The new cabinet included Margaret Thatcher ( Education and Science ), William Whitelaw ( Leader of the House of Commons ) and the former prime minister Sir Alec Douglas-Home ( Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs ).

Other famous works presented at the Savoy included the première of Noël Coward's Blithe Spirit ( 1941, which ran 1, 997 consecutive performances, setting a new record for non-musical theatre runs ), Robert Morley in The Man Who Came to Dinner, and several comedies by William Douglas-Home starring, among others, Ralph Richardson, Peggy Ashcroft, and John Mills.

A briefing paper, prepared for then British Foreign Secretary, Sir Alec Douglas-Home and the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland William Whitelaw, observed about Hillery:

* She is the subject of the play The Dame of Sark, written by William Douglas-Home, which was based on the experience of the German occupation.

Among the couple's younger children was the playwright William Douglas-Home.

Maudling and the chief whip, William Whitelaw, believed that if Heath had to resign Douglas-Home would be the safest candidate to keep Powell out.

He was at university with, among others, Brian Johnson and William Douglas-Home.

William Douglas-Home, second son of Charles Cospatrick Archibald Douglas-Home, 13th Earl of Home and younger brother of Prime Minister Sir Alec Douglas-Home.

* The Iron Duchess by William Douglas-Home, BBC radio, broadcast 1966.

* The Reluctant Peer by William Douglas-Home, BBC radio, broadcast 1967

Ponsonby's descendants include Sir Alec Douglas-Home and Prince William of Wales.

Directed by Dennie Gordon, the film is a remake of the 1958 film, The Reluctant Debutante which had a screenplay by William Douglas-Home, based on his play of the same name.

* Captain William Douglas-Home served in the 7th battalion ( also known as 141 RAC ) in World War II and was imprisoned for refusing to obey orders.

As part of the 1975 centennial season, before the first of the four performances of Trial by Jury, a specially-written curtain raiser by William Douglas-Home, called Dramatic Licence, was played by Pratt as Richard D ' Oyly Carte, Kenneth Sandford as Gilbert and John Ayldon as Sullivan, in which Gilbert, Sullivan and Carte plan the birth of Trial in 1875.

William Douglas-Home, son of the 13th Earl of Home, and younger brother of the future Prime Minister and 14th Earl of Home, Sir Alec Douglas-Home.

Ponsonby descendants include Sir Alec Douglas-Home ( British Prime Minister from 1963-4 ), Nicky Haslam, The ill-starred English princess Diana Spencer and her sons William and Harry Windsor, second and third in line to the throne of England.

* 1963 Bill Naughton ’ s Alfie and the return of Sybil Thorndike in William Douglas-Home ’ s The Reluctant Peer.

* The Reluctant Peer by William Douglas-Home ; broadcast on BBC ( 1967 )

A more in-depth description of arcology's design principles can be found in " The Last Redoubt " from The Night Land by William Hope Hodgson, first published in 1912.

* William Hope Hodgson's 1912 novel The Night Land features the first example of what we now would call an arcology, though the future Earthlings depicted — millions of years into the future, in fact — have different reasons for building their metallic pyramid.

In 1912, William Mestrezat gave the first accurate description of the chemical composition of the CSF.

* 1873 – William McMaster Murdoch, Scottish 1st Officer on the RMS Titanic ( d. 1912 )

German psychologist William Stern proposed a method of scoring children's intelligence tests in 1912.

* 1849 – William Thomas Stead, English journalist ( d. 1912 )

* 1912 – William F. Walsh, American politician ( d. 2011 )

Equestrian statues of Carson can be found in Denver, Colorado ( by Frederick William MacMonnies, 1911 ) and in Trinidad, Colorado ( by Augustus Lukeman and Frederick Roth, 1912 ).

* 1912 – William Thayer Tutt, American ice hockey executive ( d. 1989 )

* 1912 – William Lederer, American writer ( d. 2009 )

In 1912, Henry Ernest Cooper ( 1857 – 1929 ) acquired William Ringer's property rights to Palmyra and, after a challenge in court, he became the sole owner of the atoll.

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By 4 January 1912, the last two four-man groups had reached 87 ° 34 ′ S. Scott announced his decision: five men ( Scott, Edward Wilson, Henry Bowers, Lawrence Oates and Edgar Evans ) would go forward, the other three ( Teddy Evans, William Lashly and Tom Crean ) would return.

Opened in 1912 after the murder of its namesake William Marsh Rice, Rice is now a preeminent research university with a distinct undergraduate and graduate focus.

On September 23, 1912, the anniversary of William Marsh Rice's murder, the William Marsh Rice Institute for the Advancement of Letters, Science, and Art began course work.

* James, William ( 1912 ), Essays in Radical Empiricism.

In 1912, Harding gave the nominating speech for incumbent President William Howard Taft, who would later serve as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court during Harding's administration, at the embattled Republican National Convention in Chicago — before he completed his introduction, a fist fight ensued between the Taft supporters and the more progressive Roosevelt faction, but the speech was quite a personal success.

Running against Republican incumbent William Howard Taft and Progressive (" Bull Moose ") Party candidate Theodore Roosevelt, a former President, Wilson was elected President as a Democrat in 1912.

Opening 1912 as William Marsh Rice Institute for the Advancement of Literature, Art, and Science, it is known today as Rice University.

A great-nephew of Jardine who would be taipan from 1874 to 1886, William Keswick ( 1834 – 1912 ), is the ancestor of the Keswick branch ( pronounced Ke-zick ) of the family.

** William T. Cahill, America politician ( b. 1912 )

** William Mervyn, English actor ( b. 1912 )

* April 10 – William Booth, the founder of The Salvation Army ( d. 1912 )

* October 21 – William McKendree Carleton, American poet ( d. 1912 )