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Rudyard Kipling's last outing in 1936 was to Burgh House, to visit his daughter. [1] From 1937–46 Burgh House was unoccupied. It was bought and restored by Hampstead Borough Council in 1946. The barrack blocks in front of the building were pulled down and in 1947 it reopened as a community centre with a Citizen's Advice Bureau in its basement.
Richmond is a city within Metro Detroit in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 5,878 at the 2020 census . [ 2 ] Most of the city is located in Macomb County , though there is a small portion in neighboring St. Clair County .
The First Congregational Church, currently known as the Richmond Center for the Performing Arts, is a church building located at 69619 Parker in Richmond, Michigan, and is the oldest public building in the city. [2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places [1] and designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1975. [2]
During the Second World War, the burgh hall was used as a centre to administer the allocation of homes for 1,000 evacuee children from Glasgow. [3] The burgh council closed the upper floors of the burgh hall after deciding to promote the Queen's Hall, which was rebuilt in 1959, [5] as the main events venue in the town. [6]
The House of Burgh (English: / b ɜːr /; ber; French pronunciation:) or Burke (Irish: de Búrca; Latin: de Burgo) was an ancient Anglo-Norman and later Hiberno-Norman aristocratic dynasty which played a prominent role in the Norman invasion of Ireland, held the earldoms of Kent, Ulster, Clanricarde, and Mayo at various times, and provided queens consort of Scotland and Thomond and Kings of ...
William de Burgh (English: / d ə ˈ b ɜːr / də-BUR, French:; Latin: de Burgo; c. 1160 –winter 1205/06) [1] was the founder of the House of Burgh (later surnamed Burke or Bourke) in Ireland [2] and elder brother of Hubert de Burgh, 1st Earl of Kent and Geoffrey de Burgh, Bishop of Ely.
DeVos Place Convention Center, erected on the Grand River in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan, is a multi-purpose convention center.It is named for Richard DeVos, who donated $20 million towards its construction.
Elizabeth de Burgh, [2] Duchess of Clarence, suo jure 4th Countess of Ulster and 5th Baroness of Connaught (English: / d ə ˈ b ɜːr / də-BUR; 6 July 1332 – 10 December 1363) was a Norman-Irish noblewoman who married Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence.