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Ross McWhirter

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Alan Ross McWhirter (12 August 1925 – 27 November 1975) was, with his twin brother, Norris, the co-founder of The Guinness Book of Records and a contributor to Record Breakers. [1]

43 relations: Activism, Alpes-Maritimes, Balcombe Street siege, BBC, BBC News, Bush Hill Park, Chase Farm Hospital, Christopher Chataway, Conservative Party (UK), Edmonton (UK Parliament constituency), Fleet Street, French Rugby Federation, Glasgow, Good Friday Agreement, Gordon Hill, London, Guinness, Guinness World Records, Hugh Beaver, Hugh Doherty (Irish republican), IRA Army Council, Irish migration to Great Britain, John Gouriet, London, Marlborough College, Menton, Middlesex, Minesweeper, N postcode area, Norris McWhirter, Northcliffe Media, Provisional Irish Republican Army, Record Breakers, Royal Naval Reserve, Sub-lieutenant, The Daily Telegraph, The Freedom Association, The Guardian, The Washington Post, Trinity College, Oxford, Volunteer (Irish republican), William Webb Ellis, Winchmore Hill, .357 Magnum.

Activism

Activism consists of efforts to promote, impede, or direct social, political, economic, or environmental reform or stasis with the desire to make improvements in society.

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Alpes-Maritimes

Alpes-Maritimes (Aups Maritims; Alpi Marittime) is a department of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in the extreme southeast corner of France.

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Balcombe Street siege

The Balcombe Street siege was an incident involving members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) and the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) of London lasting from 6 to 12 December 1975.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster.

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BBC News

BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs.

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Bush Hill Park

Bush Hill Park is a locality within the London Borough of Enfield.

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Chase Farm Hospital

Chase Farm Hospital is a hospital in Gordon Hill, near Enfield, north London, run by the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust as part of the British National Health Service.

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Christopher Chataway

Sir Christopher John Chataway (31 January 1931 – 19 January 2014), often known as Chris Chataway, was a British middle- and long-distance runner, television news broadcaster, and Conservative politician.

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Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative Party, officially the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom.

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Edmonton (UK Parliament constituency)

Edmonton is a constituency in Greater London, created in 1918 and represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Kate Osamor of the Labour Party and the Co-operative Party.

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Fleet Street

Fleet Street is a major street in the City of London.

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French Rugby Federation

The French Rugby Federation (Fédération Française de Rugby (FFR)) is the governing body for rugby union in France.

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Glasgow

Glasgow (Glesga; Glaschu) is the largest city in Scotland, and third most populous in the United Kingdom.

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Good Friday Agreement

The Good Friday Agreement (GFA) or Belfast Agreement (Comhaontú Aoine an Chéasta or Comhaontú Bhéal Feirste; Ulster-Scots: Guid Friday Greeance or Bilfawst Greeance) was a major political development in the Northern Ireland peace process of the 1990s.

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Gordon Hill, London

Gordon Hill is both a road and an area located in the London Borough of Enfield, London, United Kingdom.

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Guinness

Guinness is an Irish dry stout that originated in the brewery of Arthur Guinness (1725–1803) at St. James's Gate brewery in the capital city of Dublin, Ireland.

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Guinness World Records

Guinness World Records, known from its inception in 1955 until 2000 as The Guinness Book of Records and in previous United States editions as The Guinness Book of World Records, is a reference book published annually, listing world records both of human achievements and the extremes of the natural world.

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Hugh Beaver

Sir Hugh Eyre Campbell Beaver, KBE (4 May 189016 January 1967) was a British engineer, industrialist, and founder of the Guinness Book of Records.

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Hugh Doherty (Irish republican)

Hugh Doherty is an Irish republican and former volunteer in the Provisional Irish Republican Army.

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IRA Army Council

The IRA Army Council was the decision-making body of the Provisional Irish Republican Army, more commonly known as the IRA, a paramilitary group dedicated to bringing about the end of the Union between Northern Ireland and Great Britain.

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Irish migration to Great Britain

Irish migration to Great Britain has occurred from the earliest recorded history to the present.

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John Gouriet

Major John Prendergast Gouriet (1 June 1935 – 4 September 2010) was a British Army officer, company director and political activist.

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London

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

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Marlborough College

Marlborough College is an independent boarding and day school in Marlborough, Wiltshire, England.

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Menton

Menton (written Menton in classical norm or Mentan in Mistralian norm; Mentone) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.

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Middlesex

Middlesex (abbreviation: Middx) is an historic county in south-east England.

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Minesweeper

A minesweeper is a small naval warship designed to engage in minesweeping.

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N postcode area

The N (Northern) postcode area, also known as the London N postcode area, is the part of the London post town covering part of North London, England.

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Norris McWhirter

Norris Dewar McWhirter (12 August 192519 April 2004) was a British writer, political activist, co-founder of The Freedom Association, and a television presenter.

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Northcliffe Media

Northcliffe Media Ltd. (formerly Northcliffe Newspapers Group) was a large regional newspaper publisher in the UK and Central and Eastern Europe, owned by Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT).

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Provisional Irish Republican Army

The Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA or Provisional IRA) was an Irish republican revolutionary organisation that sought to end British rule in Northern Ireland, facilitate the reunification of Ireland and bring about an independent socialist republic encompassing all of Ireland.

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Record Breakers

Record Breakers is a British children's TV show, themed around world records and produced by the BBC.

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Royal Naval Reserve

The Royal Naval Reserve (RNR) is the volunteer reserve force of the Royal Navy in the United Kingdom.

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Sub-lieutenant

Sub-lieutenant is a junior military officer rank.

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The Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph, commonly referred to simply as The Telegraph, is a national British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed across the United Kingdom and internationally.

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The Freedom Association

The Freedom Association (TFA) is a pressure group in the United Kingdom that describes itself as non-partisan, centre-right and libertarian, which has links to the Conservative Party and UK Independence Party (UKIP).

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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The Washington Post

The Washington Post is a major American daily newspaper founded on December 6, 1877.

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Trinity College, Oxford

Trinity College (full name: The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity in the University of Oxford, of the foundation of Sir Thomas Pope (Knight)) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England.

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Volunteer (Irish republican)

Volunteer, often abbreviated Vol., is a term used by a number of Irish republican paramilitary organisations to describe their members.

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William Webb Ellis

The Reverend William Webb Ellis (24 November 1806 – 24 January 1872) was an English Anglican clergyman and the alleged inventor of rugby football whilst a pupil at Rugby School.

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Winchmore Hill

Winchmore Hill is an affluent suburban area in the Borough of Enfield, north London, in the N21 postal district.

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.357 Magnum

The.357 S&W Magnum (9×33mmR), or simply.357 Magnum, is a revolver cartridge with a.357-inch (9.07 mm) bullet diameter.

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References

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

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