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Hace 2 días · The cause of the crisis was the clash between Macmillan and his Chancellor, Peter Thorneycroft, over spending cuts. At a cabinet meeting on 3 January, Thorneycroft demanded that in addition to a previously agreed £100 million cut in civil and defence expenditure, a further £50 million of savings, including the abolition of family allowance for the second child, was required.
Hace 1 día · The Chancellor of the Exchequer, often abbreviated to Chancellor, is a senior minister of the Crown within the Government of the United Kingdom, and head of His Majesty's Treasury.As one of the four Great Offices of State, the chancellor is a high-ranking member of the British Cabinet.. Responsible for all economic and financial matters, the role is equivalent to that of a finance minister in ...
Hace 2 días · He was the third son of the fourth Baron-Butler. He later came to be baron of Dunboyne by writ of summons in 1324 John Charlton, 1st Baron Charlton: 1268–1353 Shropshire At this point he was a young nobleman receiving his education at the king's court Sir Peter Compton (~1190–1230) Devonshire Lord of Compton Castle John de Courcy (1150–1219)
Hace 18 horas · She held her title with dedication and brio, ever since Tory grandee Lord Thorneycroft, recommended her to Margaret Thatcher for a peerage. The Conservative Party needed good women in the Lords, ‘doers’. ’Give me the good women and I’ll appoint them,’’ the PM had said. They certainly found one in Trixie.
Hace 1 día · George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron FRS (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824) was a British poet and peer. He is one of the major figures of the Romantic movement, and is regarded as being among the greatest of English poets. Among his best-known works are the lengthy narratives Don Juan and Childe Harold's Pilgrimage; much of his shorter lyrics in Hebrew Melodies also became popular.
Hace 18 horas · What we do is never understood but always only praised or censured. [Was wir thun, wird nie verstanden, sondern immer nur gelobt und getadelt.] Also known as La Gaya Scienza, The Joyful Wisdom, or The Joyous Science. (Source (German)). Alternate translations: What we do is never understood, but only praised…
Hace 2 días · Calshot. Calshot remains one of Britain’s most important military airfields, a distinguished base for flying boats and associated marine craft supporting aircraft and the Royal Air Force in general. The station opened on 29 March 1913 to deal initially with experimental aviation duties such as early torpedo testing.
