Columbia Encyclopedia

(Encyclopedia) Jaresiah jărĕsīˈə [key], in the Bible, chief man of Benjamin. ...

(Encyclopedia) Chephar-haammonai kēˈfär-hāămˈōnā [key], in the Bible, town of Benjamin. ...

(Encyclopedia) Southampton, Thomas Wriothesley, 1st earl of, c.1500–1550, lord chancellor of England. Appointed a clerk of the signet in 1530, he rose in the favor of Thomas Cromwell and Henry VIII, who granted hi...

(Encyclopedia) Prime Ministers of Great Britain 1 The modern party system did not evolve until the end of the 18th cent. ...

(Encyclopedia) Derby, James Stanley, 7th earl of därˈbē [key], 1607–51, English nobleman. He sat in the House of Commons (1625–28), took his seat in the House of Lords as Baron Strange (succeeding his father ...

(Encyclopedia) Trimble, David: see Trimble of Lisnagarvey, William David Trimble, Baron. ...

(Encyclopedia) Leigh, Vivien: see under Olivier, Laurence Kerr, Baron Olivier of Brighton. ...

(Encyclopedia) Hogg, Quintin: see Hailsham of Saint Marylebone, Quintin McGarel Hogg, Baron. ...

(Encyclopedia) Bloody Assizes: see Jeffreys of Wem, George Jeffreys, 1st Baron. ...

(Encyclopedia) Lecouvreur, Adrienne ädrēĕnˈ ləko͞ovrörˈ [key], 1692–1730, French actress. With Michel Baron she helped change the traditional acting techniques of the French stage to a simpler, more natura...