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Camden, John Jeffreys Pratt, 2d Earl and 1st Marquess
(Encyclopedia)Camden, John Jeffreys Pratt, 2d Earl and 1st Marquess: see under Pratt, Charles, 1st Earl Camden. ...Ypres, John Denton Pinkstone French, 1st earl of
(Encyclopedia)Ypres, John Denton Pinkstone French, 1st earl of: see French, John Denton Pinkstone, 1st earl of Ypres. ...Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, 1st marquess of
(Encyclopedia)Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, 1st marquess of: see Grenville, George Nugent Temple, 1st marquess of Buckingham. ...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...Hereditary Western European Titles of Nobility (table)
(Encyclopedia)HEREDITARY WESTERN EUROPEAN TITLES OF NOBILITY ...Holland House
(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 wife. Built in 1606...Fairfax of Cameron, Thomas Fairfax, 3d Baron
(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 under whom he fo...Rayleigh, John William Strutt, 3d Baron
(Encyclopedia)Rayleigh, John William Strutt, 3d Baron rāˈlē [key], 1842–1919, English physicist. He was professor at Cambridge (1879–84) and at the Royal Institution (1887–1905), and chancellor of Cambridg...Tallard, Camille, marquis de la Baume-d'Hostun, baron d'Arlanc, comte de
(Encyclopedia)Tallard or Tallart, Camille, marquis de la Baume-d'Hostun, baron d'Arlanc, comte de kämēˈyə märkēˈ də lä bōmˌ-dôstöNˈ bärôNˈ därläNkˈ kôNt də tälärˈ [key], 1652–1728, French...Rolfe, Frederick William
(Encyclopedia)Rolfe, Frederick William, 1860–1913, English novelist, also known as Baron Corvo. After a vain attempt to become a priest, Rolfe earned a living painting and teaching before he began to write under ...Browse by Subject
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