... launched in 1859. The present Ilowe is a first-class line-of-battle ship, belonging to the Admiral class, all of which were named after distinguished naval commanders, and was built from designs of Sir Nathaniel Barnaby, K.C.B. She was launched at Pembroke ...

... of the few traces of Old London in this vicinity. The Inn was christened after the Church of St. Clement Danes, which, named after the Pontiff, happily still adorns the Strand exactly opposite the offices of The Sketch. Originally a house or inn of Chancery ...

... made famous by a score of notabilities. Hans Crescent, Hans Place, Sloane Square, Sloane Street, Sloane Terrace, are all named after Sir Hans Sloane, President of the Royal College of Physicians, who purchased the Manor of Chelsea from Lord Cheync, whose ...

... For the dwellers act as debtors To the mighty men of letters By a method that is kinder than sepulture. Here's a lane named after Byron, You may find it to environ A terrace that is titled after Weller And you possibly may falter On a crescent christened ...

... and football-players in the shape of St. George's, liaynes Park, Surrey, which is twenty-five acres in extent, and is named after the Duke of York, who is President of the Committee. One acre of the ground already belongs to the Committee; the remainder ...

... title. It induced me to read the book which induced me to read every other by the same author, so there's something in a name after all, even if a rose called by any other would smell as sweet. I am 'twixt the hay and the sea, and my lot is a lovely one ...

... arrested. Fort Maude, one of the posts that has been abandoned, is near the mouth of the Khyber Pass. This place, which is named after a general officer in command of one of the columns operating in the Khyber Pass during the Afghan War of 1879, is merely ...

... week's issue I give pictures of Danish horses. My colleague who recently went to Jutland on the fine vessel the Ar. J. Fjord named after the great agricultural benefactor- paid a visit to the largest dairy-supply companies in Copenhagen. It is there, and not ...

... ingle with the chicken cavie. But Mauchline otherwise is not so much altered. Possibly it was because his horse was named after this old spot, so dear to the memory of tho Ayrshire bard, that his lordship shook the kebars at York with a speech which ...

... him the other day. It was when he was at the height of his popularity, when coats and hats, shoes and socks, were being named after him, and half the men in Paris wore their hair d la Capon/. The celebrated tenor was travelling in the provinces and went ...

... talk about golf, for he had attained the honour which he did not think any other golfer possessed of having two bunkers named after him. One of these bunkers was at Musselburgh, the other at Biarritz. Lord Shand never had a club in his hand, he confesses ...

... of Olivares and of Penaranda, to say nothing of his holding twelve Marquisates and fourteen Count- titles). His sister, named after his aunt, Eugenie, was born in 1880; while his younger brother, Fernando, was born in 1882. It is strange to find the K ...