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Sir Paul Nicholson
Sir Paul Douglas Nicholson, (7 March 1938 – 17 January 2025) was an English industrialist and was Lord Lieutenant of County Durham from 1997 to 2013. Early life and education Nicholson was born in County Durham, England, to (Frank) Douglas Nicholson and Pauline Nicholson ( Lawson-Tancred). He was educated at Ludgrove School, Harrow School and Clare College, Cambridge. Between Harrow and Cambridge, he was commissioned for National Service in The Coldstream Guards. Having completed his period of active service, he transferred to the Army Emergency Reserve of Officers on 8 October 1958 as a second lieutenant with seniority in that rank from 13 April 1957. He was promoted to lieutenant on 29 December 1958. He transferred to the Royal Armoured Corps, Territorial Army, on 23 November 1961 with the rank of lieutenant. Career After qualifying as a chartered accountant, he joined Vaux Breweries in 1965 and, from 1976 until 1999, he was Chairman of the Vaux Group, one of the mos ...
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Lord Lieutenant
A lord-lieutenant ( ) is the British monarch's personal representative in each lieutenancy area of the United Kingdom. Historically, each lieutenant was responsible for organising the county's militia. In 1871, the lieutenant's responsibility over the local militia was removed. However, it was not until 1921 that they formally lost the right to call upon able-bodied men to fight when needed. Lord-lieutenant is now an honorary titular position usually awarded to a notable person in the county, and despite the name, may be either male or female, peer or not. Origins England and Wales Lieutenants were first appointed to a number of Historic counties of England, English counties by King Henry VIII in the 1540s, when the military functions of the sheriffs were handed over to them. Each lieutenant raised and was responsible for the efficiency of the local militia units of his county, and afterwards of the yeomanry and volunteers. He was commander of these forces, whose officers he a ...
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Brewers And Licensed Retailers Association
Brewers may refer to: * Milwaukee Brewers, a Major League Baseball team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin *Helena Brewers, a minor league baseball team of the Pioneer League based in Helena, Montana *Arizona League Brewers, aka Phoenix Brewers, a minor league baseball team of the Arizona League based in Phoenix, Arizona *Beloit Brewers, a minor league baseball team, now known as the Beloit Snappers, based in Beloit, Wisconsin. *Milwaukee Brewers (1901), the original Major League Baseball team that played as the Brewers, now the Baltimore Orioles *Milwaukee Brewers (American Association), a 1902–1952 U.S. minor league baseball team *Milwaukee Brewers (1886–92), an 1891 U.S. baseball team of the American Association * Mascot of Vassar College, a co-educational college in Poughkeepsie, New York * Burton Albion Football Club, an English football (soccer) team nicknamed ''The Brewers'' See also * Brewing * Brewer (other) A brewer is someone who makes beer. Brewer may also ref ...
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QEII Diamond Jubilee Medal Ribbon
''Queen Elizabeth 2'' (''QE2'') is a retired British ocean liner. Built for the Cunard Line, the ship was operated as a transatlantic liner and cruise ship from 1969 to 2008. She was laid up until converted into a floating hotel, operating since 18 April 2018 in Dubai. ''Queen Elizabeth 2'' plied the route from her home port of Southampton, UK, to New York, United States. She served as the flagship of the line from 1969 until she was succeeded by the in 2004. ''Queen Elizabeth 2'' was designed in Cunard's offices in Liverpool and Southampton and built in Clydebank, Scotland. She was refitted with a modern diesel powerplant in 1986–87. ''Queen Elizabeth 2'' retired from active Cunard service on 27 November 2008, and was acquired by the private equity arm of Dubai World, which planned to begin conversion of the vessel to a 500-room floating hotel moored at the Palm Jumeirah, Dubai. Due to the 2008 financial crisis, the ship was laid up at Dubai Drydocks and later Mina Rashi ...
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Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal Ribbon
Queen most commonly refers to: * Queen regnant, a female monarch of a kingdom * Queen consort, the wife of a reigning king * Queen (band), a British rock band Queen or QUEEN may also refer to: Monarchy * Queen dowager, the widow of a king * Queen mother, a queen dowager who is the mother of a reigning monarch * List of queens regnant Arts and entertainment Fictional characters * Queen (Marvel Comics), Adrianna "Ana" Soria * Evil Queen, from ''Snow White'' * Red Queen (''Through the Looking-Glass'') * Queen of Hearts (''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'') * Queen, a character from the video game ''Deltarune'' * Queen, the codename for Makoto Niijima, a character from ''Persona 5'' Gaming * Queen (chess), the most powerful chess piece that moves horizontally, vertically and diagonally * Queen (playing card), a playing card with a picture of a woman on it * Queen (carrom), a piece in carrom Music * ''Queen'' (Queen album), 1973 * ''Queen'' (Nicki Minaj album), 2018 * ...
