See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
HENRY See also:JOHN See also:ROUS (1795-1877)
, See also:British See also:admiral and sportsman, was See also:born on the 23rd of See also:January 1795, the second son of the 1st See also:earl of Stradbroke
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He was educated at See also:Westminster School, and entered the British See also:navy in 18o8, serving as a See also:midshipman in the expedition to See also:Flushing
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He was after-wards appointed to the " Bacchante," and received a See also:medal for bravery in various actions and expeditions
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In 1823 he was made See also:captain, and served in the See also:Indian and New See also:- HOLLAND
- HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
- HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
- HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
- HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
- HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
- HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
- HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART
Holland stations from 1823 to 1829
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In 1834 he was appointed to the command of the " Pique," a 36-See also:gun See also:frigate, which ran ashore on the See also:coast of Labrador and was much damaged
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See also:Rous, however, brought her across the See also:Atlantic with a sprung foremast and without See also:keel, forefoot or See also:rudder, and though the See also:ship was making 23 ins. of See also:water an See also:hour
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Rous, always fond of See also:sport, retired from the navy, and became in 1838 a steward of the See also:Jockey See also:Club, a position which he held almost uninterruptedly to his See also:death
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In 1855 he was appointed public handicapper
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He managed the See also:duke of See also:Bedford's stables at See also:Newmarket for many years, and wrote a See also:work on The See also:Laws and Practice of See also:Horse Racing that procured for him the See also:title of " the See also:Blackstone of the See also:Turf." In 1841 he was returned M.P. for Westminster, and in 1846 See also:Sir See also:Robert See also:Peel made him a See also:lord of the See also:admiralty
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He died on the 19th of See also:June 1877
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For the See also:naval career of Admiral Rous see O'Byrne, Naval See also:Biographical See also:Dictionary (See also:London, 1849)
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A vivid See also:sketch of him as a turf authority will be found in See also:Day's Turf Celebrities (London, 1891)
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