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  Thomas George Baring, 1st Earl of Northbrook - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Thomas George Baring, 1st Earl of Northbrook, 2nd Baron Northbrook (22 January 1826 - 15 November 1904), English statesman, eldest son of the 1st Baron.
Baring was created Viscount Baring of Lee in the county of Kent and Earl of Northbrook in the county of [Hampshire].
He had married in 1848 Elizabeth Sturt, sister of Lord Alington, and was succeeded as 2nd earl by his eldest son, who as Lord Baring had been M.P. This article incorporates text from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, which is in the public domain.
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 THOMAS GEORGE BARING, 1ST EARL OF NORTHBROOK - LoveToKnow Article on THOMAS GEORGE BARING, 1ST EARL OF NORTHBROOK   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
When Mr Gladstone acceded to power in 1868, Lord Northbrook was again appointed under-secretary for war, and this office he held until February 1872, when he was appointed governor-general of India.
Lord Northbrook was created Viscount Baring of Lee in the county of Kent and earl of Northbrook in the county of Southampton.
Lord Northbrook, after six weeks of inquiry in Egypt, sent in two reports, one general, advising against the withdrawal of the I British garrison, one financial.
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 Admiralty   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Daniel Finch, Earl of Winchilsea and Nottingham 1742 - 1744
Daniel Finch, Earl of Winchilsea and Nottingham 1757
Gilbert Elliot-Kynynmound, Earl of Minto 1835 - 1841
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 Baron Northbrook - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Baron Northbrook is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
Thomas George Baring, 1st Earl of Northbrook, 2nd Baron Northbrook (1826-1904)
Francis George Baring, 2nd Earl of Northbrook, 3rd Baron Northbrook (1850-1929)
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 beeler
Earl of Northbrook, who, despite extensive previous experience with naval administration[3], was a disastrous choice for the office:
True, Northbrook was employed extensively by Gladstone as a colonial finance troubleshooter and thus was often an absentee First Lord.
As for Briggs’ charge that Northbrook’s Board was concerned chiefly with keeping the Navy Estimates low, it is true that the sums voted yearly tended to be slightly lower than did those of the preceding administration.
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 Lords Hansard text for 9 Jun 2004 (240609-21)
Although the contribution by the noble Earl, Lord Northesk, was on the more pessimistic fringe, he was very fair about certain aspects of debt—certainly on credit card debt.
What I did appreciate about the contribution of noble Earl, Lord Northbrook, was his suggestion that there were limits to what the Government could do with regard to lending.
I want to assure the noble Earl, Lord Northbrook, and also the noble Lords, Lord Newby and Lord Selsdon, that we have been concerned today to make announcements on the question of consumer credit.
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 William Gill - The Last Journey
Four days later, as William Gill arrived back in London, Thomas George Baring, earl of Northbrook and first lord of the admiralty, was gathering intelligence about the Bedouin tribes in the Sinai desert.
Northbrook immediately recruited Captain Gill for his knowledge of the Bedouins.
From Gill and Colonel Bradford, Northbrook learned that the leading authority on the Bedouins was an orientalist, Professor Edward Henry Palmer.
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 Hampshire County Council
These have now been supplemented by a significant collection of records from Lord Northbrook, including a fine map of East and West Stratton in the 1730s, when the estate was owned by the Dukes of Bedford.
Based on recently discovered letters to James Harris, father of the 1st Earl of Malmesbury, the Paper sheds important light on the life and work of the composer George Frederic Handel.
The letters, which form one of Hampshire's great archive treasures, begin in 1736 when Handel was already 50 and had spent some 25 years in London, and provide more or less regular news of the composer until his death in 1759.
www.hants.gov.uk /scrmxn/c18637.html   (1515 words)

  
 Real Life Weddings | Videographers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Their objective is to capture the drama, the humor and the pageantry of the day without intruding on the moment.
Northbrook, IL With 22 years in wedding video production, Rob Gordon Video and Associates are consummate professionals.
Working in what they jokingly call “spy mode,” they are there to record but not be seen.
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 Encyclopedia: Lord George Hamilton
The Right Honourable Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour (25 July 1848 - 19 March 1930) was a British statesman and the thirty-third Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
John Poyntz Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer (1835 - 1910) (known as the Red Earl because of his distinctive long red beard) was a British Liberal Party politician under and close friend of British prime minister William Ewart Gladstone.
William St John Fremantle Brodrick, 1st Earl of Midleton (1856 - 1942) was an English statesman from a distinguished political family.
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 Queen Henrietta Maria with Sir Jeffrey Hudson - Provenance
Richard Newport, 2nd earl of Bradford, Weston Park, Stafford; by inheritance to his son, Henry Newport, 3rd earl of Bradford [1683-1734], Weston Park; by inheritance to his brother, Thomas Newport, 4th earl of Bradford [d.
