington Railway. Youth and early work Timothy Hackworth was born in Wylam in 1786, five years after his fellow railway pioneer George Stephenson had been born in the same village. Hackworth was the eldest son of John Hackworth who occupied the position of foreman blacksmith at Wylam Colliery until his death in 1804; the father had already acquired a considerable reputation as a mechanical worker and boiler maker. At the end of his apprenticeship in 1810 Timothy took over his father's position. Since 1804, the mine owner, Christopher Blackett had been investigating the possibilities of working the mine's short colliery tramroad by steam traction. Blackett set up a four-man working group including himself, William Hedley, the viewer; Timothy Hackworth, the new foreman smith an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal George, Tasmania
Royal George is a rural locality in the local government areas (LGA) of Northern Midlands (46%), Break O'Day (27%) and Glamorgan-Spring Bay (27%) in the Central, North-east and South-east LGA regions of Tasmania. The locality is about south-east of the town of Longford. The 2016 census recorded a population of 45 for the state suburb of Royal George. It is a village in northeast Tasmania on the St Pauls River. At the , Royal George had a population of 127. It was a mining village, with the mine and locality named after one of the Royal Navy vessels named from the 19th century. HMS ''Royal George'' was under the command of Captain Robert Hepburn during the Napoleonic Wars Captain Hepburn settled nearby at Roy's Hill in 1828. History Royal George was gazetted as a locality in 1954. The first Royal George Post Office opened on 5 May 1914 and closed in 1920. The second office opened in 1955 and closed in 1971. Royal George is served by a school bus that takes students to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal George (pub)
Royal George may refer to: * ''Royal George'' (East Indiaman), various ships of the British East India Company * ''Royal George'' (locomotive), an early steam locomotive * Royal George, Tasmania, a village in Australia * , various ships of the Royal Navy * Royal George (pub), an historic pub on Eversholt Street in London See also * Royal George Hotel (other) * George Royal, a racehorse * George C. Royal (1921–2016), American microbiologist {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eversholt Street
The A4200 is a major thoroughfare in central London. It runs between the A4 at Aldwych, to the A400 Hampstead Road/ Camden High Street, at Mornington Crescent tube station. Kingsway Kingsway is a major road in central London, designated as part of the A4200. It runs from High Holborn, at its north end in the London Borough of Camden, and meets Aldwych in the south in the City of Westminster at Bush House. It was opened by King Edward VII in 1905. Together Kingsway and Aldwych form one of the major north–south routes through central London linking the ancient east–west routes of High Holborn and Strand. History Building the road The road was purpose-built as part of a major redevelopment of the area in the 1900s. Its route cleared away the maze of small streets in Holborn such as Little Queen Street and the surrounding slum dwellings. However Holy Trinity Church, which was built in Little Queen Street was spared, whereas the Sardinian Embassy Chapel, an im ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal George Hotel (other)
Royal George Hotel may refer to: Australia * Royal George Hotel, Albany, Western Australia * Royal George Hotel, Sydney * Royal George Hotel and Ruddle's Building, Brisbane, Queensland United Kingdom * Royal George Hotel, Perth The Royal George Hotel (also known as The Royal George) is a hotel and restaurant in Perth, Scotland. It is a Category B listed building dating to 1773.''Perth: The Postcard Collection'', Jack Gillon (2020) Royal George Hotel, Monmouth, Wales * Royal George Hotel, Tintern, Wales {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Royal
George Royal (1961–1981) was a Canadian Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse. Background George Royal was a bay horse foaled in Cloverdale, British Columbia. He was sired by Dark Hawk out of the mare Polly Bashaw. His great-grandsire was Hyperion, son of the English Triple Crown Champion Gainsborough. He was originally owned by Robert Hall and Ernie Hammond and trained by Robert W. Hall. Racing career The colt began racing at two at Vancouver's Exhibition Park, winning four of his eight starts. Although a winner of nine consecutive stakes races at age three, he received little notice in Canada in 1964 as a result of Northern Dancer becoming the first Canadian-bred to win the Kentucky Derby. Ridden and eventually trained by Texan Donald Richardson, George Royal was sent to California to compete, where Johnny Longden took over as jockey. In 1965, George Dunn handled his conditioning, for a short time, on behalf of Robert Hall. In 1965, George Royal won the 1{{fraction, 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
