(Encyclopedia) Stafford, city (1991 pop. 60,915) and district, Staffordshire, W central England, on the Sow River, above its junction with the Trent. Stafford's chief industry is the manufacture of…
(Encyclopedia) Stafford, Jean, 1915–79, American writer, b. Covina, Calif., grad. Univ. of Colorado, 1936. Her literary reputation rests primarily on her exquisitely wrought short stories. Both these…
STAFFORD William Henry , a Representative from Wisconsin; born in Milwaukee, Wis., October
12, 1869; attended the public schools, and was graduated from Harvard
University Law School in 1893; was…
He has had a treat in Stafford Court. He has been thoroughly cudgelled. Of course the pun is on the word staff, a stick. The French have a similar phrase- “It a esté au festin de Martin…
(Encyclopedia) Stafford, Humphrey, 1st duke of Buckingham, 1402–60, English nobleman. He succeeded his father as earl of Stafford in 1403. He inherited the title of earl of Buckingham through his…
(Encyclopedia) Stafford, Edward, 3d duke of Buckingham, 1478–1521, English nobleman; son of Henry Stafford, 2d duke of Buckingham. The attainder (1483) of his father was reversed on the accession (…
Club law. A beating. The pun is on the word staff, a stick. (Italian, Braccésca licenza.) (Florio, p. 66.) (See above.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…
(Encyclopedia) Stafford, Henry, 2d duke of Buckingham, 1454?–1483, English nobleman. He was the grandson of Humphrey Stafford, the 1st duke, whom he succeeded in 1460. He passed the death sentence on…
(Encyclopedia) Cripps, Sir Stafford, 1889–1952, British statesman. A brilliant and successful patent and corporation lawyer, he joined the Labour party in 1929 and became solicitor general in 1930,…
Dramatis PersonaeKing Henry the SixthHumphrey, Duke of Gloucester, his uncle. Cardinal Beaufort, Bishop of Winchester, great-uncle to the King.Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York. His…
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