An Illustrated Descriptive and Historic Account of the Collection of the Earl of Northbrook, G.C.S.I., Lord Ronald Gower, ed., London, 1885: 29, and J. Weale and J.P. Richter, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Collection of Pictures Belonging to the Earl of Northbrook, London, 1889: 92.
The transfer from Charles Henry Coote, 7th earl of Mountrath, who died in 1802, to Joseph Damer, 1st earl of Dorchester, must have taken place before 1798, when Damer died.
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 thePeerage.com - Person Page 5268
She married, secondly, Francis George Baring, 2nd Earl of Northbrook, son of Thomas George Baring, 1st Earl of Northbrook and Elizabeth Harriett Sturt, on 10 June 1899 in St. Saviour's, Walton Place.
He was the son of Thomas George Baring, 1st Earl of Northbrook and Elizabeth Harriett Sturt.
     Ada Ethel Sophie Davidson married Francis George Baring, 2nd Earl of Northbrook, son of Thomas George Baring, 1st Earl of Northbrook and Elizabeth Harriett Sturt, on 26 June 1894.
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 Articles - Second Gladstone Ministry   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Earl Spencer served as both Lord President and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland between April of 1882 and March of 1883.
The Earl of Kimberley served as both Colonial Secretary and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster between July and December of 1882.
The Earl of Derby succeeds Kimberley as Colonial Secretary.
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 thePeerage.com - Person Page 3456
She was the daughter of Kenneth Alexander Howard, 1st Earl of Effingham.
She was the daughter of Kenneth Alexander Howard, 1st Earl of Effingham and Lady Charlotte Primrose.
She married Thomas George Baring, 1st Earl of Northbrook, son of Sir Francis Thornhill Baring, 1st Baron Northbrook of Stratton and Jane Grey, on 6 September 1848.
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 Complete Diary of Samuel Pepys - PARTICULARS OF THE LIFE OF SAMUEL PEPYS.
Sir Edward Montage (afterwards Earl of Sandwich), who was Pepys's first cousin one remove (Pepys's grandfather and Montage's mother being brother and sister), was a true friend to his poor kinsman, and he at once held out a helping hand to the imprudent couple, allowing them to live in his house.
His cause was warmly espoused by the Duke of York and by Lord Henry Howard (afterwards Earl of Norwich and sixth Duke of Norfolk), but the efforts of his supporters failed, and the contest ended in favour of John Bruce, who represented the popular party.
There were eleven earls among the mourners, and Pepys, as the first among "the six Bannerolles," walked in the procession.
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 list of governors general,indian governors general,governors general of india,india governors general,governors general ...
Baron (1st Earl of) Minto (I) 1813 (4th October)
Baron (1st Earl of) Lytton (I) 1880 (June)
Viscount (Earl) Mountbatten (last Viceroy of United India, First Governor-General of the Indian Domiion, 1947-1948)
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 thePeerage.com - Exhibit
Baring, Sir Francis Thornhill, Lord Northbrook 1796-1866, statesman, was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Baring, the second baronet, and was born at Calcutta 20 April 1796.
Lord Northbrook was twice married: first, 7 April 1825, at Portsmouth, to Jane, youngest daughter of the Hon.
Sir George Grey, K.C.B., by whom he was father of Thomas George, created Earl Northbrook in 1876; and secondly, 31 March 1841, at St. George's, Hanover Square, to Lady Arabella Georgiana Howard, second daughter of the first Earl of Effingham.
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 Biographies of Honorary (Unpaid) Lunacy Commissioners 1828- 1912
NORTHBROOK, EARL OF (EDITOR), 1905, JOURNALS AND CORRESPONDENCE FROM 1808 TO 1852 OF SIR FRANCIS THORNHILL BARING, AFTERWARDS LORD NORTHBROOK Compiled and edited by his son, Thomas George, Earl of Northbrook.
Anthony, Earl of Shaftesbury, widower, aged 79, Peer of the realm (No occupation) living with his son Anthony L. Ashley, widower, aged 43, Director of Life Office, and daughter Edith Ashley, unmarried aged 34, plus lots of servants, at 24 Grosvenor Square.
Earl Fortesque (died 1841) and other peers raised to or within the peerage after 1760 as a result of political services, the influence of wealth or fortunate marriages.
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 Amazon.co.uk - Query Results   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The three J's and the Pride of Northbrook ('Eagle.' Novels)...
NORTHBROOK, EARL OF, THOMAS GEORGE GCSI - An Original Vani...
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 eLibrary Project : William Ewart Gladstone   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
In 1852, when George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen,Lord Aberdeen became premier, at the head of a coalition of Whigs and Peelites, Gladstone became Chancellor of the Exchequer till 1855 and unsuccessfully tried to abolish the income tax.
Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby,Lord Stanley became Prime Minister in 1858 but Gladstone declined a position in his government because he did not want to work with Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield,Benjamin Disraeli, then Chancellor of the Exchequer and Leader of the House of Commons.
After the success of Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield,Benjamin Disraeli he temporarily retired from the political scene and the leadership of the Liberal party, although he retained his seat in the House.
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He was vice-admiral under the Earl of Sandwich, and commanded the "London" in the squadron which conveyed Charles II.
The Earl of Chesterfield and Dr. Woolly's son of Hammersmith, had a quarrel about a mare of eighteen pounds price; the quarrel would not be reconciled, insomuch that a challenge passed between them.
The Earl wounded him in two places, and would fain have then ended, but the stubbornness and pride of heart of Mr.
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 British ministries, political parties, etc.
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Chancellors of the Duchy of Lancaster 1697 - 1702 Thomas Grey, Earl Stamford (b.
1787) 1784 - 1794 Granville Leveson-Gower, Earl Gower (from 1786, Granville Leveson-Gower, Marquess of Stafford) (b.
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 Christ Church, Oxford - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Richard Bickerton Pemell Lyons, 2nd Baron Lyons, 1st Viscount and 1st Earl Lyons
Edward Granville Eliot, 3rd Earl of St Germans
See also Former students of Christ Church, Oxford.
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 thePeerage.com - Person Page 1858
She was the daughter of Henry Ryder, 4th Earl of Harrowby and Susan Juliana Maria Hamilton Dent.
He was the son of John Crichton, 3rd Earl of Erne and Selina Griselda Beresford.
He married, secondly, Lady Jane Emma Baring, daughter of Thomas George Baring, 1st Earl of Northbrook and Elizabeth Harriett Sturt, on 29 January 1890.
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 wikien.info: Main_Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey 1513 - 1525
Robert Bertie, 1st Earl of Lindsey(First Lord of the Admiralty) 1635 - 1636
Thomas George Baring, 1st Earl of Northbrook 1880 - 1885
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 My Genealogy Home Page:Information about ManmathChandra Basu Mallik
From 1872 to 1876 Earl of Northbrook was Governor General of India.
A resolution was proposed "To form a Committee to have a monument in appreciation of good work done by Earl of Northbrook." Manmathachandra did not approve the resolution.
He said Earl of Northbrook has not done any good work for India, as such no memorial Committee etc. is required." There was a chaos in the Hall.
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 Ireland Information Guide , Irish, Counties, Facts, Statistics, Tourism, Culture, How   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke (First Lord of the Admiralty) 1690 - 1692
Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford 1712 - 1714
William Waldegrave Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne 1900 - 1905
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 Thomas Baring - Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
He purchased his father's Italian, Spanish, and French paintings in 1848, which were sold on his father's death by terms of his father's will.
His collection was bequeathed to his nephew, Thomas George Baring, 1st Earl of Northbrook.
His son, Francis George Baring, 2nd Earl published a catalogue of the collection in 1889, the information in which was taken from his uncle's careful account of purchases.
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 Manuscripts Catalogue
Refers to a controversial speech made by Thomas, 1st Earl Brassey on the Navy.
Autograph letter signed from Lord Northbrook to Hugh C.E. Childers, dated 31 May 1886.
Autograph letter signed, from Francis George Baring, 2nd Earl of Northbrook, to D.S. MacColl.
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 Diary of Samuel Pepys, 1660 N.S. Complete, by Samuel Pepys   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
belonged, in 1693, to Thomas Grey, second Earl of Stamford.  It has his autograph at the commencement, and on the sides are his arms (four quarterings) in gold.  In 1819, it was sold by auction in London, as part of the collection of Thomas Lloyd, Esq.
Lord Sandwich died heroically in the naval action in Southwold Bay, and on June 24th,1672, his remains were buried with some pomp in Westminster Abbey.  There were eleven earls among the mourners, and Pepys, as the first among “the six Bannerolles,” walked in the procession.
Andrew Pepys Cockerell.  Several of the portraits have been engraved, but the most interesting of these are those used by Pepys himself as book-plates.  These were both engraved by Robert White, and taken from paintings by Kneller.
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 Painter/Artist: Edouard Manet
Similar in design to No. 726 by Giovanni Bellini, both being apparently based on a sketch in Jacopo Bellini's sketch-book at the British Museum.
Purchased from the Earl of Northbrook in 1894.
Opposite to him St. Elizabeth kneels, her right hand resting on the base of the throne at the feet of the infant St. John, who stands facing us with his right arm upraised at the Virgin's knee, and his gaze directed upwards at the Holy.
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