John Campbell, 1st Baron Campbell of St Andrews - John Campbell, 1st Baron Campbell of St Andrews John Campbell, 1st Baron Campbell of St Andrews (17 September 1779-1861), was a British politician, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain. The second son of the Rev. George Campbell, D.D., he was born at Cupar, Fife, Scotland, where his father was for fifty years parish minister. For a few years Campbell studied at the United College, St Andrews. In 1800 he was entered as a student at Lincoln's Inn, and, after working briefly for the Morning Chronicle, was called to the bar in 1806, and at once began to report cases decided at nisi prius (ie. on jury trial). Of these Reports he published four volumes, with learned notes; they extend from Michaelmas 1807 to Hilary 1816. Campbell also.
List of English language poets - H-K 5 L-M 6 N-P 7 Q-R 8 S 9 T-Z A-B Harold Acton (1904-1994) Fleur Adcock (born 1934) Joseph Addison (1672-1719) Mark Akenside (1721-1770) Bruce Andrews Maya Angelou (born 1928) Rae Armantrout Simon Armitage (born 1963) Matthew Arnold (1822-1888) John Ashbery (born 1927) Thomas Ashe (1836-1889) Margaret Atwood W. H. Auden (1907-1973) Pam Ayres Sir Robert Ayton (1570-1638) Joanna Baillie (1762-1851) Amiri Baraka (born 1934) Anna Laetitia Barbauld (1743-1825) John Barbour (died 1395) Richard Barnefield (1574-1627) Djuna Barnes William Barnes (1801-1886) James K. Baxter (1926-1972) Francis Beaumont (1586-1616) Aphra Behn (1640-1689) Gwendolyn B. Bennett Charles Bernstein John Berryman John Betjeman (1906-1984) Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979) William Blake (1757-1827) Edmund Blunden Wilfrid Scawen Blunt (1840-1922) Eavan Boland (born 1944) Arna Wendell Bontemps Marx Alexander Boyd (1563-1601) Anne Bradstreet Nicholas Breton (1542-1626) Robert.
Knights of the Garter (1700-1899) - or, where that is unknown or not applicable, of appointment (app). Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke and 5th Earl of Montgomery, Lord High Admiral, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (1700 Arnold Joost van Keppel, 1st Earl of Albemarle (1700) Elector George Louis of Hanover, later King George I (1703) James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry, Lord Privy Seal (1701) Wriothesley Russell, 2nd Duke of Bedford (1702) John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1703) Meinhard de Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg and 1st Duke of Leinster (1703) Sidney Godolphin1st Earl of Godolphin, Sidney Godolphin, 1st Baron Godolphin, Lord High Treasurer (1704) Electoral Prince George Augustus of Hanover, Duke of Cambridge (1710) William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire, Lord President of the Council (1710) John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll (1710) Henry Somerset,.
John Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair - John Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair Sir John Campbell Hamilton Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair, 7th Earl of Aberdeen (August 3, 1847 - March 7, 1934) was Governor General of Canada from 1893 to 1898. Following his education at St. Andrews and Oxford Universities, Lord Aberdeen succeeded to the earldom in 1870, assuming his seat in the House of Lords, where he was a close friend and supporter of Prime Minister Gladstone. This was followed by his marriage to Ishbel Maria Majoribanks in 1877. Together they had five children, although one died soon after birth. He gained experience in overseas administration with his appointment as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1886, and he was also a representative of Her Majesty Queen Victoria.
Thomas Wilde, 1st Baron Truro - Thomas Wilde, 1st Baron Truro Thomas Wilde, 1st Baron Truro (7 July 1782-1855), Lord Chancellor of England was the second son of Thomas Wilde, an attorney. He was born in London and educated at St Paul's School and was admitted an attorney in 1805. He subsequently entered the Inner Temple and was called to the bar in 1817, having practised for two years before as a special pleader. Retained for the defence of Queen Caroline in 1820 he distinguished himself by his cross-examination and laid the foundation of an extensive common law practice. He first entered parliament in the Whig interest as member for Newark (1831-1832 and 1835-1841), afterwards representing Worcester (1841-1846). He was appointed Solicitor-General in 1839, and became Attorney-General in succession to Sir John Campbell in.
