When Charles Frederic Britton was born on 8 November 1816, in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Brittan, was 44 and his mother, Sarah Peck, was 36. He married Caroline Selway on 17 May 1846, in Newington, Surrey, England, United Kingdom. He lived in Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom in 1871.
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Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
The Factory Act restricted the hours women and children could work in textile mills. No child under the age of 9 were allowed to work, and children ages 9-13 could not work longer than 9 hours per day. Children up to the age of 13 were required to receive at least two hours of schooling, six days per week.
The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.
English (of Norman origin): variant of Breton , and ethnic name for a Breton, from Old French Breton, the oblique case form of Old French Bret; compare Brittain and Brett .
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