Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Debutantes at the Chrysanthemum Ball in Munich (2012) A debutante, also spelled débutante (/ ˈ d ɛ b j ʊ t ɑː n t / DEB-yuu-tahnt; from French: débutante, ' female beginner '), or deb is a young woman of aristocratic or upper-class family background who has reached maturity and is presented to society at a formal "debut" (UK: / ˈ d eɪ b juː, ˈ d ɛ b juː / DAY-bew, DEB-yoo, US: / d ...
The Court of St James's serves as the official royal court for the Sovereign of the United Kingdom. [1] The court formally receives all ambassadors accredited to the United Kingdom. [1] Likewise, ambassadors representing the United Kingdom are formally accredited from this court. The Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps, known as Master of the ...
The position is regarded as one of the most prestigious posts in the United States Foreign Service due to the "special relationship" between the United States and the United Kingdom. [4] The ambassadorship has been held by various notable politicians, including five who would later become president: John Adams, James Monroe, John Quincy Adams ...
49 St. James's Street (1810–1826); 106 Pall Mall (1826–1827); 49 St James's Street (1827–1848); 70 Pall Mall (1848– ) Officers of the Household Cavalry and Grenadier, Coldstream, Scots, Irish, and Welsh regiments of Foot Guards. Closed in 1976, and merged with the Cavalry Club to form the present Cavalry and Guards Club Gun Club
The Billings Petroleum Club (1954) [307] [308] Butte. The Silver Bow Club (1906–1930), insolvent [309] The Montana Club 's 1905 building. Helena. Montana Club (1885) [310] [311] Its 1905 new building was designed by noted architect Cass Gilbert with attention to style of traditional London gentlemen's clubs.
The University of St. Thomas's main campus is located in the Montrose neighborhood of Neartown. The campus borders Houston's Museum District and is adjacent to the Menil Collection and the Rothko Chapel. Many of the university's offices are in houses built in 1930s that are scattered throughout campus.
Frances Cox Henderson (July 21, 1820 – January 25, 1897) was the First Lady of Texas and the wife of the first Governor of the State of Texas, James Pinckney Henderson. She was well-educated and multi-lingual, translating books in Europe. Throughout her life, she was involved in civic work such as women's suffrage, and helped run her husband ...
James Pinckney Henderson (March 31, 1808 – June 4, 1858) was an American and Republic of Texas lawyer, politician, and soldier, and the first governor of the State of Texas. Early years [ edit ] He was born in Lincolnton, North Carolina , on March 31, 1808, to Lawson Henderson and his wife, Elizabeth Carruth Henderson.