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...titles of the British peerage in descending order of rank: Dukes, Marquises, Earls, Viscounts, Barons. There are 28 British dukedoms of which only four have been created since Wellington was made a Duke in 1814. The last dukedom created was that of Fife, in 1900, now held by H. H. Alexandra Victoria Alberta Edwina Louise Duff, wife of H. R. H. Prince Arthur of Connaught, uncle of George...
Officers of the Continental Army: C. D. Coady '27, N. B. Lee '28, L. L. Wallingsford '28, r. P. MacFadden '26, H. B. Jackson '27, and K. D. Maun '26. Minute Men: R. H. Sanger '28, Standard Bearer, N. G. Hesse '27, Drummer, and W. C. Harris '28, Fife...
...about this time that Gladstone formed his fourth and last Ministry. Asquith at that time had been a Liberal M. P. for East Fife for six years. Gladstone plucked him greedily, made him Home Secretary; and his wisdom and faith in the young man's ability was amply rewarded; for many agree that Mr Asquith made the best Home Secretary with which Britain was ever blest...
...Queen Victoria. "Old Lady Ely used to say that Lord Fife was one of the few men who could with impunity quiz, as it were, the Queen- to use a vulgarism, get the best of her. On one occasion, at dinner at Windsor, when Lord Fife was mopping up his soup with much noise, he suddenly paused, looked up and said in his very broad Scotch: 'Yer Majesty will be pleased to hear that I hae given up brandy and sodas!' 'I'm glad to hear it, Lord Fife,' said the Queen...
...July 18 Christie's will sell by order of the Princess Royal, Duchess of Fife, eldest daughter of King Edward, part of her private collection, with well-known paintings by Sir Henry Raeburn and Sir Joshua Reynolds...