"Henry Holland, but sold the estate shortly afterwards in 1789. He also constructed the Temple of Victory which is today visible from the A1 on a high hill. According to local legend, the ant-like activity of workers constantly ascending and descending to build this gigantic mound inspired the famous nursery rhyme concerning The Grand Old Duke of York and his 10,000 men. The estate changed hands again in 1805 when purchased by the 17th Baron Stourton, the premier baron in England. The Hon Edward Stourton's family owned the house from 1805 to 1983 (the Lords Mowbray). The contents were sold"
"The Grand Old Duke of York ""The Grand Old Duke of York"" (also sung as The Noble Duke of York) is an English children's nursery rhyme, often performed as an action song. The Duke of the title has been argued to be a number of the holders of that office, particularly Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany (1763–1827) and its lyrics have become proverbial for futile action. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 742. The most common modern version is: <poem>Oh, The grand old Duke of York, He had ten thousand men; He marched them up"
"her circus-themed album """". In this version, the Duke of York has been replaced by a king, and his ten thousand men by ten soldiers. Havia um grande rei / Que tinha dez soldados / Os dez subiam no topo da pedra / E desciam lado a lado / E o rei mandava subir / E o rei mandava descer / De tanto subir, e de tanto descer / Os dez ficaram cansados / The Grand Old Duke of York ""The Grand Old Duke of York"" (also sung as The Noble Duke of York) is an English children's nursery rhyme,"
"of the Duke of York, by Sir Richard Westmacott, was raised on 10 April 1834. Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany was the commander-in-chief of the British Army during the French Revolutionary Wars and led the reform of the army into a capable modernised force. The Duke is remembered in the children's nursery rhyme, ""The Grand Old Duke of York"". When he died in 1827, the entire British Army by general consensus following a proposal of the senior officers, forewent one day's wages to pay for a monument to the Duke. When the sum of subscriptions for a monument"
"would northern lords over-run the south, but more, that ""they would then live in it and take what they needed including wives and daughters."" This is the fate, says the poem, that Edward of York saved England from. Like other political poetry of the period, it is careful to identify its protagonists by their cognizances rather than naming them: Edward, of course, is a white rose, his father Richard of York, Duke of York, is a falcon and fetterlock, Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick a ragged staff, his uncle William Neville, Lord Fauconberg a fish hook, and John Mowbray, Duke"
"of the British Army for many years, and was the original ""Grand old Duke of York"" in the popular rhyme. He too died without heirs. The sixth creation of the Dukedom of York (without being combined with Albany) was for Prince George of Wales, second son of the future King Edward VII. He was created Duke of York following the death of his elder brother, Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale. The title merged with the crown when George succeeded his father as King George V. The seventh creation was for Prince Albert, second son of King George"
"Neville, Earl of Warwick and Warwick's brother, John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu. This was one of the most important battles of the Wars of the Roses. Barnet Hill is said to be the hill mentioned in the nursery rhyme ""The Grand Old Duke of York"". It is also the site of an ancient and well-known horse fair, whence comes the rhyming slang of ""Barnet Fair"" or ""barnet"" for 'hair'. The fair dates back to 1588 when Queen Elizabeth I granted a charter to the Lord of the Manor of Barnet to hold a twice yearly fair. The famous Barnet"
"his reputation for miserliness was enhanced by the diminution of the crown's charity work after the queen's death. He was buried with Elizabeth of York under their effigies in his Westminster Abbey chapel. Her tomb was opened in the 19th century and the wood casing of her lead coffin was found to have been removed to create space for the interment of her great-great-grandson James VI and I. According to folklore, the ""queen ... in the parlour"" in the children's nursery rhyme ""Sing a Song of Sixpence"" is Elizabeth of York, while her husband is the king counting his money."