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Ribbon - QE II Coronation Medal
A ribbon or riband is a thin band of material, typically cloth but also plastic or sometimes metal, used primarily as decorative binding and tying. Cloth ribbons are made of natural materials such as silk, cotton, and jute and of synthetic materials, such as polyester, nylon, and polypropylene. Ribbon is used for useful, ornamental, and symbolic purposes. Cultures around the world use ribbon in their hair, around the body, and as ornament on non-human animals, buildings, and packaging. Some popular fabrics used to make ribbons are satin, organza, sheer, silk, velvet, and grosgrain. Etymology The word ribbon comes from Middle English ''ribban'' or ''riban'' from Old French ''ruban'', which is probably of Germanic origin. Cloth Along with that of fringes, and other smallwares, the manufacture of cloth ribbons forms a special department of the textile industry">textile industries. The essential feature of a ribbon loom is the simultaneous weaving in one loom frame of two or m ...
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Order Of St John (UK) Ribbon -vector
Order of Saint John or Knights Hospitaller is a chivalric order of the Crusades and early modern period, after 1530 also known as "Knights of Malta" Order of Saint John of Jerusalem may also refer to: * Sovereign Military Order of Malta (since 1822), officially ''Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta'', modern Catholic continuation of the Order of Saint John * Alliance of the Orders of Saint John of Jerusalem, a federation of mutually recognised Protestant branches of the Order of Saint John (since 1961) ** Order of Saint John (Bailiwick of Brandenburg), now headquartered in Berlin, separated from the Catholic Order of Malta as a Protestant order of merit in 1812 ** Order of Saint John (chartered 1888), whose Sovereign Head is the monarch of the Commonwealth realms; based in London, its responsibilities include overseeing St. John Ambulance and the St. John Eye Hospital in Jerusalem ** Order of Saint John in Sweden, whose Sovereig ...
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Royal Victorian Order UK Ribbon
Royal may refer to: People * Royal (name), a list of people with either the surname or given name * A member of a royal family or royalty Places United States * Royal, Arkansas, an unincorporated community * Royal, Illinois, a village * Royal, Iowa, a city * Royal, Missouri, an unincorporated community * Royal, Nebraska, a village * Royal, Franklin County, North Carolina, an unincorporated area * Royal, Utah, a ghost town * Royal, West Virginia, an unincorporated community * Royal Gorge, on the Arkansas River in Colorado * Royal Township (other) Elsewhere * Mount Royal, a hill in Montreal, Canada * Royal Canal, Dublin, Ireland * Royal National Park, New South Wales, Australia Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Royal'' (Jesse Royal album), 2021 * Royal (Ayo album), 2020 * ''The Royal'', a British medical drama television series * ''The Royal Magazine'', a monthly British literary magazine published between 1898 and 1939 * ''The Raja Saab'', working title ''Royal'', ...
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Daily Telegraph
''The Daily Telegraph'', known online and elsewhere as ''The Telegraph'', is a British daily broadsheet conservative newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed in the United Kingdom and internationally. It was founded by Arthur B. Sleigh in 1855 as ''The Daily Telegraph and Courier''. ''The Telegraph'' is considered a newspaper of record in the UK. The paper's motto, "Was, is, and will be", was included in its emblem which was used for over a century starting in 1858. In 2013, ''The Daily Telegraph'' and '' The Sunday Telegraph'', which started in 1961, were merged, although the latter retains its own editor. It is politically conservative and supports the Conservative Party. It was moderately liberal politically before the late 1870s.Dictionary of Nineteenth Century Journalismp 159 ''The Telegraph'' has had a number of news scoops, including the outbreak of World War II by rookie reporter Clare Hollingworth, described as "the scoop of the cent ...
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2011 Birthday Honours
The Birthday Honours 2011 for the Commonwealth realms were announced on 11 June 2011 in the United Kingdom,United Kingdom: New Zealand,"The Queen's Birthday Honours 2011"
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Knight Commander Of The Royal Victorian Order
The Royal Victorian Order () is a dynastic order of knighthood established in 1896 by Queen Victoria. It recognises distinguished personal service to the monarch, members of the royal family, or to any viceroy or senior representative of the monarch. The present monarch, King Charles III, is the sovereign of the order. The order's motto is ''Victoria.'' The order's official day is 20 June. The order's chapel is the Savoy Chapel in London. There is no limit on the number of individuals honoured at any grade. Admission is at the sole discretion of the monarch. Each of the order's five grades represent different levels of service, as does the medal, which has three levels of service. While all those honoured may use the prescribed styles of the order – the top two grades grant titles of knighthood, and all grades accord distinct post-nominal letters – the Royal Victorian Order's precedence amongst other honours differs from realm to realm and admission to some grades may be b ...
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Knight Bachelor
The title of Knight Bachelor is the basic rank granted to a man who has been knighted by the monarch but not inducted as a member of one of the organised Order of chivalry, orders of chivalry; it is a part of the Orders, decorations, and medals of the United Kingdom, British honours system. Knights Bachelor are the most ancient sort of British knight (the rank existed during the 13th-century reign of Henry III of England, King Henry III), but Knights Bachelor rank below knights of chivalric orders. A man who is knighted is formally addressed as "Sir [First Name] [Surname]" or "Sir [First Name]" and his wife as "Lady [Surname]". The designation "Bachelor" in this context conveys the concept of "junior in rank". Criteria Knighthood is usually conferred for public service; amongst its recipients are all male judges of His Majesty's High Court of Justice in England. It is possible to be a Knight Bachelor and a junior member of an order of chivalry without being a knight of that or ...
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