William Flower may refer to:
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William Flower (officer of arms)
William Flower (1497/98–1588) was an English Officer of Arms in the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I. He rose to the rank of Norroy King of Arms, serving in that capacity from 1562 until his death in 1588.
Life and work
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(c. 1498–1588), herald, Norroy King of Arms in the reign of Elizabeth I of England
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William Flower (martyr) William Flower was a 16th-century English Protestant martyr. His story is recorded in ''Foxe's Book of Martyrs''. He was burnt to death on 24 April 1555 at St. Margaret's churchyard, Westminster, London.
Early life
Flower was born in Snailwell in C ...
, burnt 1555 during the Marian Persecutions
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William Flower, 1st Baron Castle Durrow
William Flower, 1st Baron Castle Durrow PC (Ire) (11 March 1685 – 29 April 1746) was an Anglo-Irish peer and politician.
Political career
He sat as Member of Parliament (MP) for Kilkenny County from 1715 to 1727. Subsequently he represent ...
(1685–1746), Irish peer and MP for Kilkenny County and Portarlington
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William Henry Flower
Sir William Henry Flower (30 November 18311 July 1899) was an English surgeon, museum curator and comparative anatomist, who became a leading authority on mammals and especially on the primate brain. He supported Thomas Henry Huxley in an impo ...
(1831–1899), English comparative anatomist and surgeon
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William Way
William Way (alias May, alias Flower) (died 1588) was an English Catholic priest and martyr executed under Elizabeth I after the Protestant Reformation. He is venerated in the Roman Catholic Church.
Early life and education
William Way was born ...
(c. 1560–1588), alias William Flower, Catholic martyr executed at Kingston upon Thames
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