Word: viscountal
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...that moment the conference saw a strange sight. Leaning on the arm of Viscount Curzon-was Captain Ian Fraser, a blinded young war veteran. Slowly the two moved through the 3,500 assembled Conservative delegatives to the rostrum. Then, standing sightless, Captain Fraser made a two minute speech in which he put forward a stirring plea for faith in young British womanhood...
Premier Baldwin later in the day made extension of the franchise the strongest point of his speech on government policy, promising to make Britain "truly democratic" before the next general elections. He then charged Viscount Rothermere, Tzar of British newspaperdom, with sole opposition to granting young women the vote and went on paradoxically to challenge that the "noble Lord" state before all the world whether he was now supporting the Conservatives or the Liberals...
...backward province paying heavy tribute to the Sultan at Constantinople, when the Sudan was the happy hunting ground of murderous, dancing dervishes, the 21-year-old ZaghJul took part in his first revolt. It was led by Colonel Arabi against the Khedive and the British, was squelched by Viscount Wolseley...
They listened to Harry Lawson Webster Lawson, Viscount Burnham, proprietor of the London Daily Telegraph, outlining the purpose of the first international conference of press experts...
From the first, the Japanese delegation saw the futility of discussion under such circumstances; and Admiral Viscount Minoru Saito, Chief Japanese Delegate, accordingly did little more throughout the Parley than to make well-meant efforts to draw the U. S. and British delegations together on some common ground (for example, his idea of a "naval holiday" during which no more ships would be built by any power...