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Hace 17 horas · 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.Note that it does not include those extant baronies which have become merged (either through marriage or elevation) with higher peerage dignities and are today only seen as subsidiary titles.
Hace 17 horas · Hugh Despenser, 1st Baron Despenser (c.1287/1289 [1] [2] – 24 November 1326), also referred to as "the Younger Despenser", [3] was the son and heir of Hugh Despenser, Earl of Winchester, (the Elder Despenser) and his wife Isabel Beauchamp, daughter of William Beauchamp, 9th Earl of Warwick. [4] He rose to national prominence as royal chamberlain and a favourite of Edward II of England.
Hace 17 horas · General John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, 1st Prince of Mindelheim, 1st Count of Nellenburg, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, KG, PC (26 May 1650 – 16 June 1722 O.S. [a]) was an English soldier and statesman.From a gentry family, he served as a page at the court of the House of Stuart under James, Duke of York, through the 1670s and early 1680s, earning military and political ...
Hace 17 horas · Bradford is the son of Gerald Bridgeman, 6th Earl of Bradford, and Mary Willoughby Montgomery. He was educated at St. Ronan's School, Hawkhurst, and Harrow School, just outside London, and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1969 and a Master of Arts in 1973. He succeeded to his father's title in 1981.
Hace 17 horas · The East India Company (EIC) [a] was an English, and later British, joint-stock company founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874. [4] It was formed to trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with the East Indies (the South and Southeast Asia), and later with East Asia.The company gained control of large parts of South Asia and colonised parts of Southeast Asia and Hong Kong.
Hace 17 horas · Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, KG, PC (26 August 1676 – 18 March 1745), known between 1725 and 1742 as Sir Robert Walpole, was a British Whig politician who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1721 to 1742. He also served as First Lord of the Treasury, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Leader of the House of Commons, and is ...
Hace 17 horas · Ab Baars ts, cl; Reinier Baas git, comp; Russell Baba as; Vincent Bababoutilabo fl, voc; Lekan Babalola perc; Harry Babasin b, clo; Boglárka Bábiczki voc; Roman Babik p, arr; Alexander Baboian p; Gyula Babos git; Christian Bachner sax; Robert Bachner tbn, comp, cond; Karin Bachner voc; Ursus Bachthaler git; Tobias Backhaus dr; Gunnar Backman git, electr; Earl Backus git; Jeremy Bacon p ...
