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Hace 4 días · But inside, most of the present features of note appear to date from a further remodelling which was undertaken in 1902–4 for the Hon. William Peel, subsequently first Earl Peel. The work was put into the hands of Hooydonk and Company, decorative artists, and as Peel was later said to have spent £8,000 to £10,000 on permanent ...
Hace 5 días · The offices of gentleman of the bedchamber were in the gift of the Crown. (fn. 1) From 1660 the office of first gentleman was invariably coupled with that of groom of the stole. Originally the gentlemen were sworn in pursuance of royal warrants directed to the lord chamberlain. (fn. 2) From 1685 to 1688 these warrants were directed to the groom ...
Hace 17 horas · Signature. John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, KG, GCMG, PC, FRS (18 August 1792 – 28 May 1878), known by his courtesy title Lord John Russell before 1861, was a British Whig and Liberal statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1846 to 1852 and again from 1865 to 1866. The third son of the 6th Duke of Bedford, Russell was ...
Hace 3 días · February 1601, 11–15. Edmund Whitelocke to Sir Robert Cecil. [1600/1, Feb. 11.] Upon Sunday morning the 8 of this present month, about 9 of the clock, I repaired to Rutland House, intending to go to the Court with the Earl of Rutland, as I was wont to do. The porter told me that he was gone out by 6 of the clock, alone, to the Lord of ...
Hace 2 días · Vansittart, Nicholas, 1st Baron Bexley (1766 – 1851) was an English politician, and one of the longest-serving Chancellors of the Exchequer in British history (1812-1823). He became Chancellor of the Exchequer when the Earl of Liverpool succeeded Perceval in May 1812. The country was burdened with heavy taxation and enormous debt.
Hace 4 días · Peel, town on the west coast of the Isle of Man, one of the British Isles, on Peel Bay at the mouth of the River Neb, which forms the harbour.
Hace 5 días · 17 May 2024. The ending of Peel Sailing Club's lease at the Rocket House will be a "huge loss to the town", the group's commodore has said. It comes after the town's commissioners announced that...
