The Hutchinson Illustrated Encyclopedia of British History -- Preface -- Table of contents -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- abdication crisis -- Abercromby, Ralph (1734-1801) -- Aberdare, Henry Austin Bruce, 1st Baron (1815-1895) -- Aberdeen -- Aberdeen, George Hamilton Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784-1860) -- Abhorrer -- Abinger, James Scarlett (1769-1844) -- 1st Baron Abinger -- abjuration, oath of -- abjuration of the realm -- abolitionism -- Abraham-man -- Achurch, Janet (1864-1916) -- Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg (1834-1902) -- 1st Baron Acton -- Adams, Truda (1890-1958) -- born Gertrude Sharp -- later known as Truda Carter -- Addington, Henry, 1st Viscount Sidmouth (1757-1844) -- Addled Parliament -- Adelaide (1792-1849) -- Admiralty, Board of the -- Adrian IV (c. 1100-1159) -- born Nicholas Breakspear -- Afghan Wars -- Afghan Wars -- agrarian revolution -- causes of improvement -- new crops -- four-course rotation -- livestock farming -- agricultural revolution -- agriculture, 19th-century British -- agriculture, medieval -- Airy, Anna (1882-1964) -- Albany, Alexander Stewart, 3rd Duke of (c. 1454-1485) -- Albany, John Stewart, 4th Duke of (1484-1536) -- Albany, Robert Stewart, 1st Duke of (c. 1340-1420) -- Albert, Prince Consort (1819-1861) -- Albion -- Alcock, John William (1892-1919) -- Alexander -- Alexander I (c. 1078-1124) -- Alexander II (1198-1249) -- Alexander III (1241-1286) -- Alexander of Hillsborough, Albert Victor Alexander (1885-1965) -- Viscount Hillsborough -- Alexander 'the Magnificent' (died 1148) -- Alexandra (1844-1925) -- Alfred the Great (c. 849-c. 901) -- Aliens Act -- Allen, William (1532-1594) -- Alliance, the -- allodium -- or allodial tenure -- All the Talents, Ministry of -- Alnwick Castle.

Amery, Leo(pold Charles Maurice Stennett) (1873-1955) -- Amherst, William Pitt (1773-1857) -- Amiens, peace of -- ancient demesne -- Ancient Order of Hibernians -- AOH -- Anderson shelter -- André, John (1751-1780) -- angel -- Angell, (Ralph) Norman (1874-1967) -- Angle -- Anglesey, Henry William Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey (1768-1854) -- Anglo-Irish Agreement -- or Hillsborough Agreement -- Anglo-Irish relations -- Anglo-Irish Treaty -- Anglo-Irish War -- or the War of Independence -- Anglo-Saxon Chronicle -- Anne (1665-1714) -- Anne of Bohemia (1366-1394) -- Anne of Cleves (1515-1557) -- Anne of Denmark (1574-1619) -- Annesley, James (1715-1760) -- Anning, Mary (1799-1847) -- Anson, George (1697-1762) -- 1st Baron Anson -- Anti-Corn Law League -- Antrim, Randal Macdonnell (1609-1683) -- 1st Marquess of Antrim, Earl of Dunluce -- Anwykyll, John (died 1487) -- Apostles -- Aquinas, St Thomas (1225-1274) -- Aram, Eugene (1704-1759) -- Arbroath, Declaration of -- Arcadia conference -- Arch, Joseph (1826-1919) -- Arctic convoys -- Argyll -- Argyll, Archibald Campbell, 5th Earl of Argyll (1530-1573) -- Argyll, Archibald Campbell (1598-1661) -- 8th Earl and 1st Marquess of Argyll -- Argyll, Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl and 2nd Marquess of Argyll (1629-1685) -- Argyll, John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll (1678-1743) -- Argyll, George John Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll (1823-1900) -- Argyll, John Douglas Sutherland Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll (1845-1914) -- Arkwright, Richard (1732-1792) -- Arkwright -- Arlington, Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington (1618-1685) -- Arminianism -- Armitage, Edward (1817-1896) -- Armstrong, Henry Edward (1848-1937) -- Arnold, Joseph (1782-1818) -- Arran, James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran (c. 1515-1575) -- Arran, James Stewart, Earl of Arran (died 1595) -- Arras, Battle of -- array, commission of -- Arthur (lived 6th century).

Arthur, Duke of Brittany (1187-1203) -- Arthur, Prince of Wales (1486-1502) -- Articles, Lords of -- Arundel, Thomas Howard (1586-1646) -- 2nd Earl of Arundel -- Ascham, Roger (c. 1515-1568) -- Ashanti Wars -- Ashby, Margery Irene (1882-1981) -- born Margery Corbett -- Ashingdon, Battle of -- or Assandun -- Ashley, Jack (1922- ) -- Lord Ashley -- Ashmole, Elias (1617-1692) -- Ashmolean Museum -- Aske, Robert (c. 1500-1537) -- Askew, Anne (1521-1546) -- Askey, Arthur (1900-1982) -- Aspinall, John Audley Frederick (1851-1937) -- Asquith, Herbert Henry (1852-1928) -- 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith -- Association, the -- or National Association for King William -- Astley, Jacob (1579-1652) -- Astley, Philip (1742-1814) -- Astor -- Astor, Nancy (1879-1964) -- born Nancy Witcher Langhorne -- Astor, Waldorf, 2nd Viscount Astor of Cliveden (1879-1952) -- atheling -- Athelney, Isle of -- Athelstan (895-939) -- Athlone, Alexander (Augustus Frederick William Alfred George) (1874-1957) -- Prince of Teck, 1st Earl of Athlone -- Atkins, Anna (1799-1871) -- born Anna Children -- Atlantic triangle -- Atrebates -- ATS -- attainder, bill of -- Atterbury, Francis (1662-1732) -- Attlee, Clement (Richard) (1883-1967) -- 1st Earl Attlee -- Attwood, Thomas (1783-1856) -- Auckland, George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland (1784-1849) -- Audley, Thomas (1488-1544) -- Baron Audley of Walden -- Aughrim, Battle of -- Augmentation, Court of -- Auld Alliance -- Aungerville, Richard (1287-1345) -- also known as Richard de Bury -- auxiliary territorial service -- Avebury -- Avebury, John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury (1834-1913) -- Awdry, W(ilbert) V(ere) (1911-1997) -- axe factories -- Aylmer, Felix Edward (1889-1979) -- born Felix Aylmer-Jones -- Aymer de Valence (died 1260) -- Aymer de Valence (c. 1265-1324) -- Ayres, John (lived 17th century) -- Ayscough, William (died 1450).

