DISCONTINUED BRAND: Drisdol (Vitamin D2) PRESCRIPTION: Vitamin D2 and D3 50000 IU are available with a prescription. Vitamin D2 and D3 400 â 5000 IU are available over-the-counter (OTC). USES: Vitamin D is used for treating hypoparathyroidism, vitamin D resistant rickets, and low vitamin D levels.
Lord Mountbatten Biography. Lord Mountbatten was the last viceroy of the British Indian Empire and the first Governor-General of independent India. Find more on the life and childhood of Lord Mountbatten in this brief biography. A British statesman and naval officer, Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten was a man of honor.
Charles Townshend, (born August 27, 1725âdied September 4, 1767, London, England), British chancellor of the Exchequer whose measures for the taxation of the British American colonies intensified the hostilities that eventually led to the American Revolution. 1  The second son of the 3rd Viscount Townshend, he was educated at Cambridge and Leyden. In 1747 he was elected to Parliament. As a member of the Board of Trade from 1749 to 1754, he showed an interest in increasing British powers of taxation and control over the colonies.