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silver jubilees
silver jubilees, 1935, 1977. The success of Victoria's Golden and Diamond Jubilees (1887, 1897) persuaded George V's advisers to celebrate his 25 years on the throne with a thanksgiving service (marred, in the king's view, only by ‘too many parsons’), street parties, jubilee mugs,... Read more |
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Archibald Philip Primrose Rosebery
Rosebery, Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th earl of (1847–1929). Prime minister. From an early age Rosebery seemed destined for a glittering public career. He enjoyed outstanding oratorical powers, considerable wealth, much enhanced by his marriage to Hannah Rothschild in 1878, and inherited... Read more |
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Eddie Arcaro
Eddie Arcaro (George Edward Arcaro) , 1916-97, American jockey, b. Cincinnati. In a thirty-year career (1931-62), he won 4,779 races and his mounts won $30,039,543 in purses, leading Sports Illustrated to deem him at his retirement "the most famous man to ride a horse since Paul Revere." ... Read more |
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Derby
Derby , English horse race, instituted (1780) by the 12th earl of Derby and held annually at Epsom Downs, near London. The race is open only to three-year-old colts and fillies that must be entered when yearlings. The original course is still used; it is one yard longer than one and one-half miles.... Read more |
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Elias Hasket Derby
Elias Hasket Derby (1739-1799) Sources I NTERNATIONAL MERCHANT The House of Derby. Elias Hasket Derby’s father, Richard Derby, had been one of the most prosper-ous merchants in Salem, Massachusetts. In 1761 Elias Derby married Elizabeth Crownin-shield, ... Read more |
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Greyhound racing
greyhound racing as an organized sport developed in the USA, though greyhounds had been bred and raced for centuries. The sport owed its appeal to the oval course, which makes for tactical running, and to betting. In England the first track was opened at Belle Vue (Manchester) in 1926. The National... Read more |
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Benjamin Disraeli 1st earl of Beaconsfield
Disraeli, Benjamin, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield (1804–81) British statesman and novelist, prime minister (1868, 1874–80). Disraeli was elected to Parliament in 1837. His brand of Toryism is expressed in the trilogy of novels Coningsby (1844), Sybil (1846), and Tancred (1847). Following... Read more |
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