The Defence of the Realm Act 1914 (4 & 5 Geo. 5. c. 29) (DORA) was passed in the United Kingdom on 8 August 1914, four days after the country entered...
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Defence of the Realm is a 1986 British political thriller film directed by David Drury, starring Gabriel Byrne, Greta Scacchi, and Denholm Elliott, with...
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The Defence of the Realm: The Authorized History of MI5, published in the United States as Defend the Realm, is an authorised history of the British Security...
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Defence of the Realm might refer to: Defence of the Realm, a 1985 political thriller film Defence of the Realm, a 1996 documentary about the workings of...
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MI5 (redirect from The Intelligence Organization for National Security of England)
official history titled The Defence of the Realm: The Authorized History of MI5, written by Christopher Andrew, Professor of Modern and Contemporary History...
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The Defence of the Realm Act 1798 (38 Geo. 3. c. 27) was an Act passed by the Parliament of Great Britain "to enable His Majesty more effectually to provide...
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A Commonwealth realm is one of a group of sovereign states within the Commonwealth of Nations that have the same person, currently Charles III, as their...
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as "Defence Regulations") as appear to him to be necessary or expedient for securing the public safety, the defence of the realm, the maintenance of public...
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and laws for the "defence of the realm". The minister is responsible, through the tenets of responsible government, to Parliament for "the management and...
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Denholm Elliott (category Commanders of the Order of the British Empire)
Function (1984) and Defence of the Realm (1986), and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Mr. Emerson in A Room...
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the British Defence of the Realm Acts, and granted the Executive very wide powers of preventive detention, internment without trial, restriction of writing...
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shortfalls, the government passed legislation such as the Defence of the Realm Act 1914, to give it new powers. The war saw a move away from the idea of "business...
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Thames House (category Grade II listed buildings in the City of Westminster)
Christopher (2009). The Defence of the Realm: The Authorized History of MI5. Allen Lane. p. 134. ISBN 978-0-713-99885-6. "The Secret Architecture of London". Geocities...
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The Danish Realm, officially the Kingdom of Denmark, or simply Denmark, is a sovereign state consisting of a collection of constituent territories united...
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Roger Hollis (category Companions of the Order of the Bath)
his book The Defence of the Realm: The Authorized History of MI5 (2009), the Cambridge historian Christopher Andrew rejects this theory. The government's...
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Workers' Dreadnought (redirect from The Workers' Dreadnought)
Defence of the Realm Act for publishing articles "calculated and likely to cause sedition among His Majesty's forces, in the Navy, and among the civilian...
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2011), p. 66. Andrew, The Defence of the Realm, p. 181. Andrew, The Defence of the Realm, pp. 181–182. Andrew, The Defence of the Realm, p. 182. "Graham Stevenson...
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Limerick Soviet (category Military actions and engagements during the Irish War of Independence)
declaration of a "Special Military Area" under the Defence of the Realm Act, which covered most of Limerick city and a part of the county. The soviet ran the city...
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The Defence of the Realm Act 1803 (43 Geo. 3 c. 55) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Act was bought before the House of Commons...
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Attorney-General v De Keyser's Royal Hotel Ltd (category Constitution of the United Kingdom)
purposes connected with the defence of the realm without paying compensation. It is the authority for the statement that the royal prerogative is placed...
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the operation of the order can no longer remain suspended without detriment to the public safety or the defence of the realm. (3) For the purposes of...
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Evening Standard. Archived from the original on 12 January 2010. Christopher Andrew (2009). The Defence of the Realm. Penguin. p. 616. ISBN 978-0-14-102330-4...
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Defence of the Realm (1985). Space: 1999 (1975-1976) Doctor Who (1970-1978) The Protectors (1973) The Thirty Nine Steps (1978) Defence of the Realm (1985)...
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highlighted the savagery of the Germans, condemning Schwieger as a war criminal. Thanks to the Defence of the Realm Act, matters relating to the ship's cargo were...
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Danegeld (redirect from The Danegeld)
the standing army, for the defence of the realm, was known as heregeld (army-tax). In England, a hide was notionally an area of land sufficient to support...
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John Maclean (Scottish socialist) (redirect from John Maclean's Speech From the Dock)
socialist of the Red Clydeside era. He was notable for his outspoken opposition to World War I, which caused his arrest under the Defence of the Realm Act and...
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Gabriel Byrne (category Critics of the Catholic Church)
thriller Defence of the Realm, though he subsequently claimed he had been upstaged by his co-star, veteran actor Denholm Elliott: "I amended the actor's...
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Robbie Coltrane (category Officers of the Order of the British Empire)
(1980), Balham, Gateway to the South (1981), Scrubbers (1983), Krull (1983), The Supergrass (1985), Defence of the Realm (1985), Absolute Beginners (1986)...
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Area under the Defence of the Realm Act two days later. The war was not formally declared by the Dáil, and it ran its course parallel to the Dáil's political...
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John Stonehouse (category People who resigned from the Privy Council of the United Kingdom)
the spy allegation was substantiated in the official history of MI5, The Defence of the Realm (2009) by Cambridge historian Christopher Andrew. In December...
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