text: Napoleon

text: Peninsular War

text: Louis XVI

text: American Revolutionary War

text: French Revolutionary Wars

text: general officer

text: Napoleonic Wars

text: Grande Armée

text: Dornbirn

text: Jena

text: Kołoząb

text: Golymin

text: Eylau

text: Friedland

text: Espinosa

text: Talavera

text: Lyon

text: American Revolutionary War

text: sergeant

text: French Revolution

text: lieutenant

text: adjutant major

text: Demi-brigade

text: captain

text: chef de bataillon (major)

text: Siege of Bastia

text: Kingdom of Piedmont

text: chef de brigade (colonel)

text: Ormea

text: Army of Italy

text: 57th Line Infantry Demi-brigade

text: Battle of Rivoli

text: Carinthia

text: Battle of Valvasone

text: Army of Mainz

text: Jean-de-Dieu Soult

text: André Masséna

text: Second Battle of Zurich

text: Linth

text: André Masséna

text: Zurich

text: Friedrich Freiherr von Hotze

text: general of brigade

text: Guillaume Brune

text: Bon-Adrien Jeannot de Moncey

text: Castelfranco Veneto

text: Liguria

text: Légion d'Honneur

text: Marshal

text: Pierre Augereau

text: VII Corps

text: Brest

text: Capitulation of Dornbirn

text: Franz Jellacic

text: Battle of Jena

text: Jacques Desjardin

text: Wkra

text: Battle of Golymin

text: general of division

text: Battle of Eylau

text: Battle of Friedland

text: Claude Perrin Victor

text: I Corps

text: Michel Ney

text: VI Corps

text: Napoleon

text: Russian Imperial Guard

text: Friedland

text: Baron of the Empire

text: Order of the Iron Crown

text: Peninsular War

text: Battle of Espinosa de los Monteros

text: Eugène-Casimir Villatte

text: Joaquín Blake y Joyes

text: Division of the North

text: escaped from Denmark

text: Francois Amable Ruffin

text: Nicolas Joseph Maison

text: Napoleon

text: Province of León

text: Joseph Bonaparte

text: Robert Thomas Wilson

text: Battle of Alcantara

text: Mérida

text: Arthur Wellesley's

text: Second Battle of Porto

text: Gregorio García de la Cuesta

text: Arthur Wellesley's

text: Alberche

text: Rufane Shaw Donkin

text: 87th Foot

text: 88th Foot

text: 31st Foot

text: 45th Foot

text: 60th Foot

text: 14th Light Dragoons

text: King's German Legion

text: Battle of Talavera

text: Jean François Leval

text: John Coape Sherbrooke

text: 83rd Foot

text: Santa Olalla

text: Arc de Triomphe

categories: French commanders of the Napoleonic Wars,People from Lyon,1809 deaths,French generals,French military personnel of the French Revolutionary Wars,French military personnel killed in the Napoleonic Wars,Names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe,1762 births

paragraph: Pierre Belon Lapisse

paragraph: Pierre Belon Lapisse, Baron de Sainte-Hélène (25 November 1762 – 30 July 1809) commanded an infantry division in Napoleon's armies and was fatally wounded fighting against the British in the Peninsular War. He enlisted in the French Army during the reign of Louis XVI and fought in the American Revolutionary War. Appointed an officer at the start of the French Revolutionary Wars, he rose in rank to become a general officer by 1799. From 1805 to 1807 during the Napoleonic Wars, he led a brigade in the Grande Armée at Dornbirn, Jena, Kołoząb, Golymin, and Eylau. After promotion he commanded a division in the thick of the action at Friedland in 1807.

paragraph: In 1808, Napoleon ennobled Lapisse and transferred him to Spain where he led his division at Espinosa. Detailed to lead one of three columns that were invade Portugal, he was completely outmaneuvered by an inferior force. He surprised and defeated a British infantry division in the Casa de Salinas action, but was mortally wounded the following day during heavy fighting at Talavera. Lapisse is one of the names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe, on Column 37.

paragraph: Section::::Early career.

paragraph: Lapisse was born into the family of a tapestry weaver in Lyons on 25 November 1762. He enlisted on 5 April 1779 in the "Armagnac" Infantry Regiment, which had been created by splitting it from the old "Navarre" Regiment. He fought with the unit in the American Revolutionary War and was promoted to sergeant in 1784.

paragraph: Section::::French Revolution.

paragraph: After the outbreak of the French Revolution Lapisse was named lieutenant in the "Corsican Chasseurs" Free Company on 19 December 1789. This unit was incorporated into the 16th Light Infantry Battalion. On 9 May 1793 he was promoted adjutant major when the battalion was expanded into the 16th Light Infantry Demi-brigade. He became captain on 2 August 1793 and chef de bataillon (major) on 22 March 1794. In this period Lapisse served in Corsica, including the Siege of Bastia during which he was wounded. He then fought against the Kingdom of Piedmont and was promoted chef de brigade (colonel) on 26 March 1795. He was wounded at Ormea. On 8 November 1795 he was named the commander of the 83rd Line Infantry Demi-brigade.

paragraph: At the beginning of 1796 the 83rd was part of André Mouret's 1st Division of the Coast in the "Army of Italy". After the Second "Amalgame" in May 1796, the 83rd became the 57th Line Infantry Demi-brigade with Lapisse as chef de brigade on 19 June 1796. The demi-brigade fought at the Battle of La Favorita which took place on 16 January 1797 and was part of the Battle of Rivoli. The 57th also participated in the spring campaign in Carinthia including the Battle of Valvasone on 16 March 1797.

paragraph: In 1798, Lapisse and the 57th were assigned first to the "Army of England" and later to the "Army of Mainz". On 10 June 1799 he was appointed chef de brigade of the 36th Line Infantry Demi-brigade. In mid-September that year, the 36th was part of Jean-de-Dieu Soult's division in André Masséna's army in Switzerland. During the Second Battle of Zurich on 25 September 1799, Soult launched a surprise assault crossing of the Linth River while the French main body under André Masséna attacked the Russians at Zurich. The Austrian commander on the Linth, Friedrich Freiherr von Hotze was killed and his command defeated. Lapisse received a battlefield promotion to general of brigade on 26 September 1799. Subsequently, Lapisse fought with the "Army of Italy" under Guillaume Brune and Bon-Adrien Jeannot de Moncey. On 12 January 1801 he had his horse killed under him at Castelfranco Veneto while leading the 1st Brigade of the Advance Guard. After the peace he commanded French troops in Liguria from 1801 to 1803. He became a member of the Légion d'Honneur on 11 December 1803.

paragraph: Section::::Empire.

paragraph: Section::::Empire.:Ulm to Friedland.

