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Hace 5 días · The wages of the master of the horse, originally amounting to £1,460, were reduced to £500 in 1679 but raised to £1,200 in 1685. (fn. 2) In 1702 the remuneration consisted of wages of £66 13s 4d (representing the old patent salary of 100 marks) and board wages of £1,200 making a total of £1,266 13s 4d. In addition, he was entitled to ...
Hace 3 días · From 1733 the lord steward enjoyed an additional salary of £1,540 payable at the Exchequer, bringing the total to £3,000. (fn. 2) In 1812 the Household salary was reduced to £1,103. (fn. 3) In 1830 the Exchequer salary was transferred to the Household and the total remuneration fixed at £2,436 11s. (fn. 4) Early in the period and possibly ...
Hace 3 días · Lord Chamberlain 1660–1837. According to The Present State of the British Court, The Lord Chamberlain has the Principal Command of all the Kings (or Queens) Servants above Stairs (except in the Bedchamber, which is wholly under the Grooms [ sic] of the Stole) who are all Sworn by him, or by his Warrant to the Gentlemen Ushers.
Hace 1 día · Lieutenant-General Alan Colquhoun Duff CB OBE MC Legion of Merit (USA) Commander (1895—1973), Royal Engineers; General Sir Alexander Duff; Alexander Gordon Duff, GOC Infantry Brigade; General Sir Beauchamp Duff, GCB GCSI GCVO; General Sir James Duff; Lieutenant-General Sir Peter Duffell; Major-General Winston Dugan, 1st Baron Dugan of Victoria
Hace 4 días · Charles I (born November 19, 1600, Dunfermline Palace, Fife, Scotland—died January 30, 1649, London, England) was the king of Great Britain and Ireland (1625–49), whose authoritarian rule and quarrels with Parliament provoked a civil war that led to his execution.
Hace 5 días · Anstruther. It was with a pang of regret that Anstruther was added to the list, not because it isn’t worthy (it most certainly is), but because this delightful Old Tom Morris-designed 9-holer (opened in 1896, five years after the original 7-hole course, known as Billowness, had opened) has developed a sizeable online following in recent years and might actually have become a little too well ...
Hace 3 días · General John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, 1st Prince of Mindelheim, 1st Count of Nellenburg, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, KG, PC (26 May 1650 – 16 June 1722 O.S. [a]) was an English soldier and statesman. From a gentry family, he served as a page at the court of the House of Stuart under James, Duke of York, through the 1670s and ...
