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Crown Agents for Oversea Governments and Administrations Ltd — The Crown Agents for Oversea Governments and Administrations Ltd Type Private limited company Founded 1833. UK statutory public corporation, 1980 1997 21 March 1997 (Ltd.) Headquarters Sutton, England, UK Area served Wor … Wikipedia
crown agent — noun Usage: usually capitalized C&A 1. : an agent for the British crown; specifically : a solicitor under the lord advocate in charge of criminal proceedings in Scotland 2. : an agent in England acting in behalf of the business and financial… … Useful english dictionary
Crown Agent — a member of an organization, started in 1833 by the British government, which provides financial and commercial services for foreign governments and international organizations. Crown agents are professional people appointed by the government.… … Universalium
Crown agency — For Modern Crown Agencies of Ontario, see Crown agency (Ontario). For The private development company from 1996, see Crown Agents for Oversea Governments and Administrations Ltd. A crown agency was an administrative body of the British Empire,… … Wikipedia
Crown Agency — A Crown Agency was an administrative body of the British Empire, distinct from the Civil Service Commission of Great Britain or the government administration of the national entity in which it operated. Employees of or constituent enterprises of… … Wikipedia
1999 New Year Honours — The New Year Honours 1999 for the United Kingdom were announced on 31 December 1998 to celebrate the year passed and mark the beginning of 1999. The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour, and… … Wikipedia
BANKING AND BANKERS — Antiquity There is little likelihood that financial transactions played a prominent role in the pre Exilic epoch in Ereẓ Israel; according to the ethos of Jewish society, then founded on a pronounced agrarian structure, lending was part of the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
TICAD Delegations — are those attending the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD), which is a conference held every five years in Japan with the objective to promote high level policy dialogue between African leaders and development partners … Wikipedia
United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… … Universalium
France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… … Universalium