paragraph: Lapisse became a Commander of the Légion d'Honneur on 14 June 1804. That year he was appointed to command a brigade in the 1st Division in Marshal Pierre Augereau's VII Corps at Brest. The 1st Division was present at the Capitulation of Dornbirn on 13 November 1805 when Franz Jellacic surrendered an Austrian division numbering three generals, 160 officers and 3,895 soldiers to Augereau. At the Battle of Jena on 14 October 1806, Lapisse led a brigade in Jacques Desjardin's 1st Division of VII Corps. The unit included four battalions of the 16th Light Infantry Regiment. On 24 December, Desjardin's division secured a bridgehead on the Wkra River at Kołoząb against strong Russian resistance. While this struggle was taking place, Lapisse took a task force downstream, surprised the bridge guard at Pruszkowo and gained an additional crossing. He fought at the Battle of Golymin and was promoted to general of division a few days later on 30 December 1806.

paragraph: In February 1807, he led his brigade at the Battle of Eylau where the VII Corps suffered very heavy losses. Ordered to attack the Russian left flank, Augereau's men soon disappeared into a blizzard. Losing their sense of direction, the corps instead assaulted the enemy center which was defended by a 70-gun battery. Crushed by artillery fire and ridden down by Russian cavalry the survivors fled. The shattered corps was later broken up and its units redistributed throughout the army. At the Battle of Friedland, Lapisse commanded the 2nd Division in Marshal Claude Perrin Victor's I Corps. The division included two battalions each of the 16th Light, 8th Line, 45th Line, and 54th Line Infantry Regiments. Michel Ney's VI Corps started the French attack from the right flank. When Ney's soldiers faltered, Emperor Napoleon committed the I Corps from the army reserve. As Victor's troops drove a wedge into the Russian center, Ney's corps returned to the attack on their right. Aided by Victor's exceptionally well-handled corps artillery, the French defeated the Russian Imperial Guard and fought their way into Friedland, ending the battle.

paragraph: Section::::Empire.:Spain.

paragraph: In 1808 Lapisse was made a Baron of the Empire with the title Sainte-Hélène and received the Order of the Iron Crown. By October of that year, Victor's I Corps was transferred to Spain to fight in the Peninsular War. Lapisse commanded the 2nd Division, made up of the same regiments as at Friedland, only with three battalions each. Lapisse fought at the Battle of Espinosa de los Monteros on 10 and 11 November 1808. On the 10th Eugène-Casimir Villatte recklessly threw his division at the Spanish army of Joaquín Blake y Joyes without waiting for Victor's other two divisions to arrive. The attack fell on the Division of the North which had recently escaped from Denmark and was repulsed. When Victor came up with his other two divisions, he sent one regiment of Lapisse's division and one brigade of Francois Amable Ruffin's division against the same defenders. Though Blake had to send reinforcements, the Spanish were able to drive off the French attackers. On the 11th Victor reasoned that Blake would expect his right flank to be attacked again, the same as the previous day. On this day, Lapisse launched an assault on the Spanish left flank on a very high ridge. This time the defenders were not of the same quality as the Division of the North. After their division commander and two brigadiers were wounded, the Spanish troops bolted for the rear. One of Lapisse's brigadiers, Nicolas Joseph Maison wheeled his troops against Blake's center just as Victor ordered a frontal attack by the rest of I Corps. The Spanish army disintegrated and took to the hills. Victor lost about 1,000 killed and wounded. The Division of the North suffered about 1,000 casualties while Blake's total losses were about 3,000. On 1 January 1809 Emperor Napoleon ordered Lapisse to detach from I Corps and operate in the Province of León. Two brigades of cavalry under Archange Louis Rioult-Davenay and Pierre-Honoré-Anne Maupetit were assigned to Lapisse's force. Despite Victor's pleas to return his 2nd Division, King Joseph Bonaparte obstinately refused.

paragraph: Instead, Napoleon planned on launching an invasion of Portugal from three directions, with Soult and 20,000 men overrunning the north, Lapisse with 9,000 troops advancing from the east, and Victor pushing in from the south. Robert Thomas Wilson's aggressive use of his 1,200 Portuguese regular troops completely fooled Lapisse, who became convinced that he was outnumbered and halted his advance. Baffled by Wilson's maneuvers, he was withdrawn and ordered to rejoin Victor. On 14 May 1809 Lapisse brushed aside Colonel Mayne's 1,850 Portuguese regulars and militia in the Battle of Alcantara in Extremadura. Lapisse's 2nd Division and a brigade of dragoons were engaged, a total of 9,500 soldiers and 12 guns. The Portuguese lost 250 men while French casualties were described as light. Lapisse's men sacked the town before rendezvousing with Victor at Mérida. Two days before, the British army of Arthur Wellesley's won a victory over Soult's corps at the Second Battle of Porto and chased him out of Portugal. So ended the second unsuccessful French invasion of that nation.

paragraph: On 27 July 1809, as Victor pursued Gregorio García de la Cuesta's Spanish army, Arthur Wellesley's British troops attempted to cover their retreat across the Alberche River. Having successfully overseen the withdrawal of the Spanish infantry, Alexander Randoll Mackenzie's British 3rd Division pulled back to the west bank. The British cavalry had been withdrawn because it was useless in the wooded area near the Casa de Salinas in which Mackenzie's troops were situated. Lapisse's division crossed the Alberche farther north undetected and was able to get close to the British formation because its pickets were badly posted. Wellesley was there in person and even he was completely taken by surprise as Lapisse's division rolled forward against Mackenzie's left flank. With the 16th Light Infantry in the front line with the other three regiments in support, the French fell on Rufane Shaw Donkin's brigade, breaking the 2nd Battalion of the 87th Foot, 1st Battalion of the 88th Foot and 2nd Battalion of the 31st Foot and taking 80 prisoners. The 1st Battalion of the 45th Foot and a half-battalion of the 60th Foot held firm and covered the retreat of the beaten units. Though Lapisse aggressively pressed forward, Mackenzie's division was able to fall back to the main position in good order well-protected by the 14th Light Dragoons and the 1st Light Dragoons of the King's German Legion (KGL). However, the Casa de Salinas action cost the British 447 casualties, including 70 killed, 284 wounded, and 93 missing. The 87th alone lost 198 casualties. Lapisse's losses were probably less than 100.

