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1 giorno fa · In June 1917, when the royal family stopped using their German names and titles and adopted the more British-sounding "Windsor", Mountbatten acquired the courtesy title appropriate to a younger son of a marquess, becoming known as Lord Louis Mountbatten (Lord Louis for short) until he was created a peer in his own right in 1946.
- 1913–1965
3 giorni fa · On 17th May, 1831, No. 12 was leased to George Horatio, 2nd Marquess of Cholmondeley, joint hereditary great chamberlain of England in succession to his mother (q.v. at No. 13 below), and he continued to occupy it until his death in 1870.
4 giorni fa · One gentleman of the Bedchamber provided close attendance on the Sovereign per week. His duties included assisting the King at his dressing, waiting on him when he ate in private, guarding access to him in his bedchamber and closet and providing noble companionship, generally.
4 giorni fa · GREAT AND LITTLE ABINGTON. The two parishes of Great and Little Abington, (fn. 1) 7 miles south-east of Cambridge, are divided by the river Granta. Although their history is recorded here in a single article, they were distinct parishes and remain so.
2 giorni fa · In 1919 he was elected Chancellor of his old university, Cambridge, in succession to his brother-in-law, Lord Rayleigh. He was made a Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter on 3 March 1922, becoming Sir Arthur Balfour and giving him the post-nominal letters "KG" for life.
5 giorni fa · Ten outstanding Cambridge researchers have been elected as Fellows of the Royal Society, the UK’s national academy of sciences and the oldest science academy in continuous existence.
1 giorno fa · 3rd Duke of Somerset, 1st Marquess of Hertford, 2nd Earl of Hertford: Francis Seymour c. 1590 –1664 1st Lord Seymour of Trowbridge: Robert Carr c. 1587 –1645 Earl of Somerset: Henry Somerset 1577–1646 1st Marquess of Worcester, 5th Earl of Worcester, 7th Baron Herbert: Thomas Somerset 1579–1651 Viscount Somerset: Robert Sidney 1595–1677
