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  2. Hall of Names - Wikipedia

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    The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the United States Military, General Martin E. Dempsey at the Hall of Names. In 1968, a "Names Room" was established at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, in which original Pages of Testimony were stored in alphabetical order. In 1977, the Hall of Names building was opened at Yad Vashem.

  3. List of baronies in the peerages of Britain and Ireland

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    In contrast to the English equivalent, the dignity of baron is a non-peerage rank in the Baronage of Scotland, created in the same way as a peerage with crown charter and is protected by the Abolition of Feudal Tenure etc. (Scotland) Act 2000 recognised by the crown as a title of nobility with status of minor baron.

  4. Hall (surname) - Wikipedia

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    The first bearers of the surname Hall came to England in the great wave of migration that followed the Norman Conquest of 1066. [2]The surname Hall was first found in Lincolnshire, England, where the family was granted lands after the Norman Conquest in 1066.

  5. List of family seats of English nobility - Wikipedia

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    This is an incomplete index of the current and historical principal family seats of English royal, titled and landed gentry families. Some of these seats are no longer occupied by the families with which they are associated, and some are ruinous – e.g. Lowther Castle.

  6. List of halls and walks of fame - Wikipedia

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    Hollywood Walk of Fame, in Los Angeles, California, where honorees are named on plaques surrounded by stars Walhalla hall-of-fame temple, Germany. A hall, wall, or walk of fame is a list of individuals, achievements, or other entities, usually chosen by a group of electors, to mark their excellence or fame in their field.

  7. List of the priors of Saint John of Jerusalem in England

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    The following is a list of the Lord Priors of Saint John of Jerusalem in England, the Knights Hospitallers, until the Order was stripped of its properties and income by Henry VIII, during the brief restoration of the Grand Priory under Queen Mary I, and from the restoration of the Grand Priory of England in 1993. [1]

  8. List of baronetcies in the Baronetage of England - Wikipedia

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    en, ir, ns, gb, uk Coat of Arms of the Martin baronets of Long Melford (1667) with the badge of a Baronet of England. This is a list of baronetcies in the Baronetage of England .

  9. Orders of precedence in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    The order of precedence in the United Kingdom is the sequential hierarchy for Peers of the Realm, officers of state, senior members of the clergy, holders of the various Orders of Chivalry, and is mostly determined, but not limited to, birth order, place in the line of succession, or distance from the reigning monarch.