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Seaton, John Colborne, 1st Baron

(Encyclopedia)Seaton, John Colborne, 1st Baron, 1778–1863, British soldier and colonial administrator. He served in Egypt (1801) and Sicily (1806), participated (1808–14) in the Peninsular War, and helped to de...

Sinha, Satyendra Prassano, 1st Baron Sinha of Raipur

(Encyclopedia)Sinha, Satyendra Prassano, 1st Baron Sinha of Raipur sətĕnˈdrə prəsänˈô sĭnˈhä [key], 1864–1928, Indian statesman. A successful lawyer, he was the first Indian to hold several important a...

Buchan, John, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir

(Encyclopedia)Buchan, John, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir bŭkˈən, twēdzˈmyo͞or [key], 1875–1940, Scottish author and statesman. Included among his works are a history (4 vol., 1921–22) of World War I; biographies ...

Burleigh, William Cecil, 1st Baron

(Encyclopedia)Burleigh, William Cecil, 1st Baron: see Burghley. ...

Dorchester, Guy Carleton, 1st Baron

(Encyclopedia)Dorchester, Guy Carleton, 1st Baron: see Carleton, Guy. ...

Ashburton, Alexander Baring, 1st Baron

(Encyclopedia)Ashburton, Alexander Baring, 1st Baron: see Baring, family. ...

Tweedsmuir, John Buchan, 1st Baron

(Encyclopedia)Tweedsmuir, John Buchan, 1st Baron: see Buchan, John. ...

Baltimore, George Calvert, 1st Baron

(Encyclopedia)Baltimore, George Calvert, 1st Baron: see Calvert, George. ...

Avebury, John Lubbock, 1st Baron

(Encyclopedia)Avebury, John Lubbock, 1st Baron: see Lubbock, Sir John. ...

Morris, Edward Patrick Morris, 1st Baron

(Encyclopedia)Morris, Edward Patrick Morris, 1st Baron, 1859–1935, Newfoundland political leader, b. St. John's. He sat (1885–1918) in the Newfoundland parliament and was a delegate to the conference called (18...