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  • It will open a store in Cumnock, Scotland, and Kings Heath and Tweedmouth in England by the end of March.

    Asda to Open Smaller, In-Town Stores Kathy Gordon 2010

  • It will open a store in Cumnock, Scotland, and Kings Heath and Tweedmouth in England by the end of March.

    Asda to Open Smaller, In-Town Stores Kathy Gordon 2010

  • Other political hostesses included the Duchess of Buccleuch of Montague House, and Lady Tweedmouth, who also ruled over the Liberals.

    Edwardian Society Pt I: Politics | Edwardian Promenade 2007

  • Although Tweedmouth personally supervised the cattle count, his manager tricked the nobleman by driving the same herd past him several times.

    THE AMERICAN WEST DEE BROWN 2007

  • Archibald John Marjoribanks, a young relative of Baron Tweedmouth, arrived from London to set things in order.

    THE AMERICAN WEST DEE BROWN 2007

  • One day, as later happened on the Bar X Ranch, Aberdeen and Tweedmouth arrived incognito to find out why the ranch was earning no profits.

    THE AMERICAN WEST DEE BROWN 2007

  • The fellow is old and withered; but he has been recommended to me for his fidelity, by Mrs Humphreys, a very good sort of a woman, who keeps the inn at Tweedmouth, and is much respected by all the travellers on this road.

    The Expedition of Humphry Clinker 2004

  • Tweedmouth, however, did not speak for his First Sea Lord, and Jacky Fisher, builder of dreadnoughts and advocate of submarines, was always open to the potential of exotic new weapons.

    Castles of Steel Massie, Robert K., 1929- 2003

  • Fisher replied, “I have never known more malignant rancour and jealousy as manifested by Lord Charles Beresford and Hedworth Lambton as against Prince Louis and I regret to say Lord Tweedmouth [then First Lord] is frightened of what these two can do in exciting the Service against the avowed intention of making Prince Louis an acting Vice Admiral.”

    Castles of Steel Massie, Robert K., 1929- 2003

  • In 1909, with Tweedmouth departed, the Naval Estimates included a request for £35,000 to build one experimental rigid airship.

    Castles of Steel Massie, Robert K., 1929- 2003

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