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Subsequently, the chief deputy whip Dennis Hastert was selected as the Speaker.
The manor then passed to Henry Tufnell ( d 1854 ), MP for Ipswich and Devonport, Liberal chief whip, Lord of the Treasury, m. Anne Augusta Wilmot-Horton ( daughter of the Governor of Ceylon d. 17 / 9 / 1843 ), m. 2 1844 Frances Byng ( daughter of Sir John Byng Earl of Staffford, d. 1846 ), m. 3.
Lynch chose government chief whip Desmond O ' Malley for the role.
Stuart, previously an influential chief whip, was a confidant of Churchill, and possibly the most powerful Scottish Secretary in any government.
He had earlier favoured Hailsham, but changed his mind when he learned from the British ambassador to the US that the Kennedy administration was uneasy at the prospect of Hailsham as Prime Minister, and from his chief whip that Hailsham, seen as a right-winger, would alienate moderate voters.
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.
The by-election was announced by chief party whip Geoff Hoon on Wednesday 30 April 2008 and was held on Thursday 22 May 2008.
Afterwards Conservative leader David Cameron mocked Armstrong during an exchange with Tony Blair, saying “ She must be the first Chief Whip in history to put the Prime Minister in the frame for losing a key vote — which is an interesting career move, to say the least .” This was the second time David Cameron had attacked her during Prime Ministers Questions ; on his debut as Leader of the Opposition on 7 December 2005 she was singled out by Cameron when he said " That's the problem with these exchanges-the chief whip on the Labour side shouting like a child.
Kenny, as Fine Gael chief whip, was a key member of the team, which negotiated the programme for government with the other two parties prior to the formation of the new government.
Lynch chose government chief whip Desmond O ' Malley for the role.
Boland was appointed chief whip, a position which allowed him attend cabinet meetings but not vote at them.
In 1974 he became chief whip of the SDLP.
After his election, he became Labour's chief whip, only to lose his seat in the 1922 general election.
The following year he was appointed assistant government chief whip by Taoiseach Charles Haughey.
Ahern once again returned to the senior ranks of the party becoming chief whip.
In 1992 Reynolds eventually became party leader and Taoiseach and Dempsey's loyalty was rewarded by being appointed Minister of State with responsibility as government chief whip.
Denman was then able to devote his time to politics, and served in the Liberal administrations of Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman and H. H. Asquith as a Lord-in-Waiting ( government whip in the House of Lords ) from 1905 to 1907 and as Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms ( government chief whip in the House of Lords ) between 1907 and 1911.
Lord Shrewsbury was an Admiral in the Royal Navy and also served in the second Conservative administration of the Earl of Derby as Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms ( chief whip in the House of Lords ) from 1858 to 1859.
He is the Deputy Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats, chief whip of the Liberal Democrats, and Deputy Chief Whip ( Comptroller of HM Household ) of the UK Government Coalition.
Lord Dunmore later held political office as Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms ( government chief whip in the House of Lords ).
Lord Swinton notably served as Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard ( deputy chief government whip in the House of Lords ) from 1982 to 1986 in the Conservative administration of Margaret Thatcher.
Lord St Aldwyn was also a Conservative politician and was Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms ( government chief whip in the House of Lords ) between 1958 and 1964 and 1970 and 1974. the titles are held by his eldest son, the third Earl, who succeeded in 1992.
Prior to taking up the post of chair of the CQC, Barbara Young was the chief executive of the Environment Agency ( 2000 – May 2008 ), an appointment which led to her becoming a non-affiliated member in the House of Lords ; previously she had taken the Labour Party whip.

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Julius's wife, Alan's mother, was Ethel Sara ( née Stoney ; 1881 – 1976 ), daughter of Edward Waller Stoney, chief engineer of the Madras Railways.
Other notable officials at Ellis Island included Edward F. McSweeney ( assistant commissioner ), Joseph E. Murray ( assistant commissioner ), Dr. George W. Stoner ( chief surgeon ), Augustus Frederick Sherman ( chief clerk ), Dr. Victor Safford ( surgeon ), Dr. Victor Heiser ( surgeon ), Thomas W. Salmon | Dr.
