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Edward Pemberton Leach Edward Pemberton Leach (VC, KCB, KCVO) born Londonderry 2 April 1847 was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Edward Perronet Edward Perronet (1726 - January 2, 1792) is perhaps most famous for penning the lyrics to the well known hymn, "All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name". Born in Sund­ridge, Kent, England, Perronet was the descendant of a French Huguenot family which fled first to Switzerland and then to England to escape religious persecution.
Edward Peter Cullen Edward Peter Cullen (born 1933) is the third and current bishop of the Diocese of Allentown. Cullen was born on March 15, 1933 in Yeadon, Pennsylvania; he was the second of five children in an Irish-Catholic family.
Edward Petka Edward Petka (born March 10, 1943, Chicago, Illinois) served as a Republican member of the Illinois Senate representing the 42nd district from 1993 to 2007, and previously served in the Illinois House of Representatives from 1987 to 1993. In 2006 Ed Petka was elected 12th Circuit Court Judge.
Edward Pilgrim Edward Alexander Pilgrim (December 12, 1904 – September 24, 1954) was a British homeowner and suicide whose death was hastened by bureaucracy. He was a working class individual with a slight education who worked as a milkman before marrying his wife, Margaret, in 1931.
Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick and 7th Earl of Salisbury (25 February 1475 – 28 November 1499) was the son of the 1st Duke of Clarence and a potential claimant to the English Throne during the reigns of both King Richard III (1483-1485) and his successor, King Henry VII (1485-1509). He was also a younger brother of the 8th Countess of Salisbury.
Edward Platt Edward C. Platt (February 14, 1916 – March 19, 1974) was an American character actor best known for his portrayal of "The Chief" in the 1965-69 NBC (moved to CBS for the 1969-70 season) television series Get Smart.
Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron Dunsany Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron Dunsany (24 July 1878 – 25 October 1957) was an Anglo-Irish writer and dramatist born in London, notable for his work in fantasy published under the name Lord Dunsany.
Edward Plunkett, 20th Baron Dunsany Edward John Carlos Plunkett, 20th Baron Dunsany (born 10 September 1939) is the grandson of the author Lord Dunsany, and is a modern artist. His works include paintings and sculpture, the latter usually designed by him for appearance and practical purpose and manufactured in France.
Edward Pollock Sir Edward Pollock (1783 - 1870) was an eminent English judge born in London, a Tory in politics, he represented Huntingdon, was twice over Attorney General and became Chief Baron of the Exchequer in 1844, and made a baronet on his retirement from parliament.
Edward Pomeroy Barrett-Lennard Edward Pomeroy Barrett-Lennard (born June 19 1799 in England - died June 29 1878 in Upper Swan, Western Australia) was an early settler in the Guildford area of Western Australia and later with his nephew Edmund Thomas Barrett-Lennard, the founder of the well known Western Australian Beverley family. He was the fifth son of Sir Thomas Barrett-Lennard, 1st Baronet, and Dorothy St.
Edward Quinn Edward Quinn (Irish: Eadbhárd Ó Cuinn) (1920-1997) was born in Ireland. He lived and worked as a photographer from the 1950s, on the Côte d'Azur, during the "golden fifties" the playground of the celebrities from the world of show biz, art and business.
Edward R. Dewey Edward R Dewey (1895-1978) was an economist who studied cycles in economics and other fields. Dewey first became interested in cycles while Chief Economic Analyst of the Department of Commerce in 1930 or 1931 because President Hoover wanted to know the cause of the Great Depression.
Edward R. Roybal Edward Ross (Ed) Roybal (February 10, 1916 - October 24, 2005) was an American politician. He served for thirty years as a Democrat representative of the 30th and later the 25th districts of California, and was a member of the Los Angeles City Council for thirteen years.
Edward Rainbowe Edward Rainbowe (1608–1684) was an English clergyman and a noted preacher. He was educated at Westminster School, Corpus Christi College, Oxford and Magdalene College, Cambridge, from where he graduated MA in 1630 and DD in 1643.
