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8 de abr. de 2024 · The son of a great landowner in Durham County, Lambton sat in the House of Commons from 1813 to 1828, when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Durham. (He was created an earl in 1833.) By his second marriage he became the son-in-law of Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, a leading Whig and future prime minister (1830–32), but his ...
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12 de abr. de 2024 · The history of Durham University spans over 190 years since it was founded by Act of Parliament. King William IV granted royal assent to the Act on 4 July 1832, and granted the university a royal charter on 1 June 1837, incorporating it and confirming its constitution. [1] The university awarded its first degrees on 8 June 1837.
30 de mar. de 2024 · "Durham Report" published on by Oxford University Press. Lord Durham's Report on the Affairs of British North America (1839), with its recommendations for the union of Upper and Lower Canada and the introduction of responsible government, has long been credited with pushing British imperial policy toward accepting greater democracy and local autonomy for its former colonies....
Hace 5 días · The constituency corresponds to the former City of Durham local government district and as such includes a number of surrounding villages and suburbs as well as Durham itself, the largest of these are Brandon, Coxhoe, Bowburn, Framwellgate Moor, Sherburn and Ushaw Moor. The seat extends as far west as Waterhouses and as far east as Ludworth.
15 de abr. de 2024 · Meanwhile, in 1838, Wakefield had spent five months in Canada as unofficial adviser to John George Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham, the governor general and lord high commissioner, whose chief secretary, Charles Buller, was an enthusiast for Wakefield’s ideas.
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Hace 5 días · Epsom Derby. The Derby Stakes, also known as the Derby or the Epsom Derby, is a Group 1 flat horse race in England open to three-year-old colts and fillies. It is run at Epsom Downs Racecourse in Surrey on the first Saturday of June each year, over a distance of one mile, four furlongs and 10 yards (2,423 metres), or about 1½ miles. [1] It was ...
