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Kaiser

Emperor of Germany before and during the First World War.

Kenyon, Lord

MP for Denbigh boroughs. Closely involved in the passing of the Welsh Intermediate Education Act 1889.

Keynes, John Maynard

Distinguished economist. Co-operated with Lloyd George in the 1930s to produce programmes by which government spending could be made to alleviate unemployment and re-vitalise industry.

Khaki Election

The election fought after the Boer War.

Kindred system

A system of land holding by groups of kinsmen with a common ancestor.

Knights

Knights of the shire — members of Parliament for county constituencies.

Knight’s fee

A parcel of land for the tenure of which the holder provided one armed knight for the lord’s military service.

Knights Hospitallers

Knights Hospitallers and Templars were religious orders created at the beginning of the twelfth century. They were military orders arising out of the religious wars of Christendom against Islam in the Holy Land and in Spain.

Knights Templars

See Knights Hospitallers.

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