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Há 2 dias · George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, KG, GCSI, GCIE, PC, FRS, FRGS, FBA (11 January 1859 – 20 March 1925), styled Lord Curzon of Kedleston between 1898 and 1911 and then Earl Curzon of Kedleston between 1911 and 1921, was a prominent British statesman, Conservative politician and writer who served as Viceroy ...
Há 3 dias · Despite its macabre reputation, 50 Berkeley Square also has a rich historical significance. It was once the residence of George Canning, a former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (the house sports its very own blue plaque to state this fact), and has been a Grade II listed building since the mid-20th century.
29 de abr. de 2024 · Other “imperial intellects” were rescued from obscurity by Kirk’s pen. He found conservative insights for his own time in the lives and writings of diverse sources including the Transcendentalist-turned-Catholic Orestes Brownson, or the short-serving British prime minister George Canning.
16 de abr. de 2024 · Friend of Humanity 'Needy Knife-grinder! whither are you going? Rough is the road, your wheel is out of order, Bleak blows the blast; your hat has got a hole in't, So have your breeches! 'Wea
16 de abr. de 2024 · John Hookham Frere was a British diplomat and man of letters. Frere was educated at Eton, where he met the future statesman George Canning (with whom he collaborated on The Anti-Jacobin), and at the University of Cambridge. He entered the Foreign Office, in 1799 becoming undersecretary of state for.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
16 de abr. de 2024 · In April 1827 the new prime minister, George Canning, revived for him the office of lord high admiral, but he was forced to resign in August 1828, when the duke of Wellington was premier. After succeeding George IV as king, William proved to be less brilliant but also less selfish and more attentive to official business than his brother had been.
29 de abr. de 2024 · This was hardly the full extent of Canning's extra-parliamentary speech-making. During the 1812 general election, for instance, he is reported to have made 160 speeches in Liverpool. (7) Even so, by including a sampling of Canning's public orations, the editor acknowledged the fact that significant statements and the eloquence of leading statesmen were not confined to the Houses of Parliament.
