Bolingbroke
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- Henry IV of EnglandHenry IV of EnglandHenry IV was King of England and Lord of Ireland . He was the ninth King of England of the House of Plantagenet and also asserted his grandfather's claim to the title King of France. He was born at Bolingbroke Castle in Lincolnshire, hence his other name, Henry Bolingbroke...
, also known as Henry of Bolingbroke - Henry St John, 1st Viscount BolingbrokeHenry St John, 1st Viscount BolingbrokeHenry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke was an English politician, government official and political philosopher. He was a leader of the Tories, and supported the Church of England politically despite his atheism. In 1715 he supported the Jacobite rebellion of 1715 which sought to overthrow the...
(1678–1751), a Tory party Jacobite grandee and British statesman - other Lords Bolingbroke bearing the title Earl of Bolingbroke or Viscount BolingbrokeViscount BolingbrokeViscount Bolingbroke / Viscount St John is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain and is currently held by Nicholas Alexander Mowbray St John, the 9th Viscount Bolingbroke and 10th Viscount St John who lives in Sydney Australia....
Bolingbroke may be a place:
- Bolingbroke, LincolnshireBolingbroke, LincolnshireBolingbroke, now called Old Bolingbroke, is a village near Spilsby in Lincolnshire, England. The village of New Bolingbroke lies to the south-west.The Prime Meridian passes to the west of Old Bolingbroke.-Bolingbroke Castle:...
, Old Bolingbroke, a village where Bolingbroke CastleBolingbroke CastleBolingbroke Castle is a ruined castle in Bolingbroke Lincolnshire, England.-Construction:Most of the castle is built of Spilsby greenstone, as are several nearby churches. The local greenstone is a limestone that proved to be porous, prone to rapid deterioration when exposed to weather and a...
is located - New BolingbrokeNew BolingbrokeNew Bolingbroke is a village in the Lincolnshire Fens about east of Coningsby, in the East Lindsey district. It was established by John Parkinson, who was a steward to Sir Joseph Banks.-Church:...
, Lincolnshire, a different village - Bolingbroke, GeorgiaBolingbroke, GeorgiaBolingbroke is an unincorporated community in Monroe County, Georgia, United States. It lies just north of Macon, between Interstates 475 and 75. The community is part of the Macon Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Events:...
- The similarly spelled Bolingbrook, IllinoisBolingbrook, IllinoisBolingbrook is a large village in Will and DuPage Counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. As of the 2010 US Census, the population is 73,366...
- Bolingbroke, Nova Scotia, fictional birthplace of Anne ShirleyAnne ShirleyAnne Shirley is a fictional character introduced in the 1908 novel Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery. Montgomery wrote in her journal that the idea for Anne's story came from relatives who, planning to adopt an orphaned boy, received a girl instead...
of the Anne of Green Gables series of books (based on the author's birthplace of New London, Prince Edward Island)
Bolingbroke may also mean:
- Bristol Bolingbroke, the initial name of the fighter project that became the Bristol BlenheimBristol BlenheimThe Bristol Blenheim was a British light bomber aircraft designed and built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company that was used extensively in the early days of the Second World War. It was adapted as an interim long-range and night fighter, pending the availability of the Beaufighter...
World War II fighter-bomber - Bristol Fairchild BolingbrokeBristol Fairchild BolingbrokeThe Bristol Fairchild Bolingbroke was a maritime patrol aircraft used by the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War. Built by Fairchild-Canada, it was a variant of the Bristol Blenheim Mk IV bomber.-Design and development:...
, a later wartime Canadian variant of the Blenheim