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Há 5 dias · Rokeby’s conclusions merit closer consideration for those too eager to embrace the state building of Grenville, Whately, or Charles Townshend as emblematic of their time.
Há 3 dias · The Townshend Acts were a series of measures passed by the British Parliament in 1767. Named after Charles Townshend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, these laws aimed to exert control over the American colonies and raise revenue.
Há 4 dias · Townshend, claiming to take literally the colonial distinction between external and internal taxes, imposed external duties on a wide range of necessities, including lead, glass, paint, paper, and tea, the principal domestic beverage.
Há 5 dias · Al-Kūt was occupied in September 1915, and the advance was pushed on until the British, under Major General Charles Townshend, were 500 miles away from their base at Basra. They fought a profitless battle at Ctesiphon, only 18 miles from Baghdad, on November 22 but then had to retreat to al-Kūt.
Há 19 horas · Pete Townshend. Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend ( / ˈtaʊnzənd /; born 19 May 1945) is an English musician. He is the co-founder, guitarist, second lead vocalist and principal songwriter of the Who, one of the most influential rock bands of the 1960s and 1970s. [2] [3] His aggressive playing style and poetic songwriting techniques, with the ...
Há 1 dia · The chancellor of the exchequer, often abbreviated to Chancellor, [3] is a senior minister of the Crown within Government of the United Kingdom, and head of Treasury. As one of the four Great Offices of State, the chancellor is a high-ranking member of the British Cabinet .
Há 5 dias · According to the ratebooks Charles Townley succeeded the Bishop of Bangor in 1769 and continued there until 1774. He was a great collector of antiquities, and in 1777 purchased what is now No. 14, Queen Anne's Gate, for the accommodation of his collection ( Survey of London , X, p. 95).
