- Lord Chamberlain's Men
'''The Lord Chamberlain's Men''' was the [[playing company]] that [[William Shakespeare]] worked for as ...
... revious name. The company became the [[King's Men (playing company)|King's Men]] in [[1603]] when [[James I of England|King James]] ascended the throne a ...
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- Joseph Chamberlain
... tlefold and Chamberlain]], to become a commercial success and by his retirement from the firm in 1874, the company was exporting its products to the [[Un ...
... mpaign, praising Bright and [[George Dixon]], a Birmingham Member of Parliament (MP).
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- Neville Chamberlain
... d by his [[appeasement]] policy regarding his signing of the [[Munich Agreement]] in 1938, conceding part of [[Czechoslovakia]] to [[Nazi Germany|German] ...
... Chancellor of the Exchequer]] but presented no [[budget]] before the government fell in 1924.
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- John Chamberlain (letter writer)
... to earn a living.<ref>Richard Chamberlain was "one of those capable tradesmen who shared in the abundance of Tudor Times". He became [[Sheriffs of the C ...
Chamberlain is valued not just as as a commentator but as a writer. Historian [[A. L. Rowse]] has called him "the best l ...
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- List of Vanity Fair caricatures
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- Appeasement
'''Appeasement''' is "the policy of settling international quarrels by admitting and sat ...
... the judgment that he acted in Britain's best interests. The word "appeasement" has been used as a synonym for cowardice since the 1930s and it is still ...
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- Norway Debate
... zable rebellion of government supporters who voted against their own government or refused to support it on what was considered a [[Motion of Confidence] ...
... began at 3:48 p.m. on May 7 with Chamberlain giving more details on a statement he had given on [[May 2]] on progress in [[Norway]]. British forces had j ...
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- Stanley Baldwin
... y)|Bewdley]]. During the [[World War I|First World War]] he became [[Parliamentary Private Secretary]] to Conservative leader [[Andrew Bonar Law]] and in ...
... vative Party was seeking to shed its patrician image were all deemed impediments. Much weight at the time was given to the intervention of [[Arthur Balfo ...
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- Robert Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
:''"Lord Salisbury" redirects here. For other holders of the title, see [[Marquess ...
... the last Prime Minister to head his full administration from the House of Lords.
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- Sussex's Men
'''The Earl of Sussex's Men''' was a [[playing company]] or troupe of actors in [[Elizabethan era|Eliz ...
... ough they should not be confused with the more famous [[Lord Chamberlain's Men]] of the 1590s, the company of Shakespeare and [[Richard Burbage]].<ref>[[ ...
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- Arthur Balfour
| profession =[[Member of Parliament]]
... authored the [[Balfour Declaration of 1917]], which supported the establishment of a [[Zionism|Jewish homeland]] in [[Palestine]].
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- King's Men personnel
... rd Chamberlain's Men]]''' and the '''[[King's Men (playing company)|King's Men]]''' (for all practical purposes a single continuous theatrical enterprise ...
... for soldiers" without the consent of the [[Master of the Revels]] or the [[Lord Chamberlain]].
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- Munich Agreement
... n annexation of [[Czechoslovakia]]'s Sudetenland. The Sudetenland was of immense strategic importance to [[Czechoslovakia]], as most of its border defens ...
... state of Czechoslovakia was not invited to the conference, the Munich Agreement is commonly called the '''Munich Dictate''' by [[Czechs]] and [[Slovaks]] ...
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- Titles (Dragon Prince)
... hough all of these titles must be confirmed by the Princes and the Lady or Lord of Goddess Keep.
... other Princes, though his power is not absolute. The [[Sunrunner#Hierarchy|Lord/Lady of Goddess Keep]] does not have to bow to the High Prince, though he/ ...
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- Inn-yard theatre
... open space in the center, and stage to one side.) Though the surviving documentary record is frustratingly limited, "it seems certain that some of the in ...
... 88. In November 1589 the [[Lord Mayor of London]] ordered [[Lord Strange's Men]] not to perform in the city — and they promptly showed their defian ...
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- The Happy Land
... of authority, like Sir Joseph in ''[[H.M.S. Pinafore]]'', selecting government by "competitive examination" as in ''[[Iolanthe]]'', and especially the i ...
... tain’s national interests, degrading British prestige abroad. The three men are seen to lack substance and taste.<ref> Lawrence, Elwood P. "The happy ...
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- Thomas Pope (16th-century actor)
... ance theatre|Elizabethan]] [[actor]], a member of the [[Lord Chamberlain's Men]] and a colleague of [[William Shakespeare]].<ref>[[Edmund Kerchever Cham ...
... er, all soon-to-be Lord Chamberlain's Men. Pope toured with Lord Strange's Men under Edward Alleyn in 1593, with most of the same personnel.
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- King's Men (playing company)
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... reign of [[Elizabeth I of England|Queen Elizabeth]], it became The King's Men in 1603 when [[James I of England|King James]] ascended the throne and bec ...
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- Order of precedence in England and Wales
==Men==
#The [[Lord High Steward]] (NONE, ceremonial and only appointed for coronations)
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- David Lloyd George
... r]] of the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|British]] [[government]]. In March 1863 his father William George, who had been a [[school]] [[t ...
... proposed solutions to Welsh grievances such as land reform and disestablishment he, together with most Welsh Liberals, would have followed Chamberlain.
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