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Word: passfield (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...English leftist. The man who urged the British to "cut down the decaying wood of the House of Lords before it falls upon us" is descended from Sire Crispe de Stanlake, a 13th-century Buckinghamshire squire, Sir Stafford's father and two uncles were peers (Parmoor, Passfield, Courtney). His brother, Freddie, married the Duchess of Westminster...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Man Without a Party | 12/28/1942 | See Source »

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