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Vor 23 Stunden · As a result, Herbert was offered the crown of Albania, but was dissuaded by the British Prime Minister, H. H. Asquith, from accepting. Instead the offer went to William of Wied , a German prince who accepted and became sovereign of the new Principality of Albania .
Vor 23 Stunden · Battles/wars. Easter Rising. James Connolly ( Irish: Séamas Ó Conghaile; [1] 5 June 1868 – 12 May 1916) was an Irish republican, socialist, and trade union leader, executed for his part in the 1916 Easter Rising against British rule in Ireland. He remains an important figure both for the Irish labour movement and for Irish republicanism. He ...
- British Army (1882 to 1889), ICA (1913 to 1916)
Vor 23 Stunden · The inside of the case cover is where you find the inscription, “To Winston with gratitude H. H. Asquith Xmas 1905.” As the engraving suggests, this watch bears a hefty history. The timepiece was a gift from Herbert Henry Asquith, the first Liberal prime minister of the United Kingdom, as a token of appreciation for Churchill, a then-Conservative who crossed the aisle to back the Liberals.
Vor 23 Stunden · Asquith bought the watch from a famous watchmaker, Sir John Bennett, and gifted it to Churchill in 1905. Eventually, it travelled to the Cole family and was passed down from Nancy Henderson Cole to David Cole and so on. With the upcoming auction on May 23, avid collectors are granted the chance to hold a part of the UK’s history in their ...
Vor 23 Stunden · Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties in the United Kingdom, along with the Conservative Party, in the 19th and early 20th centuries. [3] Beginning as an alliance of Whigs, free trade -supporting Peelites, and reformist Radicals in the 1850s, by the end of the 19th century, it had formed four ...
- 2 March 1988; 35 years ago
- John Russell, 1st Earl Russell
- 9 June 1859; 164 years ago
