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Clive, Robert, Baron Clive of Plassey

(Encyclopedia)Clive, Robert, Baron Clive of Plassey plăsˈē [key], 1725–74, British soldier and statesman. He went to India in 1743 as a clerk for the British East India Company and entered the military service...

Estournelles de Constant, Paul Henri Benjamin, baron d'

(Encyclopedia)Estournelles de Constant, Paul Henri Benjamin, baron d' pōl äNrēˈ bäNzhämăNˈ bärôNˈ dāto͞ornĕlˈ də kôNstäNˈ [key], 1852–1924, French diplomat and pacifist. He wrote and spoke tire...

Albany, Robert Stuart, 1st duke of

(Encyclopedia)Albany, Robert Stuart or Stewart, 1st duke of: see Stuart, Robert, 1st duke of Albany. ...

Stuart, James, 1st earl of Murray

(Encyclopedia)Stuart or Stewart, James, 1st earl of Murray: see Murray, James Stuart, 1st earl of. ...

Thomson, William

(Encyclopedia)Thomson, William: see Kelvin, William Thomson, 1st Baron. ...

Colborne, John

(Encyclopedia)Colborne, John: see Seaton, John Colborne, 1st Baron. ...

Graham, Hugh

(Encyclopedia)Graham, Hugh: see Atholston, Hugh Graham, 1st Baron. ...

Cecil, William

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

Fouqué, Friedrich Heinrich Karl, Baron de La Motte-

(Encyclopedia)Fouqué, Friedrich Heinrich Karl, Baron de La Motte- frēˈdrĭkh hīnˈrĭkh kärl bärōnˈ də lä môt-fo͞okāˈ [key], 1777–1843, German poet and novelist. He wrote many chivalric romances, ta...

Adrian, Edgar Douglas Adrian, Baron

(Encyclopedia)Adrian, Edgar Douglas Adrian, Baron, 1889–1977, English physiologist, M.D. Trinity College, Cambridge, 1915. He was research professor (1929–37) of the Royal Society and professor of physiology (1...