Word: marquessate
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...Lord Bessborough is the fourth Irish peer to become Governor General of Canada, his predecessors having been Viscount Monck (1867-68), the Earl of Dufferin (1872-78) and the Marquess of Lansdowne...
Into the London bankruptcy court marched Henry William Montagu Paulet, 16th Marquess of Winchester, head of a family which came to England with William the Conqueror. Land-poor after the War, he had sought employment. Clarence Hatry (stock swindler whose failure precipitated the 1929 stockmarket crash), gave him a $75,000-a-year job as "director." Later Lord Winchester resigned because he "did not agree with [Hatry's] methods of business," but he was nevertheless held responsible for the sale of some fake stocks. To pay these debts, the Marquess speculated, was caught by 1930 bears. Last week...
...been organizing a sweepstake on the man who was going to be appointed their new Governor General. Of course a "dark horse" might win, but bets were laid with confidence on the following "field" (purely unofficial of course): George V's second son, the Duke of York; the Marquess of Linlithgow (the "favorite"), the Earl of Athlone. the Earl of Cromer, the Duke of Abercorn and the Marquess of Londonderry...
...Marquess of Cambridge collects wealthy Americans. Mr. & Mrs. Victor Emanuel collect race horses, also own a hunter which once belonged to the Prince of Wales...
...Even the Mahatma himself would be satisfied with the form of government described by the Marquess of Reading...