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Vor einem Tag · The Lord Chamberlain has the Principal Command of all the Kings (or Queens) Servants above Stairs (except in the Bedchamber, which is wholly under the Grooms [ sic] of the Stole) who are all Sworn by him, or by his Warrant to the Gentlemen Ushers.
9. Mai 2024 · Neville Chamberlain, prime minister of the United Kingdom from May 28, 1937, to May 10, 1940, whose name is identified with the policy of ‘appeasement’ toward Adolf Hitler’s Germany in the period immediately preceding World War II. Learn more about Chamberlain’s life and career in this article.
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- Neville Chamberlain was the son of British businessman and social reformer Joseph Chamberlain and Florence Kenrick. Neville’s mother died when he w...
- Neville Chamberlain was a product of the British upper class. His father had made a substantial fortune in business before moving into politics, an...
- Neville Chamberlain’s name has become synonymous with appeasement, the policy by which the aggressive moves of the fascist powers of Europe went la...
- While Neville Chamberlain genuinely believed that he had won "peace with honour" and secured "peace for our time," Churchill countered “You were gi...
Vor 2 Tagen · Arthur Neville Chamberlain FRS ( / ˈtʃeɪmbərlɪn /; 18 March 1869 – 9 November 1940) was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from May 1937 to May 1940 and Leader of the Conservative Party from May 1937 to October 1940.
Vor 3 Tagen · Given that the shelves of those historians who specialise in the origins of the Second World War are figuratively groaning under the weight of works covering the topic of appeasement, it may come as a surprise to some when reading the preface to Appeasing Hitler that “while books on the Second World War have multiplied over the past 20 years, th...
Vor 5 Tagen · Burthegns, bedthegns, and hræglthegns 'raiment-thegns' (Latin: cubicularii, camerarii ): chamberlains that supervised the royal bedchamber (Latin: camera) and wardrobe ( garderoba ). [4] [5] [6] Byrelas (Latin: pincernae ): butlers. [5]
Vor 5 Tagen · Originally the gentlemen were sworn in pursuance of royal warrants directed to the lord chamberlain. (fn. 2) From 1685 to 1688 these warrants were directed to the groom of the stole who swore them. (fn. 3) During the reign of William III it became the practice for new appointments to be communicated by the groom of the stole to the lord chamberl...
Vor 5 Tagen · The chamberlain was elected or re-elected annually by the commonalty on the day of election of the sheriffs but from 1491 the commonalty's choice was limited to one of two persons nominated by the mayor and aldermen. (fn. 77) In the hierarchy of city office he ranked second only to the recorder and of the fourteen chamberlains in office between ...
