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(Encyclopedia) Orford, Robert Walpole, 1st earl of: see Walpole, Robert, 1st earl of Orford. ...

(Encyclopedia) Oxford, Robert Harley, 1st earl of: see Harley, Robert, 1st earl of Oxford. ...

(Encyclopedia) Dorset, Thomas Sackville, 1st earl of: see Sackville, Thomas, 1st earl of Dorset. ...

(Encyclopedia) Boyle, Charles, 4th earl of Orrery: see Orrery, Charles Boyle, 4th earl of. ...

(Encyclopedia) Howard, Charles, 1st earl of Carlisle: see Carlisle, Charles Howard, 1st earl of. ...

(Encyclopedia) Howard, Frederick, 5th earl of Carlisle: see Carlisle, Frederick Howard, 5th earl of. ...

(Encyclopedia) Cork, Richard Boyle, 1st earl of: see Boyle, Richard, 1st earl of Cork. ...

(Encyclopedia) Bruce, Thomas, 7th earl of Elgin: see Elgin, Thomas Bruce, 7th earl of. ...

(Encyclopedia) Burger, Warren Earl, 1907–95, American jurist, 15th chief justice of the United States (1969–86), b. St. Paul, Minn. After receiving his law degree in 1931 from St. Paul College of Law (now Mitche...

(Encyclopedia) Macpherson, James, 1736–96, Scottish author. Educated at Aberdeen and Edinburgh, he spent his early years as a schoolmaster. In later life he held a colonial secretaryship in West Florida (1764–66...