Upon complaints from the Lower House of Convocation to the House of Lords, he was removed from the Privy Council, his remark having been represented as a blasphemous affront to the clergy.

the startling statement in a respectable periodical that `` Catholics, if the present system is still in operation, will constitute almost one-third of the House of Lords in the next generation '' ; ;

As of May 2012 a private member's bill was before the House of Lords which would grant Turing a statutory pardon if enacted.

In 1998, during debate on a Succession to the Crown Bill, Junior Home Office Minister Lord Williams of Mostyn informed the House of Lords that the Queen had " no objection to the Government's view that in determining the line of succession to the throne, daughters and sons should be treated in the same way ".

A private member's bill — the Succession to the Crown Bill — was introduced in the House of Lords in December 2004.

As holder of one of the " five great sees " ( the others being York, London, Durham and Winchester ), the Archbishop of Canterbury is ex officio one of the Lords Spiritual of the House of Lords.

In debates in the House of Lords, the archbishop is referred to as " The Most Reverend Primate, the Archbishop of Canterbury ".

* The adoption of those recommendations of the recent House of Lords enquiry into Science and Heritage which have a potential impact on the future of museums.

The Bundesrat (" federal council ", performing the function of an upper house ) is the representation of the Federal States ( Bundesländer ) of Germany and has its seat at the former Prussian House of Lords.

" Looking on from the House of Lords, the Duke of Argyll wrote that Disraeli " was like a subaltern in a great battle where every superior officer was killed or wounded.

Disraeli was elevated to the House of Lords in 1876 when Queen Victoria made him Earl of Beaconsfield and Viscount Hughenden.

In the 21st century, the more senior bishops of the Church of England continue to sit in the House of Lords of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, as representatives of the established church, and are known as Lords Spiritual.

As early as 1839 Russell had adopted the name Liberal Party, but in reality the party was a loose coalition of Whigs in the House of Lords and Radicals in the Commons.

There was a final weak Gladstone ministry in 1892, but it also was dependent on Irish support and failed to get Irish Home Rule through the House of Lords.

It was at this time that a political battle over the so-called People's Budget resulted in the passage of an act ending the power of the House of Lords to block legislation.

Since the House of Lords no longer had the power to block the bill, the Unionist's Ulster Volunteers led by Sir Edward Carson, launched a campaign of opposition that included the threat of armed resistance in Ulster and the threat of mutiny by army officers in Ireland in 1914 ( see Curragh Incident ).

His son, the fourth Baron, held office in the Conservative administration of Edward Heath and was later a Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords.

Lord Aberdare was one of the ninety-two elected hereditary peers that were allowed to remain in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999. the title is held by his son, the fifth Baron, who succeeded in 2005 and was elected to the House of Lords in 2009.

The Dolley Madison House, Walton concluded, was scarcely worth preserving.

" Speaker Martin concluded that Eisenhower worked too much through subordinates in dealing with Congress, with results, " often the reverse of what he has desired " because Members of Congress ," resent having some young fellow who was picked up by the White House without ever having been elected to office himself coming around and telling them ' The Chief wants this '.

In 1979, the House Select Committee on Assassinations concluded that Oswald fired the shots which killed Kennedy, but differed from previous investigations in concluding he ' probably ' did not act alone.

At a conference between the two Houses, it was concluded that the Commons should consent to except him from the act of indemnity, the Lords agreeing, on their part, to concur with the other House in petitioning the King, in case of the condemnation of Vane, not to carry the sentence into execution.

In the end he concluded that there were no torpedo boats on the night in question, and that the White House was interested only in confirmation of an attack, not that there was no such attack.

In 1713, the Treaty of Utrecht concluded the War of the Spanish Succession ( 1701 – 14 ) and reduced the political and military power of Spain, which the House of Bourbon had ruled since 1700.

This opponent comprised Britain, the Dutch Republic, Austria, and Saxony, who had concluded the defensive Treaty of Warsaw in January 1745 – the Quadruple Alliance – by which all contractants committed themselves to uphold the Pragmatic Sanction and the House of Austria's claim to the Imperial crown.

Smith's trial concluded one month later, on 24 November ; Smith was found guilty of the principal charges, and was given the death sentence ; he was transferred from Colony House to prison.

With the commercial ( J. P. Morgan & Co .) and investment ( Morgan Stanley ) banking arms of the old “ House of Morgan ” both underwriting corporate bonds and stocks, Wolfgang Reinicke concluded the Federal Reserve Board order meant both firms now competed in “ a single financial market offering both commercial and investment banking products ,” which “ Glass-Steagall sought to rule out .” Reinicke described this as “ de facto repeal of Glass-Steagall .”

The House Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights began hearings on FBI undercover operations in March 1980 and concluded with a report in April 1984.

The cash deliveries were described in a memo prepared for the United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, which concluded that " Many of the funds appear to have been lost to corruption and waste ....

By 1556 Veronese was commissioned to paint the first of his monumental banquet scenes, the Feast in the House of Simon, which would not be concluded until 1570.

Also in 1603, the Treaty of Gera was concluded by the members of the House of Hohenzollern, ruling that their territories were not to be internally divided in the future.

The House Armed Services Committee concluded that Denfeld's removal was a reprisal because of his testimony and a challenge to effective representative government.

On November 13, 1419 a temporary armistice was concluded between the partisans of King Sigismund, the last Emperor of the House of Luxemburg and the citizens of Prague.

" After the Gulf War had concluded, the staff of the House Government Operations Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security reported,

You may almost hear the beating of his wings ," he said, and concluded with an appeal to the prime minister that moved the House as it had never been moved within living memory.

Contrary to the Warren Commission, the United States House Select Committee on Assassinations ( HSCA ) concluded that Kennedy was probably assassinated as a result of a conspiracy.

The House Select Committee on Assassinations concluded that there was a conspiracy to kill John F. Kennedy.

The White House Counsel passed on its recommendation to the Senate Judiciary Committee ( which would vote on the nomination ), saying its investigation of the rape case concluded there was insufficient evidence.

" It is obvious that the reasons given for these firings were contrived as part of a cover up and that the stonewalling by the White House is part and parcel of that same effort ", Leahy concluded about these incidents.

One of those buildings is the former Texas School Book Depository building, from which, both the Warren Commission and the House Select Committee on Assassinations concluded, Lee Harvey Oswald fired a rifle that killed President John F. Kennedy.

Events of the " House of M " storyline concluded Xavier's and Magneto's partnership.

This inquiry published its report on 14 July 1977 ; the report concluded that Maudling had indulged in " conduct inconsistent with the standards which the House is entitled to expect from its members ".

In the late 1970s, the House Select Committee on Assassinations concluded on the basis of controversial acoustic evidence and an investigation into Oswald's and Ruby's alleged connections, that President Kennedy was " most likely killed as the result of a conspiracy ".