RobertReid (bishop), abbot of the Cistercian monastery at Kinloss, Moray and bishop of St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall, Scotland, whose legacy was the founding of the University of Edinburgh
RobertReid (Medal of Honor), American Civil War soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
RobertReid, 1stEarlLoreburn (1846-1923), Liberal MP for Dumfries, Scotland
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Among the most famous Lord Chancellors were Cardinal Thomas Wolsey and Sir Thomas More, Martyr, under King Henry VIII, and Edward Hyde, 1stEarl of Clarendon under King Charles II.
The Lord Chancellor is a member of the Cabinet and heads a department known as the Lord Chancellor's Department, responsible for the administration of the courts, the appointment of judges, etc.
Robert Henley, 1stEarl of Northington (Lord Keeper to 1761) 1757-1766
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Sydney Charles Buxton, 1stEarl Buxton, Order of St Michael and St George, Privy Council of the United Kingdom (25 October 1853 – 15 October 1934) was a United Kingdom politician of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Upon the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912, he asked RobertReid, 1stEarl of Loreburn, the Lord Chancellor, to appoint a commission of inquiry into the disaster.
He was created Earl Buxton in 1920, and continued to be a member of the Liberal Party (UK), often supporting his close friend and colleague Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon.
In 2003 the governmental responsibilities of the Lord Chancellor will be transferred to a new Department of Constitutional Affairs[?], with an independent judicial appointments commission being set up to appoint new judges and and the Lords getting a new speaker, who will not be a minister.
Among the most famous Lord Chancellors were Cardinal Thomas Wolsey and Saint Sir Thomas More, under King Henry VIII, and Edward Hyde, 1stEarl of Clarendon under King Charles II.
From June 12, 2003 until all the new institutions that replace it are in place the Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs[?], Lord Falconer of Thoroton will serve as Lord Chancellor.
As Keeper of the Queen's Conscience the Lord Chancellor was once also the chief judge of the court of Chancery in London, dispensing equity to soften the harshness of the law.
(A Lord Chancellor features in Charles Dickens's novel Bleak House, where the case of Jarndyce and Jarndyce has been tied up in Chancery for years.) Among the most famous Lord Chancellors were Thomas Cardinal Wolsey and Sir Thomas More, Martyr, under King Henry VIII, and Edward Hyde, 1stEarl of Clarendon under King Charles II.
In total there are 347 current Acts of Parliament that refer specifically to the Lord Chancellor, ranging from the Treason Act 1351 to the Finance Act 2003.
1763) 1763 - 1765 George Montagu Dunk, Earl of Halifax (s.a.) 1765 - 1766 Henry Seymour Conway (s.a.) 1766 Charles Lennox, Duke of Richmond and Lennox (b.
Herbert, Sir Robert George Wyndham (Balliol 1849): I C13 f21v, 28, 29, D8 Herbert, Sidney, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea: III N7, 13, 21, 24, 55, 70, 75, 78, 110, 165, 194, 205
Peel, William Robert Wellesley, 1stEarl Peel (Balliol 1885): IV Pelly, Sir Louis: I H57 f5
Reid, Robert Threshie, Earl of Loreburn (Balliol 1864): I D54 f78
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Governor Thomas Hutchinson of Massachusetts stated that "Nothing extravagant appeared in the papers till an account was received of the Virginia Resolves." Later Edmund Burke linked the resolves with the beginning of the opposition to the Stamp Act that would contribute to the American Revolution.
Tironian notes (notae Tironianae) is a system of shorthand said to have been invented by Cicero 's scribe Marcus Tullius Tiro.
J.C. Romero was one of the Puerto Rican players to agree to play for Puerto Rico in the 2006 MLB World Baseball Classic, joining catchers Ivan Rodriguez and Sandy Alomar, Jr.
The new submarine "frightfulness" began on the 1st, and the battle round Verdun, in which the fate of Paris, to say the least, is involved, has raged with unabated fury throughout the entire month.
Lord Derby, at the moment the most prominent man on the Home Front after the Premier, is the grandson of the "Rupert of Debate," and the new Minister of Blockade enters on his duties close on fifty years after another Lord Robert Cecil entered the Cabinet of Lord Derby.
In spite of the Coalition, or perhaps because of it, the old strife of Whigs and Tories has revived, though the lines of cleavage are quite different from what they were.
Sir Simon Harcourt, lord keeper, created chancellor 1713, Lord Harcourt, 1711
Sir Robert Henley, lord keeper, Lord Henley 1760, created chancellor 1761
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- 1916) Robert William READ {US} (M: 1931 Dec 13 - 2003 Jul 15) Thomas Buchanan READ (M: 1822 Mar 12 - 1872 May 11) Lays And Ballads [p1849] The Wagoner Of The Alleghenies [p1862] A Summer Story..
- ?) (ps: A LADY) & The Harp Of Salem [p1827] A REID (?: ?
(F: c1820 - living 1890) Reid, A Memoir Of His Life (w Mayne REID) [b1890] Escott REID {CA} (M: 1905 Jan 21 - 1999 Sep 28) Forrest REID (M: 1875 Jun 24 - 1947 Jan 4) Walter De La Mare [n1929] Frank REID (see: Alexander Vindex VENNARD) Frank REID (M: ?