"was adapted as appropriate and, because it was recorded in roughly the modern form, has become fixed on the Duke of York. Candidates for the duke in question include: Apart from the ducal title in the song and the events of their lives there is no external evidence to link the rhyme to any of these candidates. ""The Grand Old Duke of York"" is also sung to the tune of ""A-Hunting We Will Go"". A Dutch adaptation of the song replaces the Duke of York with Maurice, Prince of Orange (1567–1625), stadtholder of six of the seven provinces of the"
"son of King George III. He served as Commander-in-Chief of the British Army for many years, and was the original ""Grand old Duke of York"" in the popular rhyme. He too died without heirs. Every time the Dukedom of York and Albany has been created it has had only one occupant, that person dying without male heirs. Queen Victoria granted the title ""Duke of Albany"" (single geographic designation) to her 4th son, Prince Leopold, in 1881, and the title ""Duke of York"" (single geographic designation) to her eldest son's second (but by then eldest living) son, Prince George, in 1892."
"Old Duke of York"", though it existed at least 200 years before the War. Alfred Burne mentions a virtually identical rhyme ""The King of France went up the Hill"" recorded in 1594. There remains some considerable debate whether the rhyme refers to the later 1799 Helder campaign when York again led a British army into the Low Countries. For the British, lessons received in the campaign led to widespread army reforms on all levels, spearheaded by the Duke of York as Commander-in-Chief. The tight, professional army that later served in the Peninsular War was created on the foundation of lessons"
"throne or dying without male heirs. 1 August 1402<br>Kings Langley<br>aged 61 Duke of York The Duke of York is a title of nobility in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. Since the 15th century, it has, when granted, usually been given to the second son of English (later British) monarchs. The equivalent title in the Scottish peerage was Duke of Albany. However, King George I and Queen Victoria granted the second sons of their eldest sons the titles ""Duke of York and Albany"" and ""Duke of York"" respectively. Initially granted in the 14th century in the Peerage of England, the"
"Old King Cole ""Old King Cole"" is a British nursery rhyme first attested in 1708. Though there is much speculation about the identity of King Cole, it is unlikely that he can be identified reliably as any historical figure. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 1164. The poem describes a merry king who called for his pipe, bowl, and musicians, with the details varying among versions. The ""bowl"" is a drinking vessel, while the ""pipe"" may refer either to a musical instrument or to a pipe for smoking tobacco. The most common modern version of the rhyme"
"Duke of York The Duke of York is a title of nobility in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. Since the 15th century, it has, when granted, usually been given to the second son of English (later British) monarchs. The equivalent title in the Scottish peerage was Duke of Albany. However, King George I and Queen Victoria granted the second sons of their eldest sons the titles ""Duke of York and Albany"" and ""Duke of York"" respectively. Initially granted in the 14th century in the Peerage of England, the title ""Duke of York"" has been created eight times. The title"
"a wise old king, but when he was Duke of York ... he did nothing at all but kill [""i.e."" shoot] animals and stick in stamps."" George was an avid stamp collector, which Nicolson disparaged, but George played a large role in building the Royal Philatelic Collection into the most comprehensive collection of United Kingdom and Commonwealth stamps in the world, in some cases setting record purchase prices for items. George and May had five sons and a daughter. Randolph Churchill claimed that George was a strict father, to the extent that his children were terrified of him, and that"
"the classic British music hall song of that period My Old Man, and as a character in Oscar Wilde's children's story ""The Devoted Friend""; Wilde also mentions how the call of the linnet awakens ""The Selfish Giant"" to the one tree where it is springtime in his garden. William Butler Yeats evokes the image of the common linnet in ""The Lake Isle of Innisfree"" (1890) in line 8: ""And evening full of the linnet's wings."" In the novel ""The Old Curiosity Shop"" by Charles Dickens, the heroine Nell keeps ""only a poor linnet"" in a cage, which she leaves for"
"and Dutch Fleets at the Battle of Beachy Head. The house was again enlarged by the Duke of Newcastle, Henry Clinton, who laid out formal gardens. In 1790, Oatlands was leased from the Crown by the Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany the second son of George III, and the subject of the nursery rhyme The Grand Old Duke of York. His architect was Henry Holland. In his second London notebook, composer Joseph Haydn recorded a two-day visit in November 1791: He was the guest of the Prince of Wales and the Duke of York, playing music for four"
