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Hace 4 días · Under a Chancery decree of 1739 the park and Bowood House, which Sir Orlando had built on it, were acquired by Richard Long, Sir Orlando's principal creditor, who sold them in 1754 to John Petty, earl of Shelburne (d. 1761). Petty devised them to his wife Mary, who in 1761 or 1762 conveyed them to her son William Petty, earl of Shelburne (cr ...
Hace 2 días · The offices of gentleman of the bedchamber were in the gift of the Crown. (fn. 1) From 1660 the office of first gentleman was invariably coupled with that of groom of the stole. Originally the gentlemen were sworn in pursuance of royal warrants directed to the lord chamberlain. (fn. 2) From 1685 to 1688 these warrants were directed to the groom ...
Hace 4 días · Discover life events, stories and photos about John Petty (1638–1679) of Weymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.
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Hace 2 días · The colonial policy of Charles Jenkinson, Baron Hawkesbury and 1st earl of Liverpool, as president of the Committee for Trade, 1784–1800. C.B. Fergusson. Oxford D.Phil. 1952. Impeachment of Warren Hastings. P.J. Marshall. Oxford D.Phil. 1962. The Colonial Office and the plantation colonies, 1801–34: a study of imperial government in evolution.
Hace 5 días · Whereas the French had more than 900 heavy guns, the British had barely half this number for a wider front. Additional handicaps were recounted in the History of the Great War Based on Official Documents (British Official History), which states that the problem that confronted British Commander in Chief Douglas Haig was, fundamentally, that of “storming a fortress…It must be confessed that ...
Hace 3 días · ‘Royal Portraits: A Century of Photography’, an exhibition of royal portraits running until October, depicts King Charles as a boy, Queen Elizabeth, Prince Philip, Princess Margaret (shown ...
Hace 2 días · As pit ponies were essential to the Elsecar collieries, the Fitzwilliam family created the “Fitzwilliam Medal for kindness to ponies”. In 1904, the recipient was John William Bell, who saved the life of his pony by staying with him after a roof fall in the mine. William Bell’s granddaughter still lives in the village.
