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71John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey — (October 13, 1696 ndash; August 5, 1743), English courtier and political writer and memoirist, was the eldest son of John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol, by his second wife, Elizabeth. He was known by the title Lord Hervey from 1723, upon the death… …
72Order of Our Lady of the Good Death — The Sisterhood of Our Lady of the Good Death (Irmandade da Nossa Senhora da Boa Morte) is a small but renowned Afro Catholic religious group in the state of Bahia, Brazil. Founded in the early 19th century as a Church sponsored beneficent… …
73Prince Octavio Piccolomini, Duke of Amalfi — Prince Octavio Piccolomini, 1st Duke of Amalfi (November 11, 1599 August 11, 1656), Austrian Generalfeldmarschall , was born in Florence, and carried a pike in the Spanish service at the age of sixteen.Two years later, on the outbreak of the… …
74William Petre — Sir William Petre (circa 1505 – 1572) was born in Devon in 1505 and educated as a lawyer at Exeter College, Oxford. He became a public servant, probably through the influence of the Boleyns, one of whom, George, he had tutored at Oxford and… …
75Alexander Mikhailovich Gorchakov — (16 July 1798ndash 11 March 1883) was a Russian statesman from the Gorchakov princely family. He has an enduring reputation as one of the most influential and respected diplomats of the nineteenth century. From 1867 to 1883 he was state… …
76Charles Cowper — Sir Charles Cowper KCMG 2nd Premier of New South Wales In office 26 August 1856 – 2 October 1856 …
77Suraj Mal of Bharatpur — Maharaja Suraj Mal (1707 ndash;1763) (Devanagari:महाराजा सूरज मल) was ruler of Bharatpur in Rajasthan in India. He has been described by a contemporary historian as the Plato of the Jat people and by a modern writer as the Jat Ulysses , because… …
78The Well of Loneliness — infobox Book | name = The Well of Loneliness title orig = translator = image caption = Cover of the first edition author = Radclyffe Hall cover artist = country = United Kingdom language = English publisher = Jonathan Cape genre = Novel release… …
79Hotshot — A hotshot can refer to:* Said of a person, it may indicate a skilled performer in a sport (such as golf, basketball or baseball) that involves shooting or aiming, or more generally a skilled workman. As a slang term, it designates a skillful,… …
80Carl Gustaf Tessin — Portrait of Count Tessin by the French painter Louis Tocqué, 1741. Carl G …