Mary's uncle was King Charles II, who ruled the three kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland ; her maternal grandfather, Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, served for a lengthy period as Charles's chief advisor.
Mary was made godmother to her half-brother Edward and acted as chief mourner at the queen's funeral.
The other chief incidents of his pontificate were his disputes with King Edward III of England as a result of the latter's encroachments on ecclesiastical jurisdiction, as well as with the kings of Castile and Aragon ; his fruitless negotiations for reunion with the Armenians and the Byzantine emperor, John VI Kantakouzenos ; and the commencement of Cola di Rienzo's agitation in Rome.
The program was led by David Peck Todd with the military assistance of Admiral Edward W. Eberle ( Chief of Naval Operations ), with William F. Friedman ( chief cryptographer of the US Army ), assigned to translate any potential Martian messages.
It has been claimed that the loss of the income from Jews was a chief reason why Edward I was obliged to give up his right of tallaging Englishmen in general.
Thomas Edward Burnett, Jr. ( May 29, 1963 – September 11, 2001 ) was the vice-president and chief operating officer of Thoratec Corporation, a medical devices company based in Pleasanton, California.
After forcibly removing Edward VI to Windsor Castle, with the intention of keeping him hostage, Somerset was removed from power by members of the council, led by his chief rival, John Dudley, the first Earl of Warwick, who created himself Duke of Northumberland shortly after his rise.
Yeats was a driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival and, along with Lady Gregory, Edward Martyn, and others, founded the Abbey Theatre, where he served as its chief during its early years.
* January 24 – William Edward Forster, the chief secretary for Ireland, introduces his Coercion Bill, which temporarily suspended habeas corpus so that those people suspected of committing an offence could be detained without trial ; it goes through a long debate before it is accepted February 2.
* Winter – Dr. Bonham's Case is decided by Edward Coke, chief justice of England's Court of Common Pleas.
He in turn hired five other top British car engineers. They were Kenneth Barnett body design, engineers John Simpson and Edward Chapman, John Crosthwaite ex-BRM as chassis engineer and Peter Slater as chief development engineer.
He attempted to pass the responsibility for launching Pickett's division to his artillery chief, Col. Edward Porter Alexander.
As the Yorkists tightened their hold over England, Edward rewarded his supporters, including his chief adviser Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, elevating them to higher titles and awarding them land confiscated from their defeated foes.
Edward sent one of his chief lieutenants, John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey, John Balliol's own father-in-law, northwards with a strong force of knights to invest the stronghold.
Philip was one of the two chief claimants to the throne along with the demands of Dowager Queen Isabella of England, the late King Charles ' sister, who claimed the French throne for her young son King Edward III of England.
The new station was designed by the Great Eastern's chief engineer, Edward Wilson, and was built by John Mowlem & Co. on a site which had been occupied by Bethlem Royal Hospital from the 13th century to the 17th century.
In 1553, as King Edward VI was dying, the King and his chief minister, John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, planned to exclude his sister Mary from the succession in favour of Catherine's elder sister, Jane.
* 1853: the first lodge in America of the ancient Welsh fraternal order of Ivorites was opened in Carbondale in the fall of 1853 ; the first public Ivorite celebration in America took place in Carbondale in August 1855, when a procession and other public exercises took place, under the direction of Thomas Voyle, Esquire, chief marshal, and Edward Roberts, Esquire.
Of interest to fans of twentieth century humour is the fact that " George Buchanan, her chief traducer, tells us, with lipsmacking relish, in his Rerum Scoticarum Historia-' William and Edmund Blaccader, Edward Robertson and Thomas Dickson, all Bothwell's men and notorious pirates ' Mary Queen of Scots on her journey to Alloa Tower in 1566 ".
In 1457 Bourchier took the chief part in the trial of Reginald Pecock, Bishop of Chichester, for heresy ; in 1473 he was created a cardinal after some delay as this honour had been sought for him by Edward IV in 1465 ; and in 1475 he was one of the four arbitrators appointed to arrange the details of the Treaty of Picquigny between England and France.
Colonel Edward D. Townsend, an assistant adjutant at the War Department and Scott's chief of staff.

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