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3 days ago · Charles Cheers Wakefield, 1st Viscount Wakefield, GCVO, CBE, was Alderman for the Bread Street Ward before he became Lord Mayor of London during the First World War. An admirer of the armed services, he visited the War Front in full Lord Mayoral regalia.
3 days ago · After the tide of battle turned against his father he attempted to escape over Wakefield Bridge, but was overtaken and killed, possibly by the Lancastrian Lord Clifford, to avenge Clifford's father's death at the First Battle of St Albans.
6 days ago · Andrew Wolff, who moved from Royston to the Walton area of Wakefield, said he picked up a sofa for his new home from Sofa Carpet Specialist (ScS) in Wakefield’s Westgate Retail Park on June 24, and by June 26 was covered in bites.
4 days ago · Charles Monck, 7th Viscount Monck Ireland George Monck (brother) 33 The Viscount St Vincent: 1801 Edward Jervis, 8th Viscount St Vincent United Kingdom James Jervis: 34 The Viscount Melville: 1802 Robert Dundas, 10th Viscount Melville United Kingdom Max Dundas: 35 The Viscount Sidmouth: 1805 Jeremy Francis Addington, 8th Viscount Sidmouth ...
5 days ago · Eventually, the choice of a new lessee fell on Charles, Viscount Fitzhardinge, who in February 1664 offered to take the mansion and demesnes at Grafton, together with other lands at Moor End, Greens Norton and Alderton, at double the old rent in each case.
3 days ago · Under-Secretary of State for India. The ceremonial seat of the Chairman of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, and subsequently that of the Secretary of State for India. The 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn, Secretary of State for India from 1905 to 1910 and again briefly, as acting Secretary, in 1911.
4 days ago · United Kingdom - Charles I, Civil War, Restoration: Father and son could hardly be more different than were James and Charles. Charles was shy and physically deformed. He had a speech defect that made his pronouncements painful for him and his audiences alike. Charles had not been raised to rule.
