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Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles II
… [ S.P. Dom., Entry Book 62, p. 30.] June 19. London. James Sloane to the Earl of Conway. Last week a power greater than …
Unpublished London Diaries
… 16871710. Both in small format with many abbreviations. BL Sloane 4024, 32206 20. 1690 KIRK, Robert, Gaelic scholar. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… distinguished characters, was taken down by Sir Hans Sloane, in the year 1740. The bishops of Winchester had a … since 1777, and called Hans Town, in honour of Sir Hans Sloane, a former lord of the manor; and several ranges of … and the scenery on its opposite bank; in the new town are, Sloane-street, a regular range of respectable houses, nearly …
Old and New London
… of Hamilton; by Charles, Viscount Cheyne; and by Sir Hans Sloane, the celebrated physician, who purchased it in 1712 … was pulled down shortly after the death of Sir Hans Sloane, in the middle of the last century, and a row of … of Learning." In the churchyard is a monument to Sir Hans Sloane, the physician. It consists of an inscribed pedestal, …
Survey of London
… which are chained the following booksthe gift of Sir Hans Sloane: "Vinegar" Bible (Baskett's Edition of 1717), several …
Survey of London
… 166. A large monument in Portland stone to Sir Hans Sloane, Bt., standing in the S.E. corner of the churchyard. … a bend vert three wolves' heads erased argent (Middleton). Sloane. The inscriptions are: On the north face: Here lies interred Elizabeth Lady Sloane wife of Sir Hans Sloane Bar t who departed this life …
The Environs of London
… Howard family. Duke of Hamilton. Cheyne family. Sir Hans Sloane I have not been able to ascertain at what time this … of the large dower which she brought her husband. Sir Hans Sloane, of whom more particular mention will be made … and the latter George Stanley, Esq. The Right Hon. Charles Sloane, the present Lord Cadogan, inherits one moiety of this …
The Environs of London
… Hans-town. The principal street takes its name from the Sloane family, and is about six furlongs in length; it … by a paper on the Refraction of the Air. "Elizabeth Lady Sloane, buried Oct. 1, 1724." Sir Hans Sloane. "Sir Hans Sloane, Bart. buried Jan. 18, 1753." This …
The Environs of London
… and prepared it as a botanical garden 251. Sir Hans Sloane, who had studied his favourite science there about the … preserved in the archives of the society. Sir Hans Sloane contributed amply also towards the buildings and … the pedestal beneath is the following inscription: "Hans o Sloane, Bar o Archiatro, insignissimo Botanices fautori; hoc …
Old and New London
… this road we shall now proceed on our way backward towards Sloane Street, picking up such scraps of information … the common was bounded by the road or lane which is now Sloane Street. It is first spoken of as "Chelsea Heath," and … laternamely, in 1713articles were drawn up, Sir Hans Sloane being then lord of the manor, in which, amid sundry …