The Porteous family is a Scottish Borders armigerous family. The earliest records for members of the Porteous family in Peeblesshire date back to the early...
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Rose Porteous (born Rosario Magdalena Teresita Lacson on 26 October 1948), a Filipino-born Australian socialite, is best known for her marriage to Western...
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Porteous is the name of a Scottish Borders armigerous family. Notable members of the Porteous family include: Beilby Porteus/Porteous (1731–1809), Anglican...
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The Porteous Riots surrounded the activities of Captain John Porteous (c. 1695–1736), Captain of the City Guard of Edinburgh, Scotland, who was lynched...
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Porteous (c. 1695 – 7 September 1736) was a Scottish military officer who served in the Edinburgh City Guard and played a major role in the Porteous Riots...
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was constructed in 1963, and is remembered as the ancestral family home of the Porteous family, dating from at least 1439. A fortified tower stood on a hill...
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John Shane Porteous (born 17 August 1942) (known as Shane Porteous) is an Australian actor, screenwriter, animation layout artist and animation voice...
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George Porteous CM MBE (April 7, 1903 – February 6, 1978) was the 14th lieutenant governor of Saskatchewan, from 1976 to 1978. George Porteous was born...
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Lang Hancock (category Lang Hancock family)
Rose Porteous, a Filipino woman and his former maid. Hancock's daughter, Gina Rinehart, was bitterly opposed to Hancock's relationship with Porteous. The...
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also, over the years, become a place of pilgrimage for members of the Porteous family, visiting the site of nearby Hawkshaw, their former ancestral home...
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