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Stratford de Redcliffe, Stratford Canning, Viscount

(Encyclopedia)Stratford de Redcliffe, Stratford Canning, Viscount, 1786–1880, British diplomat. He entered (1807) the foreign office under the aegis of his cousin, George Canning. Sent (1808) to Turkey, he negoti...

Craig, James

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

Canning, Stratford

(Encyclopedia)Canning, Stratford: see Stratford de Redcliffe, Stratford Canning, Viscount. ...

Kelley, Edgar Stillman

(Encyclopedia)Kelley, Edgar Stillman, 1857–1944, American composer and critic, b. Sparta, Wis., studied in Chicago and at the Stuttgart Conservatory. He taught (1901–2) at Yale, replacing Horatio Parker, and af...

Dalrymple, James

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

Lamb, Lady Caroline

(Encyclopedia)Lamb, Lady Caroline: see under Melbourne, William Lamb, 2d Viscount. ...

Hoare, Samuel

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

Harmsworth, Alfred Charles William

(Encyclopedia)Harmsworth, Alfred Charles William: see Northcliffe, Alfred Charles William Harmsworth, Viscount. ...

Harmsworth, Harold Sidney

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

Webster, Richard Everard

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