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Sir David Maxwell Fyfe KC, defending, called many witnesses to attest to Haigh ’ s mental state, including Dr Henry Yellowlees who claimed Haigh had a paranoid constitution, adding: " The absolute callous, cheerful, bland and almost friendly indifference of the accused to the crimes which he freely admits having committed is unique in my experience.
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Poirot has been portrayed on radio, on screen, for films and television, by various actors, including John Moffatt, Albert Finney, Sir Peter Ustinov, Sir Ian Holm, Tony Randall, Alfred Molina and David Suchet.
Jacques-Louis David, Sir Henry Raeburn, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Thomas Gainsborough, Antonio Canova, Arnold Bocklin
George Stubbs, William Blake, John Martin, Francisco Goya, Sir Thomas Lawrence, John Constable, Eugène Delacroix, Sir Edwin landseer, Caspar David Friedrich, JMW Turner
In 1947, David Brown Limited bought the company under the leadership of managing director Sir David Brown — its " post-war saviour ".
Although he presided over a large majority, Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman was overshadowed by his ministers, most notably Herbert Henry Asquith at the Exchequer, Edward Grey at the Foreign Office, Richard Burdon Haldane at the War Office and David Lloyd George at the Board of Trade.
Among her portraits which followed from that association are those of Georges Clemenceau ; First Lady Edith Roosevelt and her daughter ; and Admiral Sir David Beatty.
* 1781 – Sir David Brewster, Scottish physicist ( d. 1868 )
Sir David Brewster ( 11 December 1781 – 10 February 1868 ) was a Scottish physicist, mathematician, astronomer, inventor, writer and university principal.
* Sir David Brewster -- a short biography
* 19 June – September 1914: Rear-Admiral Sir David Beatty, KCB, MVO, DSO
Vice-Admiral ) Sir David Beatty, KCB, MVO, DSO
* 1915 – 27 November 1916: Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty, KCB, KCVO, DSO
Admiral ) Sir David Beatty, KCB, KCVO, DSO
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* 1 January – 1 May 1919: Admiral Sir David Beatty, GCB, GCVO, DSO
* 1 May – 3 June 1919: Admiral of the Fleet Sir David Beatty, GCB, GCVO, DSO
* 3 June – 18 October 1919: Admiral of the Fleet Sir David Beatty, GCB, OM, GCVO, DSO
Famous city artists include the portrait painters Sir Henry Raeburn, Sir David Wilkie and Allan Ramsay.
British MP and lawyer Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe, the Chair of the Assembly's Committee on Legal and Administrative Questions, guided the drafting of the Convention.
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Edited and Translated by Sir Herbert Maxwell.
Concertos have been composed for piccolo, including those by Lowell Liebermann, Antonio Vivaldi, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, Todd Goodman, Martin Amlin, Will Gay Bottje, Bruce Broughton, Valentino Bucchi, Avner Dorman, Jean Doué, Michael Easton, Egil Hovland, Guus Janssen, Tilo Medek, Dexter Morrill, Raymond Niverd, Daniel Pinkham, Thomas Schudel, and Allan Stephenson.
While the Scottish Enlightenment is considered to have concluded toward the end of the 18th century, disproportionately large Scottish contributions to British science and letters continued for another fifty years or more, thanks to such figures as James Hutton, James Watt, William Murdoch, James Clerk Maxwell, Lord Kelvin and Sir Walter Scott.
* Sir John Clerk of Eldin ( 1728 – 1812 ) prolific artist, author of An Essay on Naval Tactics ; great-uncle of James Clerk Maxwell
Stromness is referenced in the title of Sir Peter Maxwell Davies's popular piano piece Farewell to Stromness, a piano interlude from The Yellow Cake Revue, which was written to protest at plans to open a uranium mine in the area.
Around 1220 Alexander II of Scotland granted the lands to Sir John Maxwell, making him Warden of the West March.
Sir John Maxwell also served as Chamberlain of Scotland from 1231 – 1233, and began work on the first castle at Caerlaverock.
It was here that Sir John's brother Sir Aymer Maxwell began construction of the present castle.
The Maxwells, under their chief, Sir Eustace Maxwell, made a vigorous defence that repelled the English several times.
Possession of the castle was subsequently restored to Sir Eustace Maxwell, Sir Herbert's son, who at first embraced the cause of John Balliol, and in 1312 received from Edward I an allowance of £ 20 for the more secure keeping of the castle.
By the end of the Wars of Independence in the mid 14th century, Caerlaverock had been regained by the Maxwells, with Sir Robert Maxwell rebuilding much of the castle between 1373 and 1410.
The 8th Lord was killed by the Johnstones during a fight at Dryfe Sands, and in 1513 the 9th Lord Maxwell was executed for the revenge murder of Sir James Johnstone.
Classical acts to have an album nominated have included Sir John Tavener, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, Gavin Bryars and Nicholas Maw.
The architects were Sir John Simpson and Maxwell Ayrton and the Head Engineer Sir Owen Williams.
* Sir Maxwell Jamieson: Chief Constable of Dumfriesshire
* Maxwell, ( Sir ) Herbert: The life of Wellington: The restoration of the martial power of Great Britain, Volumen 1, S. Low, Marston, 1900
* The St. Magnus Festival was founded in Orkney by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies.
The plot of the movie concerns Kelly Collins, a free-spirited eighth grade girl whose mother gets married to Brigadier General Joe " Sir " Maxwell ( Gary Cole ).
* Gary Cole as General Joe " Sir " Maxwell
It was renamed Templeton College in 1983 as a result of a donation from Sir John Templeton, in honour of his parents, Harvey Maxwell and Vella Handly Templeton.
* Matilda-Harrie, married on 14 October 1839, John Maxwell son of Sir John Maxwell, 7th Baronet
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