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Murray, river, Australia

(Encyclopedia)Murray, principal and second-longest river of Australia, 1,609 mi (2,589 km) long, rising in the Australian Alps, SE New South Wales, and flowing westward to form the New South Wales–Victoria bounda...

Douglas, William, 1st earl of Douglas and Mar

(Encyclopedia)Douglas, William, 1st earl of Douglas and Mar, 1327?–1384, Scottish nobleman; nephew of Sir James de Douglas, lord of Douglas. About 1348 he returned to Scotland from France and recaptured the Dougl...

Marshal, William

(Encyclopedia)Marshal, William: see Pembroke, William Marshal, 1st earl of. ...

Bentinck, William

(Encyclopedia)Bentinck, William: see Portland, William Bentinck, 1st earl of. ...

Pitt, William, 1708–78, 1st earl of Chatham

(Encyclopedia)Pitt, William, 1708–78: see Chatham, William Pitt, 1st earl of. ...

Seymour, William

(Encyclopedia)Seymour, William: see Hertford, William Seymour, 1st marquess and 2d earl of. ...

Lansdowne, William Petty Fitzmaurice, 1st marquess of

(Encyclopedia)Lansdowne, William Petty Fitzmaurice, 1st marquess of: see Shelburne, William Petty Fitzmaurice, 2d earl of. ...

Mansfield, city and district, England

(Encyclopedia)Mansfield, city (71,325) and district, Nottinghamshire, central England, on the western border of Sherwood Forest. The city lies in a coal district, with manufactures of hosiery, shoes, and metal prod...

Somerset, William Seymour, 2d duke of

(Encyclopedia)Somerset, William Seymour, 2d duke of: see Hertford, William Seymour, 1st marquess and 2d earl of. ...

Selborne, Roundell Palmer, 1st earl of

(Encyclopedia)Selborne, Roundell Palmer, 1st earl of sĕlˈbôrn [key], 1812–95, British jurist and statesman. Called to the bar in 1837, he entered Parliament in 1847 as a nominal Conservative. He soon was assoc...