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Dictionary of Australian Biography We-Wy In May the ministry was re-constructed with Francis Smith (q.v.) as premier, Weston remaining in the cabinet without portfolio. In spite of brilliant speeches in opposition to it made by Robert Lowe (q.v.) this was carried by 14 votes to seven. Wilmot married, (1) Elizabeth Emma, daughter of Caleb Hillier Parry, and (2) Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Robert Chester. gutenberg.net.au /dictbiog/0-dict-biogWe-Wy.html

Britmovie - An Ideal Husband Set in 1895, Sir Robert Chiltern (Hugh Williams), a prospective Cabinet minister discovers his career may be jeopardised by an unscrupulous adventuress from Berlin, Mrs Cheveley (Paulette Goddard). She attempts to enlist Sir Robert’s help in a shady Argentinean canal scheme, and when he indignantly refuses she threatens to expose him with the knowledge that he had previously sold government secrets to a foreign buyer. Cheveley but she attempts to blackmail him so he must now defeat her to save both Sir Robert and himself. www.britmovie.co.uk /studios/shepperton/filmography/1940/1947/001.html

Robert Wynn Carrington, 1st Marquess of Lincolnshire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Carrington baronies, "Baron Carrington", were conferred in 1796 on Robert Smith (1752-1838), M.P. for Nottingham, a member of a famous banking family, the titles being suggested by one held from 1643 to 1706 in another family of Smith in no way connected. Charles Robert Wynn-Carrington, 1st Marquess of Lincolnshire, GCMG, PC (1843-1928) was a British Liberal politician and aristocrat. He was Governor of New South Wales 1885-1890, Lord Chamberlain 1892-1895, and President of the Board of Agriculture between 1905-1911, having a seat in the cabinet in Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman and Henry Asquith's ministries. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Robert_Wynn-Carrington,_1st_Marquess_of_Lincolnshire   (316 words)

David Peterson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Peterson is married to actress Shelley Peterson, and is the younger brother of Jim Peterson, currently a federal Liberal MP and former cabinet minister in the government of Paul Martin. David Robert Peterson, PC, LL.B, BA (born December 28, 1943 in Toronto, Ontario) was the twentieth Premier of the Province of Ontario, Canada, from June 26, 1985 to October 1, 1990. Peterson was re-elected in the provincial elections of 1977 and 1981, and ran for the Liberal leadership a second time after Smith's resignation in 1982. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/David_Peterson   (1970 words)

Norman Kemp Smith In 1938 Kemp Smith moved into a modern house (14 Kilgraston Road) that was designed for him by Robert Matthew who went on to design the Royal Festival Hall, and many of the Edinburgh University buildings in George Square, including the David Hume Tower. Born in 1872 in Dundee, Norman Kemp Smith was plain Norman Smith until his marriage to Amy Kemp in 1910. Here Kemp Smith developed the naturalist interpretation of Hume that was first outlined in his Mind articles, and that has since provided much of the inspiration for the sceptical realist interpretation developed by philosophers such as John Wright, Galen Strawson, Edward Craig and Peter Kail. www.philosophy.ed.ac.uk /nks.html   (670 words)

Mary Todd Lincoln - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Born in Lexington, Kentucky, she was the daughter of Robert Smith Todd and Eliza Parker, prominent residents of the city. To gain possession of the estate, Mary Lincoln was committed by her son Robert to an insane asylum in Batavia, Illinois in 1875, but she was free to move about the grounds and was released three months later. After the President's assassination in April 1865, her reputation was further besmirched as former Lincoln aides and Cabinet members openly attacked her for being a spendthrift, difficult and arrogant (Lincoln's wartimes aides John Nicolay and John Hay privately referred to her as "the hell-cat"). en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mary_Todd_Lincoln   (686 words)

The EastAfrican on the Web By KEVIN J. THE INVESTIGATION into the 1990 murder of Foreign Minister Robert Ouko should be reopened, says former US Ambassador Smith Hempstone, who was sued for libel after implying in his memoirs that senior people in Kenya's former government were involved in the killing. The reference was to separate libel suits brought against him 18 months ago by former president Daniel Moi and Nicholas Biwott, then a senior cabinet minister. The two complained that Mr Hempstone had portrayed them negatively in his 1997 book Rogue Ambassador, which recounts his tenure as Washington’s man in Nairobi. www.nationaudio.com /News/EastAfrican/27012003/Regional/Regional6.html   (686 words)

