The Primrose League was an organisation for spreading Conservative principles in Great Britain. It was founded in 1883. At a late point in its existence...
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Primula vulgaris (redirect from English Primrose)
primrose, is a species of flowering plant in the family Primulaceae, native to Eurasia. The common name is primrose, or occasionally common primrose or...
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Primrose may refer to: Primula vulgaris, commonly known as the primrose (also called the common primrose or English primrose) many other species of the...
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1883: Conservative Primrose League formed. 1884: Third Reform Act – Male electorate doubled to 5 million. 1889: Women's Franchise League established. 1894:...
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Primrose Day marked the anniversary of the death of the British statesman and prime minister Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, on 19 April 1881...
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(1849–1918) was a British Conservative who was one of the Primrose League's leading advocates. The league would influence elections and with her as treasurer...
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supported the Conservative Party. From the formation of the local Primrose League, he was its secretary and later its treasurer. He also served as Vicar's...
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for her subsequent lifetime of back problems. She also joined the Primrose League and attended local Conservative Party meetings. Aside from the local...
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English civilisation, our taste and our morals". He was Chairman of the Primrose League General Purposes Committee from 1971 to 1985. In foreign affairs, Stokes...
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nineteenth century with the phenomenal success of the Conservative-aligned Primrose League. At first it proved highly successful, with Whitaker's Almanack reporting...
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address conferences on behalf of the Primrose League. In May 1926 he addressed junior member of the Primrose League, praising the junior branches' work...
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Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, 1st Earl of Midlothian (7 May 1847 – 21 May 1929) was a British Liberal Party politician who served as...
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000. Over 50% of houses in Primrose Sands are unoccupied most of the year. The town is home to an Returned and Services League of Australia club, community...
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Chicago-based George F. Root. It was also a popular song with adherents of the Primrose League in England, and was a central part of Victoria Day celebrations in...
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considerable disorder after 1880, and was an active promoter of the Primrose League, which owed its origin to the inspiration of one of his own “fourth...
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but did not extend to Scotland. 1883: Conservative Primrose League formed. "The Primrose League was the first political organisation to give women the...
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also to women, hundreds of thousands of whom were organised by the Primrose League. Women's suffrage was not on the agenda. The abolition of the House...
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Non League Scotland. Retrieved 20 April 2022. "Crossgates Primrose". Non League Scotland. Retrieved 20 April 2022. "Heriot-Watt Uni". Non League Scotland...
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Horticultural Society of Ireland, the Irish Unionist Alliance, and the Primrose League. His barony became extinct at his death, but the baronetcy devolved...
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Bob Wilson (footballer, born 1941) (redirect from Robert Primrose Wilson)
Robert Primrose Wilson OBE (born 30 October 1941) is a former Scotland international football goalkeeper and later broadcaster / anchorman. As a player...
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and Nevill families. She was a founding member of the Conservative Primrose League, collected art, and cultivated a social network of talented friends...
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for eight years. Lady Sawyer founded the Ladywood Habitation of the Primrose League in 1886 and served as its ruling councillor until 1914. In November...
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Conservative, she served as Dame President of the Woking Habitation of the Primrose League and was a founding member of the Conservative and Unionist Women's...
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his brother Atholl Monson Forbes. He was a staunch supporter of the Primrose League. Forbes, Horace Courtenay Gammell (1883). Shall we have a Channel tunnel...
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signature campaign was largely organised through the Primrose League and Walter Long's Union Defence League. By the middle of the summer, two million signatures...
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and other crafts. In the 1880s and 1890s she was also active in the Primrose League, an organisation supporting Conservative principles, which held summer...
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2024–25 Lowland Football League, beating Dalbeattie Star in the Lowland League play-off. Broxburn Athletic Crossgates Primrose Dunbar United Dundonald...
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concerns. Noble's politics were conservative, being a member of the Primrose League. In 1894 she was the inaugural vice-chair of the newly formed Bampton...
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Neil James Archibald Primrose MC PC (14 December 1882 – 15 November 1917) was a British Liberal politician and soldier. The second son of Prime Minister...
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