Word: earls
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...June, 1916, the British cruiser Hampshire struck a mine and the British Commonwealth suffered the loss of Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener, Earl Kitchener of Khartum, "the greatest soldier-statesman of the century...
Since April, 1924, Mrs. Earl P. Huff has not received her monthly alimony of $145 from her divorced husband who is a Lieutenant Com mander stationed at the submarine base, New London, Conn. The civil courts cannot help her, because the officer is beyond their jurisdiction. Secretary Wilbur has repeatedly admonished him to pay up. Last week, the Secretary decided to bring him before a court martial on a charge of "conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman." The case is unique in naval history...
...hands of the Crown. In 1732, George II offered No. 10 to Sir Robert Walpole, usually regarded as the first modern Prime Minister.* Sir Robert accepted the offer of the Premiership in perpetuity and took up his residence there in 1735, seven years before he resigned and became the Earl of Orford...
Governor General the Earl of Athlone, royal uncle of the Prince, represents His Majesty the King, aloof from local wrangles, immaculate symbol of British sway. He presides at the capital city of Pretoria* and is expected at Cape Town for the Prince's arrival...
Died. Godfrey Charles Isaacs, until last fall managing director of the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Co., brother of Rufus D. Isaacs, Earl Reading, Viceroy of India; in London, of a clot of blood on the brain...