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Word: nesta (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Alan Ian Percy, of the House of Percy, 8th Duke of Northumberland, notorious for quoting Nesta Webster, well-known anti-Socialist authoress, was a fighting soldier in Sudan and South Africa and a London soldier in the World War. In 1922, he was reported financially embarrassed, sold much land, rented his mansion on the Thames. But the coal business (Newcastle, etc.) picked up, and the Duke is again rich...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Duke Paper | 4/28/1924 | See Source »

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