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Old 29-09-2007, 18:15   #1
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The first Accrington Knight
Riley Lord was the 1st Accringtonian to be made a Sir in the early 1900s. He was born in 1837 to George Lord and Mary Kenyon. He was knighted by the Prince of Wales because Queen Victoria was unwell at the time.
Riley Lord went on to do many great things in his lifetime.
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great piece of info but...... what did he do? and why was he knighted?
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Old 29-09-2007, 18:52   #3
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Yes I'd be interested to know what great things he did. I've never heard of him which is a shame if he is someone we ought to be proud of.
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Old 30-09-2007, 10:07   #4
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searched and googled only
thing i could find was he was big in newcastle
nothing about accy
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Old 30-09-2007, 10:08   #5
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But I'm the first Accringtonweb Knight
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Old 30-09-2007, 10:36   #6
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Re: The first Accrington Knight
He was Mayor of Newcastle in 1895. And he gave a statue of the young Queen Victoria to The Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle. Unveiled by Edward VII in 1906. I can't find out why he was knighted but it does seem that a hell of a lot of MP's around that time were knighted.
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Old 30-09-2007, 11:30   #7
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But I'm the first Accringtonweb Knight
at least your not the accringtonweb queen
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does this guy appear on any census?
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Old 30-09-2007, 16:08   #9
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George Lord: Marjorie and Doug Williams' Family History

I could only find this when I googled him.
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Old 13-10-2007, 14:05   #10
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searched and googled only
thing i could find was he was big in newcastle
nothing about accy
It doesn't really matter where he lived and where he did many great things He still came from Accrington and he was the 1st Knight from Accrington. People did go to live in other parts of the country ( I didn't say he did many great things just for Accrington ) I just thought it was nice to know about him being the 1st Knight.
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I didn't say he did many great things just for Accrington
So are you actually going to tell us about all these "great things" he did...or are you just going to keep us all in suspense?
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Old 14-10-2007, 10:30   #12
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So are you actually going to tell us about all these "great things" he did...or are you just going to keep us all in suspense?
he moved out of accrington
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agree thindle it is nice to know about the guy, but i cannot find any info about "why" so enlighten us please.
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Old 15-10-2007, 20:36   #14
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No, I'll just keep you in suspense, only because I was told about him by someone else. But Who cares anyway... He was THE 1ST ACCRINGTON KNIGHT....RIGHT! And to me, that is not just important, it's a great achievement.
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Old 15-10-2007, 21:22   #15
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He actually lived on Chapel Street. For those of you that dont know, it was behind where the Tesco minimarket is on Abbey Street

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