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The Oxford Union Society, commonly referred to as the Oxford Union, is a debating society in the city of Oxford, England, whose membership is drawn primarily from the University of Oxford. Founded in 1823, it is one of Britain's oldest university unions and considered [ by whom? ] one of the world's most prestigious private students' societies ...
The 3rd Marquess of Salisbury was Union Secretary in Michaelmas 1848. Harold Macmillan was Secretary of the Union in Hilary 1914, then Junior Treasurer (elected unopposed, which was then very unusual) in Trinity 1914; but for the war he would "almost certainly" have been President.
The Oxford Union debating chamber. The King and Country Debate was a debate on 9 February 1933 at the Oxford Union Society. The motion presented, "That this House will under no circumstances fight for its King and country", passed with 275 votes for the motion and 153 against it. [1] The motion would later be named the Oxford Oath or the Oxford ...
Oxford is one of the oldest towns in Maryland. While Oxford officially marks the year 1683 as its founding because in that year it was first named by the Maryland General Assembly as a seaport, the town began between 1666 and 1668 when 30 acres (120,000 m 2) were laid out as a town called Oxford by William Stephens Jr.. By 1669 one of the first ...
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G. James Galbraith (British politician) Cyril Garbett; Gerald Gardiner, Baron Gardiner; Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury; James Milnes Gaskell
The Governor of Maryland promoted Lynes to the rank of major in the Maryland State troops with his new position at the academy. [40] Similarly, military professor Edmund H. Hinton was commissioned as a major in the Maryland State troops. [41] Col. Richard L. Baker came from Virginia to teach history at the academy. [42] J. C. M.
Baltimore is the fourteenth studio album by American singer-songwriter and pianist Nina Simone, released in January 1978 by CTI Records. Due to a lack of promotion, and Simone's dissatisfaction with the record, It became a commercial failure, failed to chart, and also received mixed reviews from critics.