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Word: highworth (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Died. Frederick George ("Peckham") Banbury, First Baron Banbury of Southam, 85, famed old parliamentary curmudgeon; at Highworth, Wiltshire, England. A Tory diehard, who boasted that his home was illuminated only by candles, he blocked admittance of peeresses to the House of Lords lest the body "lose dignity to secure efficiency...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Aug. 24, 1936 | 8/24/1936 | See Source »

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