Tonbridge School is an English public school. The school was founded in 1553 by Sir Andrew Judd, lord mayor of London as a grammar school for boys of the neighbourhood. Owning property in London, the school became very wealthy with the increase of property prices and in the 19th century developed into a large public school. Research Tonbridge School
The sturgeon (Acipenser) is a large ganoidfish of the order Palaeonisciformes, family Acipenseridae. The species are exclusively inhabitants of the temperate zone of the northern hemisphere, found both sides of the Atlantic, and live either in fresh water or pass a part of the year in rivers to spawn. They are large sluggish fishes reaching a length of three meters, and live on worms, crustaceans and molluscs which they rout out from the bottom with their snout which projects far in advance of the small, toothless mouth.
The skeleton is gristly, not bony, which is partly compensated by the head being encased in hard, bony plates which continue in five longitudinal rows along the body. The tail is heterocercal, the upper lobe being much longer than the lower. The Sturgeon has a single dorsal fin placed far back, only a little in advance of the tail.
The sturgeon is a 'royal fish' in Great Britain, as decreed by an Act of Parliament of Edward II, but the lord mayor of London has claim to those fish taken above London Bridge.
About twenty species of sturgeon are known, half of which occur in Europe. The largest species is Acipenser huso which is found in the Caspian Sea, the Sea of Azov, the Black Sea, the Danube and surrounding areas. Research Sturgeon
Kenneth Livingstone (nicknamed 'Red Ken' for his left-wing politics) is an English politician. He was born in 1945 at London. After working as a laboratory technician, he trained as a teacher, qualifying in 1973, and became active in the Labour party when he was in his early 20's and was elected to Lambeth Borough Council in 1971, and the Greater London Council in 1973 and in 1981 was elected leader of the Greater London Council. The following year, 1982,
Ken Livingstone was voted the second most popular man in Britain - the Pope was voted the most popular - in a poll conducted by the Today newspaper. In 1987 he was elected Labour member of parliament for Brent East, and later elected to Labour's National Executive Committee, though he was later suspended from the 'New' Labour party for opposing its non-traditional policies. He was subsequently elected mayor of London, standing as an independent against the major political parties. Research Ken Livingstone
Richard Whittington (popularly known as Dick Whittington) was an English coalmerchant and lord mayor of London. He was born in 1358 and died in 1423. The son of a Gloucestershireknight, in 1380 he was a substantial city mercer, and records exist of him having lent large sums of money to Richard II, Henry IV and Henry V. He was lord mayor in 1397 and again in 1406. His benefactions aided St Bartholomew's Hospital, Greyfriars library and the Guildhall. He rebuilt Newgate, and founded a small hospital and college (which was suppressed in 1548) near his parishchurch of St Michael de Paternoster. Details of his life were recorded in the book 'The Model Merchant of the Middle Ages' by Samuel Lysons, published in 1860. In the popular legend, Dick whittington was accompanied by a cat. It is very likely that the term cat refers not to a feline animal, but rather to a type of ship used for transporting coal, the coaltrade being how Dick Whittington made his fortune. Research Richard Whittington
The City of London Imperial Volunteers (CIV) was a corps of citizen soldiers raised in 1899 after Sir Redvers Buller's repulse at Colenso, in the Boer War. Its formation was due to the then Lord Mayor of London, Sir Alfred J Newton. The force ultimately consisted of over 1700 officers and men, each one as he was enrolled being admitted a freeman of the city of London. Research City of London Imperial Volunteers
Mansion House is an area of London, formerly the residence of the Lord Mayor of London. It is situated at the east end of the Poultry on the site of the ancient Stocksmarket. The original Mansion House was built between 1739 and 1753 of Portland stone by George Dance the elder. Research Mansion House
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