Word: sankeys
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...were summoned to the House of Lords to hear the Speech from the Throne. Seated on a bench before the empty throne were five noble representatives of the King in ermine and scarlet, like end men at a minstrel show. In their middle, was the Lord Chancellor, Sir John Sankey. Perhaps 50 Peers in ordinary morning clothes sat comfortably on their benches. Crowded behind the Bar of the Lords stood the Commoners. Thus once a year do the Lords of Britain put the Commoners in their places...
...five commissioners stared fixedly at the Commoners. In unison they slowly raised their black tricorn hats three times in greeting. Then Lord Chancellor Sankey read the King's speech, a speech which everybody knows is not written by the King at all but by the Prime Minister, a speech supposed to give the policies and promises of the new Government...
...Against 495 Conservative and 89 Liberal Peers ten Socialists plus Sidney Webb now sit in the Lords: Earls Russell De La Warr and Kimberley; Lords Parmoor Thomson, Olivier, Arnold, Sankey, Gorell, Muir-Mackenzie. Four are hereditary peers; the other seven rose from commoners. Five have heirs to succeed to their titles...
...Lord Justice Sankey Lord High Chancellor...
Maurrant appears, drunk. He has changed his mind about the Stamford trip. Instinctively he looks upstairs, becomes insanely enraged. Sammy tries, ineffectually, to stop Maurrant's rush to the second floor There are screams and bellowing curses. Maurrant and Sankey struggle at the window, Maurrant at Sankey 's throat. There are shots. A crowd collects at the door. Maurrant escapes. Sankey is dead. Mrs. Maurrant opens her eyes only once...