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4 days ago · Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour, KG , OM , PC , FRS , FBA , DL ( / ˈbælfər, - fɔːr /, [1] 25 July 1848 – 19 March 1930) was a British statesman and Conservative politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1902 to 1905. As foreign secretary in the Lloyd George ministry, he issued the Balfour Declaration of 1917 ...
3 days ago · Balfour Declaration at Wikisource. The Balfour Declaration was a public statement issued by the British Government in 1917 during the First World War announcing its support for the establishment of a "national home for the Jewish people" in Palestine, then an Ottoman region with a small minority Jewish population.
Jul 4, 2024 · As if in response to that plea, Balfour’s World sets out to examine and understand the experience and subjectivities of a group of men and women who dominated the politics and social discourse of upper class Britain in the late 19th century. However, this is not simply another description of the antics and apercus of the Souls, as they became ...
Jun 23, 2024 · David Wemyss, 2nd Earl of Wemyss (6 September 1610 – July 1679) was an army officer. Only son of John Wemyss, 1st Earl of Wemyss and Jean Gray (d. 1640), daughter of Lord Gray. As Lord Elcho, a title he held between 1633 and 1649, he commanded a regiment of Fife infantry in the Scottish army which reached Newcastle upon Tyne in August 1640.
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Jul 10, 2024 · Countess of Carberry, a Pass. De Lizola, Resident from the Emperor, a Protection. Mr. Wortley Gent. of the Privy Chamber, Privilege. Blake versus Goodwin. Dr. Hughes, a Pass to Holland. Serjeant Finch Leave to be absent. Inhabitants of St. Cuhtbert's versus Mr. Thorne, their Minister. James and Fairfax. Adjourn. Footnotes
Jun 26, 2024 · In his essay “Arthur Balfour: a Fatal Charm” 1 cultural critic Ferdinand Mount cites “nonchalance” as Balfour’s defining trait. Legendarily indolent, he rarely rose before 11 a.m., claimed never to read newspapers, and disdained the ritual schmoozing of fellow backbenchers expected by his peers in the Members’ Smoking Room.
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6 days ago · When John Dunbar 1st Earl of Moray was born in 1340, in Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom, his mother, Agnes Randolph Countess of Dunbar and March, was 30 and his father, Patrick Dunbar, was 70. He married Marjorie Stewart Countess of Moray on 11 June 1370, in Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son.
