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41Rowland Hill (postal reformer) — Sir Rowland Hill KCB, FRS (December 3, 1795 August 27, 1879) was a British teacher and social reformer. He campaigned for a comprehensive reform of the postal system, based on the concept of penny postage, and later served as a government postal… …
42Cardwell Reforms — The Cardwell Reforms refer to a series of reforms of the British Army undertaken by Secretary of State for War (and former soldier) Edward Cardwell between 1868 and 1874.BackgroundThe starting point was a Royal Commission in 1858, established in… …
43William Vaughan (philanthropist) — William Vaughan (died c. May 1580) was an English landowner, farmer and philanthropist who lived in the mid 16th century in the Dartford and Erith area of north west Kent. [He describes himself in his will as I Willyam Vaughan of Erythe in the… …
44National Insurance Act 1911 — Parliament of the United Kingdom Long title ... Statute book chapter 1911 c …
45Sunny Spells and Scattered Showers — Infobox Album Name = Sunny Spells and Scattered Showers Type = Album Artist = Solas Released = May 20, 1997 Recorded = Genre = Celtic Length = 55:38 Label = Shanachie Producer = Johnny Cunningham Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|4|5… …
46Téada — is a traditional Irish music group from Ireland. The band comprises five members. The members are Oisín Mac Diarmada who plays the fiddle and sings vocals, Paul Finn on button accordion, Damien Stenson on the flutes and various whistles, Seán Mc… …
47Liberal welfare reforms — The Liberal welfare reforms (1906 1914 [http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/history/mwh/britain/liberalreformsrev1.shtml BBC GCSE Bitesize History | Modern World History | Britain 1905 1951 | The Liberal reforms 1906 1914 ] ] ) collectively …
48Billy Bones — is a fictional character, a pirate in the first section of Robert Louis Stevenson s novel Treasure Island . toryBilly Bones appears at the very outset of the story with a mysterious sea chest, looking for a wayside inn with a view of the sea but… …
49Robert Wardell — (1793cite web |url=http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A020521b.htm |title=Wardell, Robert (1793 1834) |accessdate=2007 08 14 |author=C. H. Currey |work=Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 2 |publisher=MUP |year=1966 |pages=pp 570–572]… …
50Shilling (British coin) — In the United Kingdom, a shilling was a coin used from the reign of Henry VII until decimalisation in 1971. Before decimalisation there were twenty shillings to the pound and twelve pence to the shilling, and thus 240 pence to the pound. At… …
