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Teviot Escutcheon
Teviot may refer to: People *Baron Teviot *Earl of Teviot Places Australia *Teviot, Queensland, a town in the Scenic Rim Region, Queensland *Teviot Brook, a river in the Scenic Rim Region, Queensland *Teviot Falls, Queensland *Teviot Creek Dam, Queensland *Teviot Range, Mountain range in Queensland, Australia New Zealand *Teviot, New Zealand *Teviot River, New Zealand United Kingdom * River Teviot, Scotland, and associated Teviotdale and Teviothead placenames *Teviot Row House, Edinburgh the world's oldest student union building, run by Edinburgh University Students' Association Other *SS Teviot, SS ''Teviot'', a cargo ship in service with the Royal Mail Line from 1946–60 {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baron Teviot
Baron Teviot, of Burghclere in the County of Southampton, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1940 for Charles Kerr, 1st Baron Teviot, Charles Kerr, who had previously represented the Montrose Burghs (UK Parliament constituency), Montrose Burghs in the British House of Commons, House of Commons, and served as Chief Whip for the National Liberal Party (UK, 1931), National Liberal Party, and government whip and Comptroller of the Household in the UK National Government, National Government. He later served as Chairman of the National Liberals. Kerr was a grandson of Lord Charles Lennox Kerr, fourth son of William Kerr, 6th Marquess of Lothian. The title was then held by his only son, the second Baron, who succeeded in 1968. After Eton, he worked first as a bus driver and then as a "bacon hand" at Sainsbury's in Hove. On succeeding to the title, he left the shop for the House of Lords, which he ascertained to be better paid work; from 1987 to 1990 he was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earl Of Teviot
Earl () is a rank of the nobility in the United Kingdom. In modern Britain, an earl is a member of the peerage, ranking below a marquess and above a viscount. A feminine form of ''earl'' never developed; instead, ''countess'' is used. The title originates in the Old English word , meaning "a man of noble birth or rank". The word is cognate with the Scandinavian form ''jarl''. After the Norman Conquest, it became the equivalent of the continental count. In Scotland, it assimilated the concept of mormaer. Since the 1960s, earldoms have typically been created only for members of the royal family. The last non-royal earldom, Earl of Stockton, was created in 1984 for Harold Macmillan, prime minister from 1957 to 1963. Alternative names for the rank equivalent to "earl" or "count" in the nobility structure are used in other countries, such as the ''hakushaku'' (伯爵) of the post-restoration Japanese Imperial era. Etymology In the 7th century, the common Old English terms for no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
