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	The Woolsack
		The Woolsack, designed by (later Sir) Herbert Baker, was built in 1899-1990 for Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936), the English writer born in India, on the instructions of Cecil John Rhodes.
		Rhodes intended that the Woolsack, built on the Groote Schuur estate, to be used by succeeding generations of writers and artists, visiting South Africa because "if they live in beautiful surroundings they will be better inspired to interpret through their art of the beauty and grandeur of the country".
		The Woolsack house, affectionately known as "the White House" to residents, became the administrative and entertainment centre to the residence.
	www.woolsack.uct.ac.za /history.htm (328 words)

	Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Woolsack.
		To be Lord Chancellor of England, whose seat in the House of Lords is called the woolsack.
		Act of Parliament was passed to prevent the exportation of wool; and that this source of our national wealth might be kept constantly in mind woolsacks were placed in the House of Peers, whereon the judges sat.
		Hence the Lord Chancellor, who presides in the House of Lords, is said to “sit on the woolsack,” or to be “appointed to the woolsack.”
	www.bartleby.com /81/17608.html (136 words)

	WOOLSACK HONOR SOCIETY
		Woolsack is the School of Law honor society which encourages and rewards student scholarship and promotes high professional standards at the bar and on the bench.
		Members of Woolsack are elected by the faculty during the first faculty meeting of the academic year following graduation and receive a certificate of membership.
		Eligibility is limited to seniors (January, May and August graduates) who have graduated in the upper ten percent of their class.
	law.slu.edu /curriculum/awards/woolsack.html (111 words)

	Woolsack - LoveToKnow 1911
		WOOLSACK a sack or cushion stuffed with wool, a name more particularly given to the seat of the lord chancellor in the House of Lords.
		It is a large square cushion of wool, without back or arms, covered with red cloth.
		This page was last modified 09:39, 29 Aug 2006.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Woolsack (93 words)

	Woolsack — FactMonster.com
		In the reign of Queen Elizabeth an Act of Parliament was passed to prevent the exportation of wool; and that this source of our national wealth might be kept constantly in mind woolsacks were placed in the House of Peers, whereon the judges sat.
		Woolsack - Woolsack To sit on the woolsack.
		To be Lord Chancellor of England, whose seat in the House of Lords...
	www.factmonster.com /dictionary/brewers/woolsack.html (204 words)

	House of Lords - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		There was previously no legal requirement that the Lord Chancellor or a Deputy Speaker be a member of the House of Lords, though the same has long been customary; thus the Woolsack upon which the Lord Chancellor sat was notionally not in the House of Lords, although situated in the middle of it.
		The Speaker or or Deputy Speaker sits on the Woolsack, a large red seat stuffed with wool, at the front of the Lords Chamber.
		The Woolsack is at the front of the Chamber; supporters of the Government sit on benches on the right of the Woolsack, whilst members of the Opposition sit on the left.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/House_of_Lords (7589 words)

	UK Parliament - locomp
		The most senior judges also sit in the House of Lords as Lords of Appeal ('Law Lords').
		It was introduced by King Edward III (1327-77) and originally stuffed with English wool as a reminder of England's traditional source of wealth - the wool trade - and as a sign of prosperity.
		Today the Woolsack is stuffed with wool from each of the countries of the Commonwealth, to symbolise unity.
	www.parliament.uk /works/locomp.cfm (516 words)

	Rotary in Action - Welcome to the Rotary Club of Godalming Woolsack, a Registered Charity
		Once again, Woolsack assisted the Mudita Trust over the August Bank Holiday Weekend by manning the car park.
		The three day event will be next repeated in 2009 starting on 29 August.
		Godalming Woolsack Rotary Club has donated Â£4,500 to the Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice which was chosen by Immediate Past President Martin Harris as his preferred charity for 2006 -
	www.woolsack.org.uk (302 words)

	Definition of woolsack - Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
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	www.m-w.com /cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=Woolsack (49 words)

	The Woolsack (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
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		The Woolsack is a seat stuffed with wool on which the Lord Chancellor sits.
		Today the Woolsack is stuffed with wool from several countries of the Commonwealth, to symbolise unity.
	www.parliament.uk /parliament/guide/woolsack.htm (78 words)

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