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  2. Nerissa and Katherine Bowes-Lyon - Wikipedia

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    Nerissa Jane Irene Bowes-Lyon (18 February 1919 – 22 January 1986) and Katherine Juliet Bowes-Lyon (4 July 1926 – 23 February 2014) [1] were two of the daughters of John Herbert Bowes-Lyon and his wife Fenella (née Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis). John was the brother of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, thus his two daughters were the ...

  3. Hofmann Tower - Wikipedia

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    Hofmann Tower is the name of a tower in Lyons, Illinois. It was built in 1908 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 22, 1978. Hofmann Tower is featured prominently in two books written by Rose Marie Benedetti and Virginia C. Bulat entitled Lyons: A history of a village and area important for 300 years (1959) and ...

  4. Watts Towers - Wikipedia

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    The Watts Towers, Towers of Simon Rodia, or Nuestro Pueblo [5] ("our town" in Spanish) are a collection of 17 interconnected sculptural towers, architectural structures, and individual sculptural features and mosaics within the site of the artist's original residential property in Watts, Los Angeles, California, United States.

  5. John Bowes-Lyon - Wikipedia

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    The Hon. John Herbert Bowes-Lyon (1 April 1886 – 7 February 1930) was the second son of the 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne and the Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne, and the brother of Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, the future Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. [1] He was an uncle to Queen Elizabeth II, although he died when she was a small ...

  6. Death and funeral of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother

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    See list. On 30 March 2002 at 15:15 GMT, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother (formerly Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon), widow to King George VI and mother to Queen Elizabeth II, died at the age of 101 at Royal Lodge, Windsor. The death of the Queen Mother set in motion Operation Tay Bridge, a plan detailing procedures including the dissemination of ...

  7. Lyons family - Wikipedia

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    The Lyons family (originally styled de Lyons, or de Leonne, Lyonne, and also spelled Lyon) is an eminent Anglo-Norman family descended from Ingelram de Lyons, Lord of Lyons, who arrived in England with the Norman Conquest, and from his relation, Nicholas de Lyons, who emigrated from Normandy to England in 1080 and was granted lands at Warkworth, Northamptonshire by William of Normandy.

  8. List of historic properties in Buckeye, Arizona - Wikipedia

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    Buckeye Pharmacy – The structure was built c.1920 and is located on Monroe Ave. Buckeye Union High School A-Wing – The A-Wing was built in 1925 and is located at 902 E. Eason Ave. The school A-wing was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on December 30, 2009, reference #09001160.

  9. Lyons, Colorado - Wikipedia

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    Lyons is a Statutory Town in Boulder County, Colorado, United States. The town population was 2,209 at the 2020 United States Census, up from 2,033 at the 2010 United States Census. [8] Lyons is located at the confluence of North St. Vrain Creek and South St. Vrain Creek, 20 miles (32 km) east of Rocky Mountain National Park.