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(Encyclopedia) Hastings, Warren, 1732–1818, first governor-general of British India. Employed (1750) as a clerk by the East India Company, he soon became manager of a trading post in Bengal. When Calcutta (now Kol...

(Encyclopedia) Brownell, Herbert, Jr. brounĕlˈ [key], 1904–96, U.S. attorney general (1953–57), b. Peru, Nebr. A lawyer in private practice in New York City (1927–53, 1957–89), he became active in the Repu...

(Encyclopedia) Northampton, Henry Howard, earl of nôrthămpˈtən [key], 1540–1614, English courtier; son of the poet, Henry Howard, earl of Surrey; member of the powerful Howard family. His public career under E...

(Encyclopedia) Ossory, Thomas Butler, earl of ŏsˈərē [key], 1634–80, Irish nobleman; son of James Butler, 12th earl and 1st duke of Ormonde. Created earl of Ossory in 1662, he was made (1665) lieutenant genera...

(Encyclopedia)  Old Person, Earl,1929-2021, leader of the Blackfeet Nation, b. outside Browning, Mt., Blackfeet names Stu Sapoo ("Cold Wind") and ...

(Encyclopedia) Lucan, Patrick Sarsfield, earl of: see Sarsfield, Patrick, earl of Lucan. ...

(Encyclopedia) Ker, Robert, earl of Somerset: see Somerset, Robert Carr, earl of. ...

(Encyclopedia) Avon, 1st earl of: see Eden, Anthony, 1st earl of Avon. ...

(Encyclopedia) Totnes, George Carew, earl of: see Carew, George, Baron Carew of Clopton and earl of Totnes. ...

(Encyclopedia) Mortimer, Edmund de, 3d earl of March and 1st earl of Ulster də môrˈtĭmər [key], 1351–81, English nobleman. He succeeded (1360) his father, Roger, 2d earl of March, married (1368) Philippa, dau...