paragraph: On 28 July 1809 at the Battle of Talavera, Lapisse's 6,862-strong division consisted of the same organization as at Espinosa. At 2:00 pm, 80 French cannons began firing on the British infantry positions, inflicting losses. The fire of the 30 British and six Spanish field pieces was quickly suppressed. Lapisse advanced together with the divisions of Horace François Bastien, baron Sébastiani and Jean François Leval. The Dutch-German division of Leval on the left struck the British line first and was defeated; a second attack later in the day met the same fate. At about 3:00 pm, Sébastiani in the center and Lapisse on the right closed with John Coape Sherbrooke's British-KGL division. Each French division was 12 battalions strong with the front line deployed in column of divisions and the rear line in column of battalions. Lapisse's front line consisted of Jean-Gregoire Laplane's brigade, the 16th Light and the 45th Line. In front of Lapisse were two KGL brigades under Ernst Langwerth and Sigismund Löw plus the 2nd Battalion of the 83rd Foot. The French skirmish line pressed back the less numerous skirmishers of their enemies. Despite taking losses from musketry, Sherbrooke's troops waited until the French were within then fired a murderous volley. The French infantry were cut down in hundreds and the survivors took to their heels with their enemies in pursuit. However, the British Guards and KGL units went too far and when they came up against the intact French second line, they were defeated. The troops facing Lapisse were badly mauled; the 2nd KGL Infantry Battalion sustained 387 casualties in 20 minutes and the 5th KGL lost over 100 men captured. Langwerth was killed. The divisions of Sébastiani and Lapisse again advanced into contact with the British line, into which Wellesley threw his reserves. Soon a terrific firefight raged. After losing 1,700 men and inflicting about the same number, the French fell back, their attack beaten. Lapisse was fatally wounded during the attack. He died at Santa Olalla two days later. LAPISSE is engraved on Column 37 of the Arc de Triomphe.

paragraph: Section::::Notes.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Footnotes

paragraph: BULLET::::- Citations

description: French general

wikidata_label: Pierre Belon Lapisse

wikipedia_title: Pierre Belon Lapisse


text:
Norman conquest of England
William the Conqueror
Jumièges
Duke Richard III
Orderic Vitalis
Gesta Normannorum Ducum
Dudo of Saint-Quentin
Duke Richard I
Rodulf of Ivry
Duke Richard II
Robert I
William II [William the Conqueror
England
Robert of Torigni

categories: 11th-century Normans,1000s births,11th-century historians,11th-century deaths,Norman monks,Norman conquest of England,11th-century English writers,11th-century French writers,English Christian monks

paragraph: William of Jumièges

paragraph: William of Jumièges (b. ca. 1000 - d. after 1070) () was a contemporary of the events of 1066, and one of the earliest writers on the subject of the Norman conquest of England. He is himself a "shadowy figure", only known by his dedicatory letter to William the Conqueror as a monk of Jumièges. Since he also mentions that he was an eyewitness of some events from the reign of Duke Richard III (1026-7), it seems reasonable to assume that he was born some time about the year 1000. He probably entered the monastery during the first quarter of the eleventh century and received his education from Thierry de Mathonville. According to Orderic Vitalis, William's nickname was "Calculus". The meaning behind this nickname is unknown. His death, after 1070, is unrecorded. He was a Norman writing from a Norman point of view. Although only a monk with evidently no military training, he wrote with pride in the accomplishments of his people.

paragraph: William of Jumièges was the original compiler of the history known as the "Gesta Normannorum Ducum" ("Deeds of the Dukes of the Normans"), written in about 1070. This was built upon the framework of an earlier history compiled by Dudo of Saint-Quentin, "De moribus et actis primorum Normannorum ducum", between c. 996 and c. 1015. This work was commissioned by Duke Richard I, and "was renewed by his half-brother, Count Rodulf of Ivry, and his son Duke Richard II (996-1026)... Dudo's work was taken up by William of Jumièges in the 1050s, who revised, abbreviated and updated his "De moribus" and added an account of the reigns of Dukes Richard II, Richard III (1026-7), Robert I (1027-35), and William II [William the Conqueror]." He finished this by 1060 but added to it later when William the Conqueror had become king of England, bringing events up to 1070. The "Gesta Normannorum Ducum" was later expanded by the 12th-century monkish chroniclers Orderic Vitalis and Robert of Torigni.

paragraph: Section::::Sources.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Gesta Normannorum Ducum of William of Jumièges, Orderic Vitalis and Robert of Torigni", edited and translated by Elisabeth M. C. Van Houts, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1995.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Battle of Hastings, Interpretations and Sources", edited by Stephen Morillo, The Boydell Press, 1996.

description: Norman monk

wikidata_label: William of Jumièges

wikipedia_title: William of Jumièges


text: French

text: architect

text: Jean-Nicolas Huyot

text: Louis-Hippolyte Lebas

text: Prix de Rome

text: Villa Medici

text: Palais de l'Alma

categories: Architects from Paris,19th-century French architects,1865 deaths,1818 births

paragraph: Jacques-Martin Tétaz

paragraph: Jacques-Martin Tétaz (6 March 1818 – 16 October 1865) was a French architect. He was admitted at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts where he was the student of Jean-Nicolas Huyot and Louis-Hippolyte Lebas. He was the recipient of the second architecture Prix de Rome in 1841. He was housed at the Villa Medici from 1844 to 1848.

paragraph: He is only known by the Palais de l'Alma, which was built between 1861 and 1864.

description: French architect

wikidata_label: Jacques-Martin Tétaz

wikipedia_title: Jacques-Martin Tétaz


text:
Liberal Democratic Party
House of Representatives
Tottori University
Nishinomiya
Japan Restoration Party
Next Generation Party
Sankei Shimbun
statue
Glendale
comfort women
Shiori Itō
Japanese Culture Channel Sakura
Koichi Sugiyama
Kyoko Nakayama
LGBT
suicide
Yukio Hatoyama

categories: Japanese war crime deniers,Politicians from Hyōgo Prefecture,Anti-Korean sentiment in Japan,Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians,Members of the House of Representatives (Japan),1967 births,Female members of the Diet of Japan,21st-century Japanese politicians

paragraph: Mio Sugita

paragraph: Mio Sugita (杉田 水脈 "Sugita Mio", born April 22, 1967) is a Japanese politician. Sugita is a member of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan and an incumbent member of the House of Representatives for the Proportional Chugoku Block.

paragraph: Section::::Early life and education.

paragraph: Sugita graduated from the Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University in 1990.

paragraph: She worked as a Nishinomiya government employee and member of the Japan Restoration Party and the Next Generation Party before becoming a member of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan.

paragraph: After unsuccessfully running in the 2014 election for the Hyogo Prefectural 6th District (garnering the fewest votes of any candidate) as a member of The Party for Japanese Kokoro, Sugita changed parties, joining the Liberal Democratic Party. She next ran for the Proportional Chugoku Block as an LDP member, and was made a representative of that Block by the LDP, without having to rely directly on a direct election.

paragraph: Sugita married at age 26. Her husband is an engineer. They have one child, a daughter.

paragraph: Section::::Political career.

paragraph: Section::::Political career.:Nurseries.

