 | David Jablonsky - 1991 - 264 pages
...degree every one knew every one else and who they were .... Everywhere one met friends and kinsfolk. The leading figures of Society were in many cases the leading statesmen in Parliament .... Churchill, A Roving Commission, p. 89 Winston is a man of simple tastes. He is always prepared... | |
 | Harvey C. Mansfield (Jr.) - 2000 - 362 pages
...glory, were interrelated to an enormous extent by marriage. Everywhere one met friends and kinsfolk. The leading figures of Society were in many cases...the Derby. In those days the glittering parties at Lansdowne House, Devonshire House or Stafford House comprised all the elements which made a gay and... | |
 | Geoffrey Best - 2001 - 412 pages
...glory, were inter-related to an enormous extent by marriage. Everywhere one met friends and kinsfolk. The leading figures of Society were in many cases...Commons made a practice of adjourning for the Derby. [The] glittering parties at Lansdowne House, Devonshire House or Stafford House comprised all the elements... | |
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The leading figures of Society were in many cases the leading statesmen in Parliament, and also the leading sportsmen on the Turf. Lord Salisbury was accustomed scrupulously to avoid calling a Cabinet when there was racing at Newmarket, and the House... 