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Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy

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Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy (25 January 1780 – 8 January 1854) was a clockmaker, active in 18th and 19th century Britain. [1]

38 relations: Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland, Benjamin Vulliamy, Blanche Georgiana Vulliamy, Church of St Philip and St James, Norton St Philip, Clockmaker, Earl of Lonsdale, General Post Office, London, George John Vulliamy, Gopsall, Holy Trinity Church, Adelaide, Horse Guards (building), Institution of Civil Engineers, Lancashire Evening Post, Northampton Mercury, Pall Mall, London, Rees's Cyclopædia, Repeater (horology), Royal Archaeological Institute, Royal Astronomical Society, Royal Pavilion, Royal William Victualling Yard, Society of Antiquaries of London, Somerleyton Hall, St James' Church, Louth, St John's Church, Stratford, St Luke's Church, West Norwood, St Michael's Church, Basingstoke, St. Martin's Le Grand, St. Paul's Cathedral, Kolkata, Stamford Mercury, The Daily News (UK), The Morning Chronicle, The Morning Post, Thomas Tompion, Tom Tower, Vulliamy family, Windsor Castle, Worshipful Company of Clockmakers.

Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland

Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland (– 9 October 1709), more often known by her maiden name Barbara Villiers or her title of Countess of Castlemaine, was an English royal mistress of the Villiers family and perhaps the most notorious of the many mistresses of King Charles II of England, by whom she had five children, all of them acknowledged and subsequently ennobled.

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Benjamin Vulliamy

Benjamin Vulliamy (1747 – 31 December 1811), was a clockmaker responsible for building the Regulator Clock, which, between 1780 and 1884, was the official regulator of time in London.

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Blanche Georgiana Vulliamy

Blanche Georgiana Vulliamy (1869 – 4 August 1923) was an English ceramic artist, painter, and writer.

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Church of St Philip and St James, Norton St Philip

The Church of St Philip and St James in Norton St Philip within the English county of Somerset is a Grade II* listed building.

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Clockmaker

A clockmaker is an artisan who makes and/or repairs clocks.

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Earl of Lonsdale

Earl of Lonsdale is a title that has been created twice in British history, firstly in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1784 (becoming extinct in 1802), and then in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1807, both times for members of the Lowther family.

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General Post Office, London

The General Post Office in St. Martin's Le Grand (later known as GPO East) was the main post office for London between 1829 and 1910, the headquarters of the General Post Office of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and England's first purpose-built post office.

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George John Vulliamy

George John Vulliamy (1817–1886) was an English architect who designed some buildings in Victoria Street London, several fire-brigade stations, the pedestal and sphinxes for Cleopatra's Needle on the Thames Embankment, and the sturgeon lamp posts (colloquially "dolphin lamp posts") that line the embankment.

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Gopsall

Gopsall (or Gopsall Park) is an area of Crown Estate land in Hinckley and Bosworth, England.

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Holy Trinity Church, Adelaide

Trinity City (also known as Holy Trinity Church Adelaide, and originally named Trinity Church), is an evangelical Anglican church located at 88 North Terrace, in the city of Adelaide, South Australia.

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Horse Guards (building)

Horse Guards is a historic building in the City of Westminster, London, between Whitehall and Horse Guards Parade.

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Institution of Civil Engineers

The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) is an independent professional association for civil engineers and a charitable body in the United Kingdom.

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Lancashire Evening Post

The Lancashire Evening Post is a daily newspaper based in Fulwood, a suburb of the city of Preston, Lancashire, England.

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Northampton Mercury

The Northampton Mercury was an English newspaper founded in 1720.

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Pall Mall, London

Pall Mall is a street in the St James's area of the City of Westminster, Central London.

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Rees's Cyclopædia

Rees's Cyclopædia, in full The Cyclopædia; or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature was an important 19th-century British encyclopædia edited by Rev.

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Repeater (horology)

A repeater is a complication in a mechanical watch or clock that audibly chimes the hours and often minutes at the press of a button.

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Royal Archaeological Institute

The Royal Archaeological Institute (RAI) is a learned society, established in 1844, with interests in all aspects of the archaeological, architectural and landscape history of the British Isles.

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Royal Astronomical Society

The Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) is a learned society that began as the Astronomical Society of London in 1820 to support astronomical research (mainly carried on at the time by 'gentleman astronomers' rather than professionals).

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Royal Pavilion

The Royal Pavilion, also known as the Brighton Pavilion, is a Grade I listed former royal residence located in Brighton, England.

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Royal William Victualling Yard

The Royal William Victualling Yard in Stonehouse, a suburb of Plymouth, England, was the major victualling depot of the Royal Navy and an important adjunct of Devonport Dockyard.

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Society of Antiquaries of London

The Society of Antiquaries of London (SAL) is a learned society "charged by its Royal Charter of 1751 with 'the encouragement, advancement and furtherance of the study and knowledge of the antiquities and history of this and other countries'." It is based at Burlington House, Piccadilly, London (a building owned by the UK government), and is a registered charity.

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Somerleyton Hall

Somerleyton Hall is a country house in the village of Somerleyton near Lowestoft, Suffolk, England.

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St James' Church, Louth

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St John's Church, Stratford

St John's Church or the Church of Saint John the Evangelist is the main parish church in Stratford, London, standing on Stratford Broadway, the main thoroughfare.

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St Luke's Church, West Norwood

St Luke's Church in West Norwood is an Anglican church that worships in a Grade II* listed building, It stands on a prominent triangular site at the south end of Norwood Road, where the highway forks to become Knights Hill and Norwood High Street.

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St Michael's Church, Basingstoke

St Michael's Church is a notable Anglican parish church in Basingstoke, Hampshire, England.

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St. Martin's Le Grand

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St. Paul's Cathedral, Kolkata

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Stamford Mercury

The Stamford Mercury (also the Lincoln, Rutland and Stamford Mercury, the Rutland and Stamford Mercury, and the Rutland Mercury) based in Stamford, claims to be "Britain's oldest continuously published newspaper title".

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The Daily News (UK)

The Daily News was a national daily newspaper in the United Kingdom.

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The Morning Chronicle

The Morning Chronicle was a newspaper founded in 1769 in London, England, and published under various owners until 1862, when its publication was suspended, with two subsequent attempts at continued publication.

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The Morning Post

The Morning Post was a conservative daily newspaper published in London from 1772 to 1937, when it was acquired by The Daily Telegraph.

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Thomas Tompion

Thomas Tompion (1639–1713) was an English clockmaker, watchmaker and mechanician who is still regarded to this day as the Father of English Clockmaking.

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Tom Tower

Tom Tower is a bell tower in Oxford, England, named for its bell, Great Tom.

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Vulliamy family

The Vulliamy family originated in Switzerland, they were notable as clockmakers in 18th and 19th century Britain, and as architects in the 19th and 20th century.

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Windsor Castle

Windsor Castle is a royal residence at Windsor in the English county of Berkshire.

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Worshipful Company of Clockmakers

The Worshipful Company of Clockmakers is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Lewis_Vulliamy

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