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Hace 5 días · Article. The Battle of Guilford Court House (15 March 1781) was one of the last major engagements of the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). Fought near Greensboro, North Carolina, it was a pyrrhic victory for the British army under Lord Charles Cornwallis, which narrowly defeated Major General Nathanael Greene and the Southern Continental ...
Hace 5 días · The list of eminent Trinity men for this period includes William Pitt, the great Earl of Chatham (nephew of James, Earl Stanhope), Francis North, 1st Earl of Guilford, his son, best known as Lord North, and his stepson, William Legge, the 'pious Earl' of Dartmouth, James Maitland, the Whig Earl of Lauderdale, Sir John Sinclair, the ...
Hace 3 días · Edward I [a] (17/18 June 1239 – 7 July 1307), also known as Edward Longshanks and the Hammer of the Scots, was King of England from 1272 to 1307. Concurrently, he was Lord of Ireland, and from 1254 to 1306 he ruled Gascony as Duke of Aquitaine in his capacity as a vassal of the French king. Before his accession to the throne, he was commonly ...
Hace 2 días · Admiral of the Fleet Albert Victor Nicholas Louis Francis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (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 prominent Battenberg family.
Hace 4 días · Anne Dacre. Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel KG, (7 July 1585 – 4 October 1646) was an English peer, diplomat and courtier during the reigns of King James I and King Charles I, but he made his name as a Grand Tourist and art collector rather than as a politician. When he died he possessed 700 paintings, along with large collections of ...
- 4 October 1646 (aged 60), Padua, Italy
Hace 2 días · Thomas Cromwell Portrait of Thomas Cromwell, Hans Holbein the Younger (1532–1533) Lord Great Chamberlain In office 17 April 1540 – 10 June 1540 Monarch Henry VIII Preceded by John de Vere, 15th Earl of Oxford Succeeded by Robert Radcliffe, 1st Earl of Sussex Governor of the Isle of Wight In office 2 November 1538 – 10 June 1540 Monarch Henry VIII Preceded by Sir James Worsley Succeeded ...
Hace 2 días · Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour, KG, OM, PC, FRS, FBA, DL ( / ˈbælfər, - fɔːr /, [1] 25 July 1848 – 19 March 1930), also known as Lord Balfour, was a British statesman and Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1902 to 1905. As foreign secretary in the Lloyd George ministry, he issued ...
