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Word: memberâ (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1930
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...been twice Captain of the King's Gentlemen-at-Arms, twice Master of Royal Buckhounds. Though a staunch Conservative he is on friendly terms with Liberal Leader David Lloyd George, now "Father of the House of Commons" (i. e., not the oldest member, but the one longest a member???40 years in the case of Mr. Lloyd George, and for the Earl of Coventry 87 years). The youngest peer is the Earl of Gains borough, 6, and the youngest old enough to take his seat is the Premier Duke and Earl of England, the Duke of Norfolk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: House of Loafers | 2/17/1930 | See Source »

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