Hanoverian


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any of the British rulers who were members of the House of Hanover

a member (or supporter) of the house of Hanover

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The 31 chapters are organised in two parts, the first six essays dealing with history (biographical notes and a guide to German princely politics during the period), the 'Hanoverian dimension', identity, and dissemination of images.
She tells how the new Protestant Hanoverian regime hung by a thread, as George I and II struggled to impose their authority on frequently hostile and anti-European subjects.
Hanoverian Baron returns from well over 100 days off the track here but he has shown in the past that he can run well when fresh.
NAOMI MATTHEW: 1.30 Imjin River, 2.00 Triple Aitch, 2.30 Gogeo, 3.00 Hanoverian Baron (nap), 3.30 Spitfire, 4.00 Silly Billy (nb), 4.30 Putin.
Despite the reluctance of several of his British advisers, he deployed British, Hanoverian, and hired Hessian troops in the War of Austrian Succession, even leading his men personally at the Battle of Dettingen in June 1743, when he was nearly sixty years of age.
TODAY FEAST ST KENELM 1717: George I, Hanoverian King of England, held a public concert on the Thames for Handel to conduct his hour-long Water Music.
of Oxford) reveals how the origins of English Freemasonry were intimately connected with the development of the scientific Enlightenment and the political changes that accompanied the Hanoverian accession and its Whig ministries.
Indeed one of the many virtues of this study is Mr Thompson's desire to show how astute was George ll's handling of the Hanoverian element in Britain's relations with Germany and Europe in general.
The Jim Goldie-trained Merchant Of Dubai (16-1) took third with Hanoverian Baron (20-1) back in fourth.
These are linked to court politics and tensions between Tories and Whigs, the Sacheverell trial, Jacobite aspirations and the Hanoverian succession.
Weld was also predicting a bright future for Casual Conquest who made a perfect start to his career by seeing off Hanoverian Baron in the colts maiden.
The words and music of the National Anthem are usually attributed to H.Carey, who was born in 1687 and died in 1743,during the reign of the Hanoverian king,George II.
The Hanoverian Ensemble is led by Solum, who performs on all but one of the selections on the program, making this a pleasantly flute-centered recording.