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  • 21Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester (seventh creation) — The Earl of Leicester Member of Parliament for Norfolk In office 1807 – 1832 Preceded by …

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  • 22French nobility — The nobility ( fr. la noblesse) in France, in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern period, had specific legal and financial rights, and prerogatives.The first official list of these prerogatives was established relatively late, under Louis XI of… …

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  • 23ENGLAND — The British Isles were unknown to the Jews until a late date, and the settlement of the Jews in medieval England was among the latest in Europe. It is possible that a small nucleus was to be found there under the Romans and that in the Saxon… …

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  • 24Nicholas Ashley-Cooper, 12th Earl of Shaftesbury — The Earl of Shaftesbury Lord Shaftesbury in the estate library, July 2010 Born Nicholas Edmund Anthony Ashley Cooper 3 June 1979 (1979 06 03) (age 32) London, England …

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  • 25First English Civil War — The First English Civil War (1642–1646) was the first of three wars known as the English Civil War (or Wars ). The English Civil War was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations which took place between Parliamentarians and… …

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  • 26Orders, decorations, and medals of Canada — …

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  • 27Charles Whitworth, 1st Earl Whitworth — The Rt. Hon. Earl Whitworth, engraving after Sir Thomas Lawrence Charles Whitworth, 1st Earl Whitworth GCB, PC (29 May 1752–13 May 1825), known as The Lord Whitworth between 1800 and 1813 and as The Viscount Whitworth between 1813 and 1815, was a …

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  • 28Claud Schuster, 1st Baron Schuster — The Right Honourable The Lord Schuster GCB CVO KC Permanent Secretary to the Lord Chancellor s Office …

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  • 29Earl of Beaconsfield — The title Earl of Beaconsfield in the peerage of the United Kingdom was created in 1876 for Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli, a favourite of Queen Victoria. Victoria favoured Disraeli s Tory policies over those of his Liberal rival, William Ewart …

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  • 30James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose — The Marquess of Montrose Born 25th October 1612 Died 21 May 1650(1650 05 21) (aged 37) old market cross, Edinburgh …

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