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The Land Settlement Association was a UK Government scheme set up in 1934, with help from the charities the Plunkett Foundation and the Carnegie Trust, to re-settle unemployed workers from depressed industrial areas, [1] particularly from North-East England and Wales.
James J. Morgan (born 1942) is a former American executive who served as CEO of Atari from 1983 to 1984 and CEO of Philip Morris USA from 1994 to 1997. James Morgan first joined Philip Morris in 1963 following his graduation from Princeton University with a degree in history. [ 1 ]
The Small Holdings Act 1892 (55 & 56 Vict. c. 31) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed by Lord Salisbury's Conservative government.. The Act intended to help agricultural labourers purchase small holdings of land by giving County Councils the power to advance money to the labourer up to the limit of one penny in the pound of the county rate. [1]
A smallholding or smallholder is a small farm operating under a small-scale agriculture model. [2] Definitions vary widely for what constitutes a smallholder or small-scale farm, including factors such as size, food production technique or technology, involvement of family in labor and economic impact. [ 3 ]
A hobby farm (also called a lifestyle block, acreage living, or rural residential) is a smallholding or small farm that is maintained without expectation of being a primary source of income. Some are held simply to bring homeowners closer to nature, to provide recreational land for horses, or as working farms for secondary income.
Thomas Joseph Morris was born on 10 February 1954 in Liverpool. [2] He is the son of a shopkeeper in Liverpool's Scotland Road, and one of seven children of Tom and Veronica Morris. [3] [4] The Morris family have been involved in retailing for three generations. [5] He received a degree in engineering. [4]
John Albert Morris (July 29, 1836 – May 25, 1895) was an American businessman widely known as the "Lottery King" and a prominent figure in the sport of thoroughbred horse racing. A native of New Jersey , he benefited from a large inheritance and added substantially to his fortune through a majority interest in the Louisiana State Lottery ...
John Morris Roberts CBE (14 April 1928 – 30 May 2003) was a British historian with many published works. From 1979 to 1985, he was vice chancellor of the University of Southampton , and from 1985 to 1994, he was warden of Merton College , Oxford .