British History by Letter - T

Castle on the Cornish coast long associated with the legend of King Arthur

Construction of the White Tower at this fortification begins under William the Conqueror

English-Welsh royal house that rose to power in the wake of the War of the Roses

Prison entrance through which Anne Boleyn reportedly passed prior to her execution

Speech given by Elizabeth I in the face of the Spanish Armada “I may have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a King of England too"

Popular commodity that arrives in Britain for the first time, shortly before the Stuart Restoration

Battle during the Napoleonic Wars that saw Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson fatally wounded

19th century landscapist, considered one of the greatest British artists of all time

Former Poet Laureate who penned 'Charge of the Light Brigade'

Passenger liner sunk in the North Atlantic after colliding with an iceberg on her maiden voyage

Welsh-born poet whose work included 'Do not go gentle into that good night'

Mathematician instrumental in breaking the German Enigma code, prosecuted and later pardoned for 'gross indecency' that regarded his homosexuality

Britain's first female Prime Minister commonly referred to as the 'Iron Lady'

Period of violence in Northern Ireland between largely Protestant unionist and Catholic nationalist communities