Word: hillsborough
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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When 30 rooms had been gutted by flames the roof crashed in, effectively ruining two-thirds of Hillsborough Castle. "The cause of the fire is quite unknown," announced a spokesman for the Belfast Government, spiking rumors that Free Staters might have crossed to Northern Ireland to burn down the Castle. "Apparently the cause of the conflagration was accidental...
...twelve long years Northern Ireland has had the same Governor, vastly rich and mightily aristocratic Sir James Albert Edward Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn and Knight of the Garter. When he moved into frowning Hillsborough Castle, bought at a cost of $230,000 to serve as the Governor's residence, the magnificence of his personal chattels outshone its splendor. The plate and oil paintings alone were supposed to be worth more than the castle. One day last week the Duke and Duchess were on vacation in England and so was the Private Secretary, Commander Henderson. Belatedly Sergeant Irvine, head...
Died. Mrs. Ethel Sperry Crocker, philanthropist. War relief worker, wife of San Francisco Banker William Henry Crocker (Crocker First National Bank); after long illness; in Hillsborough, Calif...
Drums are Beaten, Even further outside Belfast than Stormont is Hillsborough Village, dominated by the Castle of Governor the Duke of Abercorn. Protestant villagers lit bonfires, shouted "God Bless The Prince of Wales!", beat their lamlegs (big goatskin drums...
...omit the name of Franklin Pierce, 14th President of the U. S., who was born at Hillsborough...