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The 2nd Earl styled himself "Lord Tiverton" [6] until his succession to the title in 1921, and as a major in the Royal Navy Air Service during World War I produced in September 1917 the first comprehensive plan for strategic bombing that became a major influence for plans and doctrine used by British and American air forces in World War II ...
Hardinge Stanley Giffard, 1st Earl of Halsbury, PC (3 September 1823 – 11 December 1921) was a British barrister and Conservative politician. He served three times as Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain , for a total of seventeen years, a record not equaled by anyone except Lords Hardwicke and Eldon .
Robert Fiennes-Clinton, 19th Earl of Lincoln England William Howson (brother) 7 The Earl of Suffolk: 1603 Alexander Howard, 22nd Earl of Suffolk: England Earl of Berkshire (England 1626) Arthur Howard, Viscount Andover: 8 The Earl of Denbigh: 1622 Alexander Feilding, 12th Earl of Denbigh: England Earl of Desmond (Ireland 1628) Peregrine ...
John Anthony Hardinge Giffard, 3rd Earl of Halsbury FRS (4 June 1908 – 14 January 2000), was a British crossbencher peer and scientist, succeeding to his title in 1943. [1]
1st Baron Halsbury: 3 August 1886 11 August 1892 Conservative: Salisbury II — Farrer Herschell 1st Baron Herschell: 18 August 1892 21 June 1895 Liberal: Gladstone IV — Rosebery: Hardinge Giffard 1st Baron Halsbury: 29 June 1895 4 December 1905 Conservative: Salisbury (III & IV) (Con.–Lib.U.) Earl of Halsbury in 1898 Edward VII (1901 ...
In Anglo-Saxon England, the Earl of York or Ealdorman of York was the ruler of the southern half of Northumbria.The titles ealdorman and earl both come from Old English. The ealdormanry (earldom) seems to have been created in 966 following a period when the region was under the control of Oswulf, already high-reeve of Bamburgh in northern Northumbria, from about 954, when Norse rule at York ...
Lucy acquired her love of fashion through dressing her collection of dolls, by studying gowns worn by women in family paintings, and by later making clothes for herself and Elinor. [4] Returning to Jersey, after a visit to relatives in England in 1875, Lucy and Elinor survived the wreck of their ship when it ran aground in a gale.
Halsbury Barton in the parish of Parkham, North Devon Setting of Halsbury Road entrance to Halsbury. Halsbury (pron. "Haulsbury" [1]) is a historic manor in the parish of Parkham in North Devon, England. It is situated 2 miles north-east of the village of Parkham and 4 miles south-west of the town of Bideford.