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Carole Bamford (née Carole Gray Whitt [2]) was born in Nottingham. She is married to the billionaire industrialist Anthony, Lord Bamford. [3] The family business has made significant donations to the Conservative Party, in particular during the 2010 general election. [4] She married Bamford in June 1974. [2]
Anthony Paul Bamford, Baron Bamford (born 23 October 1945), is a British billionaire businessman who is the chairman of J.C. Bamford Excavators Limited (JCB). He succeeded his father, Joseph Cyril Bamford , as chairman and managing director of the company in 1975, at the age of 30.
The community was established after the American Civil War in 1866. Freedmen (and women) Peter Sanks, Matilda Papy, Harriet Weedman, Miles Hancock, Israel McKenzie, Aaron DuPont and Tom Solana leased land for $1.00 a year on what was then the west bank of Maria Sanchez Creek, across from the developed part of St. Augustine.
The Salcedo House was a dwelling constructed in St. Augustine's First Spanish Period (1565–1763).By the end of this period the house belonged to Alfonsa de Avero. Avero, her sisters living nearby, and their families left St. Augustine with other Spaniards when Florida was transferred to the British with the 1763 Treaty of Paris.
St. Augustine is considered to be the birthplace of the Coast Guard Reserve, as one of the first classes to graduate from Reserve officer training did so at St. Augustine in May 1941. From 1942 until the end of the war in 1945, thousands of young recruits received their basic and advanced training at the hotel, with up to 2,500 trainees living ...
Villa Zorayda (also known as the Zorayda Castle) is a house at 83 King Street in St. Augustine, Florida. [2] Built in 1883 by the eccentric Boston millionaire Franklin W. Smith as his winter home, [ 3 ] it was inspired by the 12th-century Moorish Alhambra Palace in Granada , Spain .
St. Augustine Beach is located at (29.843657, –81.272206 [4]According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.9 square miles (5.0 km 2), all land.
[15] [16] This was replaced by the present-day St. Augustine Light in 1874. [17] The original lighthouse collapsed in 1880 due to beach erosion and the encroachment of the sea. The earliest built residence on Anastasia Island still standing is the lighthouse keepers' house built in 1876 [17] next to the present lighthouse. Several other houses ...