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...while not so swift, gave him the surest foundation for his political career. As a young barrister he reached the pinnacle of his fame in his able management of the great case between The Times and Parnell (1888-1890). A year later, he "took silk" (became a Queen's Counsellor, a sort of Elder Barrister...
...Earldom of Oxford was first conferred upon the illustrious family of de Vere in 1142. It first fell into abeyance in 1703, upon the death of Aubrey de Vere, the 20th Earl, who died without issue. It was, however, revived by Queen Anne in 1711 in favor of Robert Harley, a great Tory leader of the late 17th and early 18th Centuries, sometime Speaker of the House of Commons and First Lord of the Treasury (position nearly equivalent to the then unknown premiership). In 1853 it again fell into abeyance to be revived now in favor of H. H. Asquith...
...newspaper report ignorantly inferred that Queen Mother Alexandra, wife of King Edward VII, had started a veil craze by allowing the publication of a photograph which shows her wearing a veil with her toque. Her Majesty has long worn a veil, as most good Victorians did, and has not infrequently been photographed in one. The new veils, continued the newspaper, are "of the harem variety, covering only the eyes." In point of fact, veils worn by harem ladies cover the face from the eyes downward...
Suddenly everybody in that notable company stood up, silent, then burst into applause. Before them bowed Paderewski, come back to Rome for the first time in 28 years. Mendelssohn, Beethoven, Schumann, Liszt he played; after every number, a storm of clapping. At the concert's end, the Queen Mother herself stood up, smiled graciously at the pianist...
Died. Marie Sophia Amelia, ex-Queen, wife of the late Francis II, last of the Bourbon Kings of Naples; at Munich. Married at 18, she was deposed before she was 20. In 1860, Garibaldi conquered Naples; and although she rallied her forces, flag in hand, Gaeta, the fortress of her last stand was betrayed and capitulated...