Lang·try

(lăng′trē), Lillie Originally Emilie Le Breton. Known as "the Jersey Lily." 1853-1929.

British actress famous for her great beauty and her love affair with Edward VII.

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Langtry

(ˈlæŋtrɪ)

(Biography) Lillie, known as the Jersey Lily, real name Émilie Charlotte le Breton. 1852–1929, English actress, noted for her beauty and for her friendship with Edward VII

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Lang•try

(ˈlæŋ tri)

n.

Lillie (Emily Charlotte Le Breton) (“the Jersey Lily”), 1852–1929, English actress.

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Langtry - British actress and mistress of the prince who later became Edward VII (1853-1929)

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Aidan O'Brien, whose joy was evident after Rip Van Winkle's demolition job in the Sussex Stakes at Goodwood, has hinted that English 1,000 Guineas favourite Lillie Langtry as well as Famous could be his representatives in Thursday's Debutante Stakes at Leopardstown.

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A team of inspectors, who visited the five-star hotel earlier this year, also awarded two rosettes to the hotel's second restaurant, Langtry's Brasserie.

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DESPITE knowing a thing or two about acting, Mark Langtry says the thought that a match he's playing in might be fixed is the furthest thing from his mind.

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Yet his favourite hangout was the Cadogan with his equally naughty theatrical friend Lillie Langtry. Room 118 has since been named the Oscar Wilde suite and Lillie also has a suite named after her.

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Duncalf, of Langtry Close, Kirkdale, was stopped by customs on February 5 after flying into the airport from Venezuela.

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Langtry's is the award-winning bistro-style little brother to the pomp and circumstance of the Sir Edward Elgar restaurant in Birmingham's swanky Swallow Hotel.

Swallow with modesty; Alison Davison finds Langtry's may set itself lower goals than its sist er restaurant but has no trouble meeting them

MARK LANGTRY knows Longford Town will need to get their act together - and soon.

I'M DEADLY SERIOUS; Actor Mark is gunning for glory with misfiring Town