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Sackville, George Sackville Germain, 1st Viscount

(Encyclopedia)Sackville, George Sackville Germain, 1st Viscount: see Germain, George Sackville. ...

Thomas, David Alfred

(Encyclopedia)Thomas, David Alfred: see Rhondda, David Alfred Thomas, 1st Viscount. ...

Brooke, Alan Francis

(Encyclopedia)Brooke, Alan Francis: see Alanbrooke, Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount. ...

Grey, Sir Edward

(Encyclopedia)Grey, Sir Edward: see Grey of Fallodon, Edward Grey, 1st Viscount. ...

Graham of Claverhouse

(Encyclopedia)Graham of Claverhouse: see Dundee, John Graham of Claverhouse, 1st Viscount. ...

Cecil, Edgar Algernon Robert, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood

(Encyclopedia)Cecil, Edgar Algernon Robert, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, 1864–1958, British statesman, known in his earlier life as Lord Robert Cecil; 3d son of the 3d marquess of Salisbury. A Conservative who...

Claverhouse, John Graham of

(Encyclopedia)Claverhouse, John Graham of: see Dundee, John Graham of Claverhouse, 1st Viscount. ...

Goschen, George Joachim Goschen, 1st Viscount

(Encyclopedia)Goschen, George Joachim Goschen, 1st Viscount gōˈshən [key], 1831–1907, British statesman. A leading financier, he was elected (1863) to Parliament as a Liberal and was first lord of the admiralt...

Wolseley, Garnet Joseph Wolseley, 1st Viscount

(Encyclopedia)Wolseley, Garnet Joseph Wolseley, 1st Viscount wo͝olzˈlē [key], 1833–1913, British field marshal. He fought in Burma (present-day Myanmar; 1852–53), the Crimea (1854–56), India (1857–58), a...

Slim, William Joseph Slim, 1st Viscount

(Encyclopedia)Slim, William Joseph Slim, 1st Viscount, 1891–1970, British field marshal. He saw service in several campaigns, notably Gallipoli and Mesopotamia, in World War I. After the war he joined the Indian ...