Word: lording
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Lord Chancellor, Rt. Hon. George, Viscount Cave, broached the Government's program in carefully generalized terms. He called for three major "reforms...
British Proposals. Chief Delegate William Clive Bridgeman, First Lord of the British Admiralty, proposed...
...BRIDGEMAN, RT. HON. WILLIAM CLIVE. . . s. of late Rev. and Hon. John R. O. Bridgeman, Rector of Weston-under-Lizard. . . g. s. of Ven. William Clive, Archdeacon of Montgomery. . . . Educ.: Eton (Captain of the Oppidans). . . . Assistant Private Secretary to Lord Knutsford. . . . Assistant Private Secretary to Sir Michael Hicks Beach...
...decision is taken," said Viscount Byng, "in view of the recent charges made by Lord Rosebery that many peerages are bought with money which finds its way into party funds. ... I am of the opinion that a titular reward ought not to be conditional upon the payment of any at all substantial...
...struck up the national anthem-to Western ears shrill and squealing. At the focus of this orgy of homage stood a slim, imperious Chinese, clad from neck to heel in a gorgeous, shimmering, blue silk Field Marshal's uniform of his own invention. This personage was the War Lord of Manchuria and North China, the great Chang Tso-lin. Japan has supported his Manchurian régime. Great Britain is believed to have poured not a little gold into his coffers. Last week he was engaged in the gesture of proclaiming himself "Dictator." In a harsh, compelling voice...