(Encyclopedia) Worcester, Edward Somerset, 6th earl and 2d marquess ofWorcester, Edward Somerset, 6th earl and 2d marquess ofw&oobreve;sˈtər [key], 1601?–1667, English soldier and inventor. Known…
(Encyclopedia) Mar, John Erskine, 1st (or 6th) earl of, d. 1572, regent of Scotland. As Lord Erskine he was keeper of Edinburgh and Stirling castles, a source of much political strength. In the…
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(Encyclopedia) Arundel, Henry Fitzalan, 12th earl ofArundel, Henry Fitzalan, 12th earl ofărˈəndəl [key], 1511?–1580, English statesman. Lord chamberlain under Henry VIII, he was a member of the…
(Encyclopedia) Kildare, Thomas Fitzgerald, 10th earl of, 1513–37, Irish nobleman, called Silken Thomas. When his father, the 9th earl and lord deputy of Ireland, was summoned to London on charges of…
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HOLIFIELD Chester Earl , a Representative from California; born in Mayfield, Graves County,
Ky., December 3, 1903; moved with his family to Springdale, Ark., in 1912;
attended the public schools;…
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