'The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon' are commonly knowns as the ....... Templar
Which Norman castle in Warwickshire became a Lancastrian stronghold in the Wars of the Roses and was slighted by the Parliamentarians in the English Civil War?
The Scottish Captain tried and executed for piracy at Execution Dock in London 1701 was William .......?
The leader of the rebels against the enclosure of land in Norfolk hanged 1549 was Robert .......?
The Field Marshal who won the Battle of Omdurman 1898 and was Secretary of State for War from 1914 until his death in 1916 was Herbert .......?
The Romantic poet who died in Rome aged 25 in 1821 was John .......?
The Indian born journalist and author of 'The Jungle Book' and 'Plain Tales from the Hills' was Rudyard .......?
The Indian city founded 1722 by the East India Company as Fort William is now known as ......?
The stately and former family home near Liverpool founded 1702 by James Stanley, 10th Earl of Derby is ........ Hall?
Highland Jacobite forces supporting King James II & VII defeated a Scottish government army that supported King William III in which battle of 1689?
Major General Charles George Gordon was killed during the siege of which city in 1885 during the Mahdist War?
Field Marshal Frederick Roberts became famous for his relief of which besieged Afghan city in 1880 during the Second Afghan War?
Major General William Elphinstone's entire command was massacred during their retreat from which Afghan city in 1842 during the First Afghan War?
Which of the college's of the University of Cambridge was founded by Henry VI in 1441?
The English economist whose ideas fundamentaly changed the economic policies of nearly all western governments after WWII was John Maynard .......?
The 19th century Church of England priest who wrote 'Westward Ho!' and 'The Water Babies' was Charles .......?
General at Sea Robert Blake defeated the Dutch in 1652 during the First Anglo-Dutch War at the Battle of ....... Knock?
The Scottish minister and theologian who founded the Presbyterian Church of Scotland in 1560 was John .......?
The Rear Admiral who won the Second Battle of Ushant in 1781 with a vastly inferior force during the Anglo-French War was Richard .......?
The inventor of the cloth weaving 'flying shuttle' for the hand loom in 1733 was John .......?
Which royal palace in London was the birthplace of Queen Victoria and the residence of Diana Princess of Wales?
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