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British Army general (1857–1932)
Field Marshal Herbert Charles Onslow Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer (13 March 1857 – 16 July 1932) was a senior British Army officer who fought in the First
Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer
Herbert_Plumer,_1st_Viscount_Plumer
Extinct viscountcy in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
successor, the second Viscount, in 1944. Herbert Onslow Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer (1857–1932) Thomas Hall Rokeby Plumer, 2nd Viscount Plumer (1890–1944) "No
Viscount_Plumer
Surname list
Henry Plumer McIlhenny (1910–1986), American connoisseur of art and antiques, world traveller and socialite Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer (1857–1932)
Plumer
List of former pupils of Eton College, UK
Oates, Antarctic explorer Derek Parfit, philosopher Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer, WWI commander Paul Raison, art historian and former chairman
Old_Etonians
Military unit
Canada King Alfonso XII of Spain (1876) Field Marshal Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer (1875–1876) John Hope, 1st Marquess of Linlithgow (1878–1879)
Royal Military College, Sandhurst
Royal_Military_College,_Sandhurst
married Thomas Hall Rokeby Plumer, 2nd Viscount Plumer, son of Field Marshal Herbert Charles Onslow Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer, in 1919. Anne died 2 May
Henry_Tempest_Hicks
Highest military rank of the British Army
July 1919 1929 Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer York and Lancaster Regiment 1857 31 July 1919 1932 Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby 6th (Inniskilling)
Field marshal (United Kingdom)
Field_marshal_(United_Kingdom)
Individuals interred at Westminster Abbey, London
Mackenzie, Lord Fortrose Sir Isaac Newton Field Marshal Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer Sir George Pollock, 1st Baronet Ernest Rutherford, 1st Baron
Burials and memorials in Westminster Abbey
Burials_and_memorials_in_Westminster_Abbey
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up Plumer or plumer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Plumer is a surname. Plumer may also refer to: Viscount Plumer, a British peerage title Baron
Plumer_(disambiguation)
Painting by John Singer Sargent
New Zealand Division from 1916 to 1919) Field Marshal Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer (commander of the British Second Army from 1915 to 1917 and in
General Officers of World War I
General_Officers_of_World_War_I
Noble title granted to honor a commander who achieved a major military victory
Messines (1917), was created Baron Plumer, of Messines and of Bilton in the County of York, in 1919 and Viscount Plumer, of Messines and of Bilton in the
Victory_title
Spring in Wadi Qelt, West Bank
attended by Mayor of Jerusalem Raghib al-Nashashibi and Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer, High Commissioners for Palestine and Transjordan. The area around
Ein_Farah
Eleanor Mary Plumer (22 July 1885 – 29 June 1967) was a British academic administrator. She was the eldest daughter of Field Marshal Herbert Plumer. After studying
Eleanor_Plumer
in order of creation, including extant, extinct and abeyant titles. A viscount is the fourth rank in the peerage of the United Kingdom, Great Britain
List of viscountcies in the peerages of Britain and Ireland
List_of_viscountcies_in_the_peerages_of_Britain_and_Ireland
Place in London, United Kingdom
№ 22 Frederick Campbell, 3rd Earl Cawdor (1878–91); Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer, British Army field marshal № 23 the 10th Countess of Winchilsea
Kingston_House_estate,_London
Name list
sailor, Third Principal Commanding Officer of Titanic Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer (1857–1932), British Army field marshal of the First World War