"of the Archbishop of York from AD 735. Yorkshire was England's largest shire in area. York under its Viking name ""Jorvik"" was a petty kingdom in the Early Medieval period. In the interval between the fall of independent Jorvik under Eirik Bloodaxe, last King of Jorvik (d. 954), and the first creation of the Dukedom of York, there were a few Earls of York. The title Duke of York was first created in the Peerage of England in 1385 for Edmund of Langley, the fourth surviving son of Edward III, and an important character in Shakespeare's ""Richard II"". His son"
"novel ""Mary Anne"" (1954) is a fictionalised account of her great-great-grandmother, Mary Anne Clarke née Thompson (1776–1852), who, from 1803–08, was mistress of Frederick Augustus, Duke of York and Albany (1763–1827). He was the ""Grand Old Duke of York"" of the nursery rhyme, a son of King George III, and brother of King George IV and King William IV. The central character of her last novel, ""Rule Britannia"", is an aging actress, thought to be based on Gladys Cooper (to whom it is dedicated). Du Maurier's short stories are darker: ""The Birds"", ""Don't Look Now"", ""The Apple Tree"", and ""The"
"and Bath with the title “The old man, his children, and the bundle of sticks”. There “A good old man, no matter where, Whether in York or Lancashire,” gives the lesson on his deathbed and the poem concludes with a Christian reflection. Over the following decades of the 19th century, it also appeared as a cheaply printed chapbook and in book-length collections of moralising works. The Old Man and his Sons The Old Man and his Sons, sometimes alternatively titled The Bundle of Sticks, is one of Aesop's Fables and is numbered 53 in the Perry Index. The actions described"
"was almost certainly still in Scotland at the time. The battle is said by some to be the source for the mnemonic for remembering the traditional colours of the rainbow, Richard of York Gave Battle in Vain, and also the mocking nursery rhyme, ""The Grand Old Duke of York"", although this much more likely refers to the eighteenth-century duke, son of George III. ""Dicky's Meadow"", a well-known Northern expression, is commonly believed to refer to Sandals Meadow, where the battle of Wakefield took place and where Richard met his end. The common view held that Richard was ill-advised to fight"
"Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York (21 September 141130 December 1460), also named Richard Plantagenet, was a leading English magnate, a great-grandson of King Edward III through his father, and a great-great-great-grandson of the same king through his mother. He inherited vast estates and served in various offices of state in Ireland, France, and England, a country he ultimately governed as Lord Protector during the madness of King Henry VI. His conflicts with Henry's wife, Margaret of Anjou, and other members of Henry's court, as well as his competing claim on the"
"York Gave Battle In Vain"" to remember the colours of a rainbow in order (Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet). Richard was descended from English and Castilian royalty, as well as several major English aristocratic families. His twelve children with Cecily Neville are: Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York (21 September 141130 December 1460), also named Richard Plantagenet, was a leading English magnate, a great-grandson of King Edward III through his father, and a great-great-great-grandson of the same king through his mother. He inherited vast estates and served in various offices"
"Duke of York and Albany Duke of York and Albany was a title of nobility in the Peerage of Great Britain. In the 18th century it was, when granted, usually given to the second son of British monarchs. The predecessor titles in the English and Scottish peerage were Duke of York and Duke of Albany. The individual dukedoms of York and of Albany had previously each been created several times in the Peerages of England and of Scotland respectively. Each had become a traditional title of the second son of the monarch, and had become traditional united (but separately awarded)"
"Duke of York and Albany Duke of York and Albany was a title of nobility in the Peerage of Great Britain. In the 18th century it was, when granted, usually given to the second son of British monarchs. The predecessor titles in the English and Scottish peerage were Duke of York and Duke of Albany. The individual dukedoms of York and of Albany had previously each been created several times in the Peerages of England and of Scotland respectively. Each had become a traditional title of the second son of the monarch, and had become traditional united (but separately awarded)"
"the Duke of Aumerle portrayed in ""Richard II"" and the Duke of York portrayed in ""Henry V"" are, in fact, that same historical individual. Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York, , ( – 25 October 1415) was an English nobleman and magnate, the eldest son of Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, and a grandson of King Edward III of England. He held significant appointments during the reigns of Richard II, Henry IV, and Henry V, and is also known for his translation of the hunting treatise ""The Master of Game""."