Norman Kemp Smith In 1938 Kemp Smith moved into a modern house (14 Kilgraston Road) that was designed for him by Robert Matthew who went on to design the Royal Festival Hall, and many of the Edinburgh University buildings in George Square, including the David Hume Tower. Kemp Smith's portrait by Adam Bruce Thomson (1885-1976), a detail of which is shown above, is one of a pair commissioned in 1945 on his retirement. Here Kemp Smith developed the naturalist interpretation of Hume that was first outlined in his Mind articles, and that has since provided much of the inspiration for the sceptical realist interpretation developed by philosophers such as John Wright, Galen Strawson, Edward Craig and Peter Kail. www.philosophy.ed.ac.uk /nks.html   (670 words)

Encyclopedia: Pembroke College, Cambridge Christopher Robert Chris Smith, Baron Smith of Finsbury, PC (born 24 July 1951) is a British Labour Party politician and former Member of Parliament and Cabinet minister. Richard Austen Butler, Baron Butler of Saffron Walden, familiarly known as Rab, (1902-1982) was a British politician, one of the few to have served in all three posts of Chancellor of the Exchequer, Home Secretary and Foreign Secretary. Tim Brooke-Taylor Photo: April 2000 Tim Brooke-Taylor (born July 17, 1940 in Buxton, Derbyshire) is a British comic actor most well known in Britain as a member of The Goodies comedy trio, and as one of the panel members of the comedy radio show Im Sorry I... www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Pembroke-College,-Cambridge   (3124 words)

Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury William Henry Smith succeeds Salisbury as First Lord of the Treasury. William Henry Smith becomes Chief Secretary for Ireland. Sir Henry Holland (from 1888 Lord Knutsford) succeeds Smith as Colonial Secretary. www.1-free-software.com /en/wikipedia/r/ro/robert_arthur_talbot_gascoyne_cecil__3rd_marquess_of_sal.html   (3124 words)

Robert Key He served as a front-bench member of the Shadow Cabinet during William Hague and Iain Duncan Smith but is now a backbencher again. Robert Simon Key ( 22 April 1945) is a Conservative politician in the United Kingdom. Be warned..it is the second book in the Key trilogy, so be sure and read the first one before attempting this novel. www.freeglossary.com /Robert_Key   (3124 words)

Harry Elmer Barnes: Pearl Harbor After a Quarter of a Century The conditions required for cooperation and war according to ABCD and Rainbow 5, and the decision of the Washington War Cabinet on November 28th had all been met by the Japanese movements. The crucial agreement that war against Japan had now begun in the Far East was made in an all-important top secret conference at the White House on the afternoon of the 6th at which Roosevelt, Hull, Halifax and Robert G. Casey, the Australian Minister in Washington, were present. Most of our information about this Merle-Smith message comes from the testimony of O'Dell before the Clarke Inquiry and the Army Pearl Harbor Board in 1944, especially the testimony before Colonel Carter W. Clarke, who allowed O'Dell to testify in straightforward fashion. tmh.floonet.net /articles/ph25_8.shtml   (5142 words)

uqfl43.doc William Edward Parry-Okeden said that James Brunton Stephens was upset because Sir Robert Philp asked P. McDermott to write the Governor’s speech on Mafeking night; Stephens died a day or two later. Cabinet discusses appointment of new judge; leakage of information from a Minister. William McCormack’s complaint about irresponsibility of government officials; C. Chuter’s disloyalty to Gall. www.library.uq.edu.au /fryer/ms/uqfl43.doc   (5142 words)

SingaporeMoms - Parenting Encyclopedia - Chris Smith (UK politician) The Rt Hon Christopher Robert Smith (born July 24, 1951) is a British Labour Party politician and former Member of Parliament and Cabinet minister. Chris Smith attended Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he gained a PhD with a thesis on Coleridge and Wordsworth, and was president of the Cambridge Union Society. Smith is a keen mountaineer and was the first MP to climb all the 3,000ft "Munros" in Scotland. www.singaporemoms.com /parenting/Chris_Smith_(UK_politician)   (558 words)

