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John Masey Wright and John Rogers' illustration of the poem, c. 1841 "Auld Lang Syne" (Scots pronunciation: [ˈɔːl(d) lɑŋ ˈsəi̯n]) [a] [1] is a Scottish song. In the English-speaking world, it is traditionally sung to bid farewell to the old year at the stroke of midnight on Hogmanay/New Year's Eve.
This is a list of the present and extant Barons (Lords of Parliament, in Scottish terms) in the Peerages of England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland, and the United Kingdom.
Lord Mountbatten of Burma in 1976 by Allan Warren. The ceremonial funeral of Admiral of the Fleet The 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma took place on Wednesday, 5 September 1979, at Westminster Abbey following his assassination by the Provisional Irish Republican Army on Monday, 27 August 1979, off the coast of the Mullaghmore Peninsula in County Sligo, Ireland.
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Barbados stopped pledging allegiance to Queen Elizabeth II on Tuesday as it shed another vestige of its colonial past and became a republic for the first time in history. Several leaders ...
Lord Maltravers The Duke of Somerset: Lord Seymour* [1] The Duke of Richmond, Lennox and Gordon: Earl of March and Kinrara* Lord Settrington [2] The Duke of Grafton: Earl of Euston* Viscount Ipswich [3] The Duke of Beaufort: Marquess of Worcester* Earl of Glamorgan* Viscount Grosmont The Duke of St Albans: Earl of Burford* Lord Vere* The Duke ...
A valediction (derivation from Latin vale dicere, "to say farewell"), [1] parting phrase, or complimentary close in American English, [2] is an expression used to say farewell, especially a word or phrase used to end a letter or message, [3] [4] or a speech made at a farewell. [3] Valediction's counterpart is a greeting called a salutation.
"I am now ready to die. Lord, forsake me not, now my strength faileth me; but grant me mercy for the merits of my Jesus. And now Lord— [11]: 79 Lord, now receive my soul." [11]: 79 [17] — George Herbert, Welsh-born poet, orator, and priest of the Church of England (1 March 1633) "Thy kingdom come, thy will be done." [11]: 37