House of Peers
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Prominent members of the Diet and the House of Peers said privately that the government must fall.
From Time Magazine Archive
A moment later General Sir Brian Horrocks, Black Rod himself, knocked three times on their lobby door and, bowing, commanded "this honorable House to wait upon Her Majesty immediately in the House of Peers."
From Time Magazine Archive
The Diet and House of Peers meet at present in a low, dingy frame building, which "looks like an orphan asylum," according to Japanese correspondents.
From Time Magazine Archive
He then entertained the House of Peers by reading what he said was a confession made by one of the killers, "a young naval officer."
From Time Magazine Archive
Besides their month's attendance at the Court, the Lords-in-Waiting are sometimes employed to represent public departments in the House of Peers, and Lord Acton represented the Irish Office for the Chief Secretary, Mr. Morley.
From Letters of Lord Acton To Mary, Daughter of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone by Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron
