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(Encyclopedia) West, Thomas: see De la Warr, Thomas West, 12th Baron. ...

(Encyclopedia) Silvestre de Sacy: see Sacy, Antoine Isaac, Baron Silvestre de. ...

(Encyclopedia) Thomson, Charles Edward Poulett: see Sydenham, Charles Edward Poulett Thomson, Baron. ...

(Encyclopedia) Hamilton, James, 1st earl of Arran ărˈən [key], 1477?–1529, Scottish nobleman; son of the 1st Baron Hamilton and Mary, daughter of James II of Scotland. He was privy councilor to James IV, by who...

(Encyclopedia) Fox, Henry Richard Vassall: see Holland, Henry Richard Vassall Fox, 3d Baron. ...

(Encyclopedia) Prothero, Rowland Edmund: see Ernle, Rowland Edmund Prothero, 1st Baron. ...

(Encyclopedia) Byron, George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron bīˈrən [key], 1788–1824, English poet and satirist. Ranked with Shelley and Keats as one of the great Romantic poets, Byron became famous throughout E...

(Encyclopedia) King, Charles Bird, 1785–1862, American portrait painter, b. Newport, R.I. He studied under Edward Savage and with Benjamin West in London. His work, executed in Washington, D.C., included Native Am...

(Encyclopedia) Copley, John Singleton, 1772–1863, British jurist: see Lyndhurst, John Singleton Copley, Baron. ...

(Encyclopedia) Smith, Donald Alexander: see Strathcona and Mount Royal, Donald Alexander Smith, 1st Baron. ...