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Aylesbury

(Encyclopedia)Aylesbury ālzˈbərē [key], city, Buckinghamshire, central England. It is an agricultural market for the upper Thames valley and is famous for its ducks. There are print...

Lewis, Sir George Cornewall

(Encyclopedia)Lewis, Sir George Cornewall, 1806–63, English statesman and man of letters. Entering Parliament as a Liberal in 1847, he served as chancellor of exchequer (1855–58), home secretary (1859–61), an...

Mackintosh, Sir James

(Encyclopedia)Mackintosh, Sir James, 1765–1832, British writer and public servant, b. Scotland. He was trained as a physician, but after settling (1788) in London he became a writer and lawyer. His Vindiciae Gall...

Argyll, Archibald Campbell, 3d duke of

(Encyclopedia)Argyll, Archibald Campbell, 3d duke of, 1682–1761, Scottish nobleman; brother of the 2d duke. As lord high treasurer of Scotland (1705) and a commissioner for the union (1706), he helped negotiate t...

Wilmington, Spencer Compton, earl of

(Encyclopedia)Wilmington, Spencer Compton, earl of, 1673?–1743, British politician. He was a member of Parliament (1695–1710, 1713–30) and served as speaker of the House of Commons (1715–27). He was paymast...

Waterton Lakes National Park

(Encyclopedia)Waterton Lakes National Park, 203 sq mi (525 sq km), SW Alta., Canada, SW of Lethbridge and at the U.S. border, adjoining Glacier National Park, Mont.; est. 1895. It is the Canadian section of Waterto...

Butkevičius, Algirdas

(Encyclopedia)Butkevičius, Algirdas, 1958–, Lithuanian politician. An economist by education, Butkevičius joined the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania (SDPL) in 1992, was deputy chairman of the party from 19...

Rattazzi, Urbano

(Encyclopedia)Rattazzi, Urbano o͞orbäˈnō rät-tätˈtsē [key], 1808–73, Italian premier (1862, 1867). A leader of the left in the Sardinian parliament, he was briefly (1849) minister of the interior and late...

Tillett, Benjamin

(Encyclopedia)Tillett, Benjamin tĭlˈĭt [key], 1860–1943, English labor organizer, b. Bristol, England. With Tom Mann and John Burns, he led the dock strike of 1889, the first big step toward industrial unionis...

Solberg, Erna

(Encyclopedia)Solberg, Erna, 1961–, Norwegian political leader, grad. Univ. of Bergen (1986). She was first elected to the Norwegian parliament in 1989. As minister of local government and regional development (2...