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Snowdon (other)
Snowdon is the highest mountain in Wales, and the highest mountain in the UK outside of Scotland. Snowdon may also refer to: Places * Snowdon (Devon), a hill in Dartmoor, England. * Snowdon Massif, a mountain group in Snowdonia, Wales * Snowdon, Montreal, a neighbourhood in Montreal, Canada ** Snowdon (Montreal Metro), a metro station in Montreal, Canada * Snowdon East, a town in Burma; see List of Victoria Cross recipients of the Indian Army People * Baron Snowdon, a former subsidiary title held by the Duke of Edinburgh (1726 creation) * Earl of Snowdon, a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Persons with the surname * Christopher Snowdon, a UK based author * Lisa Snowdon (born 1972), model * Warren Snowdon (born 1950), Australian politician * Will Snowdon (born 1983), English footballer Titled persons * Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon or Lord Snowdon (1930-2017), British photographer * Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (1930–2002), British princess * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snowdon
Snowdon () or (), is the highest mountain in Wales, at an elevation of above sea level, and the highest point in the British Isles outside the Scottish Highlands. It is located in Snowdonia National Park (') in Gwynedd (historic county of Caernarfonshire). On 17 November 2022, the Snowdonia National Park Authority announced they are to use the Welsh name ''Yr Wyddfa'' for ''Snowdon'' and ''Eryri'' for ''Snowdonia'' in all circumstances and capacities, in English and Welsh. It is the busiest mountain in the United Kingdom and the third most visited attraction in Wales; in 2019 it was visited by 590,984 walkers, with an additional 140,000 people taking the train. It is designated as a national nature reserve (United Kingdom), national nature reserve for its rare flora and fauna. The rocks that form Snowdon were produced by volcanoes in the Ordovician period, and the massif has been extensively sculpted by glaciation, forming the pyramidal peak of Snowdon and the ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warren Snowdon
Warren Edward Snowdon (born 20 March 1950) is an Australian former politician who served as a member of the House of Representatives from July 1987 to March 1996, and again from October 1998 until May 2022. Initially representing the Division of Northern Territory, and later the Division of Lingiari, his constituents consisted of all the residents of the Northern Territory located outside Darwin, as well as Christmas Island and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands in the Indian Ocean. He was the last sitting MP who was first elected in the 1980s, and the last who served in Old Parliament House. Snowdon was the Minister for Defence Science and Personnel, Minister for Veterans' Affairs, Minister for Indigenous Health, and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister on the Centenary of ANZAC in the second Rudd ministry. Snowdon is a member of the left faction of the Labor Party. On 10 December 2020, Snowdon announced that he would not contest the 2022 federal election and would be retiring f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snowden (other)
Snowden may refer to: * Snowden (surname), a given name and a family name People * Edward Snowden, former computer intelligence consultant who leaked highly classified information from the National Security Agency (NSA) in 2013 Music * Snowden (band), an indie rock band from Atlanta, Georgia, US * ''Snowden'' (EP) * Snowden Family Band, a 19th-century singing group from Knox County, Ohio, US * ''Snowden'' (song), a 2005 song by Doves from ''Some Cities'' Other uses * ''Snowden'' (film), a 2016 biographical political thriller by Oliver Stone * Snowden (physics), a unit of X-ray emissivity * Snowden, West Virginia, US * Snowden (character), a character from the novel ''Catch-22'' by Joseph Heller * Snowden International School, a public high school in Boston, Massachusetts * Snowden Mountain, a summit in Alaska * Snowden, a Christmas character in ''Snowden on Ice'' See also * ''Cherax snowden'', a crayfish from West Papua, Indonesia * Snowden Crags and Snowden Carr, a prehist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portmadoc, Beddgelert And South Snowdon Railway
The Porthmadog, Beddgelert and South Snowdon Railway (PB&SSR) was a narrow gauge railway intended to connect Porthmadog with the North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways link terminus at Rhyd Ddu. Although some of the line was constructed between 1901 and 1906, it never opened and eventually became part of the Welsh Highland Railway. History There were several attempts by the North Wales Power and Traction Company to promote lines between Portmadoc and Beddgelert with extensions at either end. These culminated in a proposal in 1901, for a narrow gauge electric railway to use three phase alternating current at about 630 volts using the system devised by Ganz of Budapest. Proposed route The PB&SSR would have run from the western end of Black Rock sands via Morfa Bychan, Borth y gest, Portmadoc and, using part of the Croesor Tramway, to Beddgelert to link with the South Snowdon Quarries (hence the title) in the Gwynant Valley. There was no intention initially to connect with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snowdon Mountain Railway
The Snowdon Mountain Railway (SMR; cy, Rheilffordd yr Wyddfa) is a narrow gauge rack and pinion mountain railway in Gwynedd, north-west Wales. It is a tourist railway that travels for from Llanberis to the summit of Snowdon, the highest peak in Wales. The SMR is the only public rack and pinion railway in the United Kingdom, and after more than 100 years of operation it remains a popular tourist attraction, carrying more than 140,000 passengers annually. The line is owned and operated by Heritage Great Britain, operators of several other tourist attractions in the United Kingdom. The railway is operated in some of the harshest weather conditions in Britain, with services curtailed from reaching the summit in bad weather and remaining closed during the winter from November to mid-March. Single carriage trains are pushed up the mountain by either steam locomotives or diesel locomotives. It has also previously used diesel railcars as multiple units. The traditional logo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snowdonia
