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The British (red) and French (blue) colonial empires reached their peaks after the First World War, a reflection of the power of their alliance. Following the war, at the Treaty of Versailles the British and French worked closely with the Americans to dominate the main decisions. Both were also keen to protect and expand their empires, in the ...
The British surname is derived from the Middle English, Old French napier, nappier which is a derivative of the Old French nappe meaning "table cloth". The earliest occurrences of the surname is of a Peter Napier in 1148 in the Winton Domesday ; Ralph (le) Naper , le Napier in 1167–71; and Reginald le Nappere in 1225.
Anglicisation of non-English-language names was common for immigrants, or even visitors, to English-speaking countries. An example is the German composer Johann Christian Bach, the "London Bach", who was known as "John Bach" after emigrating to England.
Noble families of the First French Empire (5 C) A. House of Albert (1 C, 27 P) House of Albon (3 P) ... Brézé (surname) House of Broglie; C. Cappel family;
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Emily Blathwayt (1852–1940), British suffragette, mother of Mary Blathwayt; Emily Rose Bleby (1849–1917), Jamaican-born British temperance reformer; Emily Brooke (born 1985), British inventor; Emmelia of Caesarea or Saint Emily (died 375), mother of Basil the Great; Emily Callaway (fl.2022), American politician
British actor Ryan Thomas plays Rafael. Rafael visits the Lassiters Complex amid a 90s fancy dress party. He goes to The Waterhole and watches Paul Robinson from afar. After noticing that Paul has left his penthouse key card behind, Rafael takes it and lets himself into the penthouse. He watches on while Paul sleeps.
The anglicisation of the French digraph ou to ow is common in words such as couard > coward, and Old French poueir > power, tour > tower, etc. Welsh Owain has sometimes been Latinised as Audoenus in certain parish registers, through a folk etymology process, because both Owain and Ouen / Audwin have a typical anglicised form of Owen.