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1Woolsack — The Woolsack is the seat of the Lord Speaker in the House of Lords, the Upper House of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. From the Middle Ages until 2006, the presiding officer in the House of Lords was the Lord Chancellor and the Woolsack was …
2woolsack — /ˈwʊlsæk/ (say woolsak) noun 1. (in Britain) the seat of the speaker (formerly the Lord Chancellor) in the House of Lords, originally made of a large, square, cloth covered bag of wool. 2. (formerly) the office of the Lord Chancellor. 3. a sack… …
3G. K.'s Weekly — was a British publication founded in 1925 (pilot edition late 1924) by G. K. Chesterton, continuing until his death in 1936. It contained much of his later journalism, and extracts from it were published as The Outline of Sanity. Contents 1… …
4Barbara Wootton, Baroness Wootton of Abinger — CH (1897 ndash; July 11 1988) was a British sociologist and criminologist. She was one of the first four life peers appointed under the Life Peerages Act 1958.Born Barbara Adam, she was educated at the Perse School for Girls. She studied Classics …
5Irish Houses of Parliament — The Irish Houses of Parliament ( ga. Tithe na Parlaiminte, also known as the Irish Parliament House, today called the Bank of Ireland, College Green due to its modern day use as a branch of the bank) is the world s first purpose built two chamber …
6Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden — The Right Honourable The Earl Camden Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden by Nathaniel Dance …
7Irish House of Lords — The Irish House of Lords (Irish; Teach na dTiarnai ) was the upper house of the Parliament of Ireland that existed from mediæval times until 1800. It was abolished along with the Irish House of Commons by the Act of Union.The House of Lords was… …
8Royal Assent — The granting of Royal Assent is the formal method by which a constitutional monarch completes the legislative process of lawmaking by formally assenting to an Act of Parliament. While the power to withhold Royal Assent was once exercised often,… …
9John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon — The Right Honourable The Viscount Simon GCSI GCVO OBE PC Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain …
10House of Lords — This article is about the British House of Lords. For other uses, see House of Lords (disambiguation). The Right Honourable the Lords Spiritual and Temporal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Parliament assembled …
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