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Baron, Michel
(Encyclopedia)Baron or Boyron, Michel mēshĕlˈ bärôNˈ or bwärôNˈ [key], 1653–1729, one of the first great French actors. A protégé of Molière, he acted at the Hôtel de Bourgogne and at the Comédie Fr...Sydenham, Charles Edward Poulett Thomson, Baron
(Encyclopedia)Sydenham, Charles Edward Poulett Thomson, Baron sĭdˈənəm [key], 1799–1841, British statesman. Entering Parliament (1826) as a Liberal with the aid of Jeremy Bentham, he became a proponent of fre...Berkeley, John, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton
(Encyclopedia)Berkeley, John, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton, 1602–78, English army officer and courtier. A royalist, he fought in numerous engagements in the English civil war and later, through association with...Pitt, William, 1708–78, 1st earl of Chatham
(Encyclopedia)Pitt, William, 1708–78: see Chatham, William Pitt, 1st earl of. ...Somerset, William Seymour, 2d duke of
(Encyclopedia)Somerset, William Seymour, 2d duke of: see Hertford, William Seymour, 1st marquess and 2d earl of. ...Stamp, Josiah Charles, 1st Baron Stamp of Shortlands
(Encyclopedia)Stamp, Josiah Charles, 1st Baron Stamp of Shortlands, 1880–1941, English economist and financier. Active in many national and international economic commissions, he had an important part in the fram...Lansdowne, William Petty Fitzmaurice, 1st marquess of
(Encyclopedia)Lansdowne, William Petty Fitzmaurice, 1st marquess of: see Shelburne, William Petty Fitzmaurice, 2d earl of. ...Trimble, David
(Encyclopedia)Trimble, David: see Trimble of Lisnagarvey, William David Trimble, Baron. ...Strafford, Thomas Wentworth, 1st earl of
(Encyclopedia)Strafford, Thomas Wentworth, 1st earl of, 1593–1641, English statesman. Regularly elected to Parliament from 1614 on, he became one of the critics of George Villiers, 1st duke of Buckingham, and of ...Bulwer, William Henry Lytton Earle, Baron Dalling and Bulwer
(Encyclopedia)Bulwer, William Henry Lytton Earle, Baron Dalling and Bulwer bo͝olˈwər; lĭtˈən [key], 1801–72, English diplomat and author; brother of the novelist Edward Bulwer-Lytton. He was known most of h...Browse by Subject
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