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G'day The bellman is a character from The Hunting of the Snark by Lewis Carroll. I live in the Blue Mountains, Australia. Today's featured article Lord Curzon, winner of the election The January 1908 Irish representative peer election was held to fill a vacancy among the 28 Irish representative peers at the time elected for life to the British House of Lords, with ballots sent by post to the 134 Irish peers eligible to vote. The winner was Lord Curzon (pictured), the former viceroy of India, who had never been to Ireland and owned no Irish lands. A former MP, he stood to return to parliament after being denied an earldom by the prime minister, Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman. As he had not asked the House of Lords to affirm his right to vote in Irish representative peer elections, as required to vote in them, some stated that Curzon was ineligible for election. Despite a late start and opposition to him as non-Irish, Curzon led with two votes more than Lord Ashtown, who had two more than Lord Farnham, but the official return noted Curzon was not among those who could vote. When the House of Lords convened, the Lord Chancellor, Lord Loreburn, declared Curzon the winner. (Full article...) Recently featured: Suicidal Tour Battle of Cane Hill Susanna Hoffs Selected anniversaries November 30: Saint Andrew's Day (Christianity) Flying Scotsman 1700 – Great Northern War: Swedish forces led by King Charles XII defeated the Russian army at the Battle of Narva. 1934 – Flying Scotsman (pictured) became the first steam locomotive officially to exceed 100 miles per hour (161 km/h). 1953 – Mutesa II, Kabaka of Buganda, was temporarily deposed and exiled to London by Andrew Cohen, the British governor of Uganda. 1954 – A meteorite crashed through a roof in Sylacauga, Alabama, and hit a sleeping woman in the first verified case of a human being injured by an extraterrestrial object. 1999 – A series of protests by anti-globalization activists against the World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference of 1999 in Seattle forced the cancellation of the opening ceremonies. Richard Farrant (d. 1580) Jagadish Chandra Bose (b. 1858) Eir Aoi (b. 1988) Cherry Valentine (b. 1993) More anniversaries: November 29 November 30 December 1 Community and policy references Wikipedia:Tutorial/Glossary abbreviated glossary—the ten most likely words you'll encounter. Wikipedia:Glossary explains the words you'll hear other editors use. Wikipedia:Community Portal provides links to community resources—this page is always available in the navigation sidebar. Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines Directories Wikipedia:FAQ is an index of FAQ pages on all aspects of Wikipedia. Wikipedia:Utilities — a bigger directory of project pages than the community portal. Wikipedia:Topical index — if you want a really complete index. New pages All New: 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 Orphaned: 500 1001 1501 Donate If you find this encyclopedia or its sister projects useful, please consider making a donation.

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