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Office-Holders in Modern Britain
… vi, 112). Left office Jan. 1709 on app. as Chief Secretary to Lord Lieutenant, Ireland (ibid. 391). App. Secretary of … Post Man no. 964). Left office Aug. 1702 on app. as Envoy to Swiss Cantons ( CSPD 1702-3, 497; Post Man no. 998). … 23 May 1766 (ibid.). Graham, Fergus Under Secretary (Preston) Nov.-Dec. 1688. App. by Preston Nov. 1688 ( Ellis …
Office-Holders in Modern Britain
… by Montrose probably Sept. 1714; occ. from 9 Oct. 1714 to 1716 (sic) (SP 55/4 pp. 1, 40; Miège, Present State … (Hillsborough) Nov. 1779-March 1782. Occ. as Office Keeper to Rochford from 1770 to 1771 (sic) ( Royal Kal. (1770), 115; … the Commissioners for Trade and Plantations 1768-75, 164). Preston, Richard (Graham) 1st Viscount Secretary of State …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Richard de Pierpoint and Robert de Alvanley, who sold it to Sir Philip de Orreby; and it came by marriage, in the … disappeared. The parish comprises 6599 acres, and the Birmingham and Worcester canal runs through it. Needles are … inhabitants. This parish lies on the road from Bristol to Birmingham, and comprises by computation 2600 acres, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Roman station of considerable extent, supposed by Horsley to have been the Dictis of the Notitia; the earth-works of … as many delightful excursions may be taken hence, to view the sublimely romantic and richly varied scenery of … a good market-house. The Bedford branch of the London and Birmingham railway passes on the north-west. The market is on …
History Theses 1901-1970
… on the food supply of the world, with special reference to America. J.N.L. Baker. Oxford B.Litt. 1923. English … 1965. Responsible government in Canada. Rosa W. Langstone. Birmingham M.A. 1930. The work of Sir Edmund Head in British … relations with the mother country. Constance A. Joseph. Birmingham M.Com. 1928. Governor William Franklin. Felicitas …
History Theses 1970-2014: Historical research for higher degrees in the universities of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland
… Chronological coverage: 17901800 1971 Anglican reactions to the challenge of a multi-confessional society, with … Mountain Men: image and reality. Isherwood, P.H. Ph.D., Birmingham. Supervised by Campbell, A.E. The politics of … in Nova Scotia, 1770-1830: a study in adaptation. Preston, B.W. Ph.D., Glasgow. Supervised by Hart, T.; Slaven, …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… the same. That any man killing another or stealing to the value of 40 s. be arrested, brought to England, and delivered to the Earl Marshal; no ballast or prestones to be thrown …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… April 1. [Virginia.] 858. Governor Sir William Berkeley to [Secretary Sir Joseph Williamson]. Has received his letter … on the main covet more land than they are safely able to hold from those they have dispossed of it. This was the … his salary as gunner of Willoughby Fort, also to Edward Preston, gunner of Charles' Fort, his salary as gunner of …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… April 1716 April 5. [? May 5.] 112. Mr. Attorney General to the Council of Trade and Plantations. Reply subscribed … a subject as it may ye powers of government as are granted to several of the Proprietary Governmts. Signed, Edw. … thought fit to order a number of rebels, who were taken at Preston to be transported to his Plantations in America, I am …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… 21-31 August 1720, 21-31 Aug. 21. London. 203. Col. Vetch to the Council of Trade and Plantations, Reply to Queries of 10th Aug., relating to Nova Scotia. (i) Its … by those born in the country; by the rebels imported from Preston; by the great number of convicts; by the purchase of …