Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics and Biography, a New Ed.; Including a Copius Collection of Original Articles in American Biography; on the Basis of the 7th Ed., of the German Conversations-lexicon, Volume 13Lea & Blanchard, 1844 |
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... borough , returning one member to parliament . WAKEFIELD , Gilbert , a distinguished scholar and critic , son of the reverend George Wakefield of Nottingham , was born in 1756 , and entered , in 1772 , Jesus college , in Cambridge ...
... borough , returning one member to parliament . WAKEFIELD , Gilbert , a distinguished scholar and critic , son of the reverend George Wakefield of Nottingham , was born in 1756 , and entered , in 1772 , Jesus college , in Cambridge ...
Page 48
... boroughs . By the reform act of 1832 , the number is increased to twenty - nine , two from each of the coun- ties of Caermarthen , Denbigh and Gla- morgan , one from each of the other nine , and fourteen from as many boroughs , of which ...
... boroughs . By the reform act of 1832 , the number is increased to twenty - nine , two from each of the coun- ties of Caermarthen , Denbigh and Gla- morgan , one from each of the other nine , and fourteen from as many boroughs , of which ...
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... borough in the long parlia- ment , and joined Hampden , who was his uncle , in his opposition to ship - money . He continued to vote with the opposition , but did not fall in with all their measures , and absented himself from the house ...
... borough in the long parlia- ment , and joined Hampden , who was his uncle , in his opposition to ship - money . He continued to vote with the opposition , