Template:Did you know nominations/Henry Wilson-Fox
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The result was: promoted by BobAmnertiopsis∴ChatMe! 14:27, 7 July 2014 (UTC)
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Henry Wilson-Fox[edit]
- ... that in 1918 British Member of Parliament Henry Wilson-Fox envisioned the "State as an owner of vast herds of cattle overseas"?
- ALT1:... that in 1912 Henry Wilson-Fox, the manager of the British South Africa Company, suggested that submarines could avoid collisions if they imitated whales?
- ALT2:... that in 1921 Henry Wilson-Fox was one of a group of British politicians who lobbied Winston Churchill for a "gradual transfer to the overseas dominions" of "millions of our surplus population"?
- ALT3:... that Henry Wilson-Fox was only 35 years old when he became manager of the British South Africa Company in 1898?
- ALT4:... that British Member of Parliament Henry Wilson-Fox was manager of the British South Africa Company, famed for fighting wars and manipulating share prices?
- Reviewed: Uddaraju Ramam and Thomas Shaughnessy, 1st Baron Shaughnessy
Created by BrownHairedGirl (talk). Self nominated at 23:50, 30 June 2014 (UTC).
Date, size, neutrality, hook, refs, all GTG. ALT1 is indeed quite catchy.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 11:06, 7 July 2014 (UTC)
