Word: marquisate
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Signs of peace are only just visible, but that is in itself tangible evidence. The political news from Germany points to a more conciliatory attitude. The outlines of a Franco-Belgian agreement made by Poincaré and Theunis were published, and point to the fact that economic guarantees between France...
"In 1912 there came a sudden chance to buy the great international law library of the Marquis de Olivart. The catalogue of this collection is constantly referred to in recent treatises on the subject as the standard bibliography of international law.
Died. Arthur Chambers, 75, former lightweight champion of the world, at Philadelphia. In 1879 at Chippewa Falls, Canada, he fought the longest bout on record, 136 rounds. The fight was under the old .London rules whereby a knockdown counted as a round. When the late Marquis of Queensbury decided to...
Engaged. Lady Mary Cambridge, 26, daughter of the Marquis of Cambridge, to the Marquis of Worcester, 23, heir of the Duke of Beaufort. Lady Mary is the second of Princess Mary's bridesmaids to become engaged since the latter's wedding. The first was Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon...
Obstinacy. The third Marquis of Salisbury, father of Lord Robert Cecil, once made a speech at Oxford, in which he referred to his countrymen as the "English." The speech was interrupted by loud cries of "British!" "What aboot the Scots!" But Salisbury went doggedly ahead and continued to say "English...