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Charles William Lancaster

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Charles William Lancaster (1820–1878) was an English gun maker and improver of rifles and cannon. [1]

22 relations: Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Bond Street, Cape of Good Hope, Charles William Lancaster, Crimean War, England, Hythe, Kent, John Hughes (businessman), Lancaster pistol, London, Martini–Henry, Northamptonshire, Old Stratford, Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own), Royal Arsenal, Royal Engineers, Shoeburyness, The Great Exhibition, War Office, Woolwich, York Street, 68-Pounder Lancaster gun.

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, (1 May 1769 – 14 September 1852) was an Anglo-Irish soldier and statesman who was one of the leading military and political figures of 19th-century Britain, serving twice as Prime Minister.

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Bond Street

Bond Street is a major shopping street in the West End of London.

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Cape of Good Hope

The Cape of Good Hope (Kaap die Goeie Hoop, Kaap de Goede Hoop, Cabo da Boa Esperança) is a rocky headland on the Atlantic coast of the Cape Peninsula, South Africa.

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Charles William Lancaster

Charles William Lancaster (1820–1878) was an English gun maker and improver of rifles and cannon.

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Crimean War

The Crimean War (or translation) was a military conflict fought from October 1853 to February 1856 in which the Russian Empire lost to an alliance of the Ottoman Empire, France, Britain and Sardinia.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Hythe, Kent

Hythe is a small coastal market town on the edge of Romney Marsh, in the district of Folkestone and Hythe on the south coast of Kent.

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John Hughes (businessman)

John James Hughes (1814 – 17 June 1889) was a Welsh engineer, businessman and founder of the city of Donetsk.

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Lancaster pistol

The Lancaster Pistol was a multi-barrelled (either 2 or 4 barrels) handgun produced in England in the mid-late 19th century, chambered in a variety of centrefire pistol calibres—chiefly.38 S&W,.450 Adams,.455 Webley, and.577 inch.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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Martini–Henry

The Martini–Henry is a breech-loading single-shot lever-actuated rifle that was used by the British Army.

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Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire (abbreviated Northants.), archaically known as the County of Northampton, is a county in the East Midlands of England.

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Old Stratford

Old Stratford is a village in the south of the English county of Northamptonshire.

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Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own)

The Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) was an infantry rifle regiment of the British Army formed in January 1800 as the "Experimental Corps of Riflemen" to provide sharpshooters, scouts, and skirmishers.

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Royal Arsenal

The Royal Arsenal, Woolwich carried out armaments manufacture, ammunition proofing, and explosives research for the British armed forces at a site on the south bank of the River Thames in Woolwich in south-east London, England, United Kingdom.

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Royal Engineers

The Corps of Royal Engineers, usually just called the Royal Engineers (RE), and commonly known as the Sappers, is one of the corps of the British Army.

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Shoeburyness

Shoeburyness (also called Shoebury) is a town in southeast Essex, England, at the mouth of the Thames Estuary.

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The Great Exhibition

The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations or The Great Exhibition, sometimes referred to as the Crystal Palace Exhibition in reference to the temporary structure in which it was held, was an international exhibition that took place in Hyde Park, London, from 1 May to 15 October 1851.

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War Office

The War Office was a department of the British Government responsible for the administration of the British Army between 1857 and 1964, when its functions were transferred to the Ministry of Defence.

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Woolwich

Woolwich is a district of south-east London, England, within the Royal Borough of Greenwich.

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York Street

York Street, currently styled as The Jakemans Stadium for sponsorship purposes, is a football stadium in Boston, England, and is the home ground of Boston United.

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68-Pounder Lancaster gun

68-Pounder Lancaster guns were a British rifled muzzle-loading cannon of the 1850s that fired a 68-pound shell.

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Charles Lancaster (gunmaker), Charles Lancaster (gunsmith), Charles W. Lancaster.

References

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

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