Word: lording
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...others, tried to decide what Party was to form a Government. There had evidently been a great deal of vacillation behind the scenes. Conservative-Liberal and Liberal-Labor coalition were hinted at, only to be later denied. Then Premier Baldwin was to resign and the King would ask Lord Derby?H. H. Asquith? Ramsay MacDonald?to form a Government...
...Order of Merit, one of the most exclusive and coveted orders bestowed by the King, has ten vacancies, the tenth being caused by the death of Lord Morley (TIME, Oct. 1). Women have not been admitted to the Order, but there was strong argument in the Capital in favor of asking His Majesty to add one or two women to the membership, which at present includes Field Marshal Lord French, Field Marshal Lord Haig; Admirals of the Fleet Lord Beatty, Sir Edward H. Seymour, Lord Jellicoe; Lords Balfour, Haldane, ex-Premier Lloyd George, Sir James Barrie, Sir Edward Elgar...
...Christie's, famed London auctioneers, 15,000 cigars, property of the late Lord Northcliffe, were sold. Many lots of the finest brands were listed in the catalog, thus proving the great journalist to be a connoisseur of a good smoke...
...Lord Derby has, self-admittedly, two great ambitions: 1) to be Prime Minister; 2) to win the Derby, which the 12th Earl founded...
...politician, statesman and diplomat, Lord Derby has been considered "the most powerful individual influence in British politics." Certainly he has been successful, popular and practical. He is best remembered for his War Service Bill of 1916, which produced the Derby Recruits, and as British Ambassador to France from 1918 to 1920, which office he resigned because he was "tired of being in the limelight...