Word: earling
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...married Lady Isabella Giustiniani-Bandini, daughter of Prince Giustiniani-Bandini, Earl of Newburgh, whose family played an important part in the Jacobite rising in 1645 and was forced to go into exile...
Married. Almina, Dowager Countess of Carnarvon, widow of the late Earl of Carnarvon who discovered TutankhAmen's tomb, to Lieutenant Colonel Ian Dennistoun, 44, in London. The Countess, "La Petite Marquise," is considered one of England's best-dressed women...
...British Government cancelled the tour of inspection of the Earl of Cavan, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, to Singapore and Australasian posts. The reason given was that the Earl will be needed at home should a new Minister of War be appointed. Political opinion had it, however, that the project for the naval base at Singapore had been temporarily it not permanently shelved. Criticism was made against the projected naval base: 1) that the country could not afford the cost; 2) that it would divert a large number of warships from other important points; 3) that it would provoke...
...Hyatt '24 are available for the high jump; for the broad jump the most promising candidates are D. J. Quirk '26 and Donald Spencer '26. In the pole-vault event Hyatt and W. T. Reidy '25 are likely to improve their past records which have already been good. Earl Evans '25 and P. A. Altman '26 are expected to do good work...
Lord Derby has, self-admittedly, two great ambitions: 1) to be Prime Minister; 2) to win the Derby, which the 12th Earl founded...