Snowdonia or Eryri (), is a mountainous region in northwestern Wales and a national park of in area. It was the first to be designated of the three national parks in Wales, in 1951. Name and extent It was a commonly held belief that the name is derived from ("eagle"), and thus means "the abode/land of eagles", but recent evidence is that it means ''highlands'', and is related to the Latin (to rise) as leading Welsh scholar Sir proved. The term first appeared in a manuscript in the 9th-century , in an account of the downfall of the semi-legendary 5th-century king (Vortigern). In the Middle Ages, the title ''Prince of Wales and Lord of Snowdonia'' () was used by ; his grandfather used the title ''Prince of north Wales and Lord of Snowdonia.'' The name ''Snowdonia'' derives from '' Snowdon'', the highest mountain in the area and the highest mountain in Wales at . Before the boundaries of the national park were designated, "Snowdonia" was generally used to refer to a sm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord Snowdon (other)
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Lord Snowdon may refer to: *Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon (1930–2017) * David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon (b. 1961) See also *Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden (1864–1937) * Snowdon (other) * Snowden (other) Snowden may refer to: * Snowden (surname), a given name and a family name People * Edward Snowden, former computer intelligence consultant who leaked highly classified information from the National Security Agency (NSA) in 2013 Music * Snowden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snowdon Lily
''Gagea serotina'', synonym ''Lloydia serotina'', is an Arctic–alpine flowering plant of the lily family. It is widespread across the mountainous parts of western North America, from Alaska to New Mexico, and in Europe is found in the Alps and Carpathians, as well as in Great Britain. It is also native to much of Central Asia, Siberia, China, Nepal, Mongolia, Korea and Japan. It was originally known as mountain spiderwort, but is now known in Great Britain as the Snowdon lily, or in Welsh as ' (meaning "rush-leaves of the mountain"). In North America, it is called the common alplily. It is also known as Snowdon alplily. Description For most of the year, the plant is visible only as long, curving, stiff, grass-like leaves, often protruding through cushions of other plants. The flowers appear from June onwards (despite the name ''serotina'', meaning "late-flowering"), and are borne at the end of long stalks. The flowers themselves are white, with purple or reddish veins along ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl Of Snowdon
David Albert Charles Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon (born 3 November 1961), styled as Viscount Linley until 2017 and known professionally as David Linley, is an English furniture maker, a former chairman of the auction house Christie's UK, and with his sister, Lady Sarah Chatto, maternal first cousin of King Charles III. He is the only son of Princess Margaret and Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, and a grandson of King George VI. When he was born, he was fifth in the line of succession to the British throne; , he is 24th, and the first person who is not a descendant of Elizabeth II. Early life and education David Albert Charles Armstrong-Jones was born on 3 November 1961, in Clarence House, London, the son of Princess Margaret and Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon. He was baptised on 19 December 1961 in the Music Room at Buckingham Palace. His godparents are his aunt Queen Elizabeth II, Lady Elizabeth Cavendish, Patrick Plunket, 7th Baron Plunket, Lord ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princess Margaret, Countess Of Snowdon
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, (Margaret Rose; 21 August 1930 – 9 February 2002) was the younger daughter of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, and the younger sister and only sibling of Queen Elizabeth II. Margaret was born when her parents were the Duke and Duchess of York, and she spent much of her childhood with them and her elder sister. Her life changed at the age of six, when her father ascended the British throne following the abdication of his brother Edward VIII. Margaret's sister became heir presumptive, with Margaret second in line to the throne. Her position in the line of succession diminished over the following decades as Elizabeth's children and grandchildren were born. During the Second World War, the two sisters stayed at Windsor Castle despite suggestions to evacuate them to Canada. During the war years, Margaret was too young to perform official duties and continued her education, being nine years old when the war ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl Of Snowdon
Antony Charles Robert Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, (7 March 1930 – 13 January 2017), was a British photographer and filmmaker. He is best known for his portraits of world notables, many of them published in ''Vogue'', '' Vanity Fair'', and other major venues; more than 100 of his photographs are in the permanent collections of the National Portrait Gallery. From 1960 to 1978 he was married to Princess Margaret, the sister of Queen Elizabeth II. Early life Armstrong-Jones was the only son of the marriage of the Welsh barrister Ronald Armstrong-Jones (1899–1966) and his first wife, Anne Messel (later Countess of Rosse; 1902–1992). He was born at Eaton Terrace in Belgravia, central London. He was called "Tony" by his close relatives. Armstrong-Jones's paternal grandfather was Sir Robert Armstrong-Jones, a Welsh psychiatrist. His paternal grandmother, Margaret Armstrong-Jones (née Roberts), was a graduate of Somerville College, Oxford, and was the da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will Snowdon
Will Snowdon (born 7 January 1983) is an English former professional footballer. Snowdon played in the Scottish leagues for Livingston, Partick Thistle and Stranraer. Snowdon was an unused substitute for Livingston as they won the 2004 Scottish League Cup Final. Since 2007, Snowdon played for Bo'ness United up until his retirement from playing in April 2021. Honours Titles * Scottish League Cup: 2004 Individual *Ipswich Town Ipswich Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. They play in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. The club was founded in 1878 but did not turn profession ... Young Player of the Year: 2001–02 References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Snowdon, Will 1983 births Living people Footballers from Colchester English men's footballers Livingston F.C. players Partick Thistle F.C. players Stranraer F.C. players Bo'ness United F.C. players Scottish Prem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