paragraph: In July 2016, Sugita wrote an article in the Sankei Shimbun opposing increases in the number of nurseries.

paragraph: Section::::Political career.:Comfort women.

paragraph: In 2013 Sugita joined fellow Japan Restoration Party members Yuzuru Nishida and Hiromu Nakamaru at the Study Group for Japan's Rebirth based in Los Angeles to request removal of a statue in Glendale, Los Angeles County, California. The statue commemorates as many as 200,000 "comfort women" from Korea and other countries "forced into sex slavery by Japanese soldiers during World War II". Statue opponents, including Sugita, said, "the women acted willingly" and that the numbers of them reported are inflated. The three politicians also stated that they wanted the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs to retract an apology made in the 1990s to comfort women.

paragraph: Section::::Political career.:Shiori Itō rape case.

paragraph: Sugita appeared in a 2018 BBC documentary "Japan's Secret Shame" which detailed the alleged rape of Shiori Itō. In the interview, Sugita was quoted as saying, "With this case, there were clear errors on her part as a woman; drinking that much in front of a man and losing her memory." She continued, "With things like this I think men are the ones who suffer significant damage.”

paragraph: Sugita appeared to deride Itō, ""Makura eigyo daishippai"" (Pillow salesmanship: total fail).

paragraph: When approached for comment about the documentary by the "Mainichi Shimbun", Sugita stated the video had been edited in a way that misrepresented her intentions and she was considering releasing her own footage of the interview.

paragraph: Sugita was criticized by Lully Miura, an instructor at the Policy Alternatives Research Institute at the University of Tokyo who wrote, "Behavior as if questioning the actions of the victim instead of the perpetrator will spread the misunderstanding that it cannot be helped if something happens to a woman when she gets drunk in front of a man. There seems to be a sense of dislike against women strongly speaking up to men that is embedded in Sugita's attitude."

paragraph: Section::::Political career.:LGBT issues.

paragraph: In 2015, Sugita made an appearance on the Japanese Culture Channel Sakura television program "Hi Izuru Kuni Yori" alongside music composer Koichi Sugiyama and fellow politician Kyoko Nakayama in which she claimed that there was no need for LGBT education in schools, dismissing concerns about high suicide rates among the community. In July 2018, Sugita wrote a magazine article that described LGBT couples as "unproductive" as they can not bear children and thus were not worth taxpayer investment. Her comments were denounced by various prominent Japanese politicians, including former Japanese prime minister Yukio Hatoyama, with thousands of protesters gathering outside the headquarters of the Liberal Democratic Party on July 27, 2018 to demand her resignation from the party. Two months later, a group of LGBT politicians and civil rights leaders demanded that she account for the comments.

description: Japanese politician

wikidata_label: Mio Sugita

wikipedia_title: Mio Sugita


text:
Houston, Texas
baseball
pitcher
Major League Baseball
Washington Nationals
University of Houston
Houston Cougars baseball
Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox
Cape Cod Baseball League
amateur draft
Arizona Diamondbacks
Tennessee Smokies
Southern League
win–loss record
earned run average
minor league
Matt Chico
Liván Hernández
Harrisburg Senators
Eastern League
losses
patella
Potomac Nationals
Gulf Coast Nationals
Peoria Javelinas
Arizona Fall League
Columbus Clippers
earned run
International League
Triple-A All-Star Game
Toronto Blue Jays
Boston Red Sox
Houston Astros
Pawtucket
Oklahoma City
Arizona Diamondbacks
Camp Wood, Texas
Humble, Texas

categories: People from Real County, Texas,Harrisburg Senators players,Gulf Coast Nationals players,Washington Nationals players,Houston Cougars baseball players,Grayson Vikings baseball players,Baseball players from Texas,Oklahoma City RedHawks players,Columbus Clippers players,Pawtucket Red Sox players,Tennessee Smokies players,Potomac Nationals players,Lancaster JetHawks players,Hagerstown Suns players,Major League Baseball pitchers,Living people,Reno Aces players,Peoria Javelinas players,Yakima Bears players,South Bend Silver Hawks players,Syracuse Chiefs players,1983 births,People from Humble, Texas

paragraph: Garrett Mock

paragraph: Garrett Lee Mock (born April 25, 1983 in Houston, Texas) is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Washington Nationals.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:Amateur career.

paragraph: Mock attended the University of Houston where he played as part of the Houston Cougars baseball team. He also played for the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox of the Cape Cod Baseball League.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:Arizona Diamondbacks.

paragraph: He was the first of his UH class to be selected in the 2004 amateur draft, being chosen by Arizona Diamondbacks in the third round.

paragraph: Mock began the 2006 season pitching for the Tennessee Smokies of the Double-A Southern League, where he accrued a 4–8 win–loss record and 4.95 earned run average (ERA) in 23 starts.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:Washington Nationals.

paragraph: On August 7, 2006, Mock was acquired by the Nationals along with fellow minor league pitcher Matt Chico in a trade for veteran right-handed pitcher Liván Hernández. After joining the Nationals organization, he pitched for the Harrisburg Senators of the Double-A Eastern League, compiling a 10.26 ERA in his first 4 starts, all losses. His 2006 season ended September 2, after undergoing surgery to repair a tear in the patella tendon of his knee.

paragraph: In 2007, Mock posted a win-loss record of 2–7 and an ERA of 5.12 in 15 appearances for the High Single-A Potomac Nationals, Rookie-Level Gulf Coast Nationals and Double-A Harrisburg Senators. During the 2007–2008 off-season, Mock pitched for the Peoria Javelinas of the Arizona Fall League. On October 23, 2007, Mock was added to the Nationals 40-man roster.

paragraph: In 2008, after starting the year with the Triple-A Columbus Clippers, Mock made his major league debut on June 8, giving up four earned runs in innings. Mock was selected for the International League roster at the 2008 Triple-A All-Star Game. On August 7, Mock was recalled by the Nationals from Columbus. He would spend most the rest of the season as a relief pitcher including a 1.93 ERA in the month of September.

paragraph: Mock had neck surgery in 2010 and was out most of the season.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:Boston Red Sox.

paragraph: The Toronto Blue Jays signed Mock to a minor league contract on December 1, 2011. Mock was later released from his contract with the Blue Jays during the week of February 17, 2012. On March 2, 2012, Mock signed a minor league deal with the Boston Red Sox with an invitation to their minor league camp.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:Houston Astros.

paragraph: On August 3, Mock was traded to the Houston Astros for future considerations. Mock was 3–2 with a 3.33 ERA and 5 saves in 35 appearances over innings with Triple-A Pawtucket before the trade. Mock pitched in 12 games with Triple-A Oklahoma City, striking out 15 over 13 innings.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:Return to the Diamondbacks organization.

