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Harmsworth, Harold, 1st Viscount Rothermere
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History
Harmsworth, Harold, 1st Viscount Rothermere (1868–1940...Younger brother of Alfred Harmsworth , Viscount Northcliffe, Harold eschewed the...baron (1914), he was advanced to viscount (1918). On his brother's death...
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Wolseley, Garnet, 1st Viscount Wolseley
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History
Wolseley, Garnet, 1st Viscount Wolseley (1833–1913). Soldier. The son of an Irish...rescue Gordon , Wolseley was not held responsible and was promoted viscount. He finished in 1894 as field marshal, one of the busiest and...
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Harmsworth, Alfred, 1st Viscount Northcliffe
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History
Harmsworth, Alfred, 1st Viscount Northcliffe (1865–1922). Newspaper proprietor. The eldest son of a Dublin...Mirror , the Observer , and, in 1908, The Times . He was created baron (1905) and viscount (1918).
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Dundas, Henry, 1st Viscount Melville
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History
Dundas, Henry, 1st Viscount Melville (1742–1811). Scottish politician, son of...90 and for Edinburgh 1790–1802 when he was created Viscount Melville. A burly figure and a forthright speaker with a broad Scots...
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Lindemann, Frederick, 1st Viscount Cherwell
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Lindemann, Frederick, 1st Viscount Cherwell (1886–1957). Lindemann is one of the comparatively...Churchill formed his second administration, the Prof. was promoted viscount and resumed as paymaster until 1953. Confident and overbearing...
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Bruce, Stanley, 1st Viscount Bruce of Melbourne
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History
Bruce, Stanley, 1st Viscount Bruce of Melbourne (b. 15 Apr. 1883, d. 25 Aug. 1967). Prime...Food and Agriculture Organization (1946–51). Created Viscount Bruce of Melbourne in 1947, he became the first Chancellor of the...
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Goderich, Frederick John Robinson, Viscount and 1st Earl of Ripon
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History
Goderich, Frederick John Robinson, Viscount and 1st Earl of Ripon (1782–1859) British statesman...27), and Secretary for War and the Colonies (1827). As Viscount Goderich he succeeded George Canning as Prime Minister in August...
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Dundee, John Graham, 1st Viscount
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History
Dundee, John Graham, 1st Viscount [S] (1648–89). John Graham of Claverhouse was...II). After 1685 Claverhouse was made provost of Dundee and a viscount. After the Glorious Revolution, he rebelled against the provisional...
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Haldane, Richard Burdon, 1st Viscount Haldane
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Haldane, Richard Burdon, 1st Viscount Haldane (1856–1928). The son of a Perthshire landowner...army earned him considerable respect. In 1911 he was created viscount and he became lord chancellor in 1912. In 1914 he returned to...
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Goderich, Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History
Goderich, Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount (1782–1859). Prime minister. Educated at Harrow...Board of Control for India 1843–6. He was made viscount 1827 and earl of Ripon 1833. His period as chancellor of the...
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