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1 day ago · The British sent Lord Archibald Clark Kerr, 1st Baron Inverchapel and Miles Lampson, 1st Baron Killearn to bring the Dutch and Indonesians to the negotiating table. The result of these negotiations was the Linggadjati Agreement signed in November 1946, where the Dutch acknowledged de facto Republican sovereignty over Java, Sumatera, and Madura.
Jun 24, 2024 · This is a list of the present and extant Barons ( Lords of Parliament, in Scottish terms) in the Peerages of England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland, and the United Kingdom.
Jun 25, 2024 · British high commissioner Sir Miles Lampson's interventions in Egyptian domestic politics marked a momentous turning point in imperial history by spurring extremist nationalism. The interwar time of uncertainty witnessed a see-sawing of the imperialistic and the liberal or internationalist impulses.
4 days ago · Lampson of Rowfant: 16 November 1866: Baron Killearn: 661: Napier of Merrion Square: 9 April 1867: 662: Bagge of Stradsett Hall: 13 April 1867: 663: Guinness of Ashford: 15 April 1867: 666: Walker of Sand Hutton and Beachampton: 9 December 1868: 668: O'Connell of Lake View, Killarney and Ballybeggan: 29 October 1869: 669: Salt of Saltaire and ...
Jun 14, 2024 · Left to right – Sir Miles Lampson (UK), the Count de Martel (France, and also co author of the fantastically gossipy Silhouettes of Peking), Willems Jacobus Oudendijk (Holland), John Van Antwerp MacMurray (who was about to resign over a dispute regarding the KMT with the State Department in Washington) and Daniele Vare (Italy and the author of c...
5 days ago · The hospital of St. Nicholas which stood at the eastern end of Hospital Street in Nantwich was by tradition the foundation of William Malbank, first baron of Wich Malbank, for the benefit of travellers and the poor. (fn. 1) In the early 15th century it was said that Malbank had endowed the hospital with lands in 1084-5. (fn. 2) No other benefact...
Jul 1, 2024 · "The explosion, which sounded like a discharge of artillery, occurred at exactly a quarter to four o'clock in the afternoon, when there was still some daylight, and was heard for miles round. In the immediate neighbourhood it produced the greatest consternation; for it blew down houses, and shattered the windows of others in all directions.
