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This category is for masculine given names from England (natively, or by historical modification of Biblical, etc., names). See also Category:English-language masculine given names , for all those commonly used in the modern English language , regardless of origin.
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This category is for given names from England (natively, or by historical modification of Biblical, etc., names). See also Category:English-language given names , for all those commonly used in the modern English language , regardless of origin.
During the 18th century, men who joined the army were recruited in a number of ways. The regular army used recruitment parties and occasionally press gangs to enlist men, while the militia regiments were raised by a ballot, a process that was established in the Militia Act 1757: "Thirty-two thousand men, all of them good Protestants, were to be ... subjected to martial law in time of active ...
New ideas about fashion were conveyed by little dolls dressed in the latest style, newspapers, and illustrated magazines; [14] for example, La Belle Assemblée, founded by John Bell, was a British women's magazine published from 1806 to 1837. It was known for its fashion plates of contemporary fashions, demonstrating ways for women to dress and ...
1844 fashion plate depicting fashionable clothing for men and women, including illustrations of a glove and bonnets Illustration depicting fashions throughout the 19th century Victorian fashion consists of the various fashions and trends in British culture that emerged and developed in the United Kingdom and the British Empire throughout the ...
Norman Angell (1872–1967), British internationalist and economist; William Beveridge (1879–1963), economist and social reformer; Edwin Cannan (1861–1935), economist and historian; Colin Clark (1905–1989), British and Australian economist; Ronald Coase (1910–2013), Nobel Prize–winning economist; Martin Ellison, consultant to the Bank ...
The German, [24] the French and the British Commonwealth armies used the name "Tommy" for British soldiers. "Tommy" is derived from the name "Tommy Atkins" which had been used as a generic name for a soldier for many years (and had been used as an example name on British Army registration forms). The precise origin is the subject of some debate ...