Herbert_(given_name)
Calendar year
Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1940) March 13 – Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer, British general (d. 1932) March 15 – Christian Michelsen, 1st
1857
Secretary, 1903–1905, and England footballer. Field Marshal Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer (1857–1932), quartermaster general, 1904–1905, General Officer
List of Old Etonians born in the 19th century
List_of_Old_Etonians_born_in_the_19th_century
War and was Aide-de-camp to Queen Victoria. General Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer Was in Second Boer War and World War I; on the Western Front
List of Victorian era British generals
List_of_Victorian_era_British_generals
British judge and politician
Vice-Chancellor of England and later Master of the Rolls. Plumer was the second son of wine merchant Thomas Plumer (died 17 March 1781) of Lilling Hall, Yorkshire
Thomas_Plumer
Plumer 1919 Plumer extinct 24 February 1944 created Viscount Plumer on 24 June 1929 Baron Byng of Vimy 1919 Byng extinct 6 June 1935 created Viscount
List of hereditary baronies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
List_of_hereditary_baronies_in_the_Peerage_of_the_United_Kingdom
Military unit
was unveiled on 7 July 1923 by the regimental colonel, Field Marshal Viscount Plumer. The colours of both battalions are held at St Mary's Church in Barnsley
Barnsley_Pals
British Army officer (1887–1976)
Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein (17 November 1887 – 24 March 1976), was a senior British Army officer who served
Bernard_Montgomery
British politician
Plumer (1736–1822) was a British politician who served 54 years in the House of Commons between 1763 and 1822. Plumer was the son of William Plumer and
William_Plumer_(1736–1822)
founder of the Scouting movement (died 1941) 13 March – Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer, general (died 1932) 14 March – Ishbel Hamilton-Gordon, Marchioness
1857_in_the_United_Kingdom
July – Kenneth Grahame, author (born 1859) 16 July – Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer, general (born 1857) 22 July – J. Meade Falkner, novelist and
1932_in_the_United_Kingdom
May 1915 Sir James Willcocks 1857 1926 11 June 1915 Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer 1857 1932 Promoted to field marshal on 31 July 1919. 1915 Sir
List of British Army full generals
List_of_British_Army_full_generals
First World War memorial in York, England
design; it was unveiled by Field Marshal Herbert Plumer, 1st Baron Plumer (later 1st Viscount Plumer) at a ceremony on 14 June 1924, and dedicated by
North Eastern Railway War Memorial
North_Eastern_Railway_War_Memorial
English ambulance driver (1888–1993)
by the commander of British Second Army, General Sir Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer. After the war, Bonnell returned to England in 1919 and worked
Sadie_Bonnell
Scottish peer
John Law (d. 1827) Hon. Frances Dorothy Cary (d. 1761), married William Plumer on 12 July 1760 Hon. Mary Cary Hon. Charlotte Cary, married Anthony Chapman
Lucius Cary, 7th Viscount Falkland
Lucius_Cary,_7th_Viscount_Falkland
British Field Marshal (1861–1936)
Field Marshal Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby, GCB, GCMG, GCVO (23 April 1861 – 14 May 1936) was a senior British Army officer and imperial
Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby
Edmund_Allenby,_1st_Viscount_Allenby
World War I British battalion
was unveiled on 7 July 1923 by the regimental colonel, Field Marshal Viscount Plumer. Two published war poets served in the ranks of the Sheffield City
Sheffield_City_Battalion
British Army officer (1886–1946)
Field Marshal John Standish Surtees Prendergast Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort (10 July 1886 – 31 March 1946), was a senior British Army officer. As a young
John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort
