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Milner, Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount

(Encyclopedia)Milner, Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount, 1854–1925, British statesman and colonial administrator. He distinguished himself as a student at Oxford and was briefly a journalist in London. He became (1887)...

Lothian, Philip Henry Kerr, 11th marquess of

(Encyclopedia)Lothian, Philip Henry Kerr, 11th marquess of kär, l´n [key], 1882–1940, British statesman. He served (1905–10) on various government commissions in South Africa and was a member of Miln...

Thomas, David Alfred

(Encyclopedia)Thomas, David Alfred: see Rhondda, David Alfred Thomas, 1st Viscount.

Rothermere, Harold Sidney Harmsworth, 1st Viscount

(Encyclopedia)Rothermere, Harold Sidney Harmsworth, 1st Viscount r´rmr [key], 1868–1940, English publisher. He was the financial wizard of the publishing firm headed by his brother Alfred, Viscount Nort...

Rhondda, David Alfred Thomas, 1st Viscount

(Encyclopedia)Rhondda, David Alfred Thomas, 1st Viscount rn´d [key], 1856–1918, British industrialist and public official. He entered his father's coal business in S Wales and eventually developed one of the...

Toynbee, Arnold

(Encyclopedia)Toynbee, Arnold toin´b [key], 1852–83, English economic historian, philosopher, and reformer. After his graduation in 1878 he was a tutor at Balliol College, Oxford, and was active in reform work...

Cooper, Alfred Duff, 1st Viscount Norwich of Aldwick

(Encyclopedia)Cooper, Alfred Duff, 1st Viscount Norwich of Aldwick koo´pr, koop´r [key], 1890–1954, British statesman and diplomat. Elected to Parliament as a Conservative (Unionist) in 1924, he served ...

Bonnie and Clyde

(Encyclopedia)Bonnie and Clyde, Bonnie Parker, 1910–34, b. Rowena, Tex., and Clyde Barrow, 1909–34, b. Tellice, Tex., notorious American criminals during the Great Depression. Joining forces in 1932, they trave...

Craig, James

(Encyclopedia)Craig, James: see Craigavon, James Craig, 1st Viscount.

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