His father was a leading Whig and Fox rose to prominence in the House of Commons as a forceful and eloquent speaker with a notorious and colourful private life, though his opinions were rather conservative and conventional.

As a political candidate he succeeded in being elected to the National Assembly and eventually rose to the position of deputy speaker, and later senator.

Susan Powter ( born 22 December 1957 ) is an Australian-born motivational speaker, nutritionist, personal trainer and author, who rose to fame in the 1990s with her catchphrase " Stop the Insanity!

He rose to the North Carolina Senate, serving in 1802 from 1806 to 1808 from 1810 to 1814, 1817, 1821, and 1822, where he was that body's speaker in 1812, 1813, and 1814.

Its chief speaker — a vengeful, spiteful, and bitter ex-sergeant named Jake Featherston ( analogous to Adolf Hitler )— harangues crowds at public meetings and squares about how the Confederacy has been " stabbed in the back " by the Whig Party, the War Department, and, most of all, the black minority, who rose up in Red rebellion in 1915.

It is an affectation sometimes adopted for aesthetic or theatric purposes, other times just to sound “ cool ”, generate street credibility or give the false impression that the speaker rose from humble beginnings and became prominent through some innate talent rather than the education, contacts and other advantages a privileged background tends to bring.

He quickly rose through the ranks of the Democratically-controlled House, serving six years as chairman of the Judiciary Committee and two years as speaker pro tem before being elected speaker, a position he held for 11 years.

* Radhanath Sikdar ( 1813 – 1870 ), caused a sensation by refusing to marry a child bride and thereafter rose to be a surveyor, mathematician, diarist, writer and public speaker

Hungarian fascist Gyula Gömbös rose to power as Prime Minister of Hungary in 1932 and attempted to entrench his Party of National Unity throughout the country ; created an eight-hour work day, a forty-eight hour work week in industry, and sought to entrench a corporatist economy ; and pursued irredentist claims on Hungary's neighbors.

While the republican government had been restored, Munich subsequently became a hotbed of extremist politics, among which Adolf Hitler and the National Socialism rose to prominence.

When Napoleon rose to power in 1799, there was no ancient base from which to draw his staff, and he had to choose the people he thought best for the job, including officers from his army, revolutionaries who had been in the National Assembly, and even some former aristocrats such as prime minister Talleyrand.

After lumber baron William B. Cox purchased the team in 1943, the Phillies began a rapid rise to prominence in the National League, as the team rose out of the standings cellar for the first time in five years.

His brother, Lawrence Heinlein, served in the Army, the Air Force, and the Missouri National Guard and rose to the rank of major general.

Antonescu nevertheless rose to political prominence during the political crisis of 1940, and established the National Legionary State, an uneasy partnership with the Iron Guard's leader Horia Sima.

The islands of Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area are drumlins that became islands when sea levels rose as the glaciers melted.

The palazzo houses the National Picture Gallery, with a large collection of the school of Ferrara, which first rose to prominence in the latter half of the 15th century, with Cosimo Tura, Francesco Cossa and Ercole dei Roberti.

Initially of low standing, Gustav rose to lead the rebel movement following the bloodbath in which his father was executed, and his election as King on June 6, 1523 ( currently recognised as the National holiday of Sweden ) and his triumphant entry into Stockholm eleven days later meant the end of Medieval Sweden's elective monarchy as well as the Kalmar Union, which had united the Nordic kingdoms since 1397, and the commencing of a hereditary monarchy under the House of Vasa which, currently under the House of Bernadotte, continues to date.

The National Insurance Act of 1966, which introduced supplementary earnings-related benefits for short-term sickness and unemployment, had far-reaching distributional consequences by “ guaranteeing that insurance benefits rose at the same rate as wages in the late 1960s .” Trade unions were supportive of the advances made in social protection by the Wilson government, which had a considerable impact on the living standards of the lowest quintile of the population.

In addition, National Health expenditure rose from 4. 2 % of GNP in 1964 to 5 % in 1969 and spending on hospital construction doubled.

The National War Museum is located within Fort Saint Elmo, a focal point during the Great Siege that rose to prominence once again during World War II.