paragraph: On November 7, 2012, Mock signed a minor-league deal with the Arizona Diamondbacks with an invitation to spring training.

paragraph: The Diamondbacks released him from his minor league contract on August 18, 2013.

paragraph: Section::::Personal.

paragraph: He resides in Camp Wood, Texas.

paragraph: He lives in Humble, Texas

description: American baseball player

wikidata_label: Garrett Mock

wikipedia_title: Garrett Mock


text:
German
Düsseldorf
engraver
Theodor Janssen
Academy
Karl Sohn
Bendemann
professor
Prussian Academy of Arts
Emil Hünten
Bremen
Berlin
Erfurt
Peter
Academy
Philadelphia
Bacchus
Munich
Karl Janssen

categories: German male painters,1908 deaths,Kunstakademie Düsseldorf alumni,1844 births,20th-century German painters,History painters,19th-century German painters

paragraph: Peter Janssen

paragraph: Johann Peter Theodor Janssen (1844–1908) was a German historical painter.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: He was born at Düsseldorf, son of the engraver Theodor Janssen (1817–1894), by whom he was first instructed before studying at the Academy under Karl Sohn and Bendemann. He is principally known through a series of decorative works whose monumental style and sound naturalism won him a reputation as one of the foremost historical painters of his time. He became professor at the Düsseldorf Academy in 1877 and its director in 1895, and was elected a member of the Prussian Academy of Arts in 1885. In Berlin he worked also for Emil Hünten. His more important mural paintings include:

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Colonization of the Baltic Coast" (1872), in the exchange at Bremen

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Myth of Promethus," in 12 compositions, in the second Cornelius Room of the National Gallery in Berlin

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Seven Momentous Episodes in the History of Erfurt" (1882), Town Hall, Erfurt

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Human Life," "Imagination," "Beauty," and "Nature," in the Aula of the Düsseldorf Academy

paragraph: Of his oil paintings, the "Denial of Peter" is in the Academy at Philadelphia; the "Infancy of Bacchus" (1882) excited great admiration at the International Exhibition in Munich; and "Walther Dodde and the Peasants of Berg before the Battle of Worringen, 1288" (Düsseldorf Gallery), a composition of great dramatic power, containing many life-size figures, was awarded the great gold medal in Berlin in 1893.

paragraph: He was the brother of sculptor Karl Janssen whose works include the monument to the Kaiser at Düsseldorf, and "Woman Hewing Stone," in the National Gallery, Berlin.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Homepage about (Johann) Peter (Theodor) Janssen 1844 - 1908

alias:
Johann Peter Theodor Janssen
Peter Johann Theodor Janssen
prof. peter joh. janssen
peter janssen

description: German artist

wikidata_label: Peter Janssen

wikipedia_title: Peter Janssen


text:
Shikoku
Awa Province
daimyō
Hachisuka clan
Confucian philosophy
Chinese classics
Kōyasan Shingon-shū
Mount Kōya
Kūkai
Maki Ryoko
Ichikawa Beian
Sanpitsu
Bakumatsu
Wang Xizhi

categories: 1863 deaths,1778 births,Japanese painters,People from Tokushima Prefecture

paragraph: Nukina Kaioku

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: was born on Shikoku in the Awa Province. Nukina Kaioku was born into a samurai family of hereditary archery instructors to the "daimyō" of the Hachisuka clan of the Awa Province. The typical samurai education included the martial arts, from which Kaioku's physical frailty exempted him, and Confucian philosophy, the Chinese classics, calligraphy and painting. He exhibited outstanding talent in calligraphy, and his uncle, who was a priest of the Kōyasan Shingon-shū on Mount Kōya, encouraged his interest in the writing style of Kūkai.

paragraph: Section::::Legacy and style.

paragraph: By the end of his life Kaioku was recognized both as one of the outstanding calligraphers of his time and as a scholar of Chinese writing styles. Along with Maki Ryoko and Ichikawa Beian, he was one of the renowned calligraphers in groups of three referred to as Sanpitsu, or "three brushes", during the Bakumatsu period (Bakumatsu no Sanpitsu). His mature calligraphy style was conservative and fairly faithful to the orthodox tradition of the 4th-century Chinese master Wang Xizhi. He was also versatile, and his calligraphy shows a solid mastery of the major modes of Kara-e (Chinese-style) writing.

alias:
Nukina Kaioku
Bokurin
Sūō Shigeru
Shūseido
Sūō
Hoshikushisha
Nukina Suo
Nukina Suuou

description: Japanese painter and calligrapher

wikidata_label: Nukina Sūō

wikipedia_title: Nukina Kaioku


text:
Wentworth, South Yorkshire
British
jockey
1,000 Guineas
2,000 Guineas
British Classics
Wentworth Park
Yorkshire
Marquess of Rockingham
shepherd
trainer
Newmarket
Duke of Dorset
Duke of Grafton
Duke of Portland
Waxy
Derby
Champion
St. Leger
Ditto
Oaks
Pelisse
Morel
1,000 Guineas
2,000 Guineas
Earl Fitzwilliam
Tiresias
Bury St. Edmunds
Great Britain
1,000 Guineas
Charlotte
Filly by Selim
2,000 Guineas
Wizard
Epsom Oaks
Pelisse
Morel
Epsom Derby
Waxy
Champion
Ditto
Whalebone
Tiresias
St. Leger
Paulina
Octavian

categories: British jockeys,1840 deaths,People from Yorkshire,1762 births

paragraph: Bill Clift

paragraph: William "Bill" Clift (1762-1840), born Wentworth, South Yorkshire, was a British jockey. He won the first runnings of both the 1,000 Guineas and 2,000 Guineas and was the first jockey to win all five of the British Classics.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Clift was born at Wentworth Park, Yorkshire, on the estate of the Marquess of Rockingham. As a young boy, he worked as a shepherd on the estate. His start in racing came during one of the Marquess's house parties, when the host decided to organise a pony race. As the race was short of riders, Clift was conscripted to ride for a Mr Fowlston. Clift won the race convincingly and Rockingham invited him to join his private stable, under the guidance of trainer Christopher Scaife. When Scaife moved the stable to Newmarket, Clift moved too.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: Clift rode for many wealthy patrons, including the Duke of Dorset, Duke of Grafton and Duke of Portland. His first Classic win came for Sir Ferdinand Poole on Waxy in the 1793 Derby. Seven years later, he got a second Derby win on Champion, although he missed the St. Leger win on the same horse. In 1803, he won a third Derby on Ditto. He won the first of two Oaks for the Duke of Grafton on Pelisse in 1804 and the second on Morel in 1808. Clift notably won the inaugural runnings of both the Newmarket Classics - the 1,000 Guineas and 2,000 Guineas. On both occasions he was riding for Christopher Wilson.

