• Lieutenant Colonel Sir John Frederick Dame Johnston, GCVO, MC (24 August 1922 – 10 September 2006) was a British Army officer and courtier. He joined the Royal...
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  • Representative John Stewart Johnston (1905/6–?), Northern Irish politician John Baines Johnston (1918–2005), British diplomat John Johnston (courtier) (1922–2006)...
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    died by the time of the composition. The two exceptions are the courtier Patrick Johnston and known poet Walter Kennedy, the latter of whom died c. 1508...
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  • Guardian. Retrieved 21 May 2016. Johnston, Freya (16 April 2011). "Graven with Diamonds: The Many Lives of Thomas Wyatt, Courtier, Poet, Assassin, Spy by Nicola...
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    Pilleth, Radnorshire; John retained his connection with the locality. His father Roland was a mercer and gentleman courtier to Henry VIII. Dee traced...
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  • John Campbell of Lundy or Lundie (died 1562) was a Scottish lawyer and courtier. He was a son of Thomas Campbell of Lundy, a son of Colin Campbell, 1st...
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    or Riccio (/ˈrɪtʃioʊ/ RITCH-ee-oh, Italian: [ˈrittʃo]) was an Italian courtier, born in Pancalieri close to Turin, a descendant of an ancient and noble...
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    KG KB PC (baptised 15 August 1590, died 9 March 1649), was an English courtier and politician executed by Parliament after being captured fighting for...
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    Wanrong were dog lovers who owned several very spoiled dogs while Puyi's courtiers spent an inordinate amount of time feuding with one another. Woodhead...
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  • Brigadier-General Samuel Masham, 1st Baron Masham (1678/79 – 1758), was a British courtier in the court of Queen Anne, and the husband of her favourite, Abigail,...
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    Law School; Book Review, 28 Notre Dame L. Rev. 430 (1952); Edward R. Johnston & John Paul Stevens, Monopoly or Monopolization – A Reply to Professor Rostow...
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    In a letter to the English envoy to Prussia, James Johnston Wallis bitterly complains that a courtier of the Prussian Elector, by the name of Smetteau,...
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    p. 3. ISBN 9780814330128. Langstaff, Richard W. (1988). "Donne, John". In Johnston, Bernard (ed.). Collier's Encyclopedia. Vol. 8. New York: P.F. Colliers...
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    the speculation regarding Louise's adulterous relationships with the courtiers Carl Bonstetten and the Italian poet Count Vittorio Alfieri. Another cause...
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    Sir John Gresham (1495 – 23 October 1556) was an English merchant, courtier and financier who worked for King Henry VIII of England, Cardinal Wolsey and...
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    notables including Jan Tarnowski, Piotr Myszkowski (whom he briefly served as courtier), and members of the influential Radziwiłł family. From about 1563, Kochanowski...
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    John West, 2nd Earl De La Warr (9 May 1729 – 22 November 1777) was a British Army officer, peer and courtier. Born The Honourable John West, he was the...
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  • becomes increasingly desirous to leave the Forbidden City. Johnston, wary of the courtiers' expensive lifestyle, convinces Puyi that the best way of achieving...
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  • individual sequences, and John Canemaker, Corny Cole, and Brian Froud provided visual development. Frank Thomas, Oliver Johnston and Paul Julian consulted...
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  • Williams Royal Academy of Dramatic Art 1976–77 Cinderella Albert the Horse, Courtier Sid Colin, David Wood Giles Havergal Glasgow Citizens Theatre Company The...
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    Greville FRS (3 February 1751 – 27 April 1824) was a British Army officer, courtier and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1774 and 1807. The...
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    of Jersey (née Twysden; 25 February 1753 – 23 July 1821) was a British courtier and Lady of the Bedchamber, one of the more notorious of the many mistresses...
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    The Book of the Courtier, though the book's protagonist, Count Ludovico, states the "first and true profession" of the ideal courtier "must be that of...
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    son Voltimand and Cornelius – courtiers Rosencrantz and Guildenstern – courtiers, friends of Hamlet Osric – a courtier Marcellus – an officer Barnardo –...
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  • (died 1645 in England) 25 April – John Stewart, 4th Earl of Atholl, noble 16 October – Sir James MacGill, courtier Possible date – David Peebles, religious...
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  • Sir Thomas Chaloner (1559 – 17 November 1615) was an English courtier and Governor of the Courtly College for the household of Prince Henry, son of James...
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    for rebuffing his advances. M. de Tréville – captain of the Musketeers, courtier and a childhood friend of the King. Treville is a mentor, a confidant,...
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    upon the exploits of two minor characters from Shakespeare's Hamlet, the courtiers Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, and the main setting is Denmark. The action...
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    1717. In 1723 Styleman leased the property for 99 years to John Selwyn MP, a royal courtier, who improved and enlarged the estates a great deal before...
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    prince's body", which he classed as the principal esquires. These were royal courtiers known as Esquires of the Body Knights' eldest sons Younger sons of the...
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