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Hace 5 días · Hannan refers to the ‘socially encompassing character of natural history’ in the eighteenth century and incorporates case studies from across the social spectrum, ranging from the second Duchess of Portland, Margaret Cavendish Bentinck (1715-85) to botanist and illustrator James Bolton, the son of a weaver (p. 103).
Hace 2 días · A 19th-century painting depicting the act of sati. Sati was a historical practice in Hindu communities in which a widow sacrifices herself by sitting atop her deceased husband's funeral pyre.
Hace 6 días · Fergus Bowes-Lyon was born on 18 April 1889 at Forbes House, Ham, Surrey, the son of Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne and Cecilia Cavendish-Bentinck. Fergus was one of ten children.
Hace 5 días · Carlos III, em inglês: Charles III, (nascido Carlos Filipe Artur Jorge, em inglês: Charles Philip Arthur George; Londres, 14 de novembro de 1948) é o atual Rei do Reino Unido [3] e de mais 14 Estados soberanos e independentes chamados de Reinos da Comunidade de Nações desde 2022, após a morte da sua mãe, a rainha Isabel II. É também o ...
Hace 2 días · Charles James Fox, however, refused to serve under Shelburne, and demanded the appointment of William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland. In 1783, the House of Commons forced Shelburne from office and his government was replaced by the Fox–North Coalition.
Hace 2 días · The royal household has roots in the comitatus that provided military support to early Anglo-Saxon kings. [1] In addition to the royal family, the household would have included a large staff of domestic servants, military personnel, priests, and clerks. [2]
Hace 5 días · CHAPTER VI - Victoria and Albert Museum. The complex of buildings discussed here comprises, on the south side, the courts and galleries erected in 1899–1909 under the authority of the Office of Works from (Sir) Aston Webb's design, to give extended accommodation for the art collections of the South Kensington Museum: the inauguration of this extension in 1899 was marked by the assumption of ...
