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Hace 4 días · During this period of Tory ascendency the Coventry Whigs maintained an interest in Parliament through Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland, who, then a Whig Secretary of State, had been chosen as Recorder of Coventry in 1710.
Hace 4 días · He was also one of the founders and the first president of the Roxburghe Club, but his chief work was the rehabilitation of the famous Althorp Library (now the John Rylands Library in Manchester) founded by his ancestor, Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland. He died in 1834.
Hace 2 días · Footnotes. Gentlemen of the Bedchamber 1660–1702, 1714–1837. 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.
Hace 4 días · Sunderland itself was granted a charter in the late 12th century and incorporated as a borough in 1634; its name derives from the part of Monkwearmouth “sundered” from the monastery by the river. Development of the coal trade in the 17th century, based on an expansion of mining in the valley of the River Wear, resulted in rapid growth of the town.
Hace 3 días · The author notes that the current wave of globalisation strikes many of the same chords as a century ago, when Cromer wrestled with global issues of international finance, bankruptcy, and economic orthodoxies on fiscal management, loans and free trade.
Hace 6 días · A Tribunal has thrown out a case against the 8th Earl Spencer Family, bought by a University of Oxford student and his mother (who represented her son in court) regarding his work at the...
Hace 4 días · Book: The Bigod Earls of Norfolk in the Thirteenth Century. Marc Morris. Woodbridge, Boydell and Brewer, 2005, ISBN: 1843831643; Price: £40.00. Reviewer: Dr Caroline Burt. New Hall, University of Cambridge. Citation: Dr Caroline Burt, review of The Bigod Earls of Norfolk in the Thirteenth Century, (review no. 527)
