Hungerford (disambiguation)
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People
- Anne BassettAnne BassettAnne Bassett was an English courtier of the Tudor period, whose charms attracted the attention of King Henry VIII.-Family background:Anne was born in 1521, the fourth child of Sir John Bassett and Honor...
Hungerford, mistress of Henry VIII - Thomas Hungerford, First recorded Speaker of the House of Commons (1330–1397)
- Walter Hungerford, 1st Baron HungerfordWalter Hungerford, 1st Baron HungerfordWalter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford KG was an English knight, landowner, from 1400 to 1414 Member of the House of Commons, of which he became Speaker, then was an Admiral and peer....
, Speaker of the House of Commons (1378–1449) - Walter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford of HeytesburyWalter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford of HeytesburyWalter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford of Heytesbury , created Baron Hungerford of Heytesbury in 1536, was the son and heir of Sir Edward Hungerford, and his first wife, Jane de la Zouche...
, first Englishman to be executed for homosexuality (1503–1540) - Bruce HungerfordBruce HungerfordBruce Hungerford was an Australian pianist.Born in Korumburra, Victoria, Bruce Hungerford was originally named Leonard Hungerford...
, pianist - Ralph HungerfordRalph HungerfordRalph Waldo Hungerford was a United States Navy Captain, and the 33rd Governor of American Samoa from January 27, 1945 to September 3, 1945. He was born April 21, 1896 in Windsor, New York, but moved to Rhode Island later in life. He received appointment to the United States Naval Academy on June...
, 33rd Governor of American Samoa - Margaret Wolfe HungerfordMargaret Wolfe HungerfordMargaret Wolfe Hungerford, née Hamilton, , was an Irish novelist whose light romantic fiction was popular throughout the English-speaking world in the late 19th century.-Biography:...
, Irish novelist (1855–1897)
Places
- United Kingdom:
- Hungerford, Berkshire, England
- Hungerford, Shropshire, England
- Hungerford, Somerset, England
- Farleigh HungerfordFarleigh HungerfordFarleigh Hungerford is a village within the civil parish of Norton St Philip in Somerset, England, 9 miles southeast of Bath, 3½ miles west of Trowbridge on A366, in the valley of the River Frome....
, Somerset, England
- United States:
- Hungerford, TexasHungerford, TexasHungerford is a census-designated place in Wharton County, Texas, United States. The population was 645 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Hungerford is located at ....
- Hungerford, Texas
- Australia:
- Hungerford, QueenslandHungerford, QueenslandHungerford is a locality in outback Queensland, Australia, immediately north of the border with New South Wales and the Dingo fence. At the 2006 census, Hungerford and the surrounding area had a population of 59. Surrounding the town is the Currawinya National Park.-History:The town is named after...
- Hungerford, Queensland
Other
- The Hungerford BridgeHungerford BridgeThe Hungerford Bridge crosses the River Thames in London, and lies between Waterloo Bridge and Westminster Bridge. It is a steel truss railway bridge—sometimes known as the Charing Cross Bridge—flanked by two more recent, cable-stayed, pedestrian bridges that share the railway bridge's...
- a bridge over the Thames at London - The Hungerford MassacreHungerford massacreThe Hungerford massacre occurred in Hungerford, Berkshire, England, on 19 August 1987. The gunman, 27-year-old Michael Robert Ryan, armed with two semi-automatic rifles and a handgun, shot and killed sixteen people including his mother, and wounded fifteen others, then fatally shot himself...
- a mass shooting in 1987 at Hungerford, Berkshire