Edward Ratcliff Edward Ratcliff (February 8 1835 – March 10 1915) was a Union Army soldier during the American Civil War and a recipient of America's highest military decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions at the Battle of Chaffin's Farm.
Edward Rell Madigan Edward Rell Madigan (January 13, 1936–December 7, 1994) was a businessman and a Republican party politician from Lincoln, Illinois. He served almost twenty years in the United States House of Representatives and was U.
Edward Robbins Edward Hutchinson Robbins (February 9, 1758 - December 17, 1837) served as the Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts from 1802 to 1806. He is the great-great-grandfather of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, on the side of Roosevelt's mother, Sarah Delano:
Edward Robert Hughes Edward Robert Hughes (1851-1914) is a well known English painter who worked in a style influenced by Pre-Raphaelitism and Aestheticism. Some of his best known works are Midsummer Eve and Night With Her Train of Stars.
Edward Robinson (VC) Edward Robinson (June 17, 1838 - October 2, 1896) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Edward Rothstein Edward Rothstein is a music critic and composer who supports the idea that music may be linked in a distant way to physical and mathematical ideas such as the string theory. One of his books dealing with such an idea is Emblems of Mind: The Inner Life of Music and Mathematics.
Edward Routh Edward John Routh (1831–1907), was a British mathematician, noted as the outstanding coach of students preparing for the Mathematical Tripos examination of the University of Cambridge in its heyday in the middle of the nineteenth century. Over a period of 22 years from 1862, he coached the Senior Wrangler for every year and was himself was a Senior Wrangler.
Edward Rowe Mores Edward Rowe Mores (1731–1778), is believed to be the first person to use the title actuary in relation to insurance mathematicians. He received his secondary education from Merchant Taylors School and obtained an M.
Edward Roy Becker Edward Roy Becker was a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He served on the Third Circuit from 1981 until his death in 2006, including five years as Chief Judge, from 1998 to 2003.
Edward Royster Edward Royster (born June 27 1972) is the lead singer for California metal bands Four Sick Cats, Blowfex, and Backwoods Warriors. His vocal style has been described as "Axl Rose and Chris Cornell with a splash of Mark Lanegan".
Edward Rutherfurd Edward Rutherfurd, suggested pseudonym for "Francis Edward Wintle" (born 1948), is the author of a series of novels chronicling the history of settlements through their development up to modern day, mixing fictional characters and families with real people and events – a kind of historical fiction pioneered by James Michener.
Edward Rydz-Śmigły Edward Rydz-Śmigły Coat of arms of Ryc, (March 11 1886 - December 2 1941); nom de guerre Śmigły, Tarłowski, Adam Zawisza) was a Polish politician, an officer of the Polish Army, painter and poet. After many successes as an army commander during the Polish-Bolshevik War, Rydz succeeded Józef Piłsudski as the Marshal of Poland (from 11 November 1936) and Commander-in-Chief of the Polish armed forces.
Edward S. Aarons Edward Sidney Aarons (1916 – 1975) was the author of more than 80 novels from 1936 until 1962. One of these was under the pseudonum "Paul Ayres" (Dead Heat), and 30 were written using the name "Edward Ronns".
Edward S. Jordan Edward S. (Ned) Jordan (born November 21, 1882, died December 29, 1958) was an American entrepreneur, automotive industrialist and pioneer in evocative advertising copy, which he wrote and used to advertise the automobiles produced by his Jordan Motor Car Company of Cleveland, Ohio.
Edward S. Salomon Edward Selig Salomon (December 25, 1836 – July 18, 1913) was a Prussian immigrant to the United States who served as a Union brigadier general in the American Civil War and later became governor of Washington Territory and a California legislator.
Edward Sadlowski Edward Sadlowski is a United States labor activist and a past Director of United Steelworkers of America, District 1, at the time the largest District in the USWA. Sadlowski was a two time candidate for president of the USWA, running at the head of a reformist slate.
