Word: duchess
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...urged the British to "cut down the decaying wood of the House of Lords before it falls upon us" is descended from Sire Crispe de Stanlake, a 13th-century Buckinghamshire squire, Sir Stafford's father and two uncles were peers (Parmoor, Passfield, Courtney). His brother, Freddie, married the Duchess of Westminster...
This week Charlotte-Aldegonde-Elise-Marie-Wilhelmine of Walram, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, said: "My heart breaks for them [the strikers] because I know hundreds will allow themselves to be shot rather than go back to work...
First he wrote King's English letters to all U.S. businessmen he thought could help. Then he promised his Duchess a permanent and got her to fly with him to the U.S. early this summer. The royal pair roamed through Washington and Manhattan, wound up in a super-swanky suite at the Waldorf. Up came smart, progressive General Foods Chairman Colby Mitchell Chester. They talked. When Foodman Chester left he beamed with the Duke's graciousness, was amazed at his business know-how. On a Monday morning three days later the Duke & Duchess limousined to General Foods...
...month-old second son of the Duke and Duchess of Kent was christened: Michael George Charles Franklin. Seventh in the line of succession to Britain's throne, he was the first royal Briton to bear a U.S. citizen's name-Franklin D. Roosevelt was his godfather and name giver. The Duke of Kent stood as President Roosevelt's proxy. After the ceremonies the King, Queen Mary and the Duke and Duchess all posed with the new Prince for a new page in the family album...
...sportsman and gold mine tycoon: an estate valued at more than $2,000,000. His will leaves a quarter of it in trust "for the advancement, strengthening and development of the South African people," a $40,000 yearly income for his widow, and $400 each to Winston Churchill, the Duchess of Newcastle, the Marquess of Londonderry, and Horse Trainer Reginald...