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1. William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, married Lady Dorothy Cavendish on 8 November 1766 at Burlington House, Piccadilly. The Royal Society moved there in 1857. They moved out in 1968. Where did the Royal Society move to?
2. George Canning married Joan Scott on 8th July 1800 at St George's, Hanover Square, London. Herbert Asquith married Margot Tennant at the same venue on 10th May 1894. Between these two dates, which American president was married at this church?
3. George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, married Lady Katherine Elizabeth Hamilton on on 28 July 1805 at Bentley Prior, Stanmore, London. What use was made of this building during World War II?
4. William Ewart Gladstone married Catherine Glynne in Hawarden Church on 25 July 1839. The designer of the later stained glass in the east and west windows was 34 days short of his sixth birthday at that time. Who was this artist, often associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood?
5. John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, married Frances Anna Maria Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound on 20th July 1841 in the drawing-room at Minto in the Scottish Borders. Minto House was involved in a scandal in 1992; what happened?
6. Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, Marquess of Salisbury, married Georgina Caroline Alderson on 11 July 1857 at St. Mary Magdalene Munster Square, St. Pancras, Middlesex, England. The Church was built between 1849 and 1952 on the site of a coach factory. Who was the reigning monarch at the time the first coach was introduced into England?
7. Henry Campbell-Bannerman married Sarah Charlotte Bruce, at All Souls' Church, Langham Place in London, on 13 September 1860. This London church was designed by architect John Nash, and finished in 1823. Which of these places was NOT designed by John Nash?
8. Andrew Bonar Law married Annie Robley on 24 March 1891 in the West Free Church, Helensburgh.
They were married by the Rev. William Leitch, rather than Rev John Baird, father of TV inventor John Logie Baird, who also occasionally preached at that church. John Logie Baird demonstrated the world's first working television in 1926 and the colour version in 1928. This was using a mechanical system.
Who demonstrated the world's first plasma television?
9. Stanley Baldwin married Lucy Ridsdale on 12 September 1892 at St Margaret's Church, Rottingdean. Just over the village green from the church you will find the house that Rudyard Kipling lived in for five years from 1897. Which of these books was Kipling writing while living here?
10. Alec Douglas-Home married Elizabeth Alington on 3rd October 1936 at Durham Cathedral. In 1650 about 3000 Scottish prisoners of war were held in the Cathedral. After which battle had they been captured?
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