paragraph: He returned to his roots for his 1807 St. Leger victory, riding for the Earl Fitzwilliam, who had inherited the Wentworth estate from his uncle. It was also the only Classic he won for his old trainer, Christopher Scaife. He continued to ride on a retainer from the Earl, before later becoming trainer to him, with his son Thomas as assistant.

paragraph: His last classic came on Tiresias in 1819.

paragraph: On retirement, he had three pensions - £30 a year from the Earl Fitzwilliam, £50 a year from the Duke of Portland and £50 from Christopher Wilson. Aged 80, he would walk from Newmarket to Bury St. Edmunds and back, "just to give my legs a stretch".

paragraph: Section::::Riding style.

paragraph: Clift has been described as "a rider of singularly little polish... [who] punished his mounts severely and would race neck and neck form start to finish with anything else that wanted to make the running" He "doffed his cap to no man" and, once, when asked by the Duke of Dorset what he thought of the horse he had just ridden, he replied, "You see I won; that's enough for you!"

paragraph: Section::::Classic race victories.

paragraph: Great Britain

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1,000 Guineas - (2) - "Charlotte (1814), Filly by Selim (1815)"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2,000 Guineas - (2) - "Wizard (1809), Interpreter (1818)"

paragraph: BULLET::::- Epsom Oaks - (2) - "Pelisse (1804), Morel (1808)"

paragraph: BULLET::::- Epsom Derby - (5) - "Waxy (1793), Champion (1800), Ditto (1803), Whalebone (1810), Tiresias (1819)"

paragraph: BULLET::::- St. Leger - (2) - "Paulina (1807), Octavian (1810)"

wikidata_label: Bill Clift

wikipedia_title: Bill Clift


text:
Countess of Holland
Floris II, Count of Holland
County of Holland
minority
Dirk VI
Theodoric II, Duke of Lorraine
Hedwig of Formbach
Baldwin VII, Count of Flanders
Count of Flanders
Charles I
Floris the Black
Rijnsburg Abbey

categories: 1080s births,11th-century women,12th-century women rulers,1144 deaths,Burials at Rijnsburg Abbey,People of Lorrainian descent

paragraph: Petronilla of Lorraine

paragraph: Petronilla of Lorraine ( 1082 – 23 May 1144) was Countess of Holland by marriage to Floris II, Count of Holland, and regent of the County of Holland during the minority of her son Dirk VI in 1121-1129. She was a daughter of Theodoric II, Duke of Lorraine and Hedwig of Formbach.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Named after her maternal grandmother, she changed her name from Gertrude to Petronilla after her marriage in 1100.

paragraph: In 1121, after her husband's early death, she became regent for their son, Dirk VI. She is described as an ambitious and dominant regent who ruled with a "strong hand". In 1123-25, she gave military support to her brother the emperor in his struggle with his rival emperor Henry. After Baldwin VII, Count of Flanders died without heirs, she supported her son's claim to become Count of Flanders during the Flemish succession war of 1127, but Baldwin was eventually succeeded by Charles I.

paragraph: Her mandate as regent formally expired when her son reached maturity in 1129, but according to contemporary Egmond chronicle, she remained de facto regent until 1133.

paragraph: In the struggle for power between Dirk and his younger brother, Floris the Black in 1129-31, she supported the latter upon his first attempt. In 1131, however, she retracted her support and refused to support him.

paragraph: Petronilla founded Rijnsburg Abbey in 1133, where it seems that she retired from court and politics and spent the rest of her life. She was also buried there after her death in 1144.

paragraph: Section::::Issue.

paragraph: With Floris II she had the following children:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Dirk VI (c. 1115–1157)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Floris the Black

description: Countess of Holland

wikidata_label: Gertrud of Lorraine

wikipedia_title: Petronilla of Lorraine


text:
Newcastle upon Tyne
Methodist Ladies' College
National Gallery
Bernard Hall
Frederick McCubbin
John Mather
Royal Academy
Beaux Arts Gallery
Australia House

categories: 1946 deaths,20th-century women artists,Artists from Newcastle upon Tyne,Artists from Melbourne,Australian painters,British artists,1883 births

paragraph: Dora Wilson

paragraph: Dora Lynnell Wilson (31 August 1883 - 21 November 1946) was a British-born Australian artist, best known in her adopted country of Australia for her etchings and street scenes.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Dora Lynnell Wilson was born on 31 August 1883 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Her parents were James Wilson, agent, and Annie Maria, née Green. The family emigrated to the state of Victoria in Australia in 1884, when Dora was a year old.

paragraph: Section::::Education.

paragraph: Wilson was educated at Somerset School and Methodist Ladies' College in Melbourne. From 1901-1906 she studied at the National Gallery under Bernard Hall and Frederick McCubbin. She also took lessons from John Mather.

paragraph: Section::::Artistic career.

paragraph: Wilson was best known for her etchings, pastels and oils of still lifes and nudes. Her work was praised for her 'strong sense of colour' but also critiqued for demonstrating a 'chocolate box prettiness'.

paragraph: Her work was included in a number of notable exhibitions, including the Australian Exhibition of Women's Work in Melbourne, a Royal Academy exhibition of Australian art in London. In 1923 her work, 'Reve d'Or', was reproduced on the cover of "Women's World".

paragraph: From the 1920s onwards she concentrated largely on street scenes, and in 1923 she was commissioned by Sir Baldwin Spencer to undertake a series of paintings of European landmarks, which saw her travelling around Europe for over two years, accompanied by the photographer Pegg Clarke. In 1928 these works were exhibited at the Beaux Arts Gallery, London, and the following year at Australia House. In the early 1930s she focused on historical scenes from Melbourne's history, with an exhibition entitltled 'Milestones of Melbourne' held at the Fine Art Society Gallery in March 1935.

paragraph: Section::::Death.

paragraph: Wilson died of cancer on 21 November 1946 and was cremated at Springvale Cemetery, Melbourne.

alias:
Dora Lynnell Wilson
Dora Wilson
Dora Lynell A. Wilson

description: British painter

wikidata_label: Dora Wilson

wikipedia_title: Dora Wilson


text:
JCL
Poi Island
West New Britain
Papua New Guinea
East New Britain
Saint Paul University
Diocese of Vanimo

categories: 1962 births,Papua New Guinean Roman Catholic bishops,Living people

paragraph: Francis Meli (bishop)

paragraph: Francis Meli JCL was born on July 21, 1962 in Poi Island, West New Britain, Papua New Guinea to his parents Anthon Wale and Anna Aisiga. His early education started in 1972 on Poi Island at St. Leo Primary School Sasavoru. In 1978, Francis Meli attended Kimbe Provincial High School and in 1981 he went on to the St. Peter Channel College, East New Britain. From 1985 to 1990 he attended the Holy Spirit Seminary at Bomana. Education has brought Francis Meli to various parts of the world including Saint Paul University in Canada. On November 24, 1991, Francis Meli entered priesthood and has served mostly in East New Britain Province.

