Dictionary of National Biography, Volumen1Smith Elder, 1885 |
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... born at Guild- Abbot , in his Defence , ' clearly indicates his ford in Surrey , about 1560 , and educated sympathy with the puritan party , deriving at the free school there . The talent he the true tradition of the early church ...
... born at Guild- Abbot , in his Defence , ' clearly indicates his ford in Surrey , about 1560 , and educated sympathy with the puritan party , deriving at the free school there . The talent he the true tradition of the early church ...
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... born 7 Oct. 1762 , at Canterbury , in a house shire . He had four children , two sons and. 6 ' incorporated ' at Oxford . His college re- mains unknown . In 1639 , in the epistle to the reader of his Triall of our Church Forsakers , ' he ...
... born 7 Oct. 1762 , at Canterbury , in a house shire . He had four children , two sons and. 6 ' incorporated ' at Oxford . His college re- mains unknown . In 1639 , in the epistle to the reader of his Triall of our Church Forsakers , ' he ...
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... born in London on 26 Dec. 1834 . He was educated at Eton , and in 1854 entered the Foreign Office , where in 1866 he was ap- pointed précis writer to Lord Stanley . On 10 April 1870 he succeeded to the peerage on the death of his uncle ...
... born in London on 26 Dec. 1834 . He was educated at Eton , and in 1854 entered the Foreign Office , where in 1866 he was ap- pointed précis writer to Lord Stanley . On 10 April 1870 he succeeded to the peerage on the death of his uncle ...
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... born in London 28 July 1806 , received his education at Westminster School , and was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1829. Going to New South Wales , he was appointed solicitor- general of that colony in 1841 , and subse- quently ...
... born in London 28 July 1806 , received his education at Westminster School , and was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1829. Going to New South Wales , he was appointed solicitor- general of that colony in 1841 , and subse- quently ...
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... born on 15 Oct. 1745. Two of his brothers entered the army , one of them becoming the celebrated general Sir Ralph Abercromby . Alexander studied at the university of Edinburgh , where he seems to have been chiefly dis- tinguished for ...
... born on 15 Oct. 1745. Two of his brothers entered the army , one of them becoming the celebrated general Sir Ralph Abercromby . Alexander studied at the university of Edinburgh , where he seems to have been chiefly dis- tinguished for ...
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