He rose to the leadership of the Indian National Congress and was at the forefront of rebellions and political events, organising the party for elections in 1934 and 1937, and promoting the Quit India movement.

Somerset County boasts a number of beautiful county parks, including but not limited to: Lord Stirling Park ( part of the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge ), Colonial Park ( with a lovely rose garden ), Washington Valley Park ( with biking and hiking trails ), the Sourland Mountain Preserve ( hiking and mountain biking trails ), and the newest park in development called Raritan River Greenway ( which is being developed along the Raritan River in Bridgewater Township ).

He found time to serve as a mayor of Ansted for ten years, rose to the rank of brigadier inspector general in the West Virginia National Guard, and was also an incorporator and director of Sheltering Arms Hospital in neighboring Kanawha County.

He soon rose to prominence in the National Assembly, becoming the friend of most of the leaders of the party originating in the Third Estate, and formed with Adrien Duport and Alexandre Lameth the group known during the Constituent Assembly as " the triumvirate ".

He first rose to prominence during his career at Boston College, where he received the prestigious Heisman Trophy and the Davey O ' Brien National Quarterback Award in 1984.

Although a former associate of Saint-Just, Pichegru offered his services to the Thermidorian Reaction, and, after having received the title of Sauveur de la Patrie (" Saviour of the Motherland ") from the National Convention, subdued the sans-culottes of Paris, when they rose in insurrection against the Convention on 12 Germinal ( 1 April ).

Jonathan Franzen, Wallace's friend and contemporary, rose to prominence after the 2001 publication of his National Book Award-winning third novel, The Corrections.

National anthems rose to prominence in Europe during the 19th century, but some are much older in origin.

* National Treasure: Book of Secrets ( 2007 ), used as the White House rose garden

Under the leadership of Major General Nikolai Mikhailov from 1976 to 1993 as Overall Director of Music of the Military Bands Service of the Ministry of National Defense of the USSR, what would become the modern military bands of the Commonwealth of Independent States and the Russian Federation were born and rose to greatness and international appeal.

The 11th tulku rose to the Abbot of Drepung and during the 1912 invasion of Tibet by China was the most senior of the retired abbots in the National Assembly.

On March 27, 1945 the Burma National Army rose up in a countrywide rebellion against the Japanese.

Still today in Jersey, the presence of established laurels or rose gardens in old houses gives a clue to the past party adherence of former owners, and the chair of the Constable of Saint Helier in the Assembly Room of the Parish Hall still sports the carved roses of a former incumbent.

As tensions in Paris rose and Louis was pressured to accept measures from the Assembly against his will, the King and Queen plotted to secretly escape from France.

Dissatisfaction rose with Circleville's layout, however, and in 1837, the Ohio General Assembly authorized the " Circleville Squaring Company " to convert it into a square.

From 1748 until his death he was minister at Inveresk in Midlothian, and during this long career rose to high eminence in the Church of Scotland not only as leader of the moderate or " broad " Church section, but as Moderator of the General Assembly 1770 and Dean of the Chapel Royal in 1789.

Alcock was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for the Winnipeg division of Osborne in the 1988 provincial election, in which the Manitoba Liberal Party rose from one seat to twenty under the leadership of Sharon Carstairs.

In 1992, he was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly, where he served for six years and rose to the position of chairman of the Republican Caucus.

NDP representation in the House of Assembly grew slowly in throughout the 1970s, but never rose above four seats.

The cap on the amount of tuition fees that Welsh universities could charge rose to £ 3000 in the academic year of 2007-08 bringing Wales in line with England and Northern Ireland although the Welsh Assembly up until 2010-11 gave all Welsh students studying in Wales a grant of £ 1890 towards their fees.

In the election of 2000, the party rose to 12 % of the vote and entered the centre-left coalition government led by Janez Drnovšek, while the party's president Borut Pahor was elected chairman of the Slovenian National Assembly.

She first rose to prominence as head of the North York Parent Assembly and then the Toronto Educational Assembly.

Court sessions were held in the Jefferson Assembly Rooms that rose above the market sheds.

Hibbert served as an ordained minister in a Pentacostal church, and rose to the level of assistant minister in Rotherham, in a parish of the organization Assembly of God.