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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
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In June 1919 Brigadier-General Claude Berners Westmacott (age 53) was awarded Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
On 1st March 1851 Henry Watkin Williams-Wynn (age 67) was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
On 10th March 1863 Thomas Myddelton-Biddulph (age 53) was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire being knighted on 27th March 1863.
In March 1918 Emily Fenton Armitage (age 54) was awarded Officer of the Order of the British Empire.
On 7th February 1958 Arthur Valerian Wellesley 8th Duke Wellington (age 42) was awarded Officer of the Order of the British Empire "in recognition of distinguished services in Cyprus for the period 1st July to 31st December, 1957".
In 1866 Albert aka Abdullah Sassoon 1st Baronet (age 47) was made a Companion of the Order of the Star of India.
In 1927 Frank Bernard Dicksee (age 73) was appointed to the Royal Victorian Order.
The London Gazette 27493. Chancery of the Royal Victorian Order, St. James's Palace, November 9,1902.
The King has been graciously pleased to make the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Royal Victorian Order:-
To be Knights Grand Cross:
Victor Albert Francis Charles (age 38), Viscount Churchill, K.C.V.O. (Lord in Waiting).
General Frederick Augustus, Baron Chelmsford, G.C.B. (Gold Stick in Waiting).
Horace Brand, Baron Farquhar, K.C.V.O. (Master of the Household).
Colonel Sir Edward Ridley Colborne Bradford, Bart, G.C.B., K.C.S.L (Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police).
Colonel Sir Robert Nigel Fitz-Hardinge Kingscote (age 72), K.C.B. (Extra Equerry to His Majesty).
Admiral Sir Henry Frederick Stephenson, K.C.B. (Extra Equerry to His Majesty).
Major-General Sir Henry Trotter, K.C.V.O. (Commanding Home District).
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In 1984 Arthur Valerian Wellesley 8th Duke Wellington (age 68) was appointed Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order.
On 15th March 1952 Arthur Valerian Wellesley 8th Duke Wellington (age 36) was appointed Member of the Royal Victorian Order Fourth Class.