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A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… was in the possession of General Douglas, a member of the Queensberry family, after whose death at the battle of the …
Old and New London
… Among the lady's chief patrons were the eccentric Duke of Queensberry ("Old Q.") and the notorious Duchess of Kingston, … of the haunts of the then Prince of Wales, the old Duke of Queensberry, and the Marquis of Hertford; and the ruin of …
Survey of London
… Burton of Newcastle Street, Strand' who worked on Queensberry House, Burlington Gardens, in the 1780's); Thomas …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… demise of the prize ring. In 1866 the eighth Marquess of Queensberry gave his approval to a code of rules drawn up for …
Survey of London
… "About 1828 this house was occupied by the Marquis of Queensberry and in 18301 by Colonel Grant (at a rental of …
The Environs of London
… was the second. William Douglas, the first Earl of Queensberry, had a son of that name. Alderman of London; …
A collection of the State Papers of John Thurloe
… Parsons bookseller at Newcastle * His grace the duke Queensberry and Dover * His grace the duke of Richmond, …
Calendar of Home Office Papers (George III)
… vice Rev. William Crombie. "Recommended by the Duke of Queensberry." Margin. Kirkcudbright, in the presbytery and … vice Rev. John Scot, deceased.Recommended by the Duke of Queensberry. Dumfries (new church and parish) in the …
Calendar of Home Office Papers (George III)
… [Mr. Lind's resignation entered on p. 212.] 1 April 208 Queensberry, Charles Duke of, vice Marquis of Tweeddale, … Clerk " " 222 Athol, James Duke of, vice Charles Duke of Queensberry. Keeper of the Seal appointed to be used in …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… a neat stone pillar, or cross, erected by the last Duke of Queensberry, and surmounted by a pegasus and his grace's … are the Ae and the Lochar, the former of which, rising in Queensberry hill, washes the northern boundary of the parish, … the estate of Amisfield, was cut down by the last Duke of Queensberry: the soil is most suited to oak and ash. About …