Dictionary of National Biography, Volumen4Leslie Stephen Macmillan, 1885 |
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... obtained access to some of the finest works of Van Dyck , by copying which she ac- quired that purity of colouring for which her portraits are remarkable . She married Charles Beale , the lord of the manor of Walton , in Buckinghamshire ...
... obtained access to some of the finest works of Van Dyck , by copying which she ac- quired that purity of colouring for which her portraits are remarkable . She married Charles Beale , the lord of the manor of Walton , in Buckinghamshire ...
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... obtained some post in con- nection with the English embassy in Paris . What was the precise nature of his duties does not appear ; but they seem to have sometimes carried him into Germany . Ap- parently , Walsingham found him in Paris ...
... obtained some post in con- nection with the English embassy in Paris . What was the precise nature of his duties does not appear ; but they seem to have sometimes carried him into Germany . Ap- parently , Walsingham found him in Paris ...
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... obtained commission under which he acted extended that which he was sent for , i.e. that the Elector | only to threatening with torture . When it of Saxony and Palatine would surcease from was determined to have actual recourse to ...
... obtained commission under which he acted extended that which he was sent for , i.e. that the Elector | only to threatening with torture . When it of Saxony and Palatine would surcease from was determined to have actual recourse to ...
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... the son of William Beamish , Esq . , of Beaumont House , co . Cork , and was born on 31 Dec. 1797. In November 1816 he obtained a commission in the 4th royal Irish dragoon guards , in which corps he purchased a troop in Bealknap Beamish ΙΟ.
... the son of William Beamish , Esq . , of Beaumont House , co . Cork , and was born on 31 Dec. 1797. In November 1816 he obtained a commission in the 4th royal Irish dragoon guards , in which corps he purchased a troop in Bealknap Beamish ΙΟ.
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... obtained respecting water supplies and so forth was gained in works undertaken at this time . His partnership with Mr. Rendel ceased in In 1850 Beardmore became sole engineer to the works for the drainage and navigation of the river Lee ...
... obtained respecting water supplies and so forth was gained in works undertaken at this time . His partnership with Mr. Rendel ceased in In 1850 Beardmore became sole engineer to the works for the drainage and navigation of the river Lee ...
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