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Halifax, Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st earl of

(Encyclopedia)Halifax, Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st earl of, 1881–1959, British statesman. He entered the House of Commons (1910) as a Conservative and was president of the Board of Education (1922–24) an...

Salisbury, Robert Cecil, 1st earl of

(Encyclopedia)Salisbury, Robert Cecil, 1st earl of, 1563–1612, English statesman; son of William Cecil, Baron Burghley. He entered Parliament and came gradually to rank second only to his father as adviser to Que...

Howe, William Howe, 5th Viscount

(Encyclopedia)Howe, William Howe, 5th Viscount, 1729–1814, English general in the American Revolution; younger brother of Admiral Richard Howe. He took up a military career, and in the last of the French and Indi...

Craig, James

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

Dalrymple, James

(Encyclopedia)Dalrymple, James: see Stair, James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount. ...

Hoare, Samuel

(Encyclopedia)Hoare, Samuel: see Templewood, Samuel John Gurney Hoare, 1st Viscount. ...

Harmsworth, Harold Sidney

(Encyclopedia)Harmsworth, Harold Sidney: see Rothermere, Harold Sidney Harmsworth, 1st Viscount. ...

Brooke, Alan Francis

(Encyclopedia)Brooke, Alan Francis: see Alanbrooke, Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount. ...

Webster, Richard Everard

(Encyclopedia)Webster, Richard Everard: see Alverstone, Richard Everard Webster, 1st Viscount. ...

Grey, Sir Edward

(Encyclopedia)Grey, Sir Edward: see Grey of Fallodon, Edward Grey, 1st Viscount. ...