QUESTIONS

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21812, 18 June 1936, Page 3 (Supplement)

QUESTIONS

The Royal Houses of England What are the names of the Royal Houses of England? The Saxons A.D. 827-1016, the Danes 1016-1042. The Saxons, restored 1042-1066. the Normans 1066-1154; the Plantagenets 11541485; the Tudors 1485-1603; the Stuarts 1603-1649; the Commonwealth 1649-1660; the Stuarts, restored 16801685; the House of Stuart-Orange 1689-1702; the House of Stuart (Anne) 1702-1714; the House of Hanover 1714-1901; the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (sometimes called the House of Kent) 1901-1917; .the House of Windsor 1917—. The connexion of England and Hanover ceased in 1837, when Queen Victoria came to the throne of England. She was the niece of William IV., the last of the Hanoverian kings of England. Ne woman could rule over Hanover. In 1917 the name Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Victoria married Prince Albert, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha in 1840) was changed to Windsor. Why Does Nettle Sting? The common nettle has stinging hairs with poison glands containing formic acid at the root of each hair. When we touch a nettle the fine point of the hair enters our skin and breaks off, so allowing the add fluid to flow in under the drip, where it irritates sharply the nr* face tissues. Apparently the nettle has evolved this method of tecting its leaves from gmteg animals.