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1 day ago · Richard Long, 3rd Viscount Long MP for Westbury 1927–31. Son of Walter, 1st Viscount Long. Richard Long, 4th Viscount Long Conservative Opposition Whip in 1974 and Lord-in-Waiting from 1979 to 1997. Son of Richard above. George Gibbs, 1st Baron Wraxall MP for Bristol West 1906–1928, Government Whip 1917–21. Son-in-law of Walter, 1st ...
1 day ago · Fleetwood Mac are a British-American rock band formed in London in 1967 by guitarist and singer Peter Green. [ 6] Green recruited drummer Mick Fleetwood, guitarist and singer Jeremy Spencer and bassist Bob Brunning, with John McVie replacing Brunning a few weeks after the band's first public appearance at the 1967 National Jazz & Blues Festival ...
1 day ago · 1792 – Richard Arkwright, English engineer and businessman (b. 1732) [91] 1797 – Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, English field marshal and politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1717) [92] 1805 – Christopher Anstey, English author and poet (b. 1724) [93] 1835 – Wenzel Müller, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1767) [94]
1 day ago · 5 July. Results of the 2024 United Kingdom general election : Sir Keir Starmer becomes the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, following a landslide victory for Labour in the general election. [ 586][ 587] The Conservatives are reduced to just 121 seats, the lowest number of MPs in their 190-year history.