"into the chamber. The Earl of Northumberland carried the robes; behind him came Thomas Grey, Marquess of Dorset, carrying the sword; the Earl of Arundel, carrying the cap of estate with a circlet; and the Earl of Oxford with a rod of gold. Once again young Henry FitzRoy knelt before his father, and as the patent was read he was invested with the trappings of a duke. This time when he rose to his feet he was Duke of Richmond and Somerset. To be a duke was a significant honour. It was the highest rank of the peerage, and the"
"Killyleagh—the first two titles were previously held by his maternal great-grandfather King George V, and grandfather King George VI. By marriage, Sarah became ""Her Royal Highness"" The Duchess of York, Countess of Inverness and Baroness Killyleagh, also attaining the rank of Princess of the United Kingdom. The Duke and Duchess of York made their way to Heathrow Airport in an open carriage, with a paper mache satellite dish and sign attached reading ""Phone Home"" put there as a practical joke by Prince Edward. The Princess of Wales and Viscount Linley, Princess Margaret's son, placed a king-sized teddy bear inside the"
"suit his own ends. The narrator dispels the popular depiction of King Richard III of England as a scheming murderer; he appears as a villainous hunchback, hobbling towards his young nephews with a dagger, but the dagger is revealed to be a toy and the hunchback is a sack of presents. A close-up of one of the children fades to a shot of the bearded Richard, Duke of York (Brian Blessed) roaring with laughter, as the narrator declares that he grew up to be ""a big, strong boy"", and that it was he who was crowned king after winning the"
"the Gentleman's Magazine, from which he regaled passers-by. As he was a simpleton, he is thought to be a possible inspiration for the nursery rhyme, ""Simple Simon"", which was published in the ""Royal Book of Nursery Rhymes"" nearby in Monmouth Court. Simon Edy Simon Edy, known as Old Simon, was a London beggar who lived in a derelict ""Rats' Castle"" in the rookery of Dyott Street. He was born in Woodford in Northamptonshire in 1709 and died on May 18, 1783. He had a succession of dogs and the last of them was a drover's sheepdog called Rover. He begged"
"created Duke of York, as is customary in the case of the English sovereign's second son, and made a Knight of the Bath. Thomas Murray, a presbyterian Scot, was appointed as a tutor. Charles learnt the usual subjects of classics, languages, mathematics and religion. In 1611, he was made a Knight of the Garter. Eventually, Charles apparently conquered his physical infirmity, which might have been caused by rickets. He became an adept horseman and marksman, and took up fencing. Even so, his public profile remained low in contrast to that of his physically stronger and taller elder brother, Henry Frederick,"
"the bleeding spear Peredur saw earlier in the tale as a small spear carried by one youth with a single drop running down (like Chretien), but this is different from how the relevant earlier passage in ""Peredur"" depicts it, which is as a gigantic spear carried by two youths and bleeding three drops. The hero of the poem has a father, Efrawg, whose name has been etymologically associated with York (The modern Welsh name for York is Efrog or Caerefrog, derived from the Roman ""Eboracum"" via the Brythonic ""Caer Ebrauc"" mentioned by Nennius). Thus, it can be speculated that Peredur"
"York at the Harlem Opera House in December 1897. It also played in London, at the Duke of York's Theatre in 1897, featuring Decima Moore, with dances by John D'Auban. The musical opens with the christening of a baby boy, son of Bidart, a Parisian florist. He has invited a relative to be the godfather. Unknown to him, his wife and mother-in-law have also invited people to be the godfather. To further complicate matters, the child's nurse, while strolling in the park with the baby, was speaking to an admirer while a policeman took the child away, and now returns"