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Strathcona and Mount Royal, Donald Alexander Smith, 1st Baron
(Encyclopedia)Strathcona and Mount Royal, Donald Alexander Smith, 1st Baron străthkōˈnə [key], 1820–1914, Canadian fur trader, financier, and railroad builder, b. Scotland. Coming to Canada in 1838, he was hi...Hawke of Towton, Edward Hawke, 1st Baron
(Encyclopedia)Hawke of Towton, Edward Hawke, 1st Baron touˈtən [key], 1705–81, British admiral. He entered the navy in 1720 and first saw fighting as commander of a ship in the battle of Toulon (1744). He was p...Carew, George, Baron Carew of Clopton and earl of Totnes
(Encyclopedia)Carew, George, Baron Carew of Clopton and earl of Totnes kəro͞oˈ, tŏtˈnĭs [key], 1555–1629, English soldier and statesman. He began his military career in Ireland in 1574 and served (1588–92...Monk, George
(Encyclopedia)Monk, George: see Monck, George, 1st duke of Albemarle. ...Metcalfe, Charles Theophilus Metcalfe, 1st Baron
(Encyclopedia)Metcalfe, Charles Theophilus Metcalfe, 1st Baron, 1785–1846, British colonial administrator, b. India. He entered the Indian civil service as a young man, rose quickly, and was provisional governor-...Seaton, John Colborne, 1st Baron
(Encyclopedia)Seaton, John Colborne, 1st Baron, 1778–1863, British soldier and colonial administrator. He served in Egypt (1801) and Sicily (1806), participated (1808–14) in the Peninsular War, and helped to de...Seely, John Edward Bernard, 1st baron of Mottistone
(Encyclopedia)Seely, John Edward Bernard, 1st baron of Mottistone, 1868–1947, British politician. He served in the South African War and entered Parliament as a Conservative in 1900. Having switched to the Libera...Astor, William Waldorf Astor, 1st Viscount
(Encyclopedia)Astor, William Waldorf Astor, 1st Viscount, 1848–1919, American-British financier, b. New York City, educated in Germany and in Italy and at the Columbia law school; son of John Jacob Astor (1822–...Brougham, Henry Peter, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux
(Encyclopedia)Brougham, Henry Peter, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux bro͞om, vôz, vôks [key], 1778–1868, British statesman, b. Edinburgh. As a young lawyer in Scotland he helped to found (1802) the Edinburgh Revie...Holland House
(Encyclopedia)Holland House, residence of the Holland family in Kensington, London, made famous in the first 40 years of the 19th cent. by the hospitality of Henry Fox, 3d Baron Holland, and his wife. Built in 1606...Browse by Subject
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