Riley, Bridget. 1931-. British Kinetic Op artist.

Roberts, Frederick. 1832-1914. British Field Marshal. Afghan War. Boer War.

Rockingham, 2nd Marquess. 1730-82. British Prime Minister. Tried to make peace with American colonies.

Rodney, George. 1718-92. British admiral. Seven Years War. American Revolution.

R101. 1930. British airship, world’s largest, crashed in France.

Ross, Ronald. 1857-1932. British discoverer of malaria parasite.

Rothschild, Lionel de. 1808-79. First Jewish member of British Parliament 1858-74.

Rotten Boroughs. -1832. British rural constituencies with few voters due to urban migration. Reform Bill.

Rowlatt Acts. 1919. Suppressed liberties in British India led to Amritsar Riots, Noncooperation Movement.

Royal Scots Guards. 1633. Oldest regular regiment in British Army.

Russell, John. 1792-1878. British Liberal Prime Minister 1846~66. Reform Bill 1832.

Ruyter, Michiel. 1607-76. Dutch admiral defeated British in Anglo-Dutch wars.

Sabah. 1888 British protectorate = North Borneo. 1946 British Crown Colony. 1963 Malaysia.

Sackville, Thomas. 1536-1608. British dramatist. First English blank-verse tragedy. Gorboduc 1561.

Saint, Thomas. British sewing machine inventor, 1790. Singer.

Salisbury, First Earl. 1563-1612. British adviser to Elizabeth I. Negotiated James I succession.

Salisbury, Third Marquess. 1830-1903. British Imperialist Prime Minister 1885~1902. Fashoda. Boer War. Splendid Isolation.

Samoa. Melanesians. 1722 Dutch explore. 1830 British settle. 1856 German trade. 1899 Germany(W)/ USA(E) becomes Western Samoa, American Samoa.

Samuel, Herbert. 1870-1963. British philosopher, statesman. Practical Ethics.

Sandwich, Montagu, 4th earl. 1718-92. British politician. Invented sandwich 1762.

Sarawak. 15C Brunei. 1841 Independent (Brooke). 1941 Japanese occupy. 1946 British Crown Colony. 1963 Malaysia.

Settlement, Act of. 1701. British established Protestant Hanover succession. Limited monarch’s powers.

Seychelles. 1505 Portugal discovers. 1756 France. 1794 British. 1903 Crown Colony. 1976 Independent republic.

Shackleton, Ernest. 1874-1922. British Antarctic explorer.

Sheridan, Richard. 1751-1816. British comedy dramatist: School for Scandal 1777.

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