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Hace 19 horas · Major-General Charles George Gordon CB (28 January 1833 – 26 January 1885), also known as Chinese Gordon, Gordon Pasha, and Gordon of Khartoum, was a British Army officer and administrator. He saw action in the Crimean War as an officer in the British Army.
28 de may. de 2024 · British poet. Also known as: George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron. Leslie A. Marchand. Emeritus Professor of English, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey. Author of Byron: A Biography and others; editor of Byron's Letters and Journals. Leslie A. Marchand. The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica.
- Lord Byron was a British Romantic poet and satirist whose poetry and personality captured the imagination of Europe. Although made famous by the au...
- George Gordon Byron was born in 1788, the son of British Capt. John (“Mad Jack”) Byron and Catherine Gordon, a Scottish heiress. After John squande...
- Although handsome, Lord Byron was born with a clubfoot that made him sensitive about his appearance all his life. However, this did not stop him fr...
- Aiding the Greeks in their struggle for independence from Turkish rule, Lord Byron took command of a brigade of Souliot soldiers in early 1824. How...
Hace 1 día · Lord Byron. George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, FRS (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824) was an English poet and peer. [1] [2] He is one of the major figures of the Romantic movement, [3] [4] [5] and is regarded as being among the greatest of English poets. [6]
Hace 2 días · Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma. Admiral of the Fleet Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma [n 1] (25 June 1900 – 27 August 1979) was a British statesman, naval officer, colonial administrator and close relative of the British royal family. He was born in the United Kingdom to the ...
Hace 2 días · One gentleman of the Bedchamber provided close attendance on the Sovereign per week. His duties included assisting the King at his dressing, waiting on him when he ate in private, guarding access to him in his bedchamber and closet and providing noble companionship, generally.
27 de may. de 2024 · The Lord Mayor is only "Lord" and "Right Honourable" by courtesy, and not from his dignity as a Privy Councillor on the demise or abdication of a sovereign. In 1189, Richard I. elected Henry Fitz Ailwyn, a draper of London, to be first mayor of London, and he served twenty-four years.
24 de may. de 2024 · William Lord Forbes, affectionately known as 'Gray Willie,' is a figure of significant historical interest. His life and legacy, spanning the late 15th and early 16th centuries, offer a window into the rich tapestry of Scottish nobility and the intricate web of family lineage that defines the ancient Forbes family.
