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(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) 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. ...

(Encyclopedia) Somerset, Fitzroy James Henry: see Raglan, Fitzroy James Henry Somerset, 1st Baron. ...

(Encyclopedia) Lateran lătˈərən [key], name applied to a group of buildings of SE Rome facing the Piazza San Giovanni. They are on land once belonging to the Laterani; it was presented to the Church by Constanti...