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    Elizabeth Pakenham, Countess of Longford, CBE (née Harman; 30 August 1906 – 23 October 2002), better known as Elizabeth Longford, was a British historian...
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  • The Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography was established in 2003 in memory of Elizabeth Longford (1906-2002), the British author, biographer...
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    Ireland as Baron Longford, in the County of Longford. In 1785 the earldom was also revived when Elizabeth was created Countess of Longford in her own right...
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    Elizabeth Longford. Elizabeth Longford, A Pilgrimage of Passion, Knopf, New York 1979 p.335, citing Blunt's Poetical Works, 2.254 Elizabeth Longford,...
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  • 1955) is an English historian and writer. She is a recipient of the Elizabeth Longford Prize, for Queen Anne: The Politics of Passion. Lady Anne Somerset...
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    Aungier Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford, KG, PC (5 December 1905 – 3 August 2001), known to his family as Frank Longford and styled Lord Pakenham from...
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    Sherlock (2014–2017). She also portrayed Elizabeth Longford and Margaret Thatcher in the television films Longford (2006) and Margaret (2009), respectively...
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    King Charles Spaniel owned by Queen Victoria. Victoria's biographer Elizabeth Longford, called him "the Queen's closest childhood companion", and in the...
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    County Longford (Irish: Contae an Longfoirt) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Leinster. It is named after the town of Longford. Longford County...
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  • Publications. Retrieved 10 February 2022. "Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography". Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography. 16 May 2022...
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    quoted in Longford, p. 425 Victoria quoted in Longford, p. 426 Longford, pp. 412–413 Longford, p. 426 Longford, p. 411 Hibbert, pp. 367–368; Longford, p. 429;...
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  • is the eldest son of the 7th Earl of Longford, a Labour government minister, and the author Elizabeth Longford. He has seven siblings, among them the...
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  • Longford is a 2006 British biographical crime drama television film directed by Tom Hooper and written by Peter Morgan. The film centres on Labour Party...
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    Charles Moore, Baron Moore of Etchingham (category Life peers created by Elizabeth II)
    The first volume of Moore's three-volume work received the £5,000 Elizabeth Longford Prize in 2014. Moore, Charles, & Simon Heffer (1989). A Tory Seer:...
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  • (winner of the Duff Cooper Prize) and Rudyard Kipling (winner of the Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography). Sir David Gilmour is the eldest son...
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  • Elizabeth Harman may refer to: Elizabeth Harman (philosopher), daughter of Gilbert Harman Elizabeth Longford (1906–2002), née Elizabeth Harman, British...
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  • Guardian's best books of 2017 list, and shortlisted for the 2018 Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography. In 2024, her latest book, Adventures...
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    1840, he became the husband of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. Elizabeth Longford later wrote of the weeks before Albert's departure to woo Victoria:...
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    based mostly on snobbery and colour prejudice." Victoria biographer Elizabeth Longford wrote, "Abdul Karim stirred once more that same royal imagination...
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    which was protecting that city in case Napoleon Bonaparte invaded. Elizabeth Longford described it as "the most famous ball in history". "The ball was certainly...
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  • biography of the 1st Duke of Wellington (Wellington: Pillar of State), Elizabeth Longford suggests that the Duke was sent a draft paybook to approve and crossed...
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  • Attlee by John Bew. In 2017, Citizen Clem won the Orwell Prize and Elizabeth Longford Prize. John Kampfner described the novel as an 'exemplary biography'...
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    Coming of Age in the American Century, 1917-1956 (2020), won the Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography and was a New York Times Notable Book...
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    Shawcross, pp. 135–136 Shawcross, p. 136 Longford, p. 23 Roberts, pp. 57–58; Shawcross, p. 113 Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon's Engagement Ring, Vintage Royal...
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    in the ears of this sailor King in 1917 as they do to us today." Elizabeth Longford, The Royal House of Windsor (1984), p. 21. "British courtiers thought...
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    India, Greenhill Books, London, ISBN 978-1-85367-397-9. (Review.) Elizabeth Longford, 1996, Wellington: The Years of the Sword, Smithmark Pub, New York...
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    that have been translated into half a dozen languages. He won the Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography in 2018. He has held various roles...
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    Retrieved 2023-04-07. "Awards: SCBWI Crystal Kites; Miles Franklin; Elizabeth Longford". Shelf Awareness. 2013-05-01. Archived from the original on 2022-05-18...
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    ISBN 978-0-312-30385-3. Longford, Elizabeth (1965). Queen Victoria: Born to Succeed. New York: Pyramid Books. ASIN B001Q77XAQ. Longford, Elizabeth (2004). "Conroy...
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    scholarly essays in Honour of Sir Ian Kershaw was published. 2005, Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography for Making Friends with Hitler: Lord...
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