Edward Frederick Lindley Wood,1st Earl of Halifax,,known as the Lord Irwin from 1925 until 1934 and the Viscount Halifax from 1934 until 1944,was a senior British Conservative politician of the 1930s. He held several senior ministerial posts during this time,most notably those of Viceroy of India from 1926 to 1931 and of Foreign Secretary between 1938 and 1940. He was one of the architects of the policy of appeasement of Adolf Hitler in 1936–1938,working closely with Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain. However,after Kristallnacht and the German occupation of Czechoslovakia in March 1939 he was one of those who pushed for a new policy of attempting to deter further German aggression by promising to go to war to defend Poland.
Archibald Philip Primrose,5th Earl of Rosebery,1st Earl of Midlothian,was a British Liberal Party politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from March 1894 to June 1895. Between the death of his father,in 1851,and the death of his grandfather,the 4th Earl of Rosebery,in 1868,he was known by the courtesy title of Lord Dalmeny.
Earl of Halifax is a title that has been created four times in British history—once in the Peerage of England,twice in the Peerage of Great Britain,and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The name of the peerage refers to Halifax,West Yorkshire.
Charles Lindley Wood,2nd Viscount Halifax,,was a British Anglo-Catholic ecumenist who served as president of the English Church Union from 1868 to 1919,and from 1927 to 1934. In 1886,he was a former part of Northern Regiment of West Riding Yeomanry Cavalry became a Deputy Lieutenant of the North Riding of Yorkshire,also one of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners,and a member of Houses of Laymen for York.
Charles Ingram Courtenay Wood,2nd Earl of Halifax,,4th Viscount Halifax of Monk Bretton,6th Baronet Wood of Barnsley in the County of York,and 2nd Baron Irwin of Kirby Underdale in the County of York,was a British peer,Conservative politician,Lord Lieutenant of Humberside and High Steward of York Minster.
The Mountbatten family is a British dynasty that originated as a British branch of the German princely Battenberg family. The name was adopted on 14 July 1917,three days before the British royal family changed its name from "Saxe-Coburg and Gotha" to "Windsor",by members of the Battenberg family residing in the United Kingdom,due to rising anti-German sentiment among the British public during World War I. The name is a direct Anglicisation of the German Battenberg,the name of a small town in Hesse. The titles of count and later prince of Battenberg had been granted in the mid-19th century to a morganatic branch of the House of Hesse-Darmstadt,itself a cadet branch of the House of Hesse.
Brigadier Andrew Henry Parker Bowles is a retired British Army officer. He is the former husband of Queen Camilla,now the wife of King Charles III.
The wedding of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles took place in a civil ceremony at Windsor Guildhall,on 9 April 2005. The ceremony,conducted in the presence of the couple's families,was followed by a Church of England Service of Prayer and Dedication at St George's Chapel. The groom's parents,Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip,Duke of Edinburgh,did not attend the civil wedding ceremony,but were present at the Service of Prayer and Dedication and held a reception for the couple in Windsor Castle afterwards.
Merlin Sereld Victor Gilbert Hay,24th Earl of Erroll,is a crossbench member of the House of Lords,chief of the Scottish clan Hay,and hereditary Lord High Constable of Scotland.
Gavin Astor,2nd Baron Astor of Hever DL,was an English soldier,publisher,peer,and member of the Astor family. Lord Astor served as chairman of the Times Publishing Company and president of the family owned Times Newspapers Ltd.
Susan Lilian Primrose Cunliffe-Lister,Countess of Swinton,Baroness Masham of Ilton,was a British crossbench member of the House of Lords,disability campaigner and Paralympic athlete. She was the founder and life-long president of the Spinal Injuries Association. She was Vice President of the Snowdon Trust,founded by the Earl of Snowdon,which provides grants and scholarships for students with disabilities. Her 53 years' membership of the House of Lords was the longest of any female peer.
Nicholas John Cunliffe-Lister,3rd Earl of Swinton,styled the Hon. Nicholas Cunliffe-Lister from 1955 to 2006,was a British peer.
George Richard Lane Fox,1st Baron Bingley,PC was a British Conservative politician. He served as Secretary for Mines between 1922 and 1924,and again between 1924 and 1928.
Garrowby is a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire,England. It is situated approximately 5 miles (8 km) north of Pocklington town centre. It lies to the north of the A166 road and forms part of the civil parish of Kirby Underdale.
Henry Howard,2nd Earl of Effingham,DL,styled Lord Howard from 1837 to 1845,was a British peer and Member of Parliament.
Charles William Slingsby "Sim" Duncombe,3rd Earl of Feversham DSO,styled the Hon. Charles Duncombe until 1915 and then Viscount Helmsley until he succeeded his father in 1916,was a British Conservative politician.
James Alexander Philip Theo Mountbatten-Windsor,Earl of Wessex,is the younger child and son of Prince Edward,Duke of Edinburgh,and Sophie,Duchess of Edinburgh. He is the youngest grandchild of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip,Duke of Edinburgh,and the youngest nephew of King Charles III. At the time of his birth,he was 8th in line to the British throne. He is now 15th in line.
The Royal Households of the United Kingdom are the collective departments that support members of the British royal family. Many members of the royal family who undertake public duties have separate households. They vary considerably in size,from the large household that supports the sovereign to the household of the Prince and Princess of Wales,with fewer members.
Priscilla Victoria Hastings was a British racehorse owner and trainer. She was one of the first three women to be elected as a member of the Jockey Club in December 1977,alongside her half-sister Ruth Wood,Countess of Halifax and Helen Johnson Houghton.
Ruth Alice Hannah Mary Wood,Countess of Halifax,was a British racehorse owner. She was one of the first three women to be elected as a member of the Jockey Club in December 1977,alongside her half-sister Priscilla Hastings and Helen Johnson Houghton.