paragraph: Section::::Bishop.

paragraph: Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of bishop Cesare Bonivento of the Diocese of Vanimo for having reached the age limit. As the new diocesan bishop was appointed Father Francis Meli.

wikidata_label: Francis Meli

wikipedia_title: Francis Meli (bishop)


text: Jacobite

text: privateer

text: James II of England

text: James III

text: Battle of Preston

text: Lars

text: Ingela Gathenhielm

text: Gothenburg

text: Abbé du Bois

text: General Dillon

text: Duke of Mar

text: King Charles XII

text: King Frederick I

text: Madagascar

text: Ile Ste.-Marie

text: Peter the Great

text: Adam Baldridge

text: Abraham Samuel

text: James Plaintain

categories: 1758 deaths,People executed for piracy,Pirates,Privateers,18th-century pirates,English pirates

paragraph: John Norcross

paragraph: John Norcross (1688–1758, last name occasionally Northcross) was an English Jacobite pirate and privateer who sailed in service to Sweden.

paragraph: Section::::History.

paragraph: Norcross was born in Liverpool in 1688 and eventually served in the Royal Navy. As a Jacobite, he supported the deposed James II of England and his erstwhile successor James III (James Stuart), and was present at the Battle of Preston in 1715 when Jacobite forces were crushed. He fled England and was taken in by Swedish pirate lords Lars and Ingela Gathenhielm. They sent him to France in 1716 where he met fellow Jacobite exiles.

paragraph: Norcross captained his own 4-gun privateer vessel for the Swedish, in which he captured the English trading vessel "Alexander" in October 1717. Before sailing back to Gothenburg he put into port in France where he was captured. His crew attempted to sail away without him but were overcome by their prisoners who escaped in the "Alexander". The French sent Norcross back to England to stand trial but he was released (or escaped) with the intervention of the Abbé du Bois. General Dillon wrote of Norcross to the Duke of Mar in 1718:

paragraph: “I am pretty well acquainted with Mr. Norcross. He has been here about 6 weeks ago, after making his escape from Dunkirk, where he was seized by orders. He appears to be an unsettled, scatter-brained fellow, and in my opinion, there can be no great reliance on proposals that come from him. He seems, however, very zealous for the King's service. When you have occasion for a pirate, he may be of use, excelling in that noble calling, and, I am told, being a good seaman.”

paragraph: A priest wrote to the Duke of Mar at the same time describing him as "a mad fellow such as Northcross." Norcross himself wrote to the exiled “Old Pretender” James Stuart expressing his desire to serve the would-be King.

paragraph: Sweden’s King Charles XII died that December, and Norcross was arrested when it came to light that he had been seizing vessels outside the bounds of his privateering commission. He was sentenced to death in 1719 but fled; captured in Paris, he was released and pardoned by Sweden’s King Frederick I. Norcross served Sweden for a time, acting as an agent in their attempts to establish a trading post on Madagascar by pardoning the pirates present at Ile Ste.-Marie. He obtained a pardon for the pirates from Peter the Great of Russia, though the agreement fell apart before Sweden or Russia could take advantage of the opportunity.

paragraph: Norcross continued to advise the Swedish for several years. In 1727 he was captured and tried by Danish authorities. Convicted of a number of crimes, he was sentenced to life in prison. He was released from solitary confinement in 1745 but was confined to castle grounds, where he died in 1758.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Adam Baldridge, Abraham Samuel, and James Plaintain - three ex-pirates who established trading posts on or near Madagascar, with whose successors the Swedish had hoped to make deals.

paragraph: Section::::Further reading.

paragraph: BULLET::::- King Charles XII of Sweden and the Jacobite Pirates of Madagascar by Rikard Drakenlordh (2017)

description: English pirate

wikidata_label: John Norcross

wikipedia_title: John Norcross


text: Saudi Arabian

text: House of Saud

text: Al Jawhara bint Ibrahim Al Ibrahim

text: King Saud University

text: King Fahd

text: Switzerland

text: Saudi Arabia

text: Saudi Oger

text: Saudi Arabia

text: Rafik Hariri

text: King Fahd

text: As'ad Abu Khalil

text: California State University Stanislaus

text: The Angry Arab News Service

text: Lebanon

text: Saad Hariri

text: MBC

text: Waleed bin Ibrahim al Ibrahim

text: al Arabiya

text: New York Supreme Court

text: BP

text: BAE Systems

text: Manhattan

text: New York

text: The Daily Telegraph

text: Kensington Palace Gardens

text: King Abdullah

text: Crown Prince Nayef

text: Kensington

text: Alhambra

text: Riyadh

text: Jeddah

text: Beverly Hills, California

text: Sultan bin Abdulaziz

text: Mishaal bin Abdulaziz

text: Boeing 777

text: Boeing 737 Business Jet

text: Canadair Challenger

text: death squad

text: Nawaf bin Faisal

text: House of Saud Profile

text: Twitter Account

categories: Government ministers of Saudi Arabia,King Saud University alumni,Saudi Arabian businesspeople,Living people,1973 births

paragraph: Abdul Aziz bin Fahd

paragraph: Abdul Aziz bin Fahd () is a Saudi Arabian Prince and member of the Royal House of Saud.

paragraph: Section::::Early life and education.

paragraph: His mother is Al Jawhara bint Ibrahim Al Ibrahim, belonging to the wealthy Al Ibrahim family.

paragraph: Abdul Aziz bin Fahd received a bachelor of arts degree in administrative sciences from King Saud University.

paragraph: Section::::Professional experience.

paragraph: Prince Abdul Aziz was first appointed as minister of state without portfolio in May 1998. Then, he was made head of the Office of the Council of Ministers in January 2000, when he was 28 years old. It was reported that after King Fahd's death, he began to live in Switzerland and came to Saudi Arabia to participate in the meetings of the Council of Ministers.

paragraph: On 26 June 2011, he was relieved from his position as head of the court of Cabinet affairs by a royal decree. It was declared that he resigned from his posts of minister of State and member of the Council of Ministers at his own request in June 2011.

paragraph: Section::::Business activities.

paragraph: His ties with Saudi Oger were well known in Saudi Arabia. The company was founded by Rafik Hariri, who built Saudi Oger into a large company with the assistance of King Fahd. Hariri said ‘The meat on my shoulder is from King Fahd,’ according to As'ad Abu Khalil, a professor of political science at California State University Stanislaus, who has written several books and runs the blog The Angry Arab News Service. Hariri, also a former prime minister of Lebanon, was assassinated in 2005. His son, Saad Hariri, took over Saudi Oger and became Lebanon’s prime minister for 14 months before he was ousted in 2011. Saad Hariri and Prince Abdul Aziz are known to be close.

