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War of Jenkinss Ear
War of Jenkins's Ear 1739-41, struggle between England and Spain. It grew out of the commercial rivalry of the two powers and led to involvement in the larger War of the Austrian Succession . The incident that gave the name to the war occurred in 1731 when, according to Robert Jenkins, master of... Read more |
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Roy Jenkins
Roy Harris Jenkins Roy Harris Jenkins (born 1920), British Labour politician and author, was a leading member of the cabinet before becoming president of the European Community and later a founder of the Social Democratic Party. Roy Jenkins was born on November 11, 1920, the son of Arthur... Read more |
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William Jenkins Worth
William Jenkins Worth 1794-1849, American army officer, b. Hudson, N.Y. He served with distinction on the Niagara frontier in the War of 1812 and later became commandant of cadets and instructor of infantry tactics at West Point (1820-28), even though he was not a West Point graduate. Promoted to... Read more |
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Aneurin Bevan
Aneurin Bevan , 1897-1960, British political leader. A coal miner and trade unionist, he served (1929-60) in Parliament as a member of the Labour party. As minister of health (1945-51) he administered and developed the National Health Service instituted by the Labour government. A leader of the... Read more |
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Roy Harris Jenkins Baron Jenkins of Hillhead
Roy Harris Jenkins Jenkins of Hillhead, Baron 1920-2003, British politician, b. Abersychan, Wales; grad. Oxford. He entered the House of Commons in 1948 as a Labour member and soon became one of the most formidable debaters in Parliament. When the Labour party returned to power (with Harold Wilson... Read more |
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Balfour
Balfour surname of the Conservative statesman Arthur James Balfour (1848–1930).Balfour Declaration a declaration in favour of a Jewish national home in Palestine, issued in 1917 by Balfour as Foreign Secretary.Mr Balfour's poodle the House of Lords; from the title of a book (1954) by Roy... Read more |
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King Georges War
KING GEORGE'S WAR KING GEORGE'S WAR (1744–1748). Nominally at peace from 1713 to 1744, France and England conflicted over boundaries of Acadia in Canada and northern New England and over claims in the Ohio Valley. When the War of Jenkins's Ear (England's commercial war with Spain,... Read more |
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John Jenkins
John Jenkins 1728-85, American pioneer, b. probably Connecticut. In 1753, Jenkins explored the Wyoming Valley for the proposed Susquehanna Company. A settlement (1762) under his leadership was destroyed by Native Americans, and in 1769, leading another group to the region, he founded Kingston.... Read more |
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Edward Vernon
Edward Vernon 1684-1757, British admiral. He entered the navy in 1700 and rose steadily in rank. A member of Parliament from 1722, he opposed the government of Sir Robert Walpole and urged war with Spain. When war was finally declared (see Jenkins's Ear, War of ), Vernon won great popularity by... Read more |
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Pulp
Pulp Pop group The English pop band Pulp soldiered away in obscurity through the 1980s and part of the 1990s, before achieving fame in their home country and some measure of recognition elsewhere. Fronted by the flamboyant Jarvis Cocker, the band merged everything from classic pop melodies to... Read more |
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