(Encyclopedia) Halifax, George Savile, 1st marquess of, 1633–95, English statesman. A protégé of the 2d duke of Buckingham, he was made Viscount Halifax (1668) and sat (1672–76) in the privy council…
(Encyclopedia) Templewood, Samuel John Gurney Hoare, 1st Viscount, 1880–1959, British statesman. He entered parliament as a Conservative in 1910, served (1922–24, 1924–29) as secretary of state for…
(Encyclopedia) Seely, John Edward Bernard, 1st baron of Mottistone, 1868–1947, British politician. He served in the South African War and entered Parliament as a Conservative in 1900. Having switched…
(Encyclopedia) Bulwer-Lytton, Edward Robert, 1st earl of Lytton, pseud. Owen Meredith, 1831–91, English diplomat and poet; son of the novelist, Bulwer-Lytton. He was in the diplomatic service from…
(Encyclopedia) Chelmsford, Frederic John Napier Thesiger, 3d Baron and 1st ViscountChelmsford, Frederic John Napier Thesiger, 3d Baron and 1st Viscountnāˈpēər, thĕsˈĭjər, chĕlmsˈfərd [key], 1868–1933…
(Encyclopedia) Inverchapel of Loch Eck, Archibald John Kerr Clark Kerr, 1st BaronInverchapel of Loch Eck, Archibald John Kerr Clark Kerr, 1st Baronkär, ĭnˌvərchăpˈəl, lŏkh ĕk [key], 1882–1951,…
(Encyclopedia) Raglan, Fitzroy James Henry Somerset, 1st Baron, 1788–1855, British general. He entered the army in 1804 and was made (1814) a lieutenant colonel for his services on the duke of…
(Encyclopedia) Jeffreys of Wem, George Jeffreys, 1st Baron, 1645?–1689, English judge under Charles II and James II. A notoriously cruel judge, he presided over many of the trials connected with the…