Alexander Wedderburn, 1st Earl of Rosslyn - Alexander Wedderburn, 1st Earl of Rosslyn Alexander Wedderburn, 1st Earl of Rosslyn (February 13, 1733 - January 2, 1805), Lord Chancellor of Great Britain, was the eldest son of Peter Wedderburn (a lord of session as Lord Chesterhall), and was born in East Lothian. He acquired the rudiments of his education at Dalkeith, and in his fourteenth year matriculated at the university of Edinburgh. It was from the first his desire to practise at the English bar, though in deference to his father's wishes he qualified as an advocate at Edinburgh, in 1754, but entered himself at the Inner Temple on May 8, 1753, so that he might keep the Easter and Trinity terms in that year. His father was called to the bench in 1755, and for.
William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield - William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield (March 2, 1705 - March 20, 1793), was a British judge. He was born at Scone in Perthshire, Scotland, a younger son of David Murray, 4th Viscount Stormont (c. 1665-1731), a member of a Jacobite family. William Murray was educated at Perth grammar school and Westminster School, of which he was a king's scholar. Entering Christ Church College, Oxford, he graduated in 1727. A friend of the family, Lord Foley, provided the funds for his legal training, and he became a member of Lincoln's Inn on his departure from Oxford, being called to the bar in 1730. He was a good scholar and mixed with the best literary society, being an intimate friend of Alexander Pope..
List of Barons in order of precedence - England Lords of Parliament of Scotland Barons and Lords of Parliament of Great Britain Barons of Ireland created before 1801 Barons of the United Kingdom and of Ireland created after 1801 Barons of England The Baron de Ros The Baron Mowbray, Segrave and Stourton The Baron Hastings The Baron FitzWalter The Baron Clinton The Baron de Clifford The Baron Zouche The Baroness Willoughby de Eresby The Baron Strabolgi The Baroness Dacre The Baroness Darcy de Knayth The Baron Cromwell The Baron Camoys The Baron Grey The Baron Berkeley The Baron Latymer The Baron Dudley The Baron Saye and Sele The Baroness Berners The Baron Willoughby de Brooke The Baron Vaux of Harrowden The Baroness Braye The Baron Burgh The Baron Wharton The Baron Saint John of Bletso The Baron Petre The.
100 Greatest Britons - each programme. It concluded with a debate. The results, which are not statistically valid, are as follows: Sir Winston Churchill Isambard Kingdom Brunel Diana, Princess of Wales Charles Darwin William Shakespeare Sir Isaac Newton Elizabeth I of England John Lennon Horatio Nelson Oliver Cromwell Ernest Shackleton Captain James Cook Robert Baden-Powell King Alfred the Great Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington Margaret Thatcher (Baroness Thatcher) Michael Crawford Queen Victoria Sir Paul McCartney Sir Alexander Fleming Alan Turing Michael Faraday Owain Glyndwr Queen Elizabeth II Professor Stephen Hawking William Tyndale Emmeline Pankhurst William Wilberforce David Bowie Guy Fawkes Leonard Cheshire (Baron Cheshire of Woodall) Eric Morecambe David Beckham Thomas Paine Boudicca Sir Steve Redgrave Sir Thomas More William Blake John Harrison King Henry VIII Charles Dickens Sir Frank Whittle John Peel John.
United Kingdom Postmaster General - Office." The position of "Postmaster General" was replaced with "Minister of Posts and Telecommunications". Former holders of this post: Thomas Pelham, 2nd Earl of Chichester 1823-1826 Lord Frederick Montagu 1826-1827 William Montagu, 5th Duke of Manchester 1827-1830 Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond 1830-1834 Francis Nathaniel Conyngham, 2nd Marquess Conyngham 1834 Lord Maryborough 1834-1835 Francis Nathaniel Conyngham, 2nd Marquess Conyngham 1835 Thomas William Anson, 1st Earl of Lichfield 1835-1841 William Lowther, 2nd Earl of Lonsdale 1841-1845 Edward Granville Eliot, 3rd Earl of St Germans 1845-1846 Ulick John de Burgh, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde 1846-1852 Charles Philip Yorke, 4th Earl of Hardwicke 1852 Charles John Canning, 2nd Viscount Canning 1853-1855 George Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll 1855-1858 Lord Colchester 1858-1859 James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin 1859-1860 Edward John Stanley, 2nd.
