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Há 4 dias · Directly successively – Waldorf Astor (later 2nd Viscount Astor), who was MP for Plymouth December 1910 – December 1918 and Plymouth Sutton December 1918 – October 1919 (on succession to hereditary peerage), and Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, who succeeded him as MP for the latter seat, becoming the first woman to take her seat in the Commons, from by-election in November 1919 until ...
Há 4 dias · The history of the Sancy Diamond, also known as the Grand Sancy Diamond, traces back to 14th-century India. Some believe that the diamond originated from Persia, where it was owned by the Mughal Empire; however, considering the period, India was the only source of diamonds in the World. According to legend, the diamond has been smuggled out of ...
Há 4 dias · Peerages and baronetcies of Britain and Ireland Extant All Dukes Dukedoms Marquesses Marquessates Earls Earldoms Viscounts Viscountcies Barons Baronies Baronets Baronetcies This is a list of the present and extant Barons (Lords of Parliament, in Scottish terms) in the Peerages of England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. Note that it does not include those extant ...
1 de mai. de 2024 · Viscount William Astor serves as Independent Director of the Company. Mr. Viscount Astor is an independent businessman and politician who sits as an elected hereditary peer in the House of Lords. Viscount Astor is a director of a number of private companies in the United Kingdom and is currently chairman of Silvergate Media Ltd. (since 2011).
1 de mai. de 2024 · This Summer “Lord Astor on Shooting Stick with Horses” will be sold in Tennants Auctioneers' British, European and Sporting Art Sale on 13th July with an estimate of £80,000-100,000 (plus buyer's premium). The painting is a sketch for “A Summer Evening at Cliveden, Waldorf Astor, Second Viscount Astor (1879-1952), seated”, which is ...
Há 6 dias · Harry [1] Pam. Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, KG, GCB, PC, FRS (20 October 1784 – 18 October 1865), known as Lord Palmerston, was a British statesman and politician who was twice prime minister of the United Kingdom in the mid-19th century. Palmerston dominated British foreign policy during the period 1830 to 1865, when Britain ...
Há 2 dias · William Ewart Gladstone FRS FSS (/ ˈ ɡ l æ d s t ən / GLAD-stən; 29 December 1809 – 19 May 1898) was a British statesman and Liberal politician. In a career lasting over 60 years, he served for 12 years as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom , spread over four non-consecutive terms (the most of any British prime minister) beginning in 1868 and ending in 1894.
