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Staunton is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Howard Staunton was an English chess master who is generally regarded as the world's strongest player from 1843 to 1851, largely as a result of his 1843 victory over Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant. He promoted a chess set of clearly distinguishable pieces of standardised shape—the Staunton pattern promulgated by Nathaniel Cooke—that is still the style required for competitions. He was the principal organiser of the first international chess tournament in 1851, which made England the world's leading chess centre and caused Adolf Anderssen to be recognised as the world's strongest player.
Blake is a surname or a given name which originated from Old English. Its derivation is uncertain; it could come from "blac", a nickname for someone who had dark hair or skin, or from "blaac", a nickname for someone with pale hair or skin. Another theory is that it is a corruption of "Ap Lake", meaning "Son of Lake".
Kenneth Whyld was a British chess author and researcher, best known as the co-author of The Oxford Companion to Chess, a single-volume chess reference work in English.
Sir George Thomas Staunton, 2nd Baronet was an English traveller and Orientalist.
John White is the name of:
Cochrane is a surname with multiple independent origins, two Scottish and one Irish. One of the Scottish names derives from a place in Scotland; the Irish surname and the other Scottish surname are both anglicisations of surnames from the Irish language and Scottish Gaelic respectively.
MacDonnell, Macdonnell, or McDonnell is a surname of Scottish and Irish origin. It is an anglicized form of the Gaelic name "Mac Domhnaill", which means son of Donald. The name Donald or Domhnall is ultimately derived from the Proto-Celtic word elements dubno ("world") and val ("rule").The name is a variant other Clan Donald surnames such as Macdonald, McConnell and Donaldson. McDonnells are found in both Irish and Scottish nobility, and have held an important role in the history of both countries.
Nottinghamshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832. It was represented by two Members of Parliament (MPs), traditionally known as Knights of the Shire.
The Cavendishfamily is a British noble family, of Anglo-Norman origins. They rose to their highest prominence as the dukes of Devonshire and Newcastle.
Barlow is an English surname.
Dawson is an English/Irish/Scottish surname. Notable persons with the surname include:
London 1851 was the first international chess tournament. The tournament was conceived and organised by English player Howard Staunton, and marked the first time that the best chess players in Europe would meet in a single event. Adolf Anderssen of Germany won the sixteen-player tournament, earning him the status of the best player in the world.
Hunt is an occupational surname related with hunting, originating in England and Ireland. In Estonia, the surname Hunt is also very common, it means wolf in Estonian language.
Sir Henry Pierrepont was an English MP who resided at Holme Pierrepont, Nottinghamshire.
Willoughby is the surname of:
Heron is a surname originating in the British Isles and Normandy during the Middle Ages.
Thomas Staunton may refer to:
Thomas Staunton was an Irish lawyer and a member of both the Irish and British Parliaments.
Thomas Boothby Parkyns, 1st Baron Rancliffe was an English soldier, Member of Parliament and Irish peer.
George Augustus Henry Anne Parkyns, 2nd Baron Rancliffe of Bunny Hall was an English landowner and politician from Nottinghamshire. A baron in the peerage of Ireland, he sat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom for thirteen of the years between 1806 and 1830.