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Carton De Wiart
Carton de Wiart is the surname of a family of the Belgian nobility Nobility is a social class found in many societies that have an aristocracy. It is normally appointed by and ranked immediately below royalty. Nobility has often been an estate of the realm with many exclusive functions and characteristics. T .... Notable people with the surname include: * Henry Carton de Wiart (1869–1951), 23rd Prime Minister of Belgium (1920–1921) * Adrian Carton de Wiart (1880–1963), British general and cousin of Henry {{surname Surnames of Belgian origin ...
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Nobility
Nobility is a social class found in many societies that have an aristocracy. It is normally appointed by and ranked immediately below royalty. Nobility has often been an estate of the realm with many exclusive functions and characteristics. The characteristics associated with nobility may constitute substantial advantages over or relative to non-nobles or simply formal functions (e.g., precedence), and vary by country and by era. Membership in the nobility, including rights and responsibilities, is typically hereditary and patrilineal. Membership in the nobility has historically been granted by a monarch or government, and acquisition of sufficient power, wealth, ownerships, or royal favour has occasionally enabled commoners to ascend into the nobility. There are often a variety of ranks within the noble class. Legal recognition of nobility has been much more common in monarchies, but nobility also existed in such regimes as the Dutch Republic (1581–1795), the Republic ...
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Henry Carton De Wiart
Henry Victor Marie Ghislain, Count Carton de Wiart (1869–1951) was a Belgian writer and statesman who served as the Prime Minister of Belgium from 20 November 1920 to 16 December 1921. Early life On 31 January 1869, Henry Carton de Wiart was born in Brussels into the aristocratic house of Carton de Wiart as the son of Diégo Benjamin Constant Carton de Wiart and Marie Clémence Jeanne Cammaerts.Yves Schmitz, "Carton de Wiart (Henry-Victor-Marie-Ghislain, comte)", in ''Biographie Nationale de Belgique'', vol. 44 (Brussels, Académie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique, 1985), 164-179Available online/ref> He was educated at Jesuit colleges in Aalst and Brussels and then studied philosophy at the Institut Saint-Louis in Brussels before entering the Faculty of Law at the Université libre de Bruxelles. While a student he spent some months in Paris, where he took courses at the Institut Catholique de Paris and the École des Sciences Politiques and atten ...
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