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Donald Thomas Younger Curry, Baron Curry of Kirkharle, CBE is a British farmer and businessman who is the former chair of NFU Mutual and non-executive chair of the Better Regulation Executive, and a member of the House of Lords. Curry was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1997 New Year Honours, and as announced in the 2001 Birthday Honours, was knighted on 12 July 2001.In 2001–2 he chaired the Policy Commission on the Future of Farming and Food, known as the Curry Commission, which produced a report for the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.On the recommendation of the House of Lords Appointments...
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  • 1. Cragside House and Gardens Rothbury
    Cragside is a Victorian country house near the town of Rothbury in Northumberland, England. It was the home of William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong, founder of the Armstrong Whitworth armaments firm. An industrial magnate, scientist, philanthropist and inventor of the hydraulic crane and the Armstrong gun, Armstrong also displayed his inventiveness in the domestic sphere, making Cragside the first house in the world to be lit using hydroelectric power. The entire estate was technologically advanced; the architect of the house, Richard Norman Shaw, wrote that it was equipped with wonderful hydraulic machines that do all sorts of things. In the grounds, Armstrong built dams and created lakes to power a sawmill, a water-powered laundry, early versions of a dishwasher and a dumb waiter, a hy...
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