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scenery(dictionary)
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Haldane (of Cloane), Richard Burdon, 1st Viscount (sh) and scenery (oh)


Haldane (of Cloane), Richard Burdon, 1st Viscount (sh)




born July 30, 1856, Edinburgh, Scot.
died Aug. 19, 1928, Cloan, Perthshire

Scottish lawyer and statesman.

As British secretary of state for war (1905-12), he instituted important military reforms; the speedy mobilization of British forces in 1914 was largely due to his planning. He was lord chancellor (1912-15) in H.H. Asquith's government and again (1924) in James Ramsay MacDonald's Labour Party government.


scenery (oh)



the natural features of a particular part of a country that you can see, such as mountains, forests, deserts etc
::The best part of the trip was the fantastic scenery.
the painted background, furniture etc used on a theatre stage