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Macaulay, Thomas Babington, 1st Baron
(Encyclopedia)Macaulay, Thomas Babington, 1st Baron, 1800–1859, English historian and author, b. Leicestershire, educated at Cambridge. After the success of his essay on Milton in the Edinburgh Review (Aug., 1825...Clapham Sect
(Encyclopedia)Clapham Sect, group of English social reformers, active c.1790–1830, so named because their activities centered on the home in Clapham, London, of Henry Thornton and William Wilberforce. Most of the...Babington, Anthony
(Encyclopedia)Babington, Anthony bb´ngtn [key], 1561–86, English conspirator. A member of the Roman Catholic gentry, he served as a youth in the household of the earl of Shrewsbury at Sheffield Castle, whe...Macaulay, Dame Rose
(Encyclopedia)Macaulay, Dame Rose mkô´l [key], 1889?–1958, English author. Remembered primarily for her novels satirizing middle-class life, she first achieved fame with Potterism (1920). Her subsequent nov...Farnborough, Thomas Erskine May, 1st Baron
(Encyclopedia)Farnborough, Thomas Erskine May, 1st Baron: see May, Thomas Erskine.Erskine, Thomas, 1st Baron Erskine
(Encyclopedia)Erskine, Thomas, 1st Baron Erskine, 1750–1823, British jurist, b. Edinburgh. He was admitted to the bar in 1778. His eloquence and forensic skill won Erskine an enormous practice, during which he ma...May, Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Farnborough
(Encyclopedia)May, Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Farnborough, 1815–86, English constitutional jurist and historian. A period of long service to Parliament, including his tenure (1871–86) as clerk of the House of Co...Egerton, Thomas
(Encyclopedia)Egerton, Thomas: see Ellesmere, Thomas Egerton, Baron.West, Thomas
(Encyclopedia)West, Thomas: see De la Warr, Thomas West, 12th Baron.Clifford of Chudleigh, Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron
(Encyclopedia)Clifford of Chudleigh, Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron chd´l [key], 1630–73, English statesman. Member (1667–73) of the Cabal at Charles II's court, he held a number of offices, rising to acting s...Browse by Subject
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