John_Vereker,_6th_Viscount_Gort
Irish and Scottish peer (1686–1744)
Viscount Strabane and gave him the additional subsidiary title of Baron Mountcastle. In April 1711, Lord Paisley, as he now was, married Anne Plumer (1690–1776)
James Hamilton, 7th Earl of Abercorn
James_Hamilton,_7th_Earl_of_Abercorn
British politician (1870–1963)
Herbert Louis Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel (6 November 1870 – 5 February 1963) was a British politician who served as the leader of the Liberal Party from
Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel
Herbert_Samuel,_1st_Viscount_Samuel
English peer, politician and diplomat (1797–1863)
Phipps, 1st Marquess of Normanby (15 May 1797 – 28 July 1863), styled Viscount Normanby between 1812 and 1831 and known as The Earl of Mulgrave between
Constantine Phipps, 1st Marquess of Normanby
Constantine_Phipps,_1st_Marquess_of_Normanby
Title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
the surname Battenberg. He was at the same time made Earl of Medina and Viscount Alderney, also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The title honours
Marquess_of_Milford_Haven
Major-General Ian Stanley Ord Playfair Field Marshal Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer Major-General Brian Peter Plummer Brigadier Leo Heathcote Plummer
List of British generals and brigadiers
List_of_British_generals_and_brigadiers
Earldom in the Peerage of Great Britain
creation, in the Peerage of Great Britain, was in 1788 for Richard Howe, 4th Viscount Howe, but it became extinct upon his death in 1799. The second creation
Earl_Howe
Earldom in the Peerage of Great Britain
Roman Empire and to France. In 1729 he was honoured when he was created Viscount Chewton, of Chewton in the County of Somerset, and Earl Waldegrave in the
Earl_Waldegrave
British politician
Peniston Lamb, 1st Viscount Melbourne, and Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Ralph Milbanke, 5th Baronet. Prime Minister William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, Frederick
Peniston_Lamb_(1770–1805)
British politician
second time in 1828 to Jane Plumer, the widow and heiress of William Plumer (1736–1822), adopted the additional name of Plumer and took up residence at Gilston
Robert_Plumer_Ward
British peer
James Bucknall Grimston, 3rd Viscount Grimston (9 May 1747 – 30 December 1808) was a British peer, born the heir to his Irish peerage, and Member of Parliament
James Grimston, 3rd Viscount Grimston
James_Grimston,_3rd_Viscount_Grimston
British Army general (1852–1925)
– 22 May 1925), known as Sir John French from 1901 to 1916, and as The Viscount French between 1916 and 1922, was a senior British Army officer. Born in
John French, 1st Earl of Ypres
John_French,_1st_Earl_of_Ypres
18th-century Scottish and Irish peer
Scotland. The eldest son of James Hamilton, 7th Earl of Abercorn and Anne Plumer, he was born in Queen Square, London on 22 October 1712. He matriculated
James Hamilton, 8th Earl of Abercorn
James_Hamilton,_8th_Earl_of_Abercorn
Earldom in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
after the death of his younger brother Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, the famous naval hero of the Napoleonic Wars and victor of the
Earl_Nelson
Title in the Peerage of Scotland
Marquess of Dumfriesshire (1683), Earl of Drumlanrig and Sanquhar (1682), Viscount of Nith, Tortholwald and Ross (1682) and Lord Douglas of Kilmount, Middlebie
Duke_of_Queensberry
Title in the Peerage of England
Viscount Courtenay (11 February 1709/1710 – 16 May 1762) (created Viscount Courtenay 1762) William Courtenay, de jure 8th Earl of Devon, 2nd Viscount
Earl_of_Devon
English politician
MP] Mary Hale (1660–1709), married John Plumer [parents of Walter Plumer MP, William Plumer MP and Richard Plumer MP] Rowland Hale (1662–) William Hale
William_Hale_(died_1688)
British Army officer
