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Hace 22 horas · Prime Minister Lord North was not an ideal war leader, but George III managed to give Parliament a sense of purpose to fight, and North was able to keep his cabinet together. North's cabinet ministers the Earl of Sandwich , First Lord of the Admiralty, and Lord George Germain , Secretary of State for the Colonies, proved to lack leadership skills suited for their positions.
Hace 2 días · He highlights three major recent developments in historical studies of the eighteenth century that earlier work on George III inevitably failed to address. The first is the recognition of the centrality of religion to a period in which it was once thought to be of declining importance.
Hace 3 días · Guildford is the old county town of Surrey, 30 miles from London, lying on the banks of the Wey, where the river breaks through the line of chalk hills. On the west side the ridge of the Hog's Back is called Guildown (Geldesdone by Geoffrey Gaimar, 12th century; Geldedone in the Pipe Roll of 1192–3).
Hace 1 día · Thomas Holland, 3rd Earl of Kent: 1374–1400 1397–1399 Later Duke of Surrey 89 John Montagu, 3rd Earl of Salisbury: c. 1350–1400 1397–1399 90 Albert I, Duke of Bavaria: 1336–1404 c. 1398 91 Simon Felbrigge: d. 1442 c. 1398 92 Philip de la Vache: 1348–c.1408 c. 1399 F30 Katherine, Duchess of Gueldres: 1361-1400 1399 F31 Joan, Duchess ...
Hace 3 días · A contract was concluded on 4 April whereby Brigham agreed to spend £3,000 in building and the Earl promised to grant him a lease for thirty-one years from midsummer 1631 at an annual rent of £50; if, within the next five years, Brigham spent a further sum of £2,000, the Earl would grant him an extension of five years.
Hace 3 días · Below, manors; D.N.B. s.vv. Wm. North, 6th Lord North and Grey; Fras. North, 1st earl of Guilford; Fred. North, 2nd earl; Geo. A. North, 3rd earl; Fras. North, 4th earl; Fred. North, 5th earl. 88. e.g. Geo. Reed (1720s): Bodl. MS. North a.7, ff. 24v.-25, 33v.-34, 39v.-40, 57v.-58, 65, 98-107. 89. Ibid. d.
Hace 4 días · The new earl of Norfolk, he maintains, was certainly a good citizen, especially during Edward's absence in the years to 1274 and in Wales and Scotland, for example. He was placed under pressure by the king's quo warranto campaign and by demands that he pay back his debts to the Exchequer, the sum of which he disagreed with on more than one occasion.
