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Eliott, George Augustus, 1st Baron Heathfield of Gibraltar

(Encyclopedia)Eliott, George Augustus, 1st Baron Heathfield of Gibraltar, 1717–90, British general. Appointed (1775) governor of Gibraltar, he was forced to defend it against a combined Spanish and French siege t...

Napier, Robert Cornelis, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala

(Encyclopedia)Napier, Robert Cornelis, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala nāˈpēr, nəpērˈ [key], 1810–90, British general. In the engineering service in India, he fought in the Sikh Wars (1845–49) and took part i...

Seely, John Edward Bernard, 1st baron of Mottistone

(Encyclopedia)Seely, John Edward Bernard, 1st baron of Mottistone, 1868–1947, British politician. He served in the South African War and entered Parliament as a Conservative in 1900. Having switched to the Libera...

Milnes, Richard Monckton

(Encyclopedia)Milnes, Richard Monckton: see Houghton, Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron. ...

Monckton Milnes, Richard

(Encyclopedia)Monckton Milnes, Richard: see Houghton, Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron. ...

Farnborough, Thomas Erskine May, 1st Baron

(Encyclopedia)Farnborough, Thomas Erskine May, 1st Baron: see May, Thomas Erskine. ...

Prothero, Rowland Edmund

(Encyclopedia)Prothero, Rowland Edmund: see Ernle, Rowland Edmund Prothero, 1st Baron. ...

Lytton, Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron

(Encyclopedia)Lytton, Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron: see Bulwer-Lytton. ...

Somerset, Fitzroy James Henry

(Encyclopedia)Somerset, Fitzroy James Henry: see Raglan, Fitzroy James Henry Somerset, 1st Baron. ...

Smith, Donald Alexander

(Encyclopedia)Smith, Donald Alexander: see Strathcona and Mount Royal, Donald Alexander Smith, 1st Baron. ...