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  2. Frances D'Souza, Baroness D'Souza - Wikipedia

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    On 13 July 2011, D'Souza was elected Lord Speaker of the House of Lords and began her new role in September 2011. [ 9 ] In December 2015, the results of a Freedom of Information request [ 10 ] revealed that D'Souza spent £230 to keep a chauffeured car waiting while she watched a performance of Benjamin Britten 's Gloriana with the chairman of ...

  3. Woolsack - Wikipedia

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    The Lord Speaker may speak from the Woolsack when speaking in their capacity as Speaker of the House but, if seeking to debate, must deliver their remarks either from the left side of the Woolsack or from the normal seats of the Lords. [8] If a Deputy Speaker presides in the absence of the Lord Speaker, then that individual uses the Woolsack.

  4. Lord Speaker - Wikipedia

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    The Lord Speaker earns a salary of £104,360, less than the Speaker of the House of Commons, though the Speaker of the House of Commons' salary includes £81,932 paid for being an MP. The Lord Speaker, like the Speaker of the House of Commons, is entitled to a grace and favour apartment in the Parliamentary Estate.

  5. Church of the Lord (Aladura) - Wikipedia

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    Emmanuel Owoade Adeleke Adejobi succeeded Ollunowo Ositelu as the Head of the Church of the Lord (Aladura) on 7 May 1967. During the Mount Tabborrar Festival on 22 August 1945, Ollunowo Ositelu read a message he claimed to have received from God on 18 August 1945: "Adeleke Adejobi is the Gbolahan (Torch Bearer) of the Church of the Lord Aladura".

  6. Richard Vernon (speaker) - Wikipedia

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    St Bartholomew's church, Tong, Shropshire. Effigy of Benedicta de Ludlow (foreground), Sir Richard's wife. St Bartholomew's church, Tong, Shropshire. Haddon Hall, Derbyshire: photograph by Eirian Evans. Sir Richard Vernon (c. 1390 – Aug 24 1451) was an English landowner, MP and speaker of the House of Commons.

  7. Robert Drury (speaker) - Wikipedia

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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. As a politician he was Knight of the Shire for Suffolk, Speaker of the House of Commons (elected 4 October 1495), and Privy Councillor. He was also a barrister-at-law.

  8. Michael Martin, Baron Martin of Springburn - Wikipedia

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    Martin's initial appointment as Speaker occurred against a recent pattern in the House where the post of Speaker had alternated between the two main political parties (the Conservative Party and the Labour Party). [18] As his predecessor, Betty Boothroyd, had been a Labour MP, the new Speaker had been expected to emerge from the Conservative ...

  9. H. M. S. Richards - Wikipedia

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    La Sierra University renamed its School of Religion the "H.M.S. Richards Divinity School" and has also designated an "H.M.S. Richards Library" to honor him for his work in the Seventh-day Adventist Church. His life has been the subject of two biographies: H.M.S. Richards Man Alive by his daughter Virginia Cason [17]