Discounted Books: Catalogue by Back Creek Books Harris, George L., Robert J. Catto, Frederic H. Chaffee, Frederica Muhlenberg, Frances Chadwick Rintz, and Harvey H. Smith. Jefferson Davis, Judah Benjamin, John C. Breckinridge, Robert A. Toombs, and George Davis all fled south as the Confederacy unraveled. A carefully documented and well written account of the flight of the Confederate Cabinet from Richmond in April, 1865. www.backcreekbooks.com /catalogs/sale.php   (9015 words)

institutebenjamenta (director/writer: Stephen and Timothy Quay; screenwriters: Alan Passes/from texts by Robert Walser; cinematographer: Nicholas Knowland; editor: Larry Sider; cast: Mark Rylance (Jakob), Gottfried John (Johannes), Daniel Smith (Kraus), Alice Krige (Lisa); Runtime: 105; ICA/British Screen/Channel 4/Image/Pandora; 1995-UK) It is loosely based on the novella 'Jakob Von Gunten' by the Swiss author Robert Walser. This dream-like fantasy film, probably a fairy tale story gone amok, filmed in the style of German expressionism ala "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari," and most reflective of a Kafkaesque type of story depicting a man trapped by absurd circumstances and his mistrust of society. www.sover.net /~ozus/institutebenjamenta.htm   (823 words)

National Theatre : Events : The Cabinet of Dr Caligari Geoff Smith performs his internationally acclaimed multi-dulcimer soundtrack to Robert Wiene’s 1919 classic German horror film - a deliciously disturbing tale of powerlessness, delusion, murder and insanity, in a newly coloured print. NT : What's On : Events : The Cabinet of Dr Caligari National Theatre : Events : The Cabinet of Dr Caligari www.nationaltheatre.org.uk /?lid=9568   (105 words)

Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury biography .ms His successor as Scottish Secretary is not in the Cabinet. Salisbury was the last peer to serve as Prime Minister, with the brief exception of the 14th Earl of Home who renounced his peerage within a few days of being appointed. In 1878, Salisbury succeeded Lord Derby (son of the former Prime Minister) as Foreign Secretary, in time to help lead Britain to "peace with honor" at the Congress of Berlin. robert-salisbury.biography.ms   (105 words)

MATTHEW YGLESIAS ROBERT KAGAN'S RATHER LENGTHY essay on changing power dynamics in a post-Coldwar world is quite informative and rewarding, moving beyond the somewhat simplisme bashing of the Eurowimps that we warbloggers tend to favor and reaching some real analytical depth and insight into the situation faced by European policy makers. Beyond this, Giuliani's personality just makes him very poorly suited to serve as a cabinet secretary in any administration, and particularly this was. So I, too, do have to take a final tomorrow now that the birthday revelry is done and I could use some help from you, my readers. yglesias.blogspot.com /2002_05_19_yglesias_archive.html   (105 words)

CNEWS Politics One of those is Roger Galloway, a gruff Ontario MP from the Sarnia area whose private member's bill banning "negative-option" cable billing ran contrary to the wishes of cabinet--and was only blocked from becoming law at the last minute. Chretien could never remember the name, but always directed Smith to book a table at "the kidney place" (it was one of the few restaurants that featured his favorite meal, lamb kidneys, on the regular menu). When in Toronto, he and David Smith, the co-chairman of the Liberals' campaign team, often dined at an expensive French restaurant that closed last year. www.canoe.ca /CNEWSPolitics/chretien_bio.html   (105 words)

ipedia.com: Lord Chancellor Article The Lord Chancellor is a member of the Cabinet and heads a department known as the Lord Chancellor's Department (now the Department for Constitutional Affairs), responsible for the administration of the courts, the appointment of judges, etc. Robert Henley, 1st Earl of Northington (Lord Keeper to 1761) 1757-1766 Charles Talbot, 1st Baron Talbot of Hensol 1733-1737 www.ipedia.com /lord_chancellor.html   (1806 words)

National Portrait Gallery Research Photographs Collection Collection holdings Sitters include Alfred Ollivant, Connop Thirlwall, Robert Payne Smith, Benjamin Harrison, Frederick Field, John Dury Geden, David Christian Ginsburg, Joseph Rawson Lumby, William Aldis Wright. Julius Benedict, Alex J. Beresford-Hope, Rev M.J. Berkeley, James Scott Bowerbank, W.B. Carpenter, Hugh Cuming, Thomas Faed, John Gould, Dr Hooker, Robert Hunt, Sir James Randal Martin, Matthew Fontaine Maury, William Allen Miller, Antonio Panizzi, John Pye, Major-General Sir H.C. Rwawlinson, Sir George Thomas Smart, Rt. Album 13: The Cabinet of Viscount Palmerston, 1865 www.npg.org.uk /live/photholdalbums.asp   (1806 words)

