Edward Burtenshaw Sugden, 1st Baron St Leonards - Edward Burtenshaw Sugden, 1st Baron St Leonards Edward Burtenshaw Sugden, 1st Baron St Leonards (12 February, 1781 - 29 January, 1875) was an English jurist and politician. After practicing for some years as a conveyancer, he was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1807, having already published his well-known treatise on the Law of Vendors and Purchasers. In 1822 he was made King's Counsel He was returned at different times for various boroughs to the House of Commons, where he made himself prominent by his opposition to the Reform Bill of 1832. He was appointed Solicitor-General in 1829, named Lord Chancellor of Ireland in 1834, and again from 1841 to 1846. In Lord Derby's first government in 1852 be became Lord Chancellor and was.
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 devoted himself.
Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury - Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury Edward Herbert, Baron Herbert of Cherbury (March 3, 1583 - August 20, 1648) was a British soldier, diplomat, historian and religious philosopher. He was the eldest son of Richard Herbert of Montgomery Castle (a member of a collateral branch of the family of the earls of Pembroke) and of Magdalen, daughter of Sir Richard Newport, and he was born at Eyton-on-Severn near Wroxeter. After private tuition he matriculated at University College, Oxford, as a gentleman commoner, in May 1596. On February 28 1599 he married his cousin Mary, daughter and heiress of Sir William Herbert (d. 1593). He returned to Oxford with his wife and mother, continued his studies, and learned modern languages as well as music, riding and.
August 2003 - have debated carbon dioxide's role in global warming for over a decade, with most voices (though notably fewer within the US) calling it the biggest factor, while others call it negligible. [1] Occupation of Iraq: Americann and Iraqi officials are discussing the possibility of forming a large Iraqi militia or paramilitary force to help improve security in the country. [1] Terrorist: Terrorism group Jemaah Islamiyah has schemes, revealed in a 40-page manifesto (the Pupji book or General Guide to the Struggle of Jemaah Islamiyah), for a suicide bombing campaign designed to change Asia and the Pacific region into Islamic provinces. Jemaah Islamiyah is also shown to be a well-formed organization with a constitution, rules of operation, and leadership structure. [1] Afghanistan: Soldiers are killed in a remote region (near the town.
List of poets - Broniewski William Bronk, (died 1999) Emily Brontë, (1818-1848), British author Rupert Brooke, (1887-1915) Gwendolyn Brooks, (born 1917) Joan Brossa, (1919-1998) Nicole Brossard, (born 1943), formalist poet Flora Brovina Thomas Edward Brown, (1830-1897) William Browne, (1588-1643) Elizabeth Barrett Browning, (1806-1861) Robert Browning, (1812-1889) William Cullen Bryant, (1794-1878) Sterling A. Brown Andrej Brvar, (born 1945) Ernest Bryll Valeri Bryusov, (1873-1924), poet, novelist, critic Georg Büchner Andrej Budal, (1889-1972) Charles Bukowski, (1920-1994) Basil Bunting Ronnie Burk, (1955-2003) Michael Burkard Stanley Burnshaw Robert Burns, (1759-1796) Edwin G. Burrows William S. Burroughs, (1914-1997) Andrzej Bursa Wilhelm Busch, (1832-1908) Samuel Butler, (1612-80), English novelist, poet Ignazio Buttitta, (sicilian dialect) Witter Bynner (also under Emanuel Morgan) Lord Byron, (1788-1824) C Lydia Cabrera (Cuban poet - anthropoetry) Dilys Cadwaladr Caedmon (old English) Andon Zako Çajupi Barry Callaghan, (born 1937).
History of anti-Semitism - were led by Judas Maccabeus. Jews celebrate Hanukkah in commemoration of their victory. 2nd century BCE: Mnaseas of Patros, a Greek author, reports that the Jews worship a donkey's head in the Holy of Holies. (Repeated by Apollonius Molon, Democritus, Apion, Plutarch, Tacitus) 59 BCE Cicero denounces Judaism as barbara superstitio, describes Jews as people born to be slaves. 66-73 Great Jewish Revolt against the Romans is crushed by Vespasian and Titus Flavius. Titus refuses to accept a wreath of victory, as there is "no merit in vanquishing people forsaken by their own God". (Philostratus, Vita Apollonii) 1st century Fabrications of Apion in Alexandria, Egypt, including the first recorded blood libel. Tacitus writes in Histories that Jews regard "the rest of mankind with all the hatred of enemies", calls for their.