Edward Said Edward Wadie Said (, ) (1 November, 1935, Jerusalem - 25 September, 2003, New York City) was a Palestinian-American literary theorist and outspoken Palestinian activist. He was Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University, and is regarded as a founding figure in post-colonial theory.
Edward Sapir Edward Sapir (pronounced ), (January 26 1884 – February 4 1939) was an American anthropologist-linguist, a leader in American structural linguistics, and one of the creators of what is now called the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis. He is arguably the most influential figure in American linguistics, influencing even Noam Chomsky.
Edward Sassoon Sir Edward Albert Sassoon, 2nd Baronet (June 20, 1856 – May 24, 1912) was a British businessman and politician. The eldest surviving son of Sir Albert Sassoon (1818-1896) and Hannah Moshi of Bombay, India, Edward Sassoon graduated from London University.
Edward Savage Edward Savage (born 15 November 1989) is an English actor who took over from Stuart Stevens to play the role of Steven Beale in EastEnders. Savage left in EastEnders when his character was written out in 2002.
Edward Saxon Edward Saxon is an Academy Award-winning film producer. He is arguably best known for the film The Silence of the Lambs, which is, to date, the third and last film to sweep the five main categories of Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Director, and Best Picture at the Academy Awards.
Edward Scissorhands Edward Scissorhands is a 1990 film directed by Tim Burton and co-written by Burton and screenwriter Caroline Thompson. The movie is a fable set in an exaggeratedly stereotypical vision of American suburbia that intentionally combines clichés from both the 1950s and late 1980s.
Edward Seaga Edward Philip George Seaga ON (born May 28, 1930) was Prime Minister of Jamaica for the Jamaica Labour Party from 1980 to 1989. He served as leader of the opposition from 1974 to 1980 and again from 1989 until January 2005.
Edward Seidensticker Edward George Seidensticker (born February 11 1921, in Castle Rock, Colorado) is a noted scholar and translator of Japanese literature, particularly known for his accurate English version of The Tale of Genji (1976) and for his landmark translations of Yasunari Kawabata, which led to Kawabata's winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1968. Seidensticker received the National Book Award for Translation in 1971 for his translation of Kawabata's The Sound of the Mountain.
Edward Severin Clark Edward Severin Clark (July 6, 1870 - September 19, 1933), along with his brother Stephen Carlton Clark, built a number of large buildings in Cooperstown, New York, including the Otesaga Hotel and the Alfred Corning Clark Gymnasium. He was one of four grandsons of Edward Clark, one of the founders of the Singer Sewing Machine Company.
Edward Seymour, 8th Duke of Somerset Edward Seymour, 8th Duke of Somerset (1695 – December 15 1757) was a British nobleman. The son of Sir Edward Seymour, 5th Baronet, a descendant of Protector Somerset by his first marriage, he succeeded his distant cousin, Algernon Seymour, 7th Duke of Somerset, as Duke of Somerset in 1750.
Edward Shearmur Edward Shearmur (sometimes known as Ed Shearmur) is a relatively young, but already prolific British film composer. Born in London, England in 1966, at age 7 he sang in the boys choir at Westminster Cathedral.
Edward Sheerien Edward Sheerien School is a comprehensive school in Barnsley, South Yorkshire serving 11 to 16 year olds now on the site of the former St Helens Comprehensive school. The school accommodates approximately 800 pupils.
Edward Shepherd Creasy Sir Edward Shepherd Creasy (1812 – 1878), historian, was educated at Eton College and Cambridge University and called to the Bar in 1837. He became in 1840 Professor of History, London University, and in 1860, Chief Justice of Ceylon, when he was knighted.
Edward Short, Baron Glenamara Edward Watson Short, Baron Glenamara, CH, PC (born 17 December 1912) is a former Labour Member of Parliament (MP) for Newcastle upon Tyne Central in the United Kingdom. He was a minister during the Labour Governments of Harold Wilson.
