Hotspur (disambiguation)
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Hotspur is the name or nickname of:
Several things have been named after Sir Henry Percy's nickname:
- Sir Henry Percy (1364–1403), known as Harry Hotspur, eldest son of the 1st Earl of Northumberland and prominent English commander during the Anglo-Scottish wars and the Glendower uprising.
Several things have been named after Sir Henry Percy's nickname:
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- A character based on him in Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 1Henry IV, Part 1Henry IV, Part 1 is a history play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written no later than 1597. It is the second play in Shakespeare's tetralogy dealing with the successive reigns of Richard II, Henry IV , and Henry V...
- The football club Holyhead Hotspur F.C.Holyhead Hotspur F.C.Holyhead Hotspur F.C. is a football club based in Holyhead, Anglesey playing in the Welsh Alliance League ....
- The football club Pietà Hotspurs F.C.
- The football club Tottenham Hotspur F.C.Tottenham Hotspur F.C.Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane....
- General Aircraft Hotspur, a WW2 glider
- British Railways class 7 "Britannia" locomotive 70011
- HMS HotspurHMS HotspurFour ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Hotspur after the nickname of Sir Henry Percy:* The first Hotspur was a 36-gun fifth-rate in service from 1810 to 1821....
, several British ships - British Army version of the Land Rover TangiLand Rover TangiThe Land Rover Tangi is the last in the line of a range of armoured vehicles, based on the Land Rover chassis used in policing during the Troubles in Northern Ireland. They have been used by the Royal Ulster Constabulary and, since its renaming, by the Police Service of Northern Ireland...
, an armoured Land Rover used in Northern Ireland - The Hotspur (comics)Hotspur (comics)The Hotspur was a British boys' paper published by D. C. Thomson & Co. It was launched on 2 September 1933 as a story paper, the last of the 'Big Five'...
, former British boys' weekly comic and annual published by D. C. Thomson & Co. - Hotspur (Eclipse comic book), a three-issue comic book series
- Hotspur Primary School, Newcastle upon TyneNewcastle upon TyneNewcastle upon Tyne is a city and metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, in North East England. Historically a part of Northumberland, it is situated on the north bank of the River Tyne...
- Hotspur, a DachshundDachshundThe dachshund is a short-legged, long-bodied dog breed belonging to the hound family. The standard size dachshund was bred to scent, chase, and flush out badgers and other burrow-dwelling animals, while the miniature dachshund was developed to hunt smaller prey such as rabbits...
who was born with paralyzed hindlimbs in 1936.
- A character based on him in Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 1