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11Lachlan Macquarie — Major General Lachlan Macquarie CB 5th Governor of New South Wales …
12Neo-Grec — Severe Greek Revival in the tomb of the German actor Bogumil Dawison, died 1872, Dresden Neo Grec is a term referring to late manifestations of Neoclassicism, early Neo Renaissance now called the Greek Revival style, which was popularized in… …
13James Hay, 1st Earl of Carlisle — (c. 1590 ndash; March 1636), was the son of Sir James Hay of Kingask (a member of a younger branch of the Erroll family), and of Margaret Murray, cousin of George Hay, afterwards 1st Earl of Kinnoull.He was knighted and taken into favor by James… …
14Swannanoa (mansion) — Infobox nrhp name =Swannanoa nrhp type = caption = location = Augusta County, Virginia, United States nearest city = Waynesboro, Virginia lat degrees = 38 lat minutes = 01 lat seconds = 16 lat direction = N long degrees = 078 long minutes = 53… …
15Apicius (1st century BC) — Apicius is the name of a Roman lover of luxury who lived in the 90s BC and was said to have outdone all his contemporaries in lavish expenditure. According to Poseidonius, Apicius was responsible for the banishment from Rome of Rutilius Rufus,… …
16Curtains (musical) — Curtains Original Broadway Cast Album Music John Kander Lyrics Fred Ebb Book …
17Ottoman public debt — The Ottoman public debt was a term which dated back to 4 August 1854,[1] when the Ottoman Empire first entered into loan contracts with its European creditors shortly after the beginning of the Crimean War.[2] The Empire entered into subsequent… …
18Titus — /tuy teuhs/, n. 1. a disciple and companion of the apostle Paul, to whom Paul is supposed to have addressed an Epistle. 2. this New Testament Epistle. Abbr.: Tit. 3. (Flavius Sabinus Vespasianus) A.D. 40? 81, Roman emperor 79 81. 4. Tatius. 5. a… …
19Pitt, William, the Elder — later 1st earl of Chatham born Nov. 15, 1708, London, Eng. died May 11, 1778, Hayes, Kent British statesman and orator, twice virtual prime minister (1756–61, 1766–68). He entered Parliament in 1735 and provoked controversy with his maiden speech …
20Romanus III Argyrus — born с 968 died April 11, 1034 Byzantine emperor (1028–34). An undistinguished Byzantine patrician, he was compelled by the dying emperor Constantine VIII to marry his daughter Zoe and become his successor. Romanus proved inept in military and… …
