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Chelmsford, Frederic John Napier Thesiger, 3d Baron and 1st Viscount
(Encyclopedia) Chelmsford, Frederic John Napier Thesiger, 3d Baron and 1st ViscountChelmsford, Frederic John Napier Thesiger, 3d Baron and 1st Viscountnāˈpēər, thĕsˈĭjər, chĕlmsˈfərd [key], 1868–1933…Healey, Denis Winston Healey, Baron
(Encyclopedia) Healey, Denis Winston Healey, Baron, 1917–2015, British political leader, grad. Oxford (1940). He served in the British army (1940–45), then joined the Labour party and began a long…Wrangel, Baron Piotr Nikolayevich
(Encyclopedia) Wrangel, Baron Piotr NikolayevichWrangel, Baron Piotr Nikolayevichpyôˈtər nyĭkəlīˈəvĭch vränˈgĭl [key], 1878–1928, Russian general. After serving in the Russo-Japanese War (1904–5) and…Carew, George, Baron Carew of Clopton and earl of Totnes
(Encyclopedia) Carew, George, Baron Carew of Clopton and earl of TotnesCarew, George, Baron Carew of Clopton and earl of Totneskər&oomacr;ˈ, tŏtˈnĭs [key], 1555–1629, English soldier and…monad
(Encyclopedia) monad: see Bruno, Giordano; Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Baron von.May, Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Farnborough
(Encyclopedia) May, Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Farnborough, 1815–86, English constitutional jurist and historian. A period of long service to Parliament, including his tenure (1871–86) as clerk of the…Holberg, Ludvig, Baron
(Encyclopedia) Holberg, Ludvig, BaronHolberg, Ludvig, Baronl&oomacr;ᵺˈvē bärōnˈ hōlˈbĕr [key], 1684–1754, Danish dramatist, essayist, poet, and historian, apostle of the Enlightenment in…Lugard, Frederick John Dealtry Lugard, 1st Baron
(Encyclopedia) Lugard, Frederick John Dealtry Lugard, 1st BaronLugard, Frederick John Dealtry Lugard, 1st Baronl&oomacr;gärdˈ [key], 1858–1945, British colonial administrator. After an early…Napier, Robert Cornelis, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala
(Encyclopedia) Napier, Robert Cornelis, 1st Baron Napier of MagdalaNapier, Robert Cornelis, 1st Baron Napier of Magdalanāˈpēr, nəpērˈ [key], 1810–90, British general. In the engineering service in…Dunsany, Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron
(Encyclopedia) Dunsany, Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th BaronDunsany, Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Barondənsănˈē, –sā– [key], 1878–1957, Anglo-Irish author. His life was spent as a…