Duchy of Lancaster - Duchies in the United Kingdom, the other being the Duchy of Cornwall. The Duchy of Lancaster was created for John of Gaunt, a younger son of King Edward III of England,when John married the Lancaster heiress. It is the private property of the crown, and has been since 1399, when the Dukedom of Lancaster, held by Henry of Bolingbroke, merged with the crown on his accession to the throne. The Duchy consists of lands in Northern England, especially in Lancashire. The chief officer of the Duchy is the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, a high position which is sometimes a cabinet post. Since, for at least the last two centuries, the Chancellor rarely has had any significant duties pertaining to management of the Duchy itself, he is usually available as.
List of Canadians - author/humorist Dennis Lee, writer of children's poetry Hugh MacLennan, (1907-1990), novelist and essayist, wrote Two Solitudes and Barometer Rising Alistair MacLeod, (born 1936), writer, novelist Yann Martel, (born 1963), 2002 Booker Prize Winner John Metcalf, writer Rohinton Mistry, (born 1952), author W.O. Mitchell, author, Who has Seen the Wind Lucy Maude Montgomery, (1874-1942), Anne of Green Gables Susanna Moodie, (1803-1885), Roughing it in the Bush Farley Mowat, (born 1921), Never Cry Wolf, My Discovery of America Alice Munro, (born 1931), short story writer Robert Munsch - American-born writer of children's books Emile Nelligan, (1879-1941), poet B. P. Nichol, (1944-1988), poet Michael Ondaatje, (born 1943), author Jean Baptiste Proulx, (1846-1904), dramatist and essayist Nino Ricci, (born 1959), novelist; winner of the 1990 Governor General's Award for Fiction David Adams Richards, (born 1950),.
List of poets - 1922-1949) Guillaume Apollinaire, (1880-1918) Apuleius Louis Aragon, (1897-1982) Walter Arensberg Conrad (Dada) Tudor Arghezi (Romanian poet) Bonaventura Carles Aribau, (1798-1862) Ludovico Ariosto, (1474-1533) Simon Armitage, (born 1963) Ernst Moritz Arndt Achim von Arnim, (1781-1831) Bettina von Arnim, (1785-1859) Matthew Arnold, (1822-1888) Jean Arp, (1886-1966), sculptor, painter, and poet Antonin Artaud, (1896-1948), actor, playwright, poet, essayist John Ashbery, (born 1927) Thomas Ashe, (1836-1889) Anton Askerc, (1856-1912) Douglas Asper Attar, (c. 1130-c. 1230) Margaret Atwood, (born 1939), poet, novelist, essayist W. H. Auden, (1907-1973) Ausonius, (c. 310-395) Miha Avanzo, (born 1949) Margaret Avison, (born 1918) Robert Ayton, (1570-1638) B Bacchylides, (died c. 467 BC) Sutardji Calzoum Bachri, The President of Indonesian Poet Ingeborg Bachmann, (1926-1973) Leonard Bacon, (1802-1881) Janos Bacsanyi, (1763-1845) Robert Bagg Julio Baghy Joanna Baillie, (1762-1851) France Balantic, (1921-1943) Christianne Balk.