List of Commissioners of the Treasury - of the Treasury since 1714: (for earlier Treasury Commissioners see List of Lord Treasurers) October 13, 1714 Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax (1st Lord) Sir Richard Onslow (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Sir William St. Quintin, bt. Edward Wortley Montagu Paul Methuen May 23, 1715 Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle (First Lord) Sir Richard Onslow (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Sir William St. Quintin Edward Wortley Montagu Paul Methuen October 11, 1715 Robert Walpole (First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer) Daniel Finch, Lord Finch Sir William St. Quintin, bt. Paul Methuen Hon. Thomas Newport June 25, 1716 Robert Walpole (First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer) Sir William St. Quintin, bt. Paul Methuen Hon. Thomas Newport, 1st Lord Torrington Richard Edgcumbe April 15, 1717 James Stanhope (First Lord and Chancellor.
List of people by name: Be - Beard, Charles A, (born 1874), historian Beard, James, (1903-1985), chef, cookbook writer Beard, Stephanie, Canadian radio and television personality, voice actress Beard, Stymie, (1925-1981), actor Beard, Thomas, (born 1962), musician, composer Bearden, Milton, US spy, author Bearden, Romare, (1914-1988), painter Beardsley, Aubrey, (1872-1898), illustrator Béart, Emmanuelle, (born 1965), French actor Beatrice, Princess of Portugal, (1372-1410), heiress to the throne and wife of John I of Castile Beatrice of Spain Beatrix, Queen of the Netherlands, (born 1938) Beattie, Ann, (born 1947), writer Beatty, Alfred Chester, Sir, (1875-1968) Beatty, Clyde, (1903-1965), circus performer, hunter Beatty, David, (1871-1936), British Beatty, Ned, (born 1937), actor Beatty, Warren, (born 1937), US film director Beauchamp-Proctor, Andrew, (1894-1921), fighter pilot Beaudoin, Gerald A, Canadian senator Beaufort, John, 1st Earl of Somerset Beaufort, Margaret, (1443-1509), mother of Henry VII.
Will (law) - new will, Copyholds were not devisable before 1815, but were usually surrendered to the,use of the will of the copyhold tenant; an act of 1815 made them devisable simply. Devises of lands have gradually been made liable to the claims of creditors by a series of statutes beginning with the year 1691. The history of wills of personalty was considerably different, but to some extent followed parallel lines. In both cases partial preceded complete power of disposition. The general opinion of the best authorities is that by the common law Personal of England a man could only dispose of his whole personal property. property if he left no wife or children; if he left either wife or children he could only dispose of one-half, and one-third if he left both wife.
Lucius Cary, 2nd Viscount of Falkland - English politician, soldier and author. He was the son of Sir Henry Cary, afterwards 1st Viscount of Falkland, a member of an ancient Devonshire family, who was lord deputy of Ireland from 1622 to 1629, and of his wife Elizabeth, was born either in 1609 or 1610, and was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. In 1625 he inherited from his grandfather the manors of Great Tew and Burford in Oxfordshire, and, about the age of 21, married Lettice, daughter of Sir Richard Morrison, of Tooley Park in Leicestershire. Following a quarrel with his father, whom he failed to propitiate by offering to hand over to him his estate, he left England to take service in the Dutch army, but soon returned. In 1633, by the death of his father, he became.
John Bale - the Whitefriars at Hulne near Alnwick. Later he entered Jesus College, Cambridge, and took his degree of B. D. in 1529. At Cambridge he came under the influence of Thomas Cranmer and of Thomas Wentworth, 1st Baron Wentworth, and became an ardent Reformer. He abandoned his monastic vocation, and got married, saying, "that I might never more serve so execrable a beast, I took to wife the faithful Dorothy." He obtained the living of Thornden, Suffolk, but In 1534 was summoned before the Archbishop of York for a sermon against the invocation of saints preached at Doncaster, and afterwards before Stokesley, Bishop of London, but he escaped through the powerful protection of Thomas Cromwell, whose notice he is said to have attracted by his miracle plays. In these plays, Bale allows.
Knights of the Garter (1700-1899) - The Most Noble Order of the Garter was founded by King Edward III of England in 1348 as "a society, fellowship and college of knights." It is now the oldest and highest order of chivalry in the British honours system. Dates of installation/investiture, 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.
John Hooper - friars, of infidelity to the vow of chastity; and his own letters to Heinrich Bullinger are curiously reticent on this part of his history. He speaks of himself as being the only son and heir of his father and as fearing to be deprived of his inheritance if he adopted the reformed religion. Before 1546 he had secured employment in the household of Sir Thomas Arundell, an influential man. Hooper speaks of himself at this period as being "a courtier and living too much of a court life in the palace of our king." But he chanced upon some of Zwingli's works and Bullinger's commentaries on St Paul's epistles; and after some molestation in England and some correspondence with Bullinger on the lawfulness of complying against his conscience with the established.
