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Debrett's Wedding Guide (first published in 2007) was revised in 2017 and published as Debrett's Wedding Handbook. Debrett's Peerage & Baronetage, a book which includes a short history of the family of each titleholder, [6] was previously published roughly every five years. The last printed edition was the 2019 and 150th edition, published in ...
According to Debrett's Handbook in 2016, a gentleman's card would traditionally give his title, rank, private or service address (bottom left), and club (bottom right) in addition to his name. Titles of peers are given with no prefix (e.g. simply "Duke of Wellington"), courtesy titles are similarly given as "Lord John Smith", etc., but "Hon ...
Debrett's People of Today was a reference work published by Debrett's containing biographical details of approximately 25,000 notable people from across the spectrum of British society, a rival to the longer-established Who's Who. Those included were chosen on significance and merit.
The wardrobe of The Late John Morgan, arbiter of taste and modern manners was put up for auction on 14 November 2000 at Christie's London, South Kensington, "with the hope that money will be raised to name a seat in his memory at the Royal Opera House."
He served in the British Army, where he was an officer in the 4th battalion of the Somersetshire Light Infantry.Following the outbreak of the Second Boer War in late 1899, he volunteered for active service when the battalion was embodied that December, and left Southampton for South Africa on the SS Kildonan Castle in early March 1900. [3]
Jan. 8—Robert Dornhelm has traveled the world making films. When the director was offered the opportunity to be at the helm of the PBS series, "Vienna Blood," he took it. "It was an easy ...
The first edition of Debrett's Peerage of England, Scotland, and Ireland, containing an Account of all the Peers, 2 vols., was published in May 1802, with plates of arms, a second edition appeared in September 1802, a third in June 1803, a fourth in 1805, a fifth in 1806, a sixth in 1808, a seventh in 1809, an eighth in 1812, a ninth in 1814, a ...
Pages in category "1900s" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...