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Thomson, Charles Edward Poulett

(Encyclopedia)Thomson, Charles Edward Poulett: see Sydenham, Charles Edward Poulett Thomson, Baron. ...

Silvestre de Sacy

(Encyclopedia)Silvestre de Sacy: see Sacy, Antoine Isaac, Baron Silvestre de. ...

Bloody Assizes

(Encyclopedia)Bloody Assizes: see Jeffreys of Wem, George Jeffreys, 1st Baron. ...

West, Thomas

(Encyclopedia)West, Thomas: see De la Warr, Thomas West, 12th Baron. ...

Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, Chlodwig Karl Viktor, Fürst zu

(Encyclopedia)Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, Chlodwig Karl Viktor, Fürst zu klōtˈvĭkh kärl vĭkˈtôr fürst tso͞o hōˈənlōˌə-shĭlˈĭngsfürst [key], 1819–1901, German chancellor (1894–1900). As premi...

Brentano, Clemens

(Encyclopedia)Brentano, Clemens brĕntäˈnō [key], 1778–1842, German poet of the romantic school; brother of Bettina von Arnim (see under Arnim, Achim von). While studying at Halle and Jena he met Wieland, Herd...

Esterházy

(Encyclopedia)Esterházy ĕsˈtĕrhäˌzē [key], princely Hungarian family. Paul, Fürst Esterházy von Galantha, 1635–1713, was elected palatine (regent) of Hungary in 1681 and distinguished himself in the defe...

Fox, Henry Richard Vassall

(Encyclopedia)Fox, Henry Richard Vassall: see Holland, Henry Richard Vassall Fox, 3d Baron. ...

Constant, Paul Henri Benjamin, baron d'Estournelles de

(Encyclopedia)Constant, Paul Henri Benjamin, baron d'Estournelles de: see Estournelles de Constant. ...

Farnborough, Thomas Erskine May, 1st Baron

(Encyclopedia)Farnborough, Thomas Erskine May, 1st Baron: see May, Thomas Erskine. ...