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Ellenborough

British

/ ˈɛlənbrə /

noun

Earl of, title of Edward Law. 1780–1871, British colonial administrator: governor general of India (1742–44)

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Race director Mike Thomas said Mr Lightfoot, a member of Cumbria running club Ellenborough AC, beat the horses "quite comfortably" on Saturday.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2022

Attorney General Lord Ellenborough demanded they stop - but without success.

From BBC • Nov. 17, 2012

But the tides of history were running against Lord Ellenborough.

From Time Magazine Archive

In 1803 Lord Ellenborough pushed through a bill to make abortion a crime punishable by death if performed after the fetus had "quickened."

From Time Magazine Archive

Ellenborough could not resist the temptation to copy Napoleon’s magniloquent proclamation under the pyramids.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various

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