Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign GovernmentsDate of Information: 5/14/2012
Governor Gen. Arthur FOULKES Prime Min. Perry CHRISTIE Dep. Prime Min. Philip DAVIS Min. of…
(Encyclopedia) Mortimer, Roger de, 4th earl of March and 2d earl of Ulster, 1374–98, English nobleman. He succeeded (1381) his father, Edmund de Mortimer, 3d earl of March, and was brought up as a…
(Encyclopedia) epithalamiumepithalamiumĕpˌĭthəlāˈmēəm [key], song or poem written to celebrate a marriage. An elaborate form of pastoral, the epithalamium usually tells of the happenings of the…
(Encyclopedia) Ward, William George, 1812–82, English Roman Catholic apologist, educated at Oxford. He became (1834) a fellow at Balliol College, Oxford, and was ordained in the Church of England. At…
SMALLS, Robert, a Representative from South Carolina; born in Beaufort, S.C., April 5, 1839; moved to Charleston, S.C., in 1851; appointed pilot in the United States Navy and served throughout…
PICKENS, Francis Wilkinson, (grandson of Andrew Pickens), a Representative from South Carolina; born on a plantation on the Toogoodoo River, St. Paulâs Parish, Colleton District, S.C., April…
(Encyclopedia) Sévigné, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise deSévigné, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise demärēˈ də räbütăNˈ-shäNtälˈ märkēzˈ də sāvēnyāˈ [key], 1626–96, French woman of letters. Her…
(Encyclopedia) Ormonde, Thomas Butler, 10th earl of, 1532–1614, Irish nobleman. Brought up at the English court, he was the first of his family to embrace Protestantism. He succeeded to the earldom…
DIBBLE, Samuel, a Representative from South Carolina; born in Charleston, S.C., September 16, 1837; pursued an academic course in Bethel, Conn., and Charleston, S.C.; attended the College of…
FISH, Hamilton, (son of Hamilton Fish [1849-1936], grandson of Hamilton Fish [1808-1893], and father of Hamilton Fish, Jr. [1926-1996]), a Representative from New York; born in Garrison, Putnam…