Edward Scheidt Edward M. Scheidt (born 1939) is the retired Chairman of the CIA Cryptographic Center, and the designer of the cryptographic systems on the Kryptos sculpture at the center of CIA Headquarters in Langley, Virginia.
Edward Sizzerhand Edward Sizzerhand also known as Steady Fingaz is a Brooklyn (NYC) born DJ and record producer who has won a number of renown competitions as a DJ and together with his group Square One performed in collaboration with American artists in Europe. He is also one half of the DJ duo "Unorthodox Twinz", together with DJ Oz.
Edward Sloman Edward Sloman (19 July 1886, London - 29 September 1972, Woodland Hills, California) was an English silent film director, actor, screenwriter and radio broadcaster. He directed over 100 films and starred in over 30 films as an actor between 1913 and 1938.
Edward Smith [Edward John Smith, RD] , [[Royal Naval Reserve|RNR (January 27, 1850 – April 15, 1912) was the captain of the RMS Titanic when it sank in 1912. He and his wife Eleanor had a daughter named Helen Melville Smith.
Edward Smith (VC) Edward Benn ('Ned') Smith (VC, DCM)(10 November 1898-12 January 1940) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces, and (at 19)the youngest such recipient from the First World War.
Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby (12 December 1752-21 October 1834) was a British peer and politician of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He was born to James Smith-Stanley, Lord Strange, son of Edward Stanley, 11th Earl of Derby, and Lucy Smith.
Edward Smith-Stanley, 13th Earl of Derby Edward Smith-Stanley, 13th Earl of Derby KG (21 April 1775–30 June 1851), styled Lord Stanley from 1776 to 1832 and known as The Lord Stanley from 1832 to 1834, was an English politician, landowner, builder, farmer, art collector and naturalist.
Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby Edward George Geoffrey Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, KG, PC (29 March 1799 – 23 October 1869) was an English statesman, three times Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and to date the longest serving leader of the Conservative Party. He was known before 1834 as Edward Stanley, and from 1834 to 1851 as Lord Stanley.
Edward Solomon Edward Solomon (July 25 1855 – January 22 1895) was a prolific English composer, as well as a conductor, orchestrator and pianist. Though he died before his fortieth birthday, he wrote dozens of works produced for the stage, including several for the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, among others.
Edward Somerset, 2nd Marquess of Worcester Edward Somerset, 2nd Marquess of Worcester was born before 1613, perhaps in 1601, to Henry Somerset, 1st Marquess of Worcester and Anne Russell. On December 18, 1646, he succeeded his father and became the 2nd Marquess of Worcester.
Edward Speleers Edward Speleers (often shortened to Ed) (born December 21 1988 in Chichester England UK ) is an English actor. His debut role was the title role in Eragon, an adaptation of Christopher Paolini's fantasy novel of the same name, which also stars Jeremy Irons, Djimon Hounsou, John Malkovich, Garrett Hedlund, and Robert Carlyle.
Edward Spence Edward Spence (28 December, 1837-17 April, 1858) was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Edward St John Daniel Edward St. John Daniel (17 January 1837 -20 May 1868) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Edward Stafford (politician) Sir Edward William Stafford, GCMG (1819 - 1901) served as Premier of New Zealand on three occasions in the mid 19th century. His total time in office is the fourth longest of any New Zealand Premier or Prime Minister.
Edward Stanley, 19th Earl of Derby Edward (Teddy) Richard William Stanley, 19th Earl of Derby (b. 1962) was born to Hugh Henry Montague Stanley and Rose (Rosie) Mary Birch, daughter of Charles Francis Birch of Clare Park, Hampshire and Catherine Alice Anne John of Marlborough Grange, Cowbridge.
Edward Stanley, 2nd Baron Stanley of Alderley Edward John Stanley, 2nd Baron Stanley of Alderley (13 November 1802 – 16 June 1869), entered the House of Commons as Whig Member of Parliament (MP) for Hindon in 1831 and became member for North Cheshire 1832 to 1841, and 1847 to 1848. He was appointed Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department in 1841, Patronage Secretary to the Treasury from 1835 to 1841, Paymaster-General in 1841, and Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs from 1846 to 1852.
