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Disraeli, Benjamin, 1st earl of Beaconsfield
(Encyclopedia)Disraeli, Benjamin, 1st earl of Beaconsfield dĭzrāˈlē [key], 1804–81, British statesman and author. He is regarded as the founder of the modern Conservative party. Disraeli succeeded the earl ...Dorset, Charles Sackville, 6th earl of
(Encyclopedia)Dorset, Charles Sackville, 6th earl of: see Sackville, Charles. ...Dorset, Thomas Sackville, 1st earl of
(Encyclopedia)Dorset, Thomas Sackville, 1st earl of: see Sackville, Thomas, 1st earl of Dorset. ...Douglas, Archibald, 5th earl of Angus
(Encyclopedia)Douglas, Archibald, 5th earl of Angus, 1449–1514, Scottish nobleman. He was a member of the faction that allied with Edward IV of England in opposition to the influence of Robert Cochrane, favorite ...Douglas, Archibald, 6th earl of Angus
(Encyclopedia)Douglas, Archibald, 6th earl of Angus, 1489–1557, Scottish nobleman; grandson of Archibald Douglas, 5th earl of Douglas. His marriage (1514) to Margaret Tudor alienated the Scottish noblemen and cau...Douglas, James, 9th earl of Douglas
(Encyclopedia)Douglas, James, 9th earl of Douglas, 1426–88, Scottish nobleman, last earl of Douglas. Following the murder of his brother William, the 8th earl, by James II, he led a rebellion against the king in ...Douglas, William, 6th earl of Douglas
(Encyclopedia)Douglas, William, 6th earl of Douglas, 1423?–1440, Scottish nobleman, eldest son of Archibald Douglas, 5th earl of Douglas. In answer to an invitation from the young James II, who was at that time c...Dundonald, Thomas Cochrane, 10th earl of
(Encyclopedia)Dundonald, Thomas Cochrane, 10th earl of dŭndŏnˈəld [key], 1775–1860, British naval commander. He served in the Napoleonic Wars, executing his assignments with a boldness and originality sometim...Cromer, Evelyn Baring, 1st earl of
(Encyclopedia)Cromer, Evelyn Baring, 1st earl of ēvˈlĭn bârˈĭng krōˈmər [key], 1841–1917, British administrator in Egypt. Appointed (1877) first British commissioner of the Egyptian public debt office, h...Cork, Richard Boyle, 1st earl of
(Encyclopedia)Cork, Richard Boyle, 1st earl of: see Boyle, Richard, 1st earl of Cork. ...Browse by Subject
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