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    Sir John Eldon Gorst, PC, KC, FRS (24 May 1835 – 4 April 1916) was a British lawyer and politician. He served as Solicitor-General for England from 1885...
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    Sir John Eldon Gorst GCMG KCB (born John Lowndes Gorst; 25 June 1861 – 12 July 1911) was a British diplomat and colonial administrator. He was British...
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  • John Gorst may refer to: John Eldon Gorst (1835–1916), Conservative politician John Gorst (Hendon North MP) (1928–2010), Conservative MP for Hendon North...
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  • bird-imitator Derek Gorst (1903–1981), British actor Eldon Gorst, KCB (1861–1911), Consul-General in Egypt from 1907 to 1911 Ian Gorst (born 1969), the Chief...
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  • great-grandson of Sir John Eldon Gorst. Gorst married Noël Rossana, a ballerina, in 1954.[citation needed] "Obituary: Sir John Gorst". The Daily Telegraph...
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    efforts of party manager John Eldon Gorst to put the administration of the Conservative Party on a modern basis. On Gorst's advice, Disraeli gave a speech...
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  • Free Traders were concentrated in university constituencies, led by John Eldon Gorst, who had been previously elected as a Conservative Party M.P. but had...
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    despite endorsements by Tory Democrats Lord Randolph Churchill and John Eldon Gorst, the government was unwilling to grant Chamberlain its full support...
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    has given Christchurch the name of The Garden City. A British lawyer John Eldon Gorst, stated that Christchurch reminded him of the garden cities in England...
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    Richard Baggallay 1874 Sir John Holker 1874–1875 Sir Hardinge Giffard 1875–1880 Sir Farrer Herschell 1880–1885 Sir John Eldon Gorst 1885–1886 Sir Horace Davey...
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  • university member of parliament: he was neither the son of a peer, like the Hon. John Townshend, the Marquess of Granby, and Grafton's own son the Earl of Euston...
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    plagued by accusations of electoral corruption, and was succeeded by John Eldon Gorst. At Disraeli's instigation, Spofforth was appointed a Senior Taxing...
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    2021. "Rt Hon Ed Balls". UK Parliament. Retrieved 30 July 2021. "Rt Hon John Denham". UK Parliament. Retrieved 30 July 2021. "Rt Hon Michael Gove MP"...
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    of Cecil Spring Rice and Edward Grey. Spring Rice contributed, alongside John William Mackail, to the composition of a famous sardonic doggerel about Curzon...
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    Minister The Marquess of Salisbury Arthur Balfour Preceded by Sir John Eldon Gorst Succeeded by The Marquess of Londonderry Lord President of the Council...
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    associated with Lord Randolph Churchill, Sir Henry Drummond Wolff and John Gorst. This quartet became known as the "Fourth Party" and gained notoriety...
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    George Stokes to 1892 John Eldon Gorst from 1892 Preceded by Henry Cecil Raikes George Stokes Succeeded by Samuel Henry Butcher John Frederick Peel Rawlinson...
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    Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (category Knights of Justice of the Order of St John)
    Kitchener (1805–1894) and Frances Anne Chevallier (1826–1864); daughter of John Chevallier, a clergyman, of Aspall Hall, and his third wife, Elizabeth (née...
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    29 MPs and Keir Hardie as leader. The Irish Parliamentary Party, led by John Redmond, achieved its seats with a relatively low number of votes, as 73...
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    remained in power with the support of the Irish Parliamentary Party, led by John Redmond. Another general election was soon held in December. The Labour Party...
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    was illegitimate. His natural father was Edward Chaddock Gorst, the father of John Eldon Gorst. His mother, Margaret "Peggy" Frankland, later married William...
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    to agriculture. Immediately prior to invasion in 1864, magistrate, John Eldon Gorst, wrote, "The land around Rangiaowhia and Te Awamutu, extending to and...
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    constituency instead of Cambridge. By-election triggered by the appointment of John Mortlock to office. By-election triggered by the appointment of James Whorwood...
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    1885 Solicitor General John Eldon Gorst 2 Jul 1885 Judge Advocate General William Thackeray Marriott 13 Jul 1885 Lord Advocate John Macdonald 2 Jul 1885...
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  • Caird (1816–1892) The Lord Morris (1826–1901) Sir John Lubbock, Bt (1834–1913) Sir John Eldon Gorst (1835–1916) Sir William Field (1813–1907) The Earl...
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  • Gorman Donald Gorrie John Eldon Gorst Bryan Gould Michael Gove Ian Gow Sir James Graham, 2nd Baronet Bernie Grant George Grant John Grant William Grantham...
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  • Earl Cawdor 1910: The Earl of Derby 1911: The Duke of Portland 1867: John Eldon Gorst MP 1868: Viscount Holmesdale MP (later became Earl Amherst) 1869 -...
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    this first attracted his attention to waves". John and George were always close, and George lived with John while attending school in Dublin. Of all his...
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  • Teresa Gorman; MP for Billericay (1987–1994; 1995–2001) John Eldon Gorst John Michael Gorst Frederick Gough Henry Goulburn Michael Gove; MP for Surrey...
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    Liberal: Frederick Llewellyn-Jones * Cox was replaced as Liberal candidate by Gorst - due to his frequent criticism of Liberal social policy - but chose to...
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