Edward Stanley, 6th Baron Stanley of Alderley Edward John Stanley, 6th Baron Sheffield, 6th Baron Stanley of Alderley and 5th Baron Eddisbury (either 4 February or 9 October 1907 – 3 March 1971) was an English nobleman. He was the son of the 5th Baron Stanley of Alderley (who was also 5th Baron Sheffield and 4th Baron Eddisbury) (1875-1931) and Margaret Evelyn Gordon (1875-1964).
Edward Stanley, Lord Stanley (1894-1938) Edward Montagu Cavendish Stanley, Lord Stanley PC MC (9 July, 1894 – 16 October, 1938) was the eldest son of Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby and Alice Maude Olivia Montagu, daughter of William Drogo Montagu, 7th Duke of Manchester, and a Conservative politician before his early death (predeceasing his father) in 1938.
Edward Steichen Edward Steichen (March 27, 1879–March 25, 1973) was an American photographer, painter, and art gallery and museum curator, born in Bivange, Luxembourg. His family moved to the United States in 1881 and he became a naturalized citizen in 1900.
Edward Stephen Fogarty Fegen Edward Stephen Fogarty Fegen (VC, SGM (in silver)) an English VC recipient was (born Southsea, Hampshire on 8 October 1891, died Atlantic Ocean on 5 November 1940) was by birth an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Edward Stevenson Edward Stevenson (1820-1897) was a prominent Mormon missionary. He also served as a general authority in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints under Brigham Young, as one of the original seven presidents of the Seventy.
Edward Stevenson Browne Edward Stevenson Browne (VC, CB) (23 December 1852-16 July 1907) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Edward Sugden (methodist) Edward Holdsworth Sugden (19 June 1854 – 22 July 1935) was the first master of Queen's College (University of Melbourne). He was, in partnership with the Methodist Church, responsible for laying down the foundings of the college including the Sugden Principle.
Edward Summer Edward Summer is a true polymath. Over a forty-year period he has been an award winning painter, motion picture director, screenwriter, internet publisher, magazine editor, journalist and science writer, comic book writer, novelist, book designer, actor, cinematographer, motion picture editor, documentary film maker, film festival founder, and educator.
Edward Sutton, 2nd Baron Dudley Edward Sutton, 2nd Baron Dudley (~1460 - January 31, 1532) was an English nobleman, and the son of Edmund de Sutton (Kt of Dudley Castle, and Gatescombe). By the right of his wife Joice, Edmund had became Baron Tibetot and Cherlton.
Edward Sutton, 4th Baron Dudley Edward Sutton, 4th Baron Dudley (1525-July 12 1586) was the son of John Sutton, 3rd Baron Dudley and Lady Cicely Grey, and the grandson of Edmund Sutton, Knight of Dudley castle and Baron Tibertot and Cherleton (b 1425).
Edward the Confessor Edward the Confessor or Eadweard III (c. 1004 – 4 January 1066), son of Ethelred the Unready, was the penultimate Anglo-Saxon King of England and the last of the House of Wessex, ruling from 1042 until his death.
Edward the Exile Edward the Exile (1016 – February 1057), son of King Edmund Ironside and of Ealdgyth, gained the name of "Exile" from his life spent mostly far from the England of his forefathers. When only a few months old, he was supposedly sent by Canute the Great to be murdered in Denmark, rather than on English soil.
Edward Talbot Thackeray Sir Edward Talbot Thackeray VC, KCB (19 October, 1836—3 September, 1927) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Edward Talbot, 8th Earl of Shrewsbury Edward Talbot, 8th Earl of Shrewsbury and Waterford (February 25, 1561 – February 8, 1618), was the younger brother and nearest male heir of Gilbert Talbot, 7th Earl of Shrewsbury, whom he succeeded as Earl of Shrewsbury and Lord High Steward of Ireland in 1616.
