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Rowton, Montagu William Lowry Corry, 1st Baron
(Encyclopedia)Rowton, Montagu William Lowry Corry, 1st Baron rôtˈən, rouˈ– [key], 1838–1903, English philanthropist. He was called to the bar in 1863. From 1866 until 1881 he served as private secretary to ...Inverchapel of Loch Eck, Archibald John Kerr Clark Kerr, 1st Baron
(Encyclopedia)Inverchapel of Loch Eck, Archibald John Kerr Clark Kerr, 1st Baron kär, ĭnˌvərchăpˈəl, lŏkh ĕk [key], 1882–1951, British diplomat. He entered the diplomatic service in 1906 and served in nu...Reuter, Baron Paul Julius von
(Encyclopedia)Reuter, Baron Paul Julius von roiˈtər [key], 1816–99, founder of Reuters Telegram Company (now part of Thomson Reuters), b. Kassel, Germany. His original name was Israel Beer Josaphat. First a ba...Lovat, Simon Fraser, 11th Baron
(Encyclopedia)Lovat, Simon Fraser, 11th Baron lŭvˈət [key], 1675?–1747, Scottish nobleman and Jacobite conspirator. The nephew of the 9th baron, he and his father contested the passing of the title to his cous...Boulle, André Charles
(Encyclopedia)Boulle or Buhl, André Charles both: äNdrāˈ shärl bo͞ol [key], 1642–1732, French cabinetmaker, the master of a distinctive style of furniture, much imitated, for which his name has become a syn...Keyes, Roger John Brownlow Keyes, 1st Baron
(Encyclopedia)Keyes, Roger John Brownlow Keyes, 1st Baron kēz [key], 1872–1945, British admiral. In World War I he achieved his greatest fame as commander of the Dover patrol when he raided Zeebrugge and Ostend ...Montmorency, Mathieu II, baron de
(Encyclopedia)Montmorency, Mathieu II, baron de môNmôräNsēˈ [key], d. 1230, constable of France (1218–30), called the Great Constable. He fought under Philip II at Château Gaillard (1203–4) and Bouvines ...Sacy, Antoine Isaac, Baron Silvestre de
(Encyclopedia)Sacy, Antoine Isaac, Baron Silvestre de äNtwänˈ ēzäkˈ bärôNˈ sēlvĕˈstrə də säsēˈ [key], 1758–1838, French Orientalist. Sacy's works on Arabic were pioneering, and he was one of the ...Charles XIV, king of Sweden and Norway
(Encyclopedia)Charles XIV (Charles John; Jean Baptiste Jules Bernadotte) zhäN bäptēstˈ zhül bĕrnädôtˈ [key], 1763–1844, king of Sweden and Norway (1818–44), French Revolutionary general. Bernadotte ros...Opéra
(Encyclopedia)Opéra ôpāräˈ [key] (Académie de musique), former chief opera house of Paris, on the Place de l'Opéra, one of the main crossroads on the right bank of the Seine. Designed by J. L. C. Garnier and...Browse by Subject
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