Cavendish Ponsonby was the second of three sons of Frederick Ponsonby, Viscount Dungannon (who succeeded as the 3rd Earl of Bessborough in 1793), and his
Frederick Ponsonby (British Army officer)
Frederick_Ponsonby_(British_Army_officer)
Inactive occupation formation in Germany
Dorsetshire Regiment 1928 to 1929 The commanders were: Field Marshal Lord Plumer 1918 to 1919 General Sir William Robertson 1919 to 1920 General Sir Thomas
British_Army_of_the_Rhine
the State of Israel. 1920–1925: Sir Herbert Samuel 1925–1928: Sir Herbert Plumer 1928: Sir Harry Luke (acting) 1928–1931: Sir John Chancellor 1931–1938:
List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Israel
List_of_ambassadors_of_the_United_Kingdom_to_Israel
Secretary. Wharton served as Junior Secretary. Dundas succeeded as the 2nd Viscount Melville on 28 May 1811. Merged to form the Commissioners of Woods, Forests
Perceval_ministry
British Army officer (1860–1933)
George attempted to have Robertson swap jobs with Plumer, then commanding British troops in Italy (Plumer refused). Haig was summoned to London to be consulted
Sir William Robertson, 1st Baronet
Sir_William_Robertson,_1st_Baronet
British politician
Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 4th Earl Fitzwilliam PC (30 May 1748 – 8 February 1833), styled Viscount Milton until 1756, was a British Whig statesman of the late 18th and early
William Fitzwilliam, 4th Earl Fitzwilliam
William_Fitzwilliam,_4th_Earl_Fitzwilliam
Cricket club and former governing body of cricket
Field Marshal the Lord Plumer 1930: Sir Kynaston Studd 1931: The Viscount Bridgeman 1932: Viscount Lewisham 1933: The Viscount Hailsham 1934: The Earl
Marylebone_Cricket_Club
Members of the government of the United Kingdom from 1807–1809
Wellesley-Pole 1807 Civil Lords of the Admiralty Robert Plumer Ward 6 April 1807 Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston 6 April 1807 James Buller 6 April 1807
Second_Portland_ministry
American-born British socialite (1854–1921)
biological father of the second son, John (1880–1947), was Evelyn Boscawen, 7th Viscount Falmouth, although that was mostly discredited due to the boys' striking
Lady_Randolph_Churchill
Nobility in the United Kingdom
William, 7th Duke of Devonshire Sir William Molesworth, 8th Bt The Hon Jane Plumer Erskine Robert, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury John Roddam Spencer Stanhope Dudley
British_nobility
British noble (1919–1970)
Marquess of Milford Haven, OBE, DSC (12 May 1919 – 14 April 1970), styled Viscount Alderney before 1921 and Earl of Medina between 1921 and 1938, was the
David Mountbatten, 3rd Marquess of Milford Haven
David_Mountbatten,_3rd_Marquess_of_Milford_Haven
Scottish earl and Irish viscount (died 1734)
inheriting a Scottish and Irish peerage from a second cousin, he was created a viscount in Ireland for his services to the Williamite cause. James was born in
James Hamilton, 6th Earl of Abercorn
James_Hamilton,_6th_Earl_of_Abercorn
British politician (1781–1847)
4th Earl of Bessborough, PC (31 August 1781 – 16 May 1847), known as Viscount Duncannon from 1793 to 1844, was a British Whig politician. He was notably
John Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough
John_Ponsonby,_4th_Earl_of_Bessborough
British field marshal (1861–1928)
fully supportive of excellent corps and field commanders such as Herbert Plumer, Arthur Currie and John Monash, who seem to best grasp and exercise these
Douglas_Haig,_1st_Earl_Haig
Anne Scott, 1st Duchess of Buccleuch. He was made Lord Goldielands and Viscount of Hermitage at the same time, also in the Peerage of Scotland. Two of
Earl_of_Deloraine
British politician (1788–1859)
1835–1846 Granville Ryder 1841–1847 Thomas Plumer Halsey 1846–1847 Succeeded by Sir Henry Meux Thomas Brand Thomas Plumer Halsey Honorary titles Preceded by William
Abel_Smith_(1788–1859)
ch1941: Frederick Bowhill; Reginald Dorman-Smith; Thomas Gardiner; The Viscount Nuffield; Arthur Robinson; The Lord Rushcliffe; 1st Baron Wilson 1942:
