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In March 1733, Walpole introduced an unpopular Excise Bill to parliament, which the Queen supported, but it gathered such strong opposition that it was eventually dropped. [56] Caroline's entire life in Britain was spent in southeast England in or around London. [57] As queen, she continued to surround herself with artists, writers and ...
Queen Kingdom of Judah: c. 841 BC c. 835 BC 6 years Salome Alexandra: Queen Hasmonean: c. 76 BC c. 67 BC 9 years Salome I – Toparch: Herodian tetrarchy: 4 BC 10 AD 14 years Melisende: Queen Kingdom of Jerusalem: 1131 1153 22 years Sibylla: Queen Kingdom of Jerusalem: 1186 1190 4 years Isabella I: Queen Kingdom of Jerusalem: 1190 1205 15 years ...
Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell CBE (14 July 1868 – 12 July 1926) was an English writer, traveller, political officer, administrator, and archaeologist.She spent much of her life exploring and mapping the Middle East, and became highly influential to British imperial policy-making as an Arabist due to her knowledge and contacts built up through extensive travels.
Camilla Rosemary Shand was born on 17 July 1947 at King's College Hospital, London. [1] [a] Her family split their time between their country house—18th-century The Laines [2] in Plumpton, East Sussex [3] —and their London house in South Kensington. [4]
The British Nationality Act 1981, which entered into force on 1 January 1983, [143] abolished British subject status, and stripped colonials of their full British citizen of the United Kingdom and colonies, replacing it with British dependent territories citizenship, which entailed no right of abode or to work anywhere (other categories with ...
Marcia became Queen consort when she married Guithelin [3] (Welsh: Kyhylyn) and ruled as regent for her son, Sisillius II. In her youth, she was a noblewoman and knowledgeable in all the arts. [2] Queen Marcia ruled Britain for about five years after Guithelin's death because their son was just seven years old at the time. [4]
The death of Queen Elizabeth II has elicited mixed feelings among people from former British colonies, where memories of historical abuses remain strong. The queen was not a gentle figurehead for ...
The British American colonies became part of the global British trading network, as the value tripled for exports from America to Britain between 1700 and 1754. The colonists were restricted in trading with other European powers, but they found profitable trade partners in the other British colonies, particularly in the Caribbean.