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Consulate

(Encyclopedia)Consulate, 1799–1804, in French history, form of government established after the coup of 18 Brumaire (Nov. 9–10, 1799), which ended the Directory. Three consuls were appointed to rule France—Na...

Vernet

(Encyclopedia)Vernet vĕrnāˈ [key], French family of painters. Claude Joseph Vernet, 1714–89, marine painter, b. Avignon, studied with his father, Antoine Vernet, a decorative painter, and in Rome, where he acq...

Dieskau, Ludwig August, Baron

(Encyclopedia)Dieskau, Ludwig August, Baron lo͞otˈvĭkh ouˈgo͞ost bärōnˈ dēˈskou [key], 1701–67, French general in the French and Indian Wars. In 1755 he was sent to take command of French troops in Amer...

Denon, Dominique-Vivant, Baron

(Encyclopedia)Denon, Dominique-Vivant, Baron dōmēnēkˈ-vēväN bärôNˈ dənôNˈ [key], 1747–1825, French artist, writer, and archaeologist. He had a brilliant career as an artist and diplomat during the anc...

Dalling and Bulwer, Baron

(Encyclopedia)Dalling and Bulwer, Baron: see Bulwer, William Henry Lytton Earle, Baron Dalling and Bulwer. ...

Darcy, Thomas Darcy, Baron

(Encyclopedia)Darcy, Thomas Darcy, Baron därˈsē [key], 1467–1537, English nobleman. He served in a number of military expeditions for Henry VII and for the young Henry VIII. He disapproved of Henry VIII's divo...

Cronstedt, Axel Fredrik, Baron

(Encyclopedia)Cronstedt, Axel Fredrik, Baron äkˈsəl frāˈdrĭk, kro͞onˈstĕt [key], 1722–65, Swedish mineralogist and chemist. In 1751 he discovered in niccolite an impure form of nickel, reported it as a n...

Dacre of Glanton, Baron

(Encyclopedia)Dacre of Glanton, Baron: see Trevor-Roper, Hugh Redwald. ...

Collingwood, Cuthbert Collingwood, Baron

(Encyclopedia)Collingwood, Cuthbert Collingwood, Baron: see Trafalgar, battle of. ...

Clyde, Colin Campbell, Baron

(Encyclopedia)Clyde, Colin Campbell, Baron: see Campbell, Colin, Baron Clyde. ...