Word: viscountal
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...chosen for the post of Secretary General because he had no pretension to statesmanship. At one time or another he has been in close touch with Premiers Balfour and Asquith and with Sir Edward (now Viscount) Grey. From this experience he has learned how to use men and how to execute orders. He has tremendous sympathy with new ideas and is a sound judge of human character, knows how far and how much a man could be depended upon. He is "the one man that could be relied upon to run the League without dominating it," and that...
...Viscount Grey-"a tennis player of no mean repute...
...fine August day, King George announced to his subjects that the proverbial stork had visited Goldborough Hall, Yorkshire, the residence of his only daughter, Mary, and his son-in-law, Viscount Lascelles. Princess Mary, Viscountess Lascelles, had given birth to a second son. His loyal subjects responded by wishing joy to the mother and babe, who were reported to be "doing well...
Because of his continued poor sight, due mainly to his strenuous term of office as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (1905-1916), Viscount Grey of Fallodon (Sir Edward Grey of War fame) announced his retirement from the leadership of the Liberal Party in the House of Lords...
...work was recognized by Premier Asquith in 1912 when the King was advised to bestow upon him the coveted Order of the Garter. For the rest, his record in the interest of peace is well known. He retired in 1916, broken in health; and a grateful King made him Viscount Grey of Fallodon...