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Word: prestwood (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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After lunch, Mrs. Attlee drove their small Hillman in from their suburban home in Prestwood, and Attlee spent the afternoon clearing his parliamentary office of books and files and lugging them to the car. That night came the announcement that he would accept an earldom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Time to Retire | 12/19/1955 | See Source »

...Peerage: "It really shakes me. A most unfortunate innovation-something -which may result in peers becoming confused wuh American band leaders like Duke Ellington an Count Basic." Nevertheless, there have been previous one-name earldoms: Earl Jowitt, Earl Haig. Attlee's son and heir will be Viscount Prestwood of Walthamstow (Attlee's constituency since...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Time to Retire | 12/19/1955 | See Source »

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