paragraph: Abdul Aziz bin Fahd owned fifty percent of the MBC, of which the remainder is owned by his maternal uncle Waleed bin Ibrahim al Ibrahim. It is reported that Prince Abdul Aziz dealt with both the profits and the ideology of MBC Channels, including al Arabiya.

paragraph: It emerged in a New York Supreme Court affidavit that he was the secret owner of a $1 billion property portfolio in the US which owns the American headquarters of the oil giant BP and the defence contractor BAE Systems. In January 2002 The Daily Telegraph newspaper valued the portfolio at £4 billion. The affidavit, which was subsequently partially sealed by the judge but had already become available on internet blogs stated that the properties were being managed by a group which included Sheikh Majid Al Ibrahim, Prince’s maternal uncle, and that total control of the portfolio was ultimately seized by Interventure Capital Group and Interventure Advisers, both of Manhattan, New York. According to a press release issued by Hyatt Hotels Corporation, Interventure Capital Group is run by Jaber Al Ibrahim and is an adviser to Naseel Holding Company, the Al Ibrahim family investment vehicle chaired by Sheikh Majid Al Ibrahim.

paragraph: According to a report in "The Daily Telegraph" in October 2010, Interventure Capital Group is also behind another major portfolio of properties which had been controlled by a UK-based company, StratREAL. Assets purchased by StratREAL on behalf of Prince Abdul Aziz bin Fahd included Fifth Street Towers, a Minneapolis office complex, for $294 million in 2007. In May 2012, following a foreclosure on the complex for mortgage default, Fifth Street Towers was sold at a sheriff's auction for $1 over the outstanding debt of $110 million.

paragraph: A mansion at 5 Palace Green, on London's Kensington Palace Gardens (nicknamed "Billionaires' Row"), was reported to be being offered for sale by Abdul Aziz in July 2013 for £100 million.

paragraph: Section::::Alliances.

paragraph: Abdul Aziz bin Fahd was previously one of King Abdullah's closest aides. However, later, he seemed to have had a falling out with the monarch and to have been close to his uncle, the late Crown Prince Nayef.

paragraph: Section::::Fortune.

paragraph: Abdul Aziz received exactly half of all profits of the successful Middle East Broadcasting Corporation (MBC). He had a number of palaces in Saudi Arabia and around various other parts of the world which have cost over $2 billion which include:

paragraph: BULLET::::- London Mansion on the Billionaire's row in Kensington, now for sale at £100 million.

paragraph: BULLET::::- A very large private stately residential complex with the replica of Alhambra and several other famous forts set within well maintained splendid gardens covering an area of 134 acres in the exclusive area overlooking Wadi Hanifa in Riyadh.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Massive farm near Janadriya covering an area of 715 acres or about 2.89 square kilometers at the northern outskirts of Riyadh. Satellite photos reveal large swimming pools, luxury tents and its own water and sewage treatment facility set within a large date farm.

paragraph: BULLET::::- In Jeddah he has several palaces with private yacht berths and each palace has more than twenty guest houses .

paragraph: In addition, he reportedly owned "the Pyramid House" on Hillcrest Road in Beverly Hills, California.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: Abdul Aziz bin Fahd married Al Anoud bint Faisal Al Saud in December 2010. His wife is a granddaughter of late Sultan bin Abdulaziz and of Mishaal bin Abdulaziz.

paragraph: He dealt with camel racing in Saudi Arabia. His camels won the race organized in the Janadriyah festival in 2011.

paragraph: The Prince owns a Boeing 777, a Boeing 737 Business Jet and a Canadair Challenger which uses frequently for pleasure travel.

paragraph: Section::::2017 purge.

paragraph: Before he was himself purged, he was used in the kidnapping of Sultan bin Turki II bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.

paragraph: Section::::Fate.

paragraph: The fate of Prince Abdul Aziz bin Fahd is uncertain. There were rumors that Abdul Aziz, age 44, was killed by a death squad while resisting arrest, but the Saudi information ministry released a statement saying that the prince was "alive and well." A year later, Prince Nawaf bin Faisal tweeted a video showing that Abdul Aziz bin Fahd is still alive.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- House of Saud Profile

paragraph: BULLET::::- Twitter Account

description: Member of House of Saud

wikidata_label: Abdul Aziz bin Fahad

wikipedia_title: Abdul Aziz bin Fahd


text: first colonial governor

text: Province of Maine

text: Ferdinando Gorges

text: Plymouth

text: Plymouth Council for New England

text: George Cleeve

text: Edward Godfrey

text: Keynsham

text: interment

categories: 1605 births,1658 deaths,Governors of Maine

paragraph: William Gorges

paragraph: William Gorges (January 1605 – February 1658) was a soldier and the first colonial governor of the Province of Maine.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.:Early years.

paragraph: Born in January 1605, Gorges was son of Sir Edward and Dorothy Speke Gorges, and nephew of Sir Edward's younger brother, Sir Ferdinando Gorges. Although he was married twice, no details are known and there are no recorded children.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.:Career.

paragraph: Gorges first served his uncle Sir Ferdinando as a lieutenant at Plymouth Fort. He was then appointed as Governor of the Province for New Somersetshire, a grant Sir Ferdinando obtained from the Plymouth Council for New England when its territories were divided up in 1635. William Gorges went to New England in 1636 with other settlers, including "craftsmen for the building of houses and erecting of saw-mills," as well as cattle for a private plantation to be established for his uncle.

paragraph: William Gorges became embroiled in a dispute with George Cleeve, a cantankerous early settler, who departed for England, where he voiced his complaints to Sir Ferdinando, who then recalled his nephew in 1637. Sir Ferdinando later regretted this action, saying that Cleeve had deceived him. The result was that this effort to impose formal government and thereby further his private interests failed. Once back in England, William Gorges wrote that he had been "disappointed of my . . . voyage." What he did next is not clear.

paragraph: The death of the proprietor of the province, Sir Ferdinando, occurring in 1647, and nothing being heard from Governor William Gorges, the inhabitants of Kittery, Gorgeana, Wells, and probably the Isle of Shoals, met in convention at Gorgeana, and formed themselves into a confederacy for mutual protection and just administration of the government, and Edward Godfrey, one of Governor Gorges' councilors, was chosen governor.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.:Later years.

paragraph: Gorges died in February 1658 in Keynsham, England, and the location of his interment is unknown.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Edward Godfrey: His Life, Letters, and Public Services, 1584-1664

wikidata_label: William Gorges

wikipedia_title: William Gorges