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(Encyclopedia) Dorchester, Guy Carleton, 1st Baron: see Carleton, Guy. ...

(Encyclopedia) Tweedsmuir, John Buchan, 1st Baron: see Buchan, John. ...

(Encyclopedia) Avebury, John Lubbock, 1st Baron: see Lubbock, Sir John. ...

(Encyclopedia) Ismay, Hastings Lionel Ismay, 1st Baron ĭzˈmā [key], 1887–1965, British general, known as “Pug” Ismay. He served in India and, during World War I, in Africa. During World War II he held simul...

(Encyclopedia) Keyes, Roger John Brownlow Keyes, 1st Baron kēz [key], 1872–1945, British admiral. In World War I he achieved his greatest fame as commander of the Dover patrol when he raided Zeebrugge and Ostend ...

(Encyclopedia) Baltimore, city (2020 pop. 575,584), N central Md., surrounded by but politically independent of Baltimore co., on the Patapsco River estuary, an arm of...

(Encyclopedia) Pauncefote of Preston, Julian Pauncefote, 1st Baron pônsˈfo͝ot [key], 1828–1902, British diplomat. He served in various positions in the colonies before becoming (1882) permanent undersecretary f...

(Encyclopedia) Farnborough, Thomas Erskine May, 1st Baron: see May, Thomas Erskine. ...

(Encyclopedia)  CE5 Maryland mârˈələnd [key], one of the Middle Atlantic states of the United States. It is bounded by Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean (E), the District of Columbia (S), Virginia and West Virgi...

(Encyclopedia) Morris, Edward Patrick Morris, 1st Baron, 1859–1935, Newfoundland political leader, b. St. John's. He sat (1885–1918) in the Newfoundland parliament and was a delegate to the conference called (18...