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Gentleman, Gentlewoman. Ministerialis. Lord of the Manor. v. t. e. Thane ( / ˈθeɪn /; Scottish Gaelic: taidhn) [ 1] was the title given to a local royal official in medieval eastern Scotland, equivalent in rank to the son of an earl, [ 2] who was at the head of an administrative and socio-economic unit known as a thanedom or thanage.
Clan Brodie is a Scottish clan whose origins are uncertain. The first known Brodie chiefs were the Thanes of Brodie and Dyke in Morayshire. The Brodies were present in several clan conflicts, and during the civil war were ardent covenanters. They indirect involvement in the Jacobite uprising of 1715, and none with that of 1745.
Sir Roderick David Stewart CBE (born 10 January 1945) [2] is a British rock and pop singer and songwriter. Known for his distinctive raspy singing voice, [3] Stewart is among the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold more than 120 million records worldwide. [4]
Release. January 7, 1982. ( 1982-01-07) –. May 18, 1987. ( 1987-05-18) Fame is an American musical drama television series based on the 1980 film of the same name. It followed the lives of the students and faculty at New York City's High School of Performing Arts. [ 1] Most interior scenes were filmed in Hollywood, California.
Signed up to a top Scottish theatrical agency, he played in variety shows throughout Scotland from 1960 to 1962. In 1962, he was invited by the prominent Scottish dance band leader, David Findlay (later a presenter on Good Morning Scotland), to join his popular and well-established band "The Olympians". For the next 16 years the band broadcast ...
Thegn. Ivory seal of Godwin, an unknown thegn – first half of eleventh century, British Museum. In later Anglo-Saxon England, a thegn ( pronounced / θeɪn /; Old English: þeġn) or thane[ 1] (or thayn in Shakespearean English) was an aristocrat who owned substantial land in one or more counties. Thanes ranked at the third level in lay ...
This is a partial list of vaudeville performers. Inclusion on this list indicates that the subject appeared at least once on the North American vaudeville stage during its heyday between 1881 and 1932. The source in the citation included with each entry confirms their appearance and cites information in the performance notes section.
The following is a list of episodes of Time Team, a British television/web programme about archaeology, that aired on Channel 4 from 16 January 1994 to, [ 1] 7 September 2014. In 2022 Time Team returned on YouTube, with Series 21 onwards presented by Gus Casely-Hayford. It was first made available, 18 March 2022.