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House of Hanover

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"Hanoverians" redirects here. For the college whose alumni are known as such, see Hanover College. For other uses, see Hanover House (disambiguation). House of Hanover Parent house Este → Welf Country Kingdom of Great Britain Kingdom of Ireland United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Kingdom of Hanover Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg Founded 1635 – George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg Current head Ernst August, Prince of Hanover Titles King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland King of Great Britain King of Ireland King of France King of Hanover Elector of Brunswick-Lueneburg Arch-Treasurer of the Holy Roman Empire Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg Duke of Brunswick Queen consort of Denmark Queen consort of Norway Queen consort of Hungary Queen consort of Bohemia Queen consort of Germany Queen consort of Prussia Queen consort of Württemberg Duchess of Modena Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg Grand Du...

Burgh Muir

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Arthur's Seat seen from the old Burgh Muir The Burgh Muir is the historic term for an extensive area of land lying to the south of Edinburgh city centre, upon which much of the southern part of the city now stands following its gradual spread and more especially its rapid expansion in the late 18th and 19th centuries. The name has been retained today in the partly anglicised form Boroughmuir for a much smaller district within Bruntsfield, vaguely defined by the presence of Boroughmuir High School , and, until 2010, Boroughmuirhead Post Office in its north-west corner. The older form of the name is also retained by a street between Church Hill and Holy Corner in Morningside which recalls the vanished hamlet of Burghmuirhead. The post office has moved from the location it occupied for over a century to nearby Bruntsfield Place, thus losing its association with Boroughmuirhead. Plans for the state secondary school to relocate were approved in June 2012, and, while it i...