Brief Life History of Augusta
When Augusta Beechey was born in 1812, in Marylebone, London, England, United Kingdom, her father, Sir William Beechey RA, was 59 and her mother, Lady Anne Phyllis Jessup, was 48.
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1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
1823
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
1831 · Old London Bridge Opens
"The popular childhood rhyme ""London Bridge is Falling Down"" refers to the infamous overpass above the Thames River. By the 19th century the bridge had started to fall apart."
Name Meaning
English: locative name for someone who lived ‘(by the) beech enclosure’, Middle English beche + hay (Old English bēce + (ge)hæg).
Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016
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