Cook, Robin Robert Finlayson - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Cook, Robin Robert Finlayson When John Smith assumed the party leadership in July 1992, Cook remained in the shadow cabinet as spokesperson for trade and industry. He became shadow foreign secretary under Smith's successor, Tony Blair, in October 1994. A member of the moderate-left Tribune Group, he entered Parliament in 1974 and became a leading member of Labour's shadow cabinet, specializing in health matters. encyclopedia.farlex.com /Cook,+Robin+Robert+Finlayson   (213 words)

CHARLES, ROBERT 1ST EARL CARRINGTON - LoveToKnow Article on CHARLES, ROBERT 1ST EARL CARRINGTON The Carrington barony was conferred in 1796 on Robert Smith (1752-1838), M.P. for Nottingha1Ti, a member of a famous banking family, the title being suggested by one held from 1643 to 1706 in another family of Smith in no way connected. He was governorof New South Wales 1885-1890, lord chamberlain 1892-1895, and became president of the board of agriculture in 1905, having ii seat in the cabinet in Sir H. Campbell-Bannermans and Mr Asquiths ministries. The 2nd Baron took the surname of Carrington, afterwards altered to Carington, instead of Smith. www.1911encyclopedia.org /C/CA/CARRINGTON_CHARLES_ROBERT_1ST_EARL.htm   (213 words)

CHARLES, ROBERT 1ST EARL CARRINGTON - LoveToKnow Article on CHARLES, ROBERT 1ST EARL CARRINGTON The Carrington barony was conferred in 1796 on Robert Smith (1752-1838), M.P. for Nottingha1Ti, a member of a famous banking family, the title being suggested by one held from 1643 to 1706 in another family of Smith in no way connected. He was governorof New South Wales 1885-1890, lord chamberlain 1892-1895, and became president of the board of agriculture in 1905, having ii seat in the cabinet in Sir H. Campbell-Bannermans and Mr Asquiths ministries. He was created Earl Carriiigton and Viscount Wendover in 1895. www.1911encyclopedia.org /C/CA/CARRINGTON_CHARLES_ROBERT_1ST_EARL.htm   (213 words)

EDWARD GEOFFREY SMITH STANLEY - Online Information article about EDWARD GEOFFREY SMITH STANLEY In the end of 1834, Lord Stanley, as he was now styled by courtesy, his father having succeeded to the earldom in October, was invited by Sir Robert Peel to join the short-lived Conservative ministry which he formed after the resignation of Lord Melbourne. This had, however, been strongly opposed from the first by Stanley and several other members of the cabinet, and it was withdrawn by the government before the measure reached the Lords. Stanley was not content with marking his disapproval by the simple act of withdrawing from the cabinet. encyclopedia.jrank.org /ECG_EMS/EDWARD_GEOFFREY_SMITH_STANLEY.html   (213 words)

Quintin Publications Family Genealogies Letter G Gage Families: John Gage of Ipswich; Thomas Gage of Yarmouth; William Gage of Freetown; Robert Gage of Weston; William Gage of Canada; Gage Family of the South; Robert Gage of Ireland. Gage - Shepard A Family Record Including Information on the Principal Related Families of Bowen, Clapper, Crispel, Gage (Herkimer County, NY), Gover, Hoag, Jessup, Mable, Makepeace, Maxwell, Smith, Van Tassell and Woodcock. Part One: Information on Robert Gage of Weston, Massachusetts Family, Several Smaller Gage Families, and Many Miscellaneous Records of Individual Members and groups of Members of Families as Yet Unidentified with the Known Gage Families Part Two: Contains Information on Various Canadian Gage Families. www.quintinpublications.com /familygenealogies_g.html   (213 words)

zimbabwe - ppu infrormation In 1974 Joshua Nkomo and Robert Mugabe were released from jail and formed a Patriotic Front to fight Ian Smith's regime; they led the Zimbabwe Africa National Liberation Army from bases in Mozambique from 1972 to 1979. Robert Mugabe became prime minister and Joshua Nkomo a member of the cabinet. Under a new constitution Robert Mugabe became executive president with Nkomo as vice-president. www.ppu.org.uk /war/countries/africa/zimbabwe.html   (875 words)

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