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121Peder Griffenfeld — Peder Schumacher portrayed by Abraham Wuchters in 1672 Count Peder Griffenfeld (before ennoblement Peder Schumacher) (24 August 1635 – 12 March 1699) was a Danish statesman. Contents …
122Patrick Hepburn, 3rd Earl of Bothwell — (b. 1512 died September 1556 at Dumfries), was the son of Adam Hepburn, Lord Hailes, who died at the Battle of Flodden the year after Patrick s birth. Hepburn was known as the Fair Earl . He owed this more to his looks than his character, being… …
123Lord of the Isles — The designation Lord of the Isles ( gd. Triath nan Eilean or Rí Innse Gall), now a Scottish title of nobility, emerged from a series of hybrid Viking/Gaelic rulers of the west coast and islands of Scotland in the Middle Ages, who wielded sea… …
124Helmut Hirsch — Helmut (Helle) Hirsch (January 27, 1916 – June 4, 1937) was a German Jew who was executed for his part in a bombing plot intended to destabilize the German Reich. Although a full and accurate account of the plot is unknown, his targets were… …
125History of Montreal — The human history of Montreal, located in Quebec, Canada, spans some 8,000 years and started with the Algonquin, Huron, and Iroquois tribes of North America. Jacques Cartier became the first European to reach the area now known as Montreal in… …
126Peerage law — The British Peerage is governed by a body of law that has developed over several centuries. Precedents established by several important cases form most of this body of law. Several of the more significant cases will be addressed below.Peerage… …
127Lord George Gordon — (26 December, 1751 ndash; 12 November, 1793) was a politician in the United Kingdom best known for lending his name to the so called Gordon Riots of 1780. A colourful personality, he was born into the Scottish nobility and became a member of… …
128Counter-revolutionary — A counter revolutionary is anyone who opposes a revolution, particularly those who act after a revolution to try to overturn or reverse it, in full or in part. The adjective, counterrevolutionary , pertains to movements that would restore the… …