Edward Taylor Scott Edward Taylor "Ted" Scott (15 November 1883 - 22 April 1932) was a British journalist, who was editor and briefly co-owner of the Manchester Guardian, and the younger son of its legendary editor-owner C. P.
Edward Thomas Noonan Edward Thomas Noonan (born October 23, 1861 in Macomb, McDonough County, Ill. - December 19, 1923, Chicago) was a Representative from Illinois; studied law in Chicago and was admitted to the bar in 1882; after admission to the bar was graduated from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1883 and commenced practice; member of the State senate 1890-1894; colonel on the staff of Governor Altgeld 1893-1897; attorney for the Board of West Chicago Park Commissioners 1893-1898; unsuccessful candidate for election to Congress in 1894 and 1896; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1899-March 3, 1901); was not a candidate for renomination in 1900; resumed the practice of law in Chicago, Ill.
Edward Thurlow, 1st Baron Thurlow Edward Thurlow, 1st Baron Thurlow, PC (9 December, 1731 – 12 September, 1806), was a British lawyer and Tory politician. He served as Lord Chancellor of Great Britain for fourteen years and under four Prime Ministers.
Edward Tilghman Middle School Staff The Following are staffed at the fictional Edward Tilghman Middle School of Baltimore, Maryland on the HBO drama The Wire. Ran by Principal Withers, and Vice Principal Donnelly, this is the main school looked at in Season 4 of The Wire.
Edward Tobinick Edward Lewis Tobinick is an American physician currently in full-time private practice in Los Angeles, California and he is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.UCLA Departments of Medicine and Family Medicine Clinical Faculty (Private Practice) Geographical Referral Roster Tobinick holds a number of patents regarding the use of medical lasers for hair removal and etanercept, a drug that inhibits tumor necrosis factor-alpha to decrease its role in various inflammatory diseases.
Edward Trach Edward Trach is an American television producer and graduate of Yale (Master of Fine Arts, class of 1958.) Although his reign at Procter and Gamble Productions as Executive in Charge of Production is often associated with the glory days of the P&G soaps, critics note that 3 PGP soap operas with a combined 65 years on the air were cancelled during his tenure.
Edward Travis Sir Edward Wilfred Harry Travis (24 September 1888 – 23 April 1956) was a British cryptographer and intelligence officer, becoming the operational head of Bletchley Park during World War II, and later the head of GCHQ.
Edward Troye Edward Troye, French painter of American blood horses (b. 1808 near Geneva, Switzerland - died July 25, 1874 in Georgetown, Kentucky), was born to Jean Baptiste de Troy, noted artist of the painting The Plague of Marseilles hung in the Louvre, Paris, France.
Edward Tsang Edward Tsang is a Computer Science professor at the University of Essex. He has a first degree in Business Administration (major in Finance), and an MSc and PhD in Computer Science He is also the Deputy Director of the Centre for Computational Finance and Economic Agents (CCFEA).
Edward Tuckerman Edward Tuckerman (December 7, 1817 - March 15, 1886) was a botanist and professor from Boston, Massachusetts who made significant contributions to the study of lichens and other alpine plants. The majority of his collecting was done on the slopes of Mount Washington in the White Mountains.
Edward Turner In 1902 Edward Turner was born in London, on the day King Edward VII was proclaimed King, IanChadwick Triumph Timeline 01 (Retrieved 26 November 2006),and died at home in his sleep on August 15, 1973. [http://www.
Edward Turnour, 6th Earl Winterton Edward Turnour, 6th Earl Winterton PC (4 April 1883 – 26 August 1962), known as Viscount Turnour until 1907, was an Irish peer and British politician in the first half of the twentieth century who achieved the rare distinction of serving as both Baby of the House and Father of the House at the opposite ends of his career in the House of Commons.
Edward Tyrrel Channing Edward Tyrrel Channing (1790-1856) was an American scholar, the brother of William Ellery Channing. He was educated at Harvard and began the practice of law in Boston, but devoted his attention chiefly to literature.
