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OSBORNE , a See also:mansion and See also:estate in the Isle of See also:Wight, See also:England, S.E. of the See also:town of See also:East See also:Cowes. The name of the See also:manor in See also:early times is quoted as Austerborne or Oysterborne, and the estate comprised about 2000 acres when, in 1845, it was See also:purchased from See also:Lady See also:Isabella Blackford by See also:Queen See also:Victoria. The queen subsequently extended the estate to nearly 3000 acres, and a mansion, in See also:simple See also:Palladian See also:style, was built from designs of Mr T. See also:Cubitt. Here the queen died in 1901, and by a See also:letter, dated See also:Coronation See also:Day 1902, See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King See also:Edward VII. presented the See also:property to the nation. By his See also:desire See also:part of the See also:house was transformed into a convalescent See also:home for See also:officers of the See also:navy and See also:army, opened in 1904.
In 1903 there was opened on the Osborne estate a Royal See also:Naval See also:College. The See also:principal buildings See also:lie near the See also:Prince of See also:Wales's See also:Gate, the former royal stables being adapted to use as class-rooms, a See also:mess-See also:room, and other apartments, while certain adjacent buildings were also adapted, and a gymnasium and a See also:series of bungalows to serve as dormitories, each accommodating See also:thirty boys, were erected, together with quarters for officers, and for an attached See also:body of See also:marines. By the See also:river See also:Medina, on the See also:Kingsdown portion of the estate, a See also:machine See also:shop and facilities for boating are provided.
At the See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of St Mildred, Whippingham, 12 m. S.S.E. of East Cowes, there'are memorials to various mefnbers of the royal See also:family.
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