(Encyclopedia) Cromer, Evelyn Baring, 1st earl ofCromer, Evelyn Baring, 1st earl ofēvˈlĭn bârˈĭng krōˈmər [key], 1841–1917, British administrator in Egypt. Appointed (1877) first British commissioner…
(Encyclopedia) Alanbrooke, Alan Francis Brooke, 1st ViscountAlanbrooke, Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscountălˈənbr&oobreve;kˌ [key], 1883–1963, British general. He entered the field artillery in…
(Encyclopedia) Citrine, Walter McLennan Citrine, 1st BaronCitrine, Walter McLennan Citrine, 1st Baronsĭtrēnˈ [key], 1887–1983, English trade union leader. An electrician, he became district secretary…
(Encyclopedia) Clare, John Fitzgibbon, 1st earl of, 1749–1802, Irish statesman. He was (1783–89) attorney general of Ireland and in 1789 became lord chancellor. A resolute upholder of the Protestant…
(Encyclopedia) Clarendon, Edward Hyde, 1st earl ofClarendon, Edward Hyde, 1st earl ofklârˈəndən [key], 1609–74, English statesman and historian. Elected (1640) to the Short and Long parliaments, he…
(Encyclopedia) Chatham, William Pitt, 1st earl ofChatham, William Pitt, 1st earl ofchătˈəm [key], 1708–78, British statesman, known as the Great Commoner. Proud, dramatic, and patriotic, Chatham…
(Encyclopedia) Alverstone, Richard Everard Webster, 1st ViscountAlverstone, Richard Everard Webster, 1st Viscountôlˈvərstən [key], 1842–1915, lord chief justice of England (1900–1913). He served on…