Nancy Astor was the first elected female MP to take up her seat in Parliament (1919). She was the Conservative MP for Plymouth Sutton until 1945. Margaret Bondfield was the first woman to hold a ministerial position in government. She was then promoted by Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald in 1929 as the Minister for Labour, also making her the first female member of the cabinet. Margaret Thatcher was the longest serving prime minister of the 20th century. Baroness Janet Mary Young was the first woman to hold the role of Leader of the House of Lords. The Leader of the House of Lords is responsible for organising House business and representing the House of Lords on formal occasions. The first and only female Speaker of the House of Commons was Betty Boothroyd. The Speaker keeps order and oversees the business of the House of Commons. Baroness Hale of Richmond was appointed as a Law Lord in 2004. She is still the most senior female judge in the UK
(meeting places) from which women were often barred -- even women of her social standing. Also scandalous was Sand's smoking tobacco in public. These and other behaviors were exceptional for a woman of the early and mid-19th century, when social codes were of the utmost importance. As a consequence of many untraditional aspects of her lifestyle, Sand was obliged (kohustatud) to relinquish (loovutama) some of the privileges appertaining (juurde kuuludes) to a baroness. Poet Charles Baudelaire was a contemporary critic of George Sand: "She is stupid, heavy and garrulous (lobisev). Her ideas on morals have the same depth of judgment and delicacy of feeling as those of janitresses and kept women.... The fact that there are men who could become enamoured of this slut is indeed a proof of the abasement of the men of this generation." Relationships Sand had affairs with Jules Sandeau (1831), Prosper Mérimée, Alfred de Musset, Louis-
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How has Margaret Thatcher affected Britain Margaret Thatcher is former British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and leader of the conservative party from 1975 to 1990. She is the first and only woman to hold either post. Since her resignation, Thatcher has remained active in the politics of the United Kingdom, as well as the world. She was raised to the House of Lords by the conferment of a life peerage as Baroness Thatcher. Margaret Thatcher has affected Britain in many ways. Thatcher was committed to reducing the power of the trades unions. Several unions launched strikes in response to legislation introduced to curb their power, but these actions eventually collapsed, and gradually Thatcher's reforms reduced the power and influence of the unions. Also, though an early backer of decriminalization of male homosexuality, Thatcher, at the 1987
Famous sights and people of England Kaspar Rätsep G1a Famous persons Kings & Queens: Queen Elizabeth I, Queen Victoria, Queen Elizabeth II, Henry VIII Politicians: Winston Churchil, Baroness Margaret Thatcher Writers & Poets: William Shakespeare, Daniel Defoe, Charles Dickens, Rudyard Kipling, Dame Agatha Christie Philosophers &Economists: Francis Bacon, John Locke Inventors & Scientists: Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin Actors,Actresses & Filmmakers: Sir Charlie Chaplin, Dame Elizabethe Taylor, AlfredHitchock, Hugh Grant, Orlando Bloom, KeiraKnightley, Daniel Radcliffe Musicians & Singers: Sir Elton John,Phil Collins,George Michael,Robbie Williams King Henry VIII
unemployment (which nearly tripled in her first two terms), high interest rates and increased class differentiation, as well as growth of the underclass. Resignation Despite winning the general election in 1987, Thatcher resigned in November 1990 because of increasing opposition concerning her economic policies. She held a parliamentary seat as a representative of Finchely until 1992, when she did not stand for re-election. In 1992 she entered the House of Lords and was mad a Baroness Thatcher. Since her resignation, Thatcher has remained active in the politics of the United Kingdom, as well as the world. Thatcher had already been honoured by the Queen in 1990, shortly after her resignation as Prime Minister with the Order of Merit, one of the UK's highest distinctions. Interesting facts Margaret Thatcher has got a number of honours: · Lady of the Most Noble Order of the Garter (LG) · Member of the Order of Merit (OM)
The French Revolution was accomplished before it happened. The Marseillaise was the theme song of the French Revolution, and it catapulted into Napoleon. During the Napoleonic Wars, the crowned heads of Europe were trembling in their shoes. Then the Spanish gorrilas came down from the hills and nipped at Napoleon's flanks. Napoleon became ill with bladder problems and was very tense and unrestrained. He wanted an heir to inheret his power, but since Josephine was a baroness, she couldn't bear him any children. The sun never set on the British Empire because the British Empire is in the East and the sun sets in the West. Queen Victoria was the longest queen. She sat on a thorn for 63 years. He reclining years and finally the end of her life were exemplatory of a great personality. Her death was the final event which ended her reign. The nineteenth century was a time of many great inventions and thoughts. The invention of the steamboat caused
mujalt maailmast. 19. sajandi keskpaigast alates on selles muuseumis näidatud Egiptuse muuseumi ning esi- ja varaajaloo muuseumi kogusid. Aastakümneid Ida- ja Lääne-Berliinis eri muuseumides laiali olnud kogusid. 8. Mida tead Solomon Guggenheimist? Sündinud 1861. aasta veebruaris. Suri novembris 1949. Solomon Robert Guggenheimi huvitas esteetiline modernism ning abstraktse kunsti edendamiseks loodi 1937.aastal Solomon R. Guggenheimi fond. 1927.aastal kohtus ta saksa naiskunstniku baroness Hilla Rebay von Ehrenwieseniga. Ta äratas Solomonis entusiasmi moodsa kunsti osas, sest tema meelest oli sellel suur tulevik. Ta tutvustas Guggenheimile oma kunstnikest sõpru, kellega Guggenheim läbi hakkas saama. Guggenheim hakkas ostma nende töid. Rebay veenis teda kunsti massiliselt kokku ostma. Seda ka Guggenheim tegi. 1937.aastal veenis Rebay Guggenheimi muuseumi asutamise vajaduses. Nii püstitati spiraalikujuline Guggenheimi muuseum New Yorgis. Rebay asus muuseumi direktori kohale
juuni 2003 Sotimaa riigisekretär Helen Liddell september 2003 Wales'i Esimene Minister Rhodri Morgan mai 2004 Londoni lordmeer Alderman Robert Finch oktoober 2004 tööhõive minister Gerry Sutcliffe Juuli 2005 Euroopa asjade minister Douglas Alexander detsember 2005 peaminister Tony Blair oktoober 2006 Kuninganna Elizabeth II ja prints Philip; välisminister Margaret Beckett september 2007 tööhõive minister Pat McFadden kaitseminister Baroness Taylor november 2008 Lisa1 Inglismaal väärtesemeid varastanud eestlased pandi vangi Inglismaal kullassepaärisid röövinud eestlased pandi pikaks ajaks vangi. Inglise politsei kahtlustab, et samad mehed on osalenud ka röövretkes mujal Euroopa riikide juveeliärides. 05.08.2009 Terrorirünnakuid kavandanud britid mõisteti eluks ajaks vangi 14.09.2009 15:31
Greystone) 8. baron 1. барон (титул; низшая степень сословия пэров; в отличие от более высоких титулов бароны обыкновенно именуются просто лордами) 2. the barons (B.) ист. пэры, лорды; высшая феодальная знать baroness 1. баронесса (жена или вдова барона) 2. (baroness in her own right) баронесса в своем праве, баронесса по себе (с 1963 г. имеет право быть членом Палаты лордов; обыкновенно баронессы именуются Lady, напр., Lady Thatcher – экс-
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