Samuel Clarke - May 17, 1729) was an English philosopher. The son of Edward Clarke, an alderman who represented the city of Norwich in parliament, was educated at the free school of Norwich and at Caius College, Cambridge. The philosophy of Rene Descartes was the reigning system at the university; Clarke, however, mastered the new system of Isaac Newton, and contributed greatly to its extension by publishing a Latin version of the Traité de physique of Jacques Rohault (1620-1675) with valuable notes, which he finished before he was twenty-two. The system of Rohault was founded entirely upon Cartesian principles, and was previously known only through the medium of a crude Latin version. Clarke's translation (1697) continued to be used as a text-book in the university till supplanted by the treatises of Newton, which it.
Phelsuma - more than 20 years in captivity. Day geckos feed on various kinds of insects and other invertebrates. They also like to eat nectar, pollen and soft, ripe and sweet fruits such as bananas. Two Phelsuma species (Phelsuma gigas and Phelsuma edwardnewtoni) are now considered to be extinct, probably because of destruction of their environment by human settlers and their domestic animals. Many day gecko species are endangered today because more and more of their habitat, such as (rain) forest, is being destroyed on Madagascar and other islands. Classification of the genus Phelsuma GRAY 1825 The genus Phelsuma was first described by the British zoologist John Edward Gray in 1825 and named after the Dutch physician Murk van Phelsum. The genus consists of about 70 known species and subspecies: Phelsuma abbotti Phelsuma.
Princess Alexandra, Duchess of Fife - Britain and Ireland and for holding a peerage in her own right. The Lady Alexandra Victoria Alberta Edwina Louise Duff was born at East Sheen Lodge, Richmond, the elder daughter of Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife (10 November 1849-12 January 1912), and Princess Louise, Duchess of Fife (20 February 1867-4 January 1931), the eldest daughter of the future King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra. Lady Alexandra's father had been created Duke of Fife and Marquess of MacDuff in the peerage of the United Kingdom two days after his marriage to Princess Louise of Wales in 1889. When it became apparent that the couple were unlikely to have a son, Queen Victoria created him Duke of Fife and Earl of MacDuff in the peerage of the United Kingdom in 1900. The.
Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough - Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough (September 8, 1790 - December 22, 1871) was a British politician. The eldest son of the 1st Lord Ellenborough, he was educated at Eton College and St John's College, Cambridge. He represented the subsequently disfranchised borough of St Michael's, Cornwall, in the House of Commons, until the death of his father in 1818 gave him a seat in the House of Lords. He was married twice, but had only one child, who died young; his second wife was divorced by act of parliament in 1830. In the Duke of Wellington's government of 1828, Ellenborough was made Lord Privy Seal; he also took part in the business of the foreign office, as an unofficial assistant.
Michael Edward Hicks Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn - Michael Edward Hicks Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn Michael Edward Hicks Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn (23 October 1837 - 30 April 1916), better known as Sir Michael Hicks Beach, was an English statesman. The son of Sir Michael Hicks Beach, 8th Baronet, whom he succeeded in 1854, he was born in London in 1837, and educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, where he graduated with a first class in the school of law and modern history. In 1864 he was returned to parliament as a Conservative for East Gloucestershire. During 1868 he acted both as parliamentary secretary to the Poor Law Board and as under-secretary for the Home Office. In 1874 he was made Chief Secretary for Ireland, and was included in the Cabinet in.
John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir - John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir John Buchan (August 26, 1875 - February 11, 1940), 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, was a Scottish novelist and politician who served as Governor General of Canada. Born in Perth, Scotland, he was educated at Glasgow University and Brasenose College, Oxford, winning the Newdigate prize for poetry while a student at the latter. Buchan at first entered into a career in law in 1901, but almost immediately moved into politics, becoming private secretary to Alfred Milner, who was high commissioner of South Africa - hence Buchan gained an acquaintance with the country that was to feature prominently in his writing. Buchan married Susan Charlotte Grosvenor, cousin of the Duke of Westminster, on July 15, 1907. Together they had four children, two of whom would spend.
George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston - George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, 5th Baron Scarscale (January 11, 1859 - March 20, 1925), was a conservative British statesman, Viceroy of India, . Eldest son of the 4th Baron Scarsdale, rector of Kedleston, Derbyshire, Curzon was educated at Eton College and Balliol College, Oxford. At Oxford he was president of the Union, and after a brilliant university career was elected a fellow of All Souls College in 1883. He became assistant private secretary to Lord Salisbury in 1885, and in 1886 entered parliament as member for the Southport division of south-west Lancashire. He served as under-secretary for India in 1891-1892 and for foreign affairs in 1895-1898. In the meantime he had travelled in Central Asia, Persia, Afghanistan,.
