History of Portsmouth - England, its people and famous events Hello, my name is Paul Hussey and I was born in Portsmouth - England in 1961.
The history of Portsmouth is mixed with the history of the Majesty of Portsmouth's naval base that stretches almost two thousand years. The time when the Romans first recognized its strategic importance and built the fort "Portus Adurni", and now home to 80% of the surface area of the royal fleet.
So many famous events and people were so born, lived and worked in Portsmouth over the centuries, I thought it would be a good idea to tell his story and some of the famous people in history '.
The last person to be tried as a witch was Ms. Duncan, a Scot who traveled the country holding meetings, was one of the best known mediums Britain, Winston Churchill deemed numbering and George VI among her clients when she was arrested in January 1944 by two naval officers at a meeting in Portsmouth. The military authorities, secretly preparing for the landing day, then in a state of paranoia, were alarmed by reports that she had disclosed - allegedly through contacts with the spirit world - the sinking of two British warships long before they become public. The most serious disclosure came when she told the parents of a missing sailor that his ship, HMS Barham, had sunk. It is true, but news of the tragedy had been suppressed to preserve morale.
Desperate to silence the apparent leak state secrets, the authorities charged Ms. Duncan of conspiracy, fraud and witchcraft under a law dating from 1735 - the first charge as in more than a century. At trial, the Black Magic "allegations blocked, and was jailed for nine months in the women's prison in Holloway, north London. Churchill, then prime minister, visited him in prison and has denounced his conviction as "antics". In 1951, he repealed the Act 200 years, but his conviction was.
Buckingham, George Villiers, first Duke of (vil'yurz, bÅk'ing-um) [key], 1592-1628, English courtier and favorite of the king.
While organizing a second campaign, he was stabbed and killed in Portsmouth 23 August 1628 by John Felton, an army officer who was wounded in the military adventure earlier. Felton was hanged in November and Buckingham was buried in Westminster Abbey. His tomb bears a Latin inscription of the translation: "The riddle of the world" and has also been one of the most rewarded royal courtiers in all history.
The romantic aspects of his career is largely the Duke in the historical novel Alexandre Dumas, The Three Musketeers. The Duke of Buckingham died leaving his wife Katherine Manners, daughter Mary and son George, 1628.
Admiral Lord George Anson (April 23. 1697-1762)
George Anson, 1st Baron Anson was a British admiral and a wealthy aristocrat, noted for his circumnavigation of the globe.
Toured the world between 1740-1744 on HMS Centurion and reduced the value of £ 500,000 pounds of gold (cash equivalent of £ 250 million today!) As booty from Spanish South America .
Jonas Hanway (1712-1786)
Born in Portsmouth and Pioneer Umbrella.
English traveler and philanthropist, was born in Portsmouth in 1712. While still a child, his father, a victual, has died, the family moved to London. In 172 9 Jonas was apprenticed to a merchant in Lisbon. In 1743, after some time in the business for himself in London, he became a partner with Mr Dingley, a merchant in St. Petersburg, and in this way was induced to travel to Russia and Persia . Departure from St. Petersburg September 10, 1743, and passing south of Moscow, Astrakhan and Tsaritsyn, he embarked on the Caspian Sea on November 22.
Posted on September 2, 2010.
