Word: dukedom
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Died. Princess Louise, 91, Duchess of Argyll, great-aunt of King George VI, daughter of Queen Victoria, known as the "Royal Rebel" for her interest in art and for marrying a mere Marquis, later raised to Dukedom (first English Princess in 350 years to marry outside royalty); after long illness; in London...
...word spread throughout Ormond Beach, solemn groups gathered at the gates of the walled estate. Similar scenes occurred at his Lakewood, N. J. estate, where Mr. Rockefeller lately spent his summers, and at Pocantico Hills, where Mr. Rockefeller had bought up whole villages to create his 3,500 acre dukedom, with its 50 mi. of roads, vast landscaping, staff of hundreds, private police force. Familiar to Mr. Rockefeller's neighbors, north and south, was his greeting: "Good day and God bless you." Many prized one of the 20,000 dimes he had bestowed with the admonition "Save...
...automobile." George V never drove Queen Mary: Edward VIII drove Mrs. Simpson. She remained last week in France with friends whose chef she last year got appointed chef of Buckingham Palace. He resigned last week, one jump ahead of dismissal by George VI. Meanwhile the letters patent creating the Dukedom of Windsor were passed under the Great Seal. They are so drawn that the Duchess of Windsor and her children have full princely rank and the style of Royal Highness. This week the Duke, after intimations that the Rothschilds would like him to pay some rent for their castle...
...life and last week was out in full regalia with the 300-odd other Privy Councilors in the Throne Room of St. James's Palace to hear King George VI read his accession address: "... I take up the heavy task. . . . My first act ... to confer on [Edward] a dukedom. . . . He will henceforth be known as His Royal Highness, the Duke of Windsor. ... I declare to you my adherence to the strict principles of constitutional government and my resolve to work...
...Duke of Leinster appeared in London's Bankruptcy Court to tell his creditors how he had embarked in 1928 on a lavish "prospecting" trip to find a U. S. bride who would cure his chronic financial trouble. The impoverished Duke, who once sold stock in himself as "The Dukedom of Leinster Estates, Inc.," said he was twice fooled by "possibilities," finally married Mrs. Rafaelle van Neck of Manhattan, no heiress...