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1 giorno fa · The Most Noble Order of the Garter was founded by Edward III of England in 1348. Dates shown are of nomination or installation; coloured rows indicate sovereigns, princes of Wales, medieval ladies, modern royal knights and ladies, and stranger knights and ladies, none of whom counts toward the 24-member limit.
5 giorni fa · This is a list of Baroque palaces and residences built in the late 17th and 18th centuries. Baroque architecture is a building style of the Baroque era, begun in late 16th-century Italy and spread in Europe. The style took the Roman vocabulary of Renaissance architecture and used it in a new rhetorical and theatrical fashion, often ...
The offices of gentleman of the bedchamber were in the gift of the Crown. (fn. 1) From 1660 the office of first gentleman was invariably coupled with that of groom of the stole. Originally the gentlemen were sworn in pursuance of royal warrants directed to the lord chamberlain. (fn. 2) From 1685 to 1688 these warrants were directed to the groom ...
4 giorni fa · Pages 275-281. Calendar of the Cecil Papers in Hatfield House: Volume 23, Addenda, 1562-1605.Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1973.
5 giorni fa · Second Parliament of George I (1722-27): List of knights, commissioners, citizens & burgesses in Parliament. The History and Proceedings of the House of Commons: Volume 8, 1733-1734. Originally published by Chandler, London, 1742. This free content was digitised by double rekeying.
4 giorni fa · The wages of the master of the horse, originally amounting to £1,460, were reduced to £500 in 1679 but raised to £1,200 in 1685. (fn. 2) In 1702 the remuneration consisted of wages of £66 13s 4d (representing the old patent salary of 100 marks) and board wages of £1,200 making a total of £1,266 13s 4d. In addition, he was entitled to ...
2 giorni fa · The Commonwealth of Virginia is divided into 95 counties, along with 38 independent cities that are considered county-equivalents for census purposes, totaling 133 second-level subdivisions. In Virginia, cities are co-equal levels of government to counties, but towns are part of counties.
