1) Derby ware. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Derby ware, (darŽbe) (KEY) , English china produced at Derby since about 1750, when William Duesbury opened a pottery there. The china was close in style to contemporary... 2) Derby, Elias Hasket. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Derby, Elias Hasket, (durŽbe) (KEY) , 1739-99, American merchant, b. Salem, Mass. He inherited the considerable wealth and maritime business that his father, Richard... 3) Derby, English horse race. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Derby, English horse race, (darŽbe) (KEY) , English horse race, instituted (1780) by the 12th earl of Derby and held annually at Epsom Downs, near London. The race... 4) Beaufort, Margaret, countess of Richmond and Derby. The Columbia
Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Beaufort, Margaret, countess of Richmond and Derby, (boŽfrt, darŽbe) (KEY) , 1443-1509, English noblewoman, mother of Henry VII. She was the daughter and heiress... 5) Richmond and Derby, Margaret Beaufort, countess of. The Columbia
Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Richmond and Derby, Margaret Beaufort, countess of, see Beaufort, Margaret.... 6) Derby, city and district, England. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth
Edition. 2001 ...Derby, city and district, England, (darŽbe, durŽ-) (KEY) , city (1991 pop. 218,026) and district, county seat of Derbyshire, central England, on the Derwent River.... 7) Derby, city, United States. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Derby, city, United States, (durŽbe) (KEY) , city (1990 pop. 12,199), New Haven co., SW Conn., at the confluence of the Naugatuck and Housatonic rivers, opposite... 8) Derby, Edward George Geoffrey Smith Stanley, 14th earl of. The Columbia
Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Derby, Edward George Geoffrey Smith Stanley, 14th earl of, (darŽbe) (KEY) , 1799-1869, British statesman. Although a Whig, he entered (1827) government as George... 9) Stanley, Thomas. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Stanley, Thomas, see Derby, Thomas Stanley, 1st earl of.... 10) Stanley, James. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Stanley, James, see Derby, James Stanley, 7th earl of.... |