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1 day ago · The Chancellor of the Exchequer, often abbreviated to Chancellor, [3] is a senior minister of the Crown within His Majesty's Government, and head of His Majesty's Treasury. As one of the four Great Offices of State, the chancellor is a high-ranking member of the British Cabinet . Responsible for all economic and financial matters, the role is ...
1 day ago · 28 July 1863. An Act for providing a further Sum towards defraying the Expenses of constructing Fortifications for the Protection of the Royal Arsenals and Dockyards and the Ports of Dover and Portland, and of erecting a Central Arsenal. Public Works and Fisheries Acts Amendment Act 1863 [3] 26 & 27 Vict. c. 81.
1 day ago · Labour government, 1964–1970. Harold Wilson was appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom by Queen Elizabeth II on 16 October 1964 and formed the first Wilson ministry, a Labour government, which held office with a thin majority between 1964 and 1966. In an attempt to gain a workable majority in the House of Commons, Wilson called a new ...
1 day ago · Glasgow Herald. No. 12248. Glasgow. 25 March 1879. ^ "Launch of a New York Liner at Hull". Leeds Mercury. No. 12279. Leeds. 26 March 1879. ^ "Launch of a New York Liner in Hull". Hull Packet.
1 day ago · Early years, 1239–1263 Childhood and marriage Early fourteenth-century manuscript initial showing Edward and his first wife Eleanor of Castile. The artist has perhaps tried to depict Edward's blepharoptosis (drooping eyelid), a trait he inherited from his father. Edward was born at the Palace of Westminster on the night of 17–18 June 1239, to King Henry III and Eleanor of Provence. Edward ...
1 day ago · San Narciso hurricane: The steamship sank at Saint Thomas, Danish West Indies. She was driven into the gridiron, on which her crew escaped just before she sank in 35 feet of water. Just after she sank, British Empire ( United Kingdom) struck the same place and sank on top of her, both reported destroyed at the time.
1 day ago · Lewes ( / ˈluːɪs / ⓘ) is the county town of East Sussex, England. [note 1] The town is the administrative centre of the wider district of the same name and the location of East Sussex County Council at the county hall . A traditional market town and centre of communications, in 1264 it was the site of the Battle of Lewes.