Ayscue, George (died 1671) -- Babington, Anthony (1561-1586) -- Back, George (1796-1878) -- Back to Basics -- Backwell, Edward (died c. 1683) -- Bacon, Francis (1561-1626) -- 1st Baron Verulam and Viscount St Albans -- Bacon, Nicholas (1509-1579) -- Baddeley, Sophia (1745-1786) -- born Sophia Snow -- Baedeker raids -- Bagehot, Walter (1826-1877) -- Bagimond's Roll -- Blunkett -- Bagot, Charles (1781-1843) -- Baillie, Robert (1599-1662) -- Baillie, Robert, of Jerviswood (c. 1634-1684) -- Baird, David (1757-1829) -- Baker, Henry (1698-1774) -- Bakewell, Robert (1725-1795) -- Baldwin, Stanley (1867-1947) -- 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley -- Balfour, James, of Pittendreich (c. 1525-1584) -- Balfour Declaration -- Baliol (or Balliol), John de (c. 1249-1315) -- Ball, Albert (1896-1917) -- Ball, Alexander John (1756-1809) -- ballot act -- Balmerino, James Elphinstone, 1st Baron (1553-1612) -- Balnaves, Henry, of Halhill (c. 1512-1579) -- Bannockburn, Battle of -- barbarian conspiracy -- Barber, Anthony Perrinott Lysberg (1920-2005) -- Baron Barber of Wentbridge -- Barebones Parliament -- Barham, Charles Middleton, 1st Baron (1726-1813) -- Barnes, (Alice) Josephine (Mary Taylor) (1912-1999) -- Barnes, George Nicoll (1859-1940) -- Barnet, Battle of -- baronage -- Barons' War -- Barons' Wars -- Barrington, Jonah (c. 1760-1834) -- Bart, Lionel (1930-1999) -- Barton, Elizabeth (1506-1534) -- called 'the Maid of Kent' or 'the Nun of Kent' -- bastide -- Battenberg, (Mountbatten) Prince Louis Alexander (1854-1921) -- Beachy Head, Battle of -- Beaconsfield -- beadle -- or bedel -- (Anglo-Saxon bydell 'summoning officer') -- Beale, Mary (1632-1699) -- born Mary Cradock -- Beaton, David (1494-1546) -- Beaufort, Henry (1375-1447) -- Beaufort, Margaret (1443-1509) -- Countess of Richmond and Derby -- Beaumaris -- Beaumont, Agnes (1652-1720).

Beaverbrook, (William) Max(well) Aitken (1879-1964) -- 1st Baron Beaverbrook -- Becket, St Thomas à (1118-1170) -- Becket -- Bede (c. 673-735) -- bedel -- Bee, St (or St Begh or St Bega) -- Bek, Antony (died 1311) -- Bekynton, Thomas (c. 1393-1465) -- Belknap, Robert (lived late 14th century) -- Bell, Alexander Graham (1847-1922) -- Bell, Andrew (1753-1832) -- Beloff, Max, Baron Beloff (1913-1999) -- Benbow, John (1653-1702) -- benefit of clergy -- Bennett, Jill (1931-1990) -- Bentinck, Lord (William) George (Frederick Cavendish) (1802-1848) -- Bentinck, Lord William Henry Cavendish (1774-1839) -- Beresford, Charles William de la Poer (1846-1919) -- 1st Baron -- Berkeley, William (1606-1677) -- Bermingham -- Berry, Edward (1768-1831) -- Berwick, James Fitzjames, 1st Duke of Berwick (1670-1734) -- Berwick, treaties of -- Bessemer, Henry (1813-1898) -- Bevan, Aneurin (Nye) (1897-1960) -- Beveridge, William Henry (1879-1963) -- 1st Baron Beveridge -- Beveridge Report, the -- Bevin, Ernest (1881-1951) -- Bianconi, Charles (Carlo) (1786-1875) -- Biggs, Ronald (1929- ) -- Billington-Greig, Teresa (1877-1964) -- born Teresa Billington -- Bill of Rights -- Birkbeck, George (1776-1841) -- Birkenhead, F(rederick) E(dwin) Smith (1872-1930) -- 1st Earl of Birkenhead -- Birkett, (William) Norman (1883-1962) -- 1st Baron of Ulverston -- Bishops' Wars -- Black, Clementina Maria (1853-1922) -- Black and Tans -- Blackburn, Helen (1842-1903) -- Black Prince -- Blackwood, Henry (1770-1832) -- Blair, Tony (1953- ) -- born Anthony Charles Lynton Blair -- Blair -- Blake, George (1922-1994) -- Blake, Robert (1599-1657) -- blanketeers -- Blenheim, Battle of -- Bligh, William (1754-1817) -- Blitz, the -- (German Blitzkrieg 'lightning war') -- Blood, Thomas (1618-1680) -- Bloody Assizes -- Bloody Sunday -- other incidents -- Blount, Charles (1563-1606).

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