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Keyes, Roger John Brownlow Keyes, 1st Baron

(Encyclopedia)Keyes, Roger John Brownlow Keyes, 1st Baron kēz [key], 1872–1945, British admiral. In World War I he achieved his greatest fame as commander of the Dover patrol when he raided Zeebrugge and Ostend ...

Robert Guiscard

(Encyclopedia)Robert Guiscard gēskärˈ [key], c.1015–1085, Norman conqueror of S Italy, a son of Tancred de Hauteville (see Normans). Robert joined (c.1046) his brothers in S Italy and fought with them to expel...

Kemble, Fanny

(Encyclopedia)Kemble, Fanny: see under Kemble, Roger. ...

Wood, Sarah

(Encyclopedia)Wood, Sarah: see under Kemble, Roger. ...

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