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  Charles Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Charles Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford (May 21, 1893 - April 22, 1971) was a British Marshal of the Royal Air Force and Chief of the Air Staff during World War II and an advocate of strategic bombing.
In October 1940, Portal was appointed as Chief of the Air Staff with the rank of Air Chief Marshal and became involved with the controversy over the Big Wing that resulted in Hugh Dowding's removal as the head of Fighter Command.
In 1945, after the war's end, Portal retired from the RAF and in August was created Baron Portal of Hungerford, of Hungerford in the County of Berks, and a year later Viscount Portal of Hungerford, with the same territorial designation.
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 Charles Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Charles Portal was born May 21, 1893 in (additional info and facts about Hungerford) Hungerford, England, and was educated at (additional info and facts about Christ Church, Oxford) Christ Church, Oxford.
Portal advocated strategic (An extensive and systematic bombing intended to devastate a large target) area bombing against German industrial areas instead of bombing of specific factories or plants.
In 1945, after the war's end, Portal retired from the RAF and in August was created Baron Portal of Hungerford, of Hungerford in the (additional info and facts about County of Berks) County of Berks, and a year later Viscount Portal of Hungerford, with the same territorial designation.
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 Charles Portal
In 1915 Portal was transferred to Royal Flying Corps, first as an observer and eventually a flying officer.
By 1939 Portal was a member of the air council and Director of Organization in the Air Ministry.
After the war in 1945 Portal retired from the RAF and in August created Baron Portal of Hungerford and year later a viscount.
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 People : Portal - World War Two
Portal, Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Charles(1893-1971), British airman, known to all his friends as Peter, who, as a member of the British Chiefs of Staff and Combined Chiefs of Staff committees, was one of the principal architects of the Allies' victory in Europe.
However, Churchill was much impressed by the energy with which Portal prepared against the impending German invasion of the UK and by the comparative effectiveness of night raids on German invasion ports and barge concentrations.
Portal accompanied Churchill to nearly all the Grand Alliance conferences and was immediately accepted and respected by the Americans who appreciated his calm, measured approach.
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 Charles Portal
Portal was appointed as Director of Organization at the Air Ministry and with the threat of war he was given the responsibility of establishing 30 new air bases in Britain.
Portal and Harris argued that the main objectives of night-time blanket bombing of urban areas was to undermine the morale of the civilian population a
Portal was created a baron in August, 1945 and the following year was raised to viscount.
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 Baron Sengir - Homelands   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Baron is a watcher of time, but his patience is unmatched by most mortals.
Though the humans who live in the squalid muck are important to Baron Sengir for the work they perform, their more valuable trait is that they all eventually die.
Until the day when Baron Sengir has exclusive power in the Homelands, he will continue to enjoy life, watch the sunset, and occasionally bicker with his subjects over their obsessions with wooden stakes and swamp garlic.
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 Encyclopædia Britannica's Guide to Normandy 1944
Portal was educated at Winchester and Christ Church College, Oxford, and joined the Royal Engineers as a dispatch rider during World War I; in 1915 he was commissioned in the Royal Flying Corps.
He was created a baron in 1945, and in 1946 he became 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford.
From 1946 to 1951 Lord Portal was responsible for administering the atomic research facilities at Harwell.
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The third baron, a Lancastrian, as befitted the descendant of a steward of John of Gaunt, was beheaded after Hexham Field, where he had been taken prisoner.
Lady Agnes, second wife of the Hungerford of 1522, was accused of poisoning her husband, and hung, along with one of her servants, as Stow's chronicle records.
Sir Edward Hungerford was a zealous Puritan, long commander of the Parliamentary levies of Wiltshire, "of eminent zeal for his country," as his tomb of 1648 in the chapel records.
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Baron Tedder is a peerage title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
Barons Tedder (1946) Arthur William Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder (1890-1967) John Michael Tedder, 2nd Baron Tedder (1926-1994) Robin John Tedder, 3rd Baron Tedder (b.
This is a list of Barons ("Lords of Parliament" in Scottish terms) in the Peerages of England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland, and the United Kingdom.
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 Baron Percy - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Baron Percy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Baron Percy - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Baron Percy.
The title Baron Percy has been created several times in the Peerage of England.
The present creation was in 1722, by writ of summons.
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Marshal of the RAF Viscount Portal of Hungerford
In 1922 ‘Peter’ Portal was among those selected to attend the first course at the new RAF Staff College, most of who later rose to prominence in the RAF during World War 2.
A successful tour as AOC in C brought with it a knighthood in July 1940 and a realisation that precision night bombing was an impossible concept at this stage of the war and he left Bomber Command with the seeds of what would later become Area Bombing firmly routed in his mind.
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 thePeerage.com - Person Page 13504
He was the son of Edward Robert Portal.
He was created 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford, of Hungerford, co. Berks [U.K.] on 28 January 1946.
Sir Charles Frederick Algernon Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford b.
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 Baron Piercy - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Baron Piercy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Baron Piercy - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Baron Piercy.