List of knights grand cross of the Order of the British Empire
List_of_knights_grand_cross_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire
1763–1768) Peter Du Cane (1755–1783) Mr Thomas Plumer, Esquire (1755 - 1775), father of Right-Hon. Thomas Plumer Thomas Chitty (1755–57 and 1758–1761) Bartholomew
List of directors of the Bank of England
List_of_directors_of_the_Bank_of_England
British Army officer who served in the Second Boer War and in the First World War
their chiefs of staff, November 1918. Front row, left to right: Sir Herbert Plumer, Sir Douglas Haig, Sir Henry Rawlinson. Middle row, left to right: Sir Julian
Archibald Montgomery-Massingberd
Archibald_Montgomery-Massingberd
UK cabinet
Privy Seal Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth – Secretary of State for the Home Department Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh (Lord Londonderry after
Liverpool_ministry
Anglo-Irish politician and poet (1709–1788)
the ministry was so useful that he was created in 1767 Baron Nugent and Viscount Clare, and in 1776 Earl Nugent, all Irish peerages. Apart from his political
Robert Nugent, 1st Earl Nugent
Robert_Nugent,_1st_Earl_Nugent
Lightweight cloth-covered helmet
Wolseley pattern cork helmet". It is named after Field Marshal The 1st Viscount Wolseley. With its swept-back brim, it provided greater protection from
Pith_helmet
High Commissioner – Sir Herbert Louis Samuel until 30 June; Herbert Onslow Plumer Emir of Transjordan – Abdullah I bin al-Hussein Prime Minister of Transjordan
1925_in_Mandatory_Palestine
British general (1879–1964)
May 1942 Churchill replaced Dobbie, who was exhausted and unwell, with Viscount Gort. Gort brought with him the George Cross that had been awarded to the
William_Dobbie
British peer and businessman (born 1961)
great-great-grandson of Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon and of John Vesey, 4th Viscount de Vesci and grandnephew (by marriage) of Evelyn Waugh. They have two children:
George Mountbatten, 4th Marquess of Milford Haven
George_Mountbatten,_4th_Marquess_of_Milford_Haven
Thomas Plumer Halsey MP (26 January 1815 – 24 April 1854) was a member of parliament for Hertfordshire from 1846 to 1854. He was the son of Joseph Thompson
Thomas_Plumer_Halsey
British politician
Hertfordshire 1801–1802 With: William Plumer Succeeded by William Plumer Hon. Peniston Lamb Preceded by William Plumer Hon. Peniston Lamb Member of Parliament
William Baker (politician, born 1743)
William_Baker_(politician,_born_1743)
English politician and agricultural innovator
Parliament of the United Kingdom Preceded by William Plumer William Baker Member of Parliament for Hertfordshire 1807–1835 With: Hon. Thomas Brand 1807–1819
Sir John Sebright, 7th Baronet
Sir_John_Sebright,_7th_Baronet
Irish restoration courtier (died 1673)
the third daughter of Thomas Butler, Viscount Thurles and his English Catholic wife Elizabeth Poyntz. Viscount Thurles (courtesy title) predeceased his
James Hamilton (English Army officer)
James_Hamilton_(English_Army_officer)
Capital Airlines Flight 300, a Vickers Viscount, collided with a USAF T-33, killing all 13 on board the Viscount and one of two on board the T-33; the
List of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft
List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_commercial_aircraft
British Army general and recipient of the Victoria Cross
Command 1923–1924 Succeeded by Sir Alexander Godley Government offices Preceded by The Lord Plumer Governor of Malta 1924–1927 Succeeded by Sir John Du Cane
Walter_Congreve
British Tory politician
of Lt Col William James and Caroline Gordon (daughter of John Wallop, Viscount Lymington) on 3 August 1844, they had three children. Dudley Henry Ryder
Granville_Ryder_(1799–1879)
Chauncy in 1550. John Plumer purchased the estate in 1701. Plumer died in 1718 and his estates were inherited by his son William Plumer (c. 1686 – 1767).
