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Bloody Assizes

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

Silvestre de Sacy

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

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...

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. ...

Fox, Henry Richard Vassall

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

Prothero, Rowland Edmund

(Encyclopedia)Prothero, Rowland Edmund: see Ernle, Rowland Edmund Prothero, 1st Baron. ...

Douglas-Home, Sir Alec

(Encyclopedia)Douglas-Home, Sir Alec: Douglas-Home, Alexander Frederick, Baron Home of the Hirsel. ...