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Runciman and took
Born in Edinburgh, he studied at the Royal High School and the Trustees ’ Academy under Alexander Runciman, and, having been apprenticed as an heraldic painter to a coachbuilder, he, at the age of sixteen, attracted the attention of Allan Ramsay, who took the youth with him to London, and employed him upon the subordinate portions of his works.

Runciman and seat
Similarly, Bob Runciman served as parliamentary leader of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party following the 2007 election, in which party leader John Tory lost his seat in the legislature.
Tory won the contest, and, not having a seat in the legislature, named Runciman to the position of interim Leader of the Opposition in September 2004.
Runciman resumed the position of opposition leader following the 2007 provincial election in which John Tory lost his seat and also served as interim party leader until Tim Hudak was elected to the position.
Runciman lost the seat in 1918, but returned for Swansea West in 1924.

Runciman and St
Hilda Runciman, Viscountess Runciman of Doxford, wife of the first Viscount, represented St Ives in the House of Commons from 1928 to 1929.

Runciman and which
This argument distinguishes the relatively recent violence and warfare that followed the conquests of the Turks from the general advance of Islam, the significance of which is dismissed by Runciman and Asbridge.
The old minute books of the club abound with pencilled sketches by them, one of the most interesting of which, ascribed to Runciman, is a sketch of Fergusson in his character of " Sir Precentor ".
As Runciman put it, " Sicilians saw themselves now being ruled to enable an alien tyrant make conquests from which they would have no benefit "
Steven Runciman reports that, infuriated by Palamas ' attacks against him, Barlaam vowed to humiliate Palamas by attacking the Hesychast teaching for which Palamas had become the chief proponent.
There has been much speculation about which of Childers's friends was the model for " Carruthers " in the novel and it seems that he is based not on Henry Childers but on yachting enthusiast Walter Runciman ; " Davies ", of course, is Childers himself.
Runciman chaired the British Government's Royal Commission on Criminal Justice which continued Sir John May's inquiry into the convictions of the Maguire Seven and encompassed further miscarriages of justice.
Henlein's political party's dominance of the Sudetenland in the 1930s contributed to the Munich Agreement on 30 September 1938, which was due in part to his influence with the British delegate Lord Runciman during the latter's visit of Czechoslovakia.
So as to balance the Cabinet Cunliffe-Lister was replaced at the Board of Trade by the supposed Free Trader Walter Runciman, and instead became Secretary of State for the Colonies, which he would hold until 1935.
Pursuant to the Roca – Runciman Treaty of 1933, Central Bank reserves accrued from Argentine trade surpluses with the United Kingdom were deposited in escrow at the Bank of England, and this clause, which had led to over US $ 1 billion in inaccessible reserves ( more than half the total ) by 1945, prompted the BCRA's nationalization by order of Juan Perón on March 24, 1946.
In 1999, Runciman released a Booty house / Dub CD entitled, Come and get it up yer, which made the Top 5 charts on local Winnipeg radio.
When Runciman met Aaron Funk, he was introduced to new musical styles which led him to change his own direction toward producing breakcore.

Runciman and wife
Runciman is the son of Leslie Runciman, 2nd Viscount Runciman of Doxford, by his second wife Katherine Schuyler Garrison.

Runciman and Hilda
Sir Steven Runciman, younger son of the first Viscount and Hilda, Viscountess Runciman of Doxford, was a noted historian.
Born in Northumberland, he was the second son of Walter Runciman, 1st Viscount Runciman of Doxford, and Hilda Runciman, Viscountess Runciman of Doxford.
Lord Runciman of Doxford married Hilda, daughter of James Cochran Stevenson, in 1898.
* Hilda Runciman, Viscountess Runciman of Doxford ( 1869 – 1956 ), British politician

