It is known to have been acquired by Sir Gore Ouseley in the early 19th century while he was an ambassador to the Persian court.
It is widely known to have been acquired by Sir Gore Ouseley in the early 19th century while he was an ambassador to the Persian court.
In the early 1990s, Sir Richard won damages and an apology from BA at the High Court for a "dirty tricks" campaign, in which BA allegedly poached passengers, staff and gave negative stories about the Virgin founder to the press.
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The Bank of England announced that Sir John Gieve would step down early from his job as deputy governor, in which he is responsible for financial stability.
Jonathan King, who is behind the show, said Boyzone and Sir Cliff Richard were among the early names on the list but had failed to make it to the later stages.
Suddenly the parliamentary arithmetic gets interesting and the new chief whip, Sir George Young, could face an early challenge.
She can be stormy and there have been angry clashes, such as the famous one in the early 1990s with the late Sir Kenneth MacMillan, one of the Royal Ballet's legendary figures.
An early favourite with the punters was Sir Rembrandt, which won the John Hughes Rehearsal Chase at Chepstow earlier this month.
The UDG was planning an early approach to the UUP president, Sir George Clark.
Early accounts held at Pentillie state that Sir James' statue was placed on the first floor of the mausoleum, looking out of the windows.
And it was deeply held by the first advocates of air power in the early 20th Century, including early British and Italian military theorists like Sir Hugh Trenchard and Giuilo Douhet who believed that civilian morale would collapse with the first air strikes on cities.
Illustrated by Sir Quentin Blake, who was then still in the early part of his career, old copies are in high demand.
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Sir Frank Crisp at Friar Park in Oxfordshire was another early adopter, with his grand country house garden housing several of the 1m-tall gnomes by the late 1890s.
Early visitors are said to have included Christopher Columbus, Sir Francis Drake, various German planters and privateers, and Blackbeard.
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He was fiddling with a clay model of an early successor to the E-type when company founder Sir William Lyons walked by.
In the early 1990s, Littlewoods increased its dividend substantially, and Sir Peter had to decide what to do with his extra money.
Former government chief scientific adviser, Sir David King, said the summit had come one year too early for Mr Obama to be able to take leadership of the issue.
"In my early years, the backing of the board, and Sir Bobby Charlton in particular, gave me the confidence and time to build a football club, rather than just a football team, " Ferguson said.
Fabindia's biggest early customer was Habitat, then owned by iconic British designer Sir Terence Conran.
Sir Michael said that inspections would also include a focus on qualifications held by early years staff.
Sir Tasker died in the University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, in the early hours of Sunday, a few weeks after a fall at his home in the Llandaff area of the city.
Rand delved into books at an early age and was most influenced by the works of Victor Hugo and Sir Walter Scott.
Ever since Sir Richard Branson opened his Necker Island resort in the British Virgin Islands in the early 80s, private islands have been the sexiest vacation choices for the really rich, and they have proliferated around the globe.
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The group (whose UK co-chair is the former Defence and Foreign Secretary Sir Malcolm Rifkind) also argues that removing them from combat bases would greatly increase early warning and decision time, and therefore reduce any remaining concern of a sudden nuclear attack.
Sir Jeremy's deep dislike of his chairman, Lord Chadlington, led to his early departure.
Mr Brown also suggested he considered launching an inquiry into alleged phone hacking in early 2010 but was advised against it by Cabinet Secretary and head of the Civil Service Sir Gus O'Donnell, and decided against the move.
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Sir Reg said he was currently looking at ways of buying out contracts negotiated with electricity generators during privatisation in the early 1990s.
Sir John Chilcot has said the report into his inquiry, which featured 18 months of public hearings between 2009 and early 2011, will not be published before the middle of this year at the earliest.
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