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Hace 4 días · Second Parliament of George I (1722-27): List of knights, commissioners, citizens & burgesses in Parliament. The History and Proceedings of the House of Commons: Volume 8, 1733-1734. Originally published by Chandler, London, 1742. This free content was digitised by double rekeying.
Hace 2 días · Ds. Apsley, Cancellarius. Comes Rochford. The Lord Chancellor acquainted the House, That His Majesty had been pleased to grant a Commission under the Great Seal, for the further Prorogation of the Parliament. Then Three of the Lords Commissioners, being in their Robes, and feated on a Form placed between the Throne and the Woolsack, the Lord ...
Hace 3 días · By the mid eighteenth century the seat was seen as heavily influenced by the Earl of Bristol and the Duke of Grafton. Its representation was reduced to one seat under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885.
Hace 4 días · Clifton in Bristol has many literary connections, not least of which is that it is the setting for much of Frances Burney’s first novel, Evelina (1778). Jane Austen visited in 1806, and Clifton features in her novels Emma, Persuasion and Northanger Abbey. Novelist Maria Edgeworth (1768–1849) also visited Clifton. Her brother-in-law, Dr Thomas Beddoes (1760–1808), […]
Hace 2 días · Discover the house and the treasures collected by the flamboyant 4th Earl of Bristol at Ickworth, a magnificent Italianate palace in the heart of Suffolk.
Hace 3 días · George, Duke of Clarence. FRANCE and ENGLAND with the difference of a label argent having on each pendant a quarter gules. When Edward IV ascended the throne he took possession of the honour of Richmond. At first he was to all appearance holding it merely as the guardian of Henry.
Hace 2 días · By the time Roger IV came into his inheritance, he was, then, what one might call an earl in the second division. With his marriage and the death of his own mother, Roger IV was able to add significantly to his lands and wealth and he consequently became one of the greatest English magnates.
