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Vor 4 Tagen · Field Marshal Sir William Robert Robertson, 1st Baronet, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, DSO (29 January 1860 – 12 February 1933) was a British Army officer who served as Chief of the Imperial General Staff (CIGS) – the professional head of the British Army – from 1916 to 1918 during the First World War.
Vor 4 Tagen · Wilson recommended Kiggell as his successor and thought the appointment of William Robertson "a tremendous gamble". He may have felt that Robertson's lack of private means did not suit him for a position which required entertaining. [83]
Vor einem Tag · Sir Thomas, the second baronet, (grandson of Sir Nicholas) married a coheiress of Morewood; his grandson, Sir Thomas, the fourth baronet, a coheiress of Sir William Bowyer, Bart, of Staffordshire. The title is now enjoyed by Sir Roger Gresley, a minor, born in 1799, great grandson of the last-mentioned Sir Thomas, who is the eighth baronet of the family: he was son of Sir Nigel the late ...
22. Mai 2024 · Baronets. THE degree of baronet was instituted in 1611, in the 9th year of king James I. as a means of raising money for the security of a plantation in the province of Ulster, in the kingdom of Ireland. For which end, the person raised to this dignity gave a supply to the king, sufficient to maintain and support thirty men in the foot forces ...
Vor 2 Tagen · — William, elder son of Sir William Morice, principal Secretary of State to King Charles II., who was a native of the city of Exeter, and of Welch origin, was created a baronet in 1661. The title became extinct on the death of Sir William, the third baronet, in 1749. His sisters and co-heiresses married Sir John St. Aubyn, Bart., and Sir John ...
Vor 3 Tagen · 2 letters from Mackenzie to David Laing, 3 September and 13 December 1821 (La.IV.6 Mack. 1-2) Letter from Mackenzie to Sir Walter Scott, enclosing a poem ‘The Highlander’, 1824 (La.III.584/54) 2 letters from Mackenzie, 1 to a publisher and 1 to George Chalmers, 1793-1805 (La.II.267; La.II.589/15)
23. Mai 2024 · March 1644: An Ordinance to enable Sir William Brereton Baronet, one of the Members of the House of Commons, to execute the several Ordinances of Parliament for advance of money within the County of Chester, and County and City of Chester... | British History Online. British History Online (no series)
