Sir James Spens (died 1632) was a Scottish adventurer, soldier and diplomat, much concerned with Scandinavian and Baltic affairs, and an important figure...
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James Spens may refer to: James Spens (British Army officer) (1853–1934), English cricketer James Spens (diplomat) (died 1632), Scottish adventurer and...
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Thomas Spens [de Spens] (c. 1415–15 April 1480), Scottish statesman and prelate, received his education at Edinburgh, was the second son of John de Spens, custodian...
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Spens or SPENS may refer to: Clan Spens, a kindred from the Scottish Lowlands Baron Spens, a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Spens (musician)...
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domestic servants. His second wife was Isobella Spens, from a Fife family, a relation of the diplomat James Spens of Wormiston. He went to live in Fife in later...
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Fettes College (redirect from Michael Spens)
described Fettes as "the Eton of the North". Former headmaster Michael Spens jokingly countered on a BBC documentary that "Eton College was the Fettes...
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campaign. These included General Sir James Spens of Wormiston, Lieutenant General Patrick Ruthven, Lieutenant General James King and Field Marshal Alexander...
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New York City, the son of Peter Haden-Guest, a British United Nations diplomat who later became the 4th Baron Haden-Guest, and his second wife, the former...
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Axel Oxenstierna (category Swedish diplomats)
he would regularly receive correspondence in Scots from his agent Sir James Spens, and he ventured into the language himself for an official letter to...
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and diplomat. Robert Anstruther was a son of James Anstruther (d. 1606) and Jean Scott of Abbotshall. He was from Anstruther in Fife, Scotland. James Anstruther...
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Leslie Frederic Scott, Lord Justice of Appeal and Liberal MP Patrick Spens, 1st Baron Spens, Chief Justice of India Roger John Laugharne Thomas, Baron Thomas...
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Diane Abbott (redirect from James Abbott Thompson)
Grassroot Diplomat Initiative Award in 2015 for her work on London Schools and the Black Child, and remains in the directory of the Grassroot Diplomat Who's...
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former United States Representative Petr Kolář, Czech diplomat Joseph LeBaron, American diplomat Trent Lott, former United States Senator Jim Matheson...
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president of the Law Society of Scotland and senior partner in Maclay Murray & Spens Lord Roger of Earlsferry, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary Alexander Ure, 1st...
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be traced back as far as the thirteenth century, including "Sir Patrick Spens" and "Thomas the Rhymer", but which are not known to have existed until...
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Wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Frederick V of the Palatinate (category Court of James VI and I)
stay at St James' Palace. They were both sixteen years old when they married. Ambassadors attempted to gain advantage over rival diplomats by securing...
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William Elphinstone (category Court of James IV of Scotland)
left office, and retired to Aberdeen. As a diplomat, his services were quickly required by the new king, James IV of Scotland, in whose interests he visited...
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Alexander Dugin killed by car bomb in Moscow". TheGuardian.com. Kilner, James (2 April 2023). "Russian propagandist killed in explosion at St Petersburg...
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Newall and his wife Olivia, and has served as a soldier, staff officer, diplomat, politician, legislator, businessman, and representative of the Crown in...
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L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z See also Adam Wood (born 1955), British diplomat Adrian H. Wood, American educator and writer Aimee Lou Wood, English actress...
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British Olympic Association 2005 James Salter, 1st Baron Salter Brasenose and All Souls Patrick Spens, 1st Baron Spens New College Toby Low, 1st Baron...
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Bengt Skytte (category Swedish diplomats)
Uppsala, aged 10. In 1629, he, with Schering Rosenhane, accompanied Sir James Spens to court in London, where he was knighted by Charles I of England. Skytte...
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Patrick Vans, Lord Barnbarroch (category Court of James VI and I)
the gentlemen of the chamber to King James. The voyage to Denmark may be connected with the ballad "Sir Patrick Spens". Patrick Vaus married Elizabeth Kennedy...
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Lichtenberg in the northern part of Alsace (b. 1416) April 14 – Thomas de Spens, Scottish statesman and prelate (b. c. 1415) May 10 – Philipp I, Count of...
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Isobel Hoppar (category Court of James V of Scotland)
widow in 1536. In 1538 she was pursuing a legal dispute with James Spens, a servant of James V. The King asked the judges to delay proceedings until he...
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philosopher Janet Souto (born 1967), Spanish professional tennis player Janet Spens (1876–1963), Scottish literary scholar Janet Sprent (born 1934), British...
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James Francis Lindsay, 3rd Baron Lindsay of Birker (born 29 January 1945), is an Australian former diplomat. Lindsay is the only son of Michael Lindsay...
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generals Ormonde Winter, Julian Tyndale-Biscoe, Roland Erskine-Tulloch, James Spens and Thomas Pilcher; admirals Edmund Fremantle, Reginald Tupper and William...
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Scotland in the early modern period (section James V)
be traced back as far as the thirteenth century, including "Sir Patrick Spens" and "Thomas the Rhymer", but which are not known to have existed until...
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1922) 23 November Margaret Burton, actress (born 1924) William Spens, 2nd Baron Spens, peer (born 1914) 27 November – George Howard, Baron Howard of Henderskelfe...
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