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 | | Envious note to a friend about to visit the United States; suggests a couple contacts (although he comments, "I have few friends or acquaintances in the States to whom I can give or send letters of introduction"), one of them financier Cyrus W. Field ("You will find [him] hearty in the cause of Free Trade.."). |
 | | This English statesman, 1st Earl of Midleton and 9th Viscount Midleton, held a wide array of important positions: member of Parliament 1880-1906, Under-Secretary of State for War 1895-98, member of the Privy Council 1897, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs 1898-1900, Secretary of State for War 1900-03 and Secretary of State for India 1903-05. |
 | | This British statesman, a 2nd Viscount, served as First Lord of the Admiralty, minister of education, Lord President of the Council, chairman of the Conservative Party, minister for science and technology and secretary of state for education and science; in 1970 he became a life peer and twice served as Lord Chancellor (1970-74, 1979-87). |
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