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Edward John Stanley, 2nd Baron Stanley of Alderley (13 November 1802- 16 June 1869), entered the House of Commons as Whig MP for Hindon in 1831 and became member for North Cheshire 1832 to 1841, and 1847 to 1848. He was appointed Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department in 1841, Patronage Secretary to the Treasury from 1835 to 1841, Paymaster-General in 1841, and Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs from 1846 to 1852. In 1848, two years before he succeeded to the barony of Stanley, he was created Baron Eddisbury of Winnington. He was President of the Board of Trade from 1855 to 1858, and Postmaster-General from 1860 to 1866. In 1861 he established the Post Office Savings Bank. November 13 is the 317th day of the year (318th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 48 days remaining. ...
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In some bicameral parliaments of a Westminster System, the House of Commons has historically been the name of the elected lower house. ...
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A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ...
Hindon is the name of two places: Hindon, Wiltshire is a village in England Hindon, New Zealand is a small town in New Zealand Categories: Disambiguation ...
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Non-Permanent and Parliamentary Under-Secretaries for the Home Department, 1782-present April 1782: Evan Nepean April 1782: T. Orde July 1782: H. Strachey April 1783: G.A. North February 1784: Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney June 1789: S. Bernard July 1794: T. Brodrick March 1796: C. Greville March 1798...
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Paymaster-General is a ministerial position in UK. Former holders of this post include: Lord John Russell 1830-1834 Sir Edmund Knatchbull 1834-1835 Sir Henry Brook Parnell 1835-1841 Edward John Stanley 1841 Sir Edmund Knatchbull 1841-1845 William Bingham Baring 1845-1846 Thomas Babington Macaulay 1846-1848 The...
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Baron Stanley of Alderley is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom created in 1839. ...
Baron Stanley of Alderley is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom created in 1839. ...
The President of the Board of Trade the title of a cabinet position in the United Kingdom government. ...
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The Post Office Savings Bank (constructed between 1904 and 1912) in Vienna, Austria, was designed by Otto Wagner and became an important early work of modern architecture. ...
His wife, Henrietta Maria (21 December 1807 - 16 February 1895), a daughter of Henry Augustus Dillon-Lee, 13th Viscount Dillon, was a remarkable woman. Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia she was a great*4-grand-daughter of King Charles II by his mistress Barbara Villiers. Before her marriage in 1826 she had lived in Florence, and had attended the receptions of the countess of Albany, the widow of Charles Edward, the Young Pretender; and in London she had great influence in social and political circles. When he was patronage secretary her husband was described by Lord Palmerston as joint-whip with Mrs Stanley. Later in life Lady Stanley of Alderley helped to found the Women's Liberal Unionist Association, and she was a strenuous worker for the higher education of women, helping to establish Girton College, Cambridge, the Girls' Public Day School Company, and the Medical College for Women. She died on the 16 February 1895. December 21 is the 355th day of the year (356th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
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Charles II (29 May 1630â6 February 1685) was the King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 30 January 1649 (retrospectively de jure) or 29 May 1660 (de facto) until his death. ...
Barbara Villiers, Countess of Castlemaine Barbara Villiers (November 1640 - October 9, 1709), Duchess of Cleveland, was one of the most notorious of Charles IIs mistresses. ...
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The Right Honourable Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (October 20, 1784 - October 18, 1865) was a British statesman who served twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in the mid-19th century. ...
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Full name Girton College Motto - Better is wisdom than weapons of war (Alumni) Named after Girton Village Previous names The College for Women (1869), Girton College (1872) Established 1869 Sister College Somerville College Mistress Professor Dame Marilyn Strathern Location Huntingdon Road Undergraduates 503 Graduates 201 Homepage Boatclub Girton College lies...
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They had ten children, of whom the eldest son and heir, a diplomat and Arabist, converted to Islam, the eldest daughter married Augustus Pitt Rivers, their second daughter was the grandmother of Winston Churchill's wife Clementine and great-grandmother of the Mitford sisters, another was the mother of the philosopher Bertrand Russell (a noted agnostic), their youngest son became Roman Catholic Bishop of Emmaus (in partibus), and the youngest daughter, as Rosalind Howard, Countess of Carlisle, became the chatelaine of Castle Howard and a radical temperance campaigner. This is an article about the scholars known as Arabists, not the political movement Pan-Arabism. ...
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Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers (14th April, 1827â 4 May 1900) was an English army officer, ethnologist, and archaeologist. ...
The Right Honourable Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, FRS PC (30 November 1874 â 24 January 1965) was a British statesman, best known as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. ...
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The garden front of Castle Howard John Vanburghs complete project for Castle Howard, which was not all built. ...
Henry Brook Parnell, 1st Baron Congleton (1776-1842), was the second son of Sir John Parnell, bart. ...
Paymaster-General is a ministerial position in UK. Former holders of this post include: Lord John Russell 1830-1834 Sir Edmund Knatchbull 1834-1835 Sir Henry Brook Parnell 1835-1841 Edward John Stanley 1841 Sir Edmund Knatchbull 1841-1845 William Bingham Baring 1845-1846 Thomas Babington Macaulay 1846-1848 The...
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Paymaster-General is a ministerial position in UK. Former holders of this post include: Lord John Russell 1830-1834 Sir Edmund Knatchbull 1834-1835 Sir Henry Brook Parnell 1835-1841 Edward John Stanley 1841 Sir Edmund Knatchbull 1841-1845 William Bingham Baring 1845-1846 Thomas Babington Macaulay 1846-1848 The...
Paymaster-General is a ministerial position in UK. Former holders of this post include: Lord John Russell 1830-1834 Sir Edmund Knatchbull 1834-1835 Sir Henry Brook Parnell 1835-1841 Edward John Stanley 1841 Sir Edmund Knatchbull 1841-1845 William Bingham Baring 1845-1846 Thomas Babington Macaulay 1846-1848 The...
Edward Cardwell, 1st Viscount Cardwell (July 24, 1813–February 15, 1886) was a prominent British politician in the Peelite and Liberal parties during the middle of the 19th century. ...
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The Right Honourable Joseph Warner Henley (1793â1884), often simply J.W. Henley, was a British Conservative politician, best known for serving in the protectionist governments of Lord Derby in the 1850s. ...
Lord James Bruce Elgin James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin and 12th Earl of Kincardine (July 20, 1811 â November 20, 1863) was a British colonial administrator and diplomat, best known as Governor General of the Province of Canada and Viceroy of India. ...
In the United Kingdom, the Postmaster General is a now defunct ministerial position. ...
James Graham, 4th Duke of Montrose, KT (16 July 1799-30 December 1874) was a British politician. ...
Baron Stanley of Alderley is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom created in 1839. ...
Baron Stanley of Alderley is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom created in 1839. ...
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