Category: Biographies
Biography like other subjects seems to have its fashion; at one time it is much attended to, at another time neglected. The Historical Register from 1717 to 1739, The European Magazine from 1782 to 1826, and The Gentleman’s Magazine from 1731 to 1868 furnished most useful and...
Biography like other subjects seems to have its fashion; at one time it is much attended to, at another time neglected. The Historical Register from 1717 to 1739, The European M...
2. book xxi, chapter 2_.ADAM, JAMES, _b._ Paisley 1809; worked at the loom; went to London 1834; edited the Aberdeen Herald 1834 to death; author of _The knowledge qualification_: a plan for the recipr...
3. part i, pp. 208–10_.DUFFY, JOHN. Ensign 10 foot 21 Oct. 1795; major 43 foot 17 June 1813; lieut. col. 95 foot 21 Sep. 1815 to 25 Dec. 1818 when placed on h.p., re-appointed lieut. col. of 95 foot 1...
4. act 1854; author of the Qualification for offices abolition act1866; author of _The expediency of relieving the bishops from attendance in parliament_ 1870. _d._ Conyngham road, Victoria park, Manchester 21 April 1879, personalty sworn unde...
5. vi. 1858; travelled through nearly all the countries in Europe,Asia, Africa and America; not allowed access to British Museum library after 1850 because he claimed to be Duke of Lancaster; bankrupt 25 Oct. 1861, liabilities £6484, confined...
6. act 1850; Q.C. 1851; chancellor of diocese of Ripon May 1854, ofDurham 1854; judge advocate general June 1859 to July 1866; P.C. 18 June 1859; F.R.G.S.; edited _The practice of the high court of chancery by E. R. Daniell_, _2 ed._ 1845, _3 e...
7. act 1849; author of _Observations on the establishment of aHODGKIN, THOMAS (_brother of the preceding_). _b._ Tottenham, Middlesex 17 Aug. 1798; studied at Guy’s hospital, in Paris and in Edin., M.D. Edin. 1823; settled in London; L.R.C...