Runciman and had
Runciman noted that he had a romantic idea about the East and the family decided that Blair should join the Indian Police Service.
" Steven Runciman wrote that " he had a broad vision ; he understood the significance of the great events of his time and the sequence of cause and effect in history.
Steven Runciman argued that the crusade was motivated by a combination of theological justification for holy war and a " general restlessness and taste for adventure ", especially among the Normans and the " younger sons " of the French nobility who had no other opportunities.
Runciman even implies that there was no immediate threat from the Islamic world, arguing that " in the middle of the 11th century the lot of the Christians in Palestine had seldom been so pleasant ".
It is commonly assumed, for example by Runciman as mentioned above, that only younger members of a family went on crusade, looking for wealth and adventure elsewhere, as they had no prospects for advancement at home.
Sir Steven Runciman is reported to have said that he had known all British Prime Ministers in his lifetime, except Bonar Law whom no one knew.
He was the son and heir apparent of the shipping magnate and Liberal politician Walter Runciman, who had been created a Baronet in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom in 1906 and Baron Runciman, of Shoreston in the County of Northumberland, in 1933, also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
* Walter Runciman, 2nd Baron Runciman ( 1870 – 1949 ) ( had been created Viscount Runciman of Doxford in 1937 )
At Cambridge, Bury became mentor to the medievalist Sir Steven Runciman, who later commented that he had been Bury's " first, and only, student.
Jennyfer Jewell ( Ellie ) and Ryan Runciman ( Ryan ) had worked on The Enid Blyton Adventure Series in 1996 and Jewell had also starred in The Enid Blyton Secret Series in 1997 alongside Daniel James ( Zoot ).
Four years earlier his father had been created Baron Runciman and " of Doxford " was consequently used to differentiate from his father's title.
The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs had recommended such a reclassification as early as 1979, a view endorsed by the Runciman Report in 1999.
As Steven Runciman relates in his last book about the Crusades, time ago before the siege of Antioch ( 1268 ), prince Bohemond IV of Antioch had settled his court in the city of Tripoli, capital of his other state, the County of Tripoli.

Runciman and won
Tory won the support of former provincial cabinet ministers Elizabeth Witmer, David Tsubouchi, Jim Wilson, Janet Ecker, Chris Hodgson, Cam Jackson, Phil Gillies and Bob Runciman as well as backbench Members of Provincial Parliament ( MPPs ) Norm Miller, Laurie Scott, Ted Arnott and John O ' Toole.

Runciman and by-election
Tory eventually resigned in 2009, after losing a by-election in Haliburton — Kawartha Lakes — Brock, and Runciman became the party's interim leader.
Runciman was first elected as a Member of Parliament ( MP ) in a two-member by-election for Oldham in 1899, defeating the Conservative candidates, James Mawdsley and Winston Churchill.

Runciman and year
He taught French for a year at Eton, where Eric Blair ( later to become George Orwell ) and Stephen Runciman were among his pupils, but was remembered as an incompetent and hopeless teacher who couldn ’ t keep discipline.
" The following year in the 1900 general election Churchill stood against Runciman again and defeated him.

Runciman and .
* Steven Runciman, A History of the Crusades, vol.
Stephen Runciman, who was at Eton with Blair, noted that he and his contemporaries appreciated Huxley's linguistic flair.
This is the interpretation offered by William of Tyre, who was firmly placed in the " noble " camp, and his view was taken up by subsequent historians ; in the 20th century, Marshall W. Baldwin, Steven Runciman, and Hans E. Mayer favoured this interpretation.
* Steven Runciman, A History of the Crusades.
* Runciman, Steven.
** Alexander Runciman, Scottish painter ( d. 1785 )
* Runciman ; Steven.
In the mid twentieth century, Marshall W. Baldwin, Steven Runciman, and Hans E. Mayer were influential in perpetuating this point of view, although the more recent re-evaluations of this period by Vessey, Peter Edbury and Bernard Hamilton have undone much of William's influence.
* Steven Runciman, A History of the Crusades, volume 1: The First Crusade and the Foundation of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.
* Steven Runciman, A History of the Crusades, volume 2: The Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Frankish East.
It may be though that he travelled overland to the Mediterranean and joined the fleet en route ; this is the view taken by Runciman.
* Steven Runciman, The Fall of Constantinople, 1453.
* Runciman, Steven.
* Runciman, Steven ( 1951 ) A History of the Crusades, Vol.
* Runciman, Steven.
* Runciman, Steven ( 1952 ) A History of the Crusades, Vol.
* Sir Steven Runciman.

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