Henry Boyle, 5th Earl of Shannon
Henry_Boyle,_5th_Earl_of_Shannon
British politician (1709–1780)
daughter of the Hon. Simon Harcourt (a younger son of Simon Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt) and sister to Simon Harcourt, 1st Earl Harcourt, in 1744. Together
George Venables-Vernon, 1st Baron Vernon
George_Venables-Vernon,_1st_Baron_Vernon
in the British Mandate of Palestine. High Commissioner – Herbert Onslow Plumer Emir of Transjordan – Abdullah I bin al-Hussein Prime Minister of Transjordan
1926_in_Mandatory_Palestine
1844 novel by Alexandre Dumas
using The Count of Monte Cristo as a starting point. Sarah Hoyt's (nom de plume Sarah D'Almeida) Musketeers series begins with Death of a Musketeer, a Mystery
The_Three_Musketeers
British politician (1713–1802)
great-nephew, Henry Welbore Agar, 2nd Viscount Clifden, who assumed the surname of Ellis two years later. Viscount Clifden "ELLIS, Welbore (1713–1802),
Welbore Ellis, 1st Baron Mendip
Welbore_Ellis,_1st_Baron_Mendip
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1916 to 1922
would be made an earl, which he was as Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor, and Viscount Gwynedd, of Dwyfor in the County of Caernarvonshire on 12 February 1945;
David_Lloyd_George
Indian Army officer
the Hon. Frances Maria Gough, daughter of Field Marshal Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough, in 1844; they had five children (four sons, including Sir Henry
Patrick Grant (Indian Army officer)
Patrick_Grant_(Indian_Army_officer)
Ecuadorian volcanic archipelago
Its name was given in honor of Spain. It also is known as Hood, after Viscount Samuel Hood. It has an area of 60 km2 (23 sq mi) and a maximum altitude
Galápagos_Islands
British Army officer (1845–1918)
James Grierson (As Director of Military Operations) Preceded by Sir Herbert Plumer Quartermaster-General to the Forces 1905–1908 Succeeded by Sir Herbert Miles
William Nicholson, 1st Baron Nicholson
William_Nicholson,_1st_Baron_Nicholson
King of the United Kingdom from 1910 to 1936
Denmark (the Princess of Wales's brother, for whom the Lord Chamberlain, Viscount Sydney, stood proxy); the Queen of Denmark (George's maternal grandmother
George_V
British Royal Navy admiral (1780–1850)
Viscount Marsham Member of Parliament for Downton 1806–1807 With: Hon. Bartholomew Bouverie Succeeded by Hon. Bartholomew Bouverie Sir Thomas Plumer Preceded by
Duncombe_Pleydell-Bouverie
Palestinian Arab nationalist (1897–1974)
nomination of the new High Commissioner Sir John Chancellor to succeed Lord Plumer in December 1928, the question was re-examined, and in February 1929 legal
Amin_al-Husseini
Royal Navy admiral and nobleman (1854–1921)
November, the King created him Marquess of Milford Haven, Earl of Medina, and Viscount Alderney in the peerage of the United Kingdom. He was offered a dukedom
Prince_Louis_of_Battenberg
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 3 July 1812 Downton u Sir Thomas Plumer Sir Thomas Plumer Attorney General for England and Wales 30 May 1812 Old Sarum u
List of ministerial by-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom
List_of_ministerial_by-elections_to_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1801–1832
Whig 1810 Viscount Duncannon Whig 1812 William Plumer Whig 1822 Viscount Normanby Whig 1826 Major-General Frederick Ponsonby Whig 1830 Viscount Howick Whig
Higham_Ferrers_(constituency)
British military unit
Guards; Joint Colonel) 1922: Field Marshal Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby GCB GCMG GCVO KStJ (from 1st Life Guards; Joint Colonel) 1936–1957:
Life_Guards_(United_Kingdom)
lieutenant colonel in the Spanish–American War William Waldorf Astor, 1st Viscount Astor – financier and statesman Ralph Baer – father of the home video game
List_of_German_Americans
British politician, later peer
their war of independence. Damer was created first Earl of Dorchester and Viscount Milton on 18 May 1792. His income was variously estimated at between £15
Joseph Damer, 1st Earl of Dorchester
Joseph_Damer,_1st_Earl_of_Dorchester
British Army general (1870–1963)
Haig asked Plumer to launch this attack at once, instead of waiting three days to redeploy sixty heavy and medium guns as arranged. When Plumer, after consultation
Hubert_Gough
VISCOUNT PLUMER
VISCOUNT PLUMER
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a worker in lead, especially a maker of lead pipes and conduits, from Anglo-Norman French plom(m)er, plum(m)er ‘plumber’, from plom(b), plum(b) ‘lead’ (Latin plumbum).English : variant of Plumer 1, 3.English : occasionally, a habitational name from a minor place name, such as Plummers in Kimpton, Hertfordshire, which was named with Old English plum ‘plum(tree)’ + mere ‘pool’. The name is also established in Ireland, taken there from England in the 17th century.