Edward Unwin Edward Unwin (VC, CB, CMG) (1864–19 April, 1950) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Edward vom hofe In the late 19th century, Edward vom Hofe (1839-1920), a New York watchmaker, machinist, fishing tackle builder and noted big game angler who outfitted the famous anglers of his generation, introduced his first two fly reels, starting his own business in 1867. Edward vom Hofe had become famous for his precision salt water big game bait and casting reels constructed of nickel silver and hard rubber (ebonite), along with a mysterious and recently discovered metal named aluminum.
Edward Vaizey Edward Henry Butler Vaizey (born June 5, 1968) is a British Conservative commentator, politician and columnist. He was elected Conservative Member of Parliament for the constituency of Wantage on May 2005, with 22,394 votes.
Edward Van Helgen Edward Van Helgen is a fictional character from the LucasArts Adventure Game The Curse of Monkey Island. Initially encountered working in a barbershop called the Barbery Coast, he later joins Guybrush Threepwood's pirate crew and travels to Blood Island.
Edward Vason Jones Edward Vason Jones (August 3, 1909 - 1980), a neoclassical architect and member of the Georgia School of Classicism, began his career in 1936 with the design and construction of the Gillionville Plantation near his hometown of Albany, Georgia. The project impressed Hal Hentz of the well-known Atlanta firm of Hentz, Reid, and Adler so much that he hired Jones as draftsman and superintendent of construction, despite his lack of formal training in architecture.
Edward Vick Edward Vick is multinational and multilingual by birth and life (born in Canada from an Austrian-Italian mother and an English father, having lived in America and England)He graduated in English Literature from Cambridge and then worked as a manager in tourism, marketing and insurance. Different fields - different experiences and skills, that enrich his biography, develop his stamina and business intuition.
Edward Villiers, 1st Earl of Jersey Edward Villiers, 1st Earl of Jersey (c. 1656 - 25 August 1711) son of Sir Edward Villiers (1620-1689), of Richmond upon Thames was created Baron Villiers and Viscount Villiers in 1691 and Earl of Jersey in 1697.
Edward VI of England Edward VI (12 October 1537 – 6 July 1553) became King of England, King of France (in practice only the town and surrounding district of Calais) and Ireland on 28 January 1547, and crowned on 20 February, at just nine years of age. Edward, the son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour, was the third monarch of the Tudor dynasty and England's first ruler who was Protestant at the time of his ascension to the throne.
Edward VII 2d Tyrian plum The two pence (2d) Tyrian plum is a postage stamp that was produced by Britain in 1910 as a replacement for the bi-coloured stamp which was in current use at the time. Its longer appellation was given as it bore the likeness of King Edward VII.
Edward VII of the United Kingdom Edward VII (Albert Edward; 9 November 1841 – 6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King of the Commonwealth Realms, and the Emperor of India. He was the son of Queen Victoria and was the first British monarch of the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
Edward VII Peninsula Edward VII Peninsula or King Edward VII Land or King Edward VII Peninsula or Kong Edward VII Land or König Edward VII Land is a large, ice-covered peninsula which forms the northwestern extremity of Marie Byrd Land and projects into the Ross Sea between Sulzberger Bay and the northeast corner of the Ross Ice Shelf. Edward VII Peninsula is defined by the Ross Ice Shelf on the southwest, Okuma Bay on the west, and to the east by Sulzberger Bay and the Saunders Coast, all essentially on the Ross Sea / Southern Ocean in Antarctica.
Edward VIII abdication crisis The abdication crisis of 1936 was precipitated by the desire of King Edward VIII of Great Britain, Ireland and the Commonwealth Dominions, to marry his mistress, Mrs Wallis Simpson, a twice-divorced American socialite. The unwillingness of the Commonwealth governments to accept Mrs Simpson as the King's consort eventually led to the abdication of the King, and the succession of his brother, George VI, to the throne.

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