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    Sir Robert Drury (c. 1456–1536) was an English knight, Lord of the Manor of Hawstead, Suffolk, and Knight of the Body to Kings Henry VII and Henry VIII...
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  • Robert Drury may refer to: Robert Drury (speaker) (died 1536), Speaker of the House of Commons Robert Drury (died 1557), MP for Thetford Robert Drury...
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  • Sir Robert Drury (c. 1503 – 21 May 1577) of Hedgerley and Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire, was the second son of Sir Robert Drury, Speaker of the House...
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    House was a manor house near Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, owned by Sir Robert Drury, Speaker of the House of Commons, of Hawstead Place. It was subsequently...
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  • Thomas Englefield (category Speakers of the House of Commons of England)
    Thomas Englefield (also known as Inglefield) (c. 1455 – 3 April 1514) was Speaker of the House of Commons of England in two sessions, 1497 for Henry VII...
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  • Drury (c. 1531 – 29 April 1617) was the son of Sir Robert Drury (c. 1503 – 1577), the grandson of Sir Robert Drury (c. 1456 – 2 March 1535), Speaker of...
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  • Sir Robert Bell SL (died 1577) of Beaupré Hall, Norfolk, was a Speaker of the House of Commons (1572–1576), who served during the reign of Queen Elizabeth...
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  • secondly Anne Drury, widow of Sir George Waldegrave, esquire (c. 1483 – 8 July 1528) of Smallbridge, Suffolk and daughter of Sir Robert Drury (speaker). He left...
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  • Sir William Drury (c. 1500 – 11 January 1558) was the son and heir of Sir Robert Drury (before 1456 – 2 March 1535), Speaker of the House of Commons. He...
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  • Volume 2. Burke, Sir Bernard, The General Armory, London, 1884, p.302 "Drury of Thurston Rougham in Suffolk" See image Ashmole, Elias (1715). The History...
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    Sir Robert Drury (c. 1456–2 March 1535), Speaker of the House of Commons in 1495. He was a brother of Sir Robert Drury (1525–1593) and Sir Drue Drury (1531/2–1617)...
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    Barley (died 12 November 1529) of Albury, Hertfordshire; and Sir Robert Drury, Speaker of the House of Commons. Walsingham died on 9 February 1550 and...
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    role of the speaker. Speakers were generally associated with the ministry, and often held other government offices. For example, Robert Harley served...
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    made for Anne Drury, Lady Drury, wife of Sir Robert Drury, who died in 1624. Lt Col Edward Robert Drury, son of Rev Sir William Drury, was the first...
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    Richard Empson (category Speakers of the House of Commons of England)
    Sir William Drury, M.P., P.C., (c.1500–1558), a son of Sir Richard Empson's successor as Speaker of the House of Commons, Sir Robert Drury of Hawstead...
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  • Defoe, and announced this finding in 1932. He went on to attribute also Robert Drury's Journal to Defoe alone (going much further than previous bibliographers...
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    harlequinade that formed part of British pantomimes, notably at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane and the Sadler's Wells and Covent Garden theatres. He became so dominant...
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    The Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons, also known as the Speaker's Chaplain, is a Church of England priest who officiates at services held...
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    camps during World War II, was his uncle. Fripp is a pescetarian. Nevill Drury details in Music for Inner Space: Techniques for Meditation & Visualisation...
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    Edward Nigel Drury CBE (15 May 1911 – 17 May 1984) was an Australian politician and grandson of Colonel Edward Robert Drury, pastoralist, business man...
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    Trevor (c. 1637 – 20 May 1717) was a Welsh lawyer and politician. He was Speaker of the English House of Commons from 1685 to 1687 (the Loyal Parliament)...
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    was a British statesman who served as Speaker of the House of Commons from 1857 to 1872. He is the eponym of Speaker Denison's rule. Denison was born at...
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    John Bercow (redirect from Speaker Bercow)
    becoming Speaker, he was the first MP since Selwyn Lloyd in 1971 to be elected Speaker without having been a Deputy Speaker. After resigning as Speaker in 2019...
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    Phelips (c. 1555/1560 – 1614) was an English lawyer and politician, the Speaker of the English House of Commons from 1604 until 1611, and subsequently...
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  • Nevill Drury (1 October 1947 – 15 October 2013) was an English-born Australian editor and publisher, as well as the author of over 40 books on subjects...
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    Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington (category Speakers of the House of Commons of Great Britain)
    Speaker of the House of Commons. He held this post from 1715 to 1727. In 1716, he was invested a Privy Counsellor. He maintained the role of Speaker despite...
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    S. Roscoe, Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford, Prime Minister, 1710–14 (London: Methuen, 1902). Brian W. Hill (1988). Robert Harley: Speaker, Secretary of...
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    British politician. He was a long-serving cabinet minister before serving as Speaker of the House of Commons from 1951 to 1959. He was then appointed as the...
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    English Language: From Chaucer through Robert Frost. HarperCollins. pp. 656–657. ISBN 978-0-06-054042-5 Annmarie Drury, Translation as Transformation in Victorian...
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    politician who served as Speaker of the House of Commons between 2000 and 2009. A member of the Labour Party prior to becoming speaker, he was the Member of...
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