List of battles 1801-1900 - 1 - Lake defeats Marathas near Agra 1803 Battle of Argaon November 28 - Wellesley defeats Sindhia 1804 Battle of Farrukhabad November 17 - Lake defeats Maratha forces of Jaswant Rao Holkar 1805 Battle of Ulm October 17 - Napoleon forces surrender of Austrian army under Baron von Leiberich 1805 Battle of Trafalgar October 21 – Horatio Nelson defeats Villeneuve, signals "England expects every man to do his duty", Nelson killed 1805 Battle of Caldiero October 30 - French forces under Masséna defeat Austrians in Italy under Archduke Charles 1805 Battle of Austerlitz December 2 - Napoleon defeats combined Austrian, Russian forces 1806 Battle of Jena and Battle of Auerstedt October 14 - Davout, Napoleon defeat Prussians in separate battles 1806 Battle of Pultusk December 26 - indecisive battle between Napoleon.
List of Lords Lieutenant of Ireland - continually remain in office but left the office empty for a period (sometimes to return to the Court of St. James, sometimes to return to their British estates) before either being replaced or returning, it is difficult to state terms of office with any accuracy. As a result, the date of appointment of each, rather than a specified term of office, is stated in brackets. Though the office existed earlier, because of difficulty in getting clear information this list begins in 1529. In the earlier years, there were frequently long vacancies, during which a Lord Deputy or Lord Justice would act as chief governor. Kingdom of Ireland Piers Butler, 1st Earl of Ossory (Lord Deputy): 4 August 1528 Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Richmond and Somerset: 22 June 1529 William Skeffington (Lord.
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Knights of the Garter (after 1899) - and highest order of chivalry in the British honours system. Before 1904 - Dates of installation/investiture, or, where that is unknown or not applicable, of appointment (app). After 1904 - date of appointment William John Arthur Charles James Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland (1900) Queen Alexandra, consort of King Edward VII, 1st woman appointed to the order since the end of the creation of "Ladies of the Garter" in 1488, although obviously Queens Mary I, Elizabeth I, Mary II, Anne, and Victoria had been ex officio members (1901) Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, Field Marshal, last Commander-in-Chief of the Army (1901) Crown Prince Wilhelm of Germany, great grandson of Queen Victoria (1901) King Alfonso XIII of Spain (1902) Herbrand Arthur Russell, 11th Duke of Bedford (1902) Charles Richard John Spencer-Churchill,.
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen - of January 1784, he lost his father in 1791 and his mother in 1795; He was brought up by Henry Dundas, Viscount Melville. He was educated at Harrow, and St John's College, Cambridge, where he graduated as a nobleman in 1804. Before this, however, he had become Earl of Aberdeen on his grandfather's death in 1801, and had travelled all over Europe. On his return to England founded the Athenian Society. In 1805, he married Catherine Elizabeth Hamilton, daughter of Lord Abercorn. In December he took his seat as a Tory in the House of Lords. Following the death of his wife in 1812 he joined the Foreign Service. He was appointed ambassador extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary at Vienna, where he signed the Treaty of Toplitz between Great Britain and Austria.
Francis Bacon - Francis Bacon (painter) Francis Bacon (Baron Verulam and Viscount St. Albans) (January 21, 1561 - April 9, 1626) achieved fame as an English philosopher, statesman, and essayist. He began his professional life as a lawyer, where his philosophy of law preached absolute duty to the Sovereign, but he has become best known as an advocate and defender of the scientific revolution. His philosophical works lay out a complex methodology for scientific inquiry, often called the Baconian method Life Francis Bacon was born at York House, Strand London. He died at Highgate. He was the youngest son of Sir Nicholas Bacon (1509-1579), Lord Keeper of the Great Seal under Elizabeth I. His mother, Ann Cooke Bacon (1528-1610) was the second wife of Sir Nicholas, and a daughter of Sir Anthony Cooke, who.
Admiralty - The professional head of the Royal Navy was (and still is) known as the First Sea Lord. The civilian minister and president of the Board was known as the First Lord of the Admiralty. In 1831 the Navy Board was abolished as a separate entity and its duties and responsibilities were given over to the Board of Admiralty. In 1964 the Admiralty was subsumed into the Ministry of Defence along with the War Office and the Air Ministry. Within the expanded Ministry of Defence are a new Admiralty Board, Army Board and Air Force Board, each headed by the Secretary of State for Defence. (The new Admiralty Board was to have been called the Navy Board but for an amendment in the House of Lords). The title of Lord High Admiral.