Baron Piercy is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
It was created in 1945 and is still extant.
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Hungerford, Anne, 240; Dame Elenor, 194; Elizth., Sir Robt., 194; Lord Walter, 233; Sir Walter, 240.
Legal, barrister, 210; chancery, court of, clerks, 42, 154, masters, 42, 154; common pleas, justice of, 1; exchequer, chief baron of, 99; judge, 186; justices of the peace, 50, 55, 96, 140, 156, 191; King’s Bench, justice of, 42; serjeant-at-law, 233.
Nugent, Baron, 252(2); Baroness, 252; bishop, 94; Chas., 152; Earl, 252(4); Mary, 252;.
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 Technology Education - Construction
Timber was forbidden because of sanitation requirements; the cast-iron beams spanned 9.7 metres (32 feet) with three-metre (10-foot) cantilevers on either side, and the hollow cast-iron columns also served as roof drains.
The frame consisted of cast-iron columns supporting wrought-iron beams, together with two floors of rolled-steel beams that were substituted during construction; this was the first large-scale use of steel in a building.
The longest span of this type was the Narita Hangar at Tokyo International Airport, which used a tied portal truss to span 190 metres (623 feet) supporting a space-truss roof spanning 90 metres (295 feet).
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 Crocker ~ Ashley - Person Page 59
She was the daughter of Robert Hungerford and Margaret de Botreaux.
Sir Robert Hungerford, Knt., 2nd Lord Hungerford, of Heytesbury, Wilshire and Hamatehy, Cornwall is buried in his tomb in Saslisbury Cathedral.
Sir Thomas Hungerford, of a Wiltshire family, was Speaker of the House of Commons in 1377, and is believed to have won this post thrugh the friendship of John of Gaunt.
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 Baron Latymer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The title Baron Latymer has been created twice in the Peerage of England, both times by writ of summons.
At the death of the tenth baron, both baronies fell into abeyance.
Centuries later, in 1913, the Sovereign finally terminated the abeyance in favour of Francis Coutts-Nevill.
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 Hepatic Nodules in Budd-Chiari Syndrome: Imaging Features -- Vilgrain et al. 210 (2): 443 -- Radiology
An enlarged hepatic artery was identified in 18 of the 19 patients.
the portal vein was demonstrated in one of our four patients.
Hungerford GD, Hamlyn AN, Lunzer MR, Dick R, Sherlock S. Pseudometastases in the liver: a presentation of the Budd-Chiari syndrome.
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 Baron Portal of Hungerford   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
She died without issue, and the barony became extinct on her death.
Charles Frederick Algernon Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford (1893-1971) (viscountcy extinct) Barons Portal of Hungerford (1945, reverted 1971)
Rosemary Portal, 2nd Baroness Portal of Hungerford (1923- 1990)
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 Aprils Spot Links   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The portal vein is the largest vein in the human body dr Portal Area esources on the Internet or an intranet.
The building blocks of portals are portlets, which contain portions of content published using markup languages such as HTML and XML.
Portals typically provide personalized capabilities to their users.
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 MSN Encarta - Encyclopedia Article Center - People in European History
Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg, 1st Baron Acton
Brougham, Henry Peter, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux
Fisher, John Arbuthnot, 1st Baron Fisher of Kilverstone
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 Emerald Links   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
After the war, he took over No. 7 Squadron RAF and concentrated on ount Portal of Hungerford was British Chief of the Air Staff in the Second World War.
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 "P" Famous People
Penney, William (George) Penney, Baron (1909-91) Physicist, born in Gibraltar.
Portal (of Hungerford), Charles Frederick Algernon Portal, 1st Viscount (1893-1971) Chief of British air staff during World War 2, born in Hungerford...
Puffendorf, Samuel, Freiherr (Baron) von, (1632-94) Jurist and historian, born in Dorfchemnitz, E Germany.
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 The Stomach Spot Links   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
In January 1943, at the Casablanca Conference, the Combined Chiefs of Staff selected him to coordinate the bomber forces of both the United States and Britain in a combined In architecture, a richly decorated grand entrance, as into a cathedral.
A metafictional device, such as a door or doorway, that transports the user from one place to another, distant, place via teleportation or similar means.
Such port Portal Area esources on the Internet or an intranet.
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 MARSHAL OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE FACTS AND INFORMATION
Charles Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford (1_June 1944)
William Sholto Douglas, 1st Baron Douglas of Kirtleside (1_January 1946)
Charles Elworthy, Baron Elworthy of Timaru (1_April 1967)
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 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Charles Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford (
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A disruption of the hypothalamo-pituitary portal veins is referred to as Pickardt syndrome (suprasellar failure).
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Clark, The Journal of Modern African Studies, Vol.Boxer successfully fought to repeal the luxury tax on electric cars and other alternative fuel projects, supported funding for clean fuel vehicles, and introduced legislation to remove subsidies for gas guzzlers.
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1922 1993 Roy Harris Jenkins, Baron Jenkins of Hillhead 1920-2003 1993 Nelson Mandela b.
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