The one name linking all of these is Richmond.
1. Dave Richmond, bass player and founder member of 1960s band Manfred Mann. He left the group after ‘5-4-3-2-1′ and then, after a time with the John Barry Seven, became a session musician. As such he has played with, amongst others, Dusty Springfield, Cliff Richard and Elton John. He was also on the controversial (at the time) ‘Je T’aime’ by Serge Gainsborough and Jane Birkin. For the last 21 years he has played bass on the theme for television’s ‘Last of the Summer Wine’. Dave Richmond’s home page
2. Richmond, the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia, U.S. Virginia is one of four states in the U.S. which use the term commonwealth in their names, the others are Massachusetts, Kentucky and Pennsylvania. Richmond, which stands on the James River, was also the capital of the Confederacy from July 1861.
3. Richmond Palace was a royal palace on The Green, Richmond, Surrey, England, U.K. in what is now part of London, between 1327 and 1649. It was built by Henry VII on the site of the former Palace of Shene (a.k.a. Sheen or Sheane) after a disastrous fire in 1497 and renamed Richmond Palace. Elizabeth I spent a lot of time at Richmond and died there in 1603.
Richmond Palace
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4. Richmond Arquette is the sibling of Alexis, David, Patricia and Rosanna Arquette. He is a minor character actor who is perhaps best remembered as the delivery driver, who unwittingly delivers the box containing the head, at the end of the film ‘Se7en’ (1995).
5. Richmond Castle, North Yorkshire, England, U.K. Norman fortress built on a rocky promontory overlooking the River Swale and dating from shortly after the Norman conquest. Now over 900 years old it is in the care of English Heritage.