(Encyclopedia) Vansittart, Nicholas, 1st Baron BexleyVansittart, Nicholas, 1st Baron Bexleyvănˈsĭtärt [key], 1766–1851, British politician. He entered Parliament in 1796, was joint secretary of the…
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U.S. CongressmanBorn: 1955Birthplace: Taiwan Wu moved to the United States with his family when he was a boy. He earned B.S. from Stanford University in 1977, attended Harvard Medical School, and…
Senate Years of Service: 1873-1879Party: RepublicanDORSEY, Stephen Wallace, a Senator from Arkansas; born in Benson, Rutland County, Vt., February 28, 1842; moved to Ohio and settled in…
(Encyclopedia) Fairfax of Cameron, Thomas Fairfax, 3d Baron, 1612–71, English general. He was the son of Ferdinando Fairfax, 2d Baron Fairfax of Cameron (1584–1648), whose title he inherited and…
(Encyclopedia) Holland House, residence of the Holland family in Kensington, London, made famous in the first 40 years of the 19th cent. by the hospitality of Henry Fox, 3d Baron Holland, and his…
(Encyclopedia) Metcalfe, Charles Theophilus Metcalfe, 1st Baron, 1785–1846, British colonial administrator, b. India. He entered the Indian civil service as a young man, rose quickly, and was…
(Encyclopedia) Tallard or Tallart, Camille, marquis de la Baume-d'Hostun, baron d'Arlanc, comte deTallard or Tallart, Camille, marquis de la Baume-d'Hostun, baron d'Arlanc, comte dekämēˈyə märkēˈ də…
(Encyclopedia) Rayleigh, John William Strutt, 3d BaronRayleigh, John William Strutt, 3d Baronrāˈlē [key], 1842–1919, English physicist. He was professor at Cambridge (1879–84) and at the Royal…