Surname or Lastname
Southern French and German
Southern French and German : from Occitan astor ‘goshawk’ (from Latin acceptor, variant of accipiter ‘hawk’), used as a nickname characterizing a predacious or otherwise hawklike man. The name was taken to southwestern Germany by 17th-century Waldensian refugees from their Alpine valleys above Italian Piedmont.English : variant spelling of Aster.Astor is the name of a famous American family of industrialists and newspaper owners. John Jacob Astor I (1763–1848) was born at Walldorf near Heidelberg, Germany, the son of a butcher. He followed his brother Henry to New York and made a fortune in the fur trade, which was greatly increased by his descendants in industry, hotels, and newspapers. They built the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York. The great-grandson of John Jacob I, William Waldorf Astor (1848–1919), moved to England in 1890, becoming an influential newspaper proprietor and taking British citizenship in 1899. In 1917 he was created Viscount Astor of Hever. His son, the 2nd Viscount (1879–1952), married Nancy Shaw (née Langhorne) (1879–1964), daughter of a VA planter. She became the first woman to sit in the British House of Commons as a member of Parliament.
Surname or Lastname
North German (Plümer) and English
North German (Plümer) and English : variant of Plum, the suffix -er denoting habitation or occupation.Altered form of South German Pflümer, an occupational name for a grower or seller of plums, from an agent derivative of Middle High German pflūme ‘plum’.English : variant of Plummer 1.English and Dutch : occupational name for a dealer in feathers and quills, from an agent derivative of Middle English plume, Middle Dutch pluim ‘feather’, ‘plume’.
VISCOUNT PLUMER
VISCOUNT PLUMER
Male
German
Variant spelling of German Parzifal, PARSIFAL means "pierced valley."
Female
Spanish
Spanish name REINA means "queen." Compare with another form of Reina.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Basil, from the feminine form of the personal name, Middle English and Old French Basil(l)(i)e. St. Basilla (died ad 304) was a Roman maiden who, according to legend, chose death rather than marry a pagan.
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Indian
Goddess Lakshmi
Boy/Male
Tamil
Lord Rama
Boy/Male
Tamil
King
Boy/Male
Latin
F: Ameaning bringer of joy. In the Divine Comedy, Beatrice was Dante's guide through Paradise,...
Girl/Female
Muslim
Honesty, Just, Upright, Justice
Girl/Female
Hindu
War, Powerful, Victorious, The earth, The earth
Girl/Female
Indian, Tamil
Brilliant
VISCOUNT PLUMER
VISCOUNT PLUMER
VISCOUNT PLUMER
VISCOUNT PLUMER
VISCOUNT PLUMER
a.
An officer who formerly supplied the place of the count, or earl; the sheriff of the county.
n.
The wife of a viscount.
a.
A nobleman of the fourth rank, next in order below an earl and next above a baron; also, his degree or title of nobility. See Peer, n., 3.
n.
The dignity or jurisdiction of a viscount.
a.
Adhesive or sticky, and having a ropy or glutinous consistency; viscid; glutinous; clammy; tenacious; as, a viscous juice.
n.
See Viscount.
n.
Alt. of Viscounty
n.
The quality, rank, or office of a viscount.
v.
To lend money upon, deducting the discount or allowance for interest; as, the banks discount notes and bills of exchange.
n.
An erroneous counting.
imp. & p. p.
of Dismount
v. i.
To dismount.
imp. & p. p.
of Discount
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Dismount
v. i.
To lend, or make a practice of lending, money, abating the discount; as, the discount for sixty or ninety days.
v. t.
To dismount.
n.
One who discounts; a discount broker.
v.
To deduct from an account, debt, charge, and the like; to make an abatement of; as, merchants sometimes discount five or six per cent for prompt payment of bills.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Discount
v. t.
To discount. See Discount.