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A History of the County of Warwick
… Dickens once more lent his willing support, while Dr. Lyon Playfair, one of the Commissioners of the Great Exhibition of …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… George IV., and Pitt; the National Monument; Monuments to Playfair, Stewart, Burns, and Scott 377 Lighting, &c. … a spacious structure erected in 1823, from a design by Mr. Playfair, upon a foundation of wooden piles which the nature … spot. On Calton hill are also the monuments of Professor Playfair, near the Observatory, and of Dugald Stewart, …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… House is an elegant mansion built after a design by Mr. Playfair, in 1829, and situated on a terrace on the bank of …
City of London Livery Companies Commission. Report
… gentlemen in the first instance consulted were Mr. Lyon Playfair, Mr. Lowthian Bell, Captain Douglas Galton, Major … the executive committee. Two of those gentlemen, Mr. Lyon Playfair and Mr. Lowthian Bell, I think, were unable to give …
Survey of London
… Winstanley of Norton Street, builder, in 1785, to James Playfair of St. Pancras, architect (elsewhere called "county architect") and William Playfair, 45 "manufacturer of hardware." From Maple Street to … See No. 85 Charlotte Street. No. 23. 17881794, James Playfair, architect (d. 1794). He was the father of William …
Calendar of Home Office Papers (George III)
… Quaker merchant of Bristol, the employer of Joshua Dudley Playfair, Mr., as to a presentation for Plead, Act relative …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Ham, Essex, Platt, , pupil at Harrow Sch., Platt Char., Playfair, Lyon, Playford, Mrs., schoolmistress in Islington, …
Calendar of Home Office Papers (George III)
… before the King immediately. Would have recommended Mr. Playfair for the parish of Life and Benvie, if the conclusion …
Calendar of Home Office Papers (George III)
… in this instance. Will at the same time recommend Mr. Playfair for a Royal presentation, as the disposal of it in …
Survey of London
… preference to 'Hackwill' (doubtless Hakewill), was James Playfair, and the estimated cost only some 354. 451 In 1792 …