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Aberdeen, Scotland.
Here is a description of the Duke of Gordon. If you can follow this, I commend you:
"The Dukedom, named after the Clan Gordon, was first created for the 4th Marquess of Huntly, who on 3 November 1684 was created Duke of Gordon, Marquess of Huntly, Earl of Huntly and Enzie (all three of which he already held by an older creation), Viscount of Inverness, and Lord Strathaven, Balmore, Auchindoun, Garthie and Kincardine. On 2 July 1784, the 4th Duke was created Earl of Norwich, in the County of Norfolk, and Baron Gordon, of Huntley in the County of Gloucester, in the Peerage of Great Britain. The principal family seat was Gordon Castle. The Dukedom became extinct in 1836, along with all the titles created in 1684 and 1784.
Most of the Gordon estates passed to the son of the 5th Duke's eldest sister, the 5th Duke of Richmond, whose main seat was Goodwood House in Sussex. In 1876 his son, the 6th Duke, was created Duke of Gordon, of Gordon Castle in Scotland, and Earl of Kinrara, in the County of Inverness. Thus, the Duke holds four dukedoms (including the titular Aubigny-sur-Nère; see Duke of Aubigny), more than any other person in the realm. Aubigny is in the defunct Peerage of France and the central arms of the Duke are based on the original Jacobean ones for the Union of the Crowns, with the inherited but inactive English claims to the French throne also represented prominently."
The brave Duke Exeter, leader of the Sentinels, captured in all his minifigure glory! Built for the Lego Universe "Build your Faction Leader" competition, he has his sword and shield ready to fend off the Maelstrom...
My first attempt at a cinemagraph, inspired by Jamie Beck and Kevin Burg.
This is the statue on Waikiki beach, Hawaii.
Duke Street during the ongoing 'Tindal Square and Market Road Public Realm Improvements' construction works taking place thru January-October 2022 in the City of Chelmsford in the County of Essex (UK).
Tindal Square and the surrounding area including the historic Shire Hall which is included in the project feature numerous times elsewhere in my photostream.
More information and diagrams www.essexhighways.org/highway-schemes-and-developments/hi...
Get a feel for this area earth.google.com/web/@51.73468174,0.47253768,32.88866925a...
My City of Chelmsford album flic.kr/s/aHsiNarUAu
Photograph taken by and copyright of my regular photostream contributor David and is posted here with very kind permission.
Chelsea shoots a 3 while Haley Peters waits in the paint. Chelsea earned Duke's 4th ever triple-double.
Surfing and swimming legend Duke Paoa Kahanamoku.
Bronze sculpture by Jan Gordon Fisher.
Duke Kahanamoku (Wikipedia):
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Kuhio Beach Park, Waikiki
Honolulu, Hawaii
71000 departs Derby bound for Didcot on 29th April 1990 in spectacular style! Looks like the fireman's been busy! The driver and fireman were Saltley crew I think.
This quarter sized jeton may have been issued in Corsica from 1736-38. The legend reads THEODORVS on the revese side. On this side though the legend reads PRIN-LEO-DVX (duke). Below is a bit of history of King Theodore of Corsica.
Neuhof, Theodor, Baron von (tā'ōdôr' bärōn' fən noi'hōf) , 1694–1756, German adventurer, b. Metz, France. After a career as a soldier and diplomat, he was persuaded by Corsicans rebelling against Genoese rule to become (1736) their king as Theodore I of Corsica. Driven from Corsica by the Genoese with French aid in 1738, he tried (1738, 1743) unsuccessfully to regain his throne. After 1749 he lived in poverty in England and was once released from debtors' prison through the influence of Horace Walpole. He figures grotesquely in Voltaire's Candide.
In the early 1970's 71000 Duke of Gloucester was at the end of one of the long lines in the Barry Docks area of the scrapyard. With the official removal of its cylinders before being sold, this would represent one of the more challenging restoration projects. It was, of course, completed and up to the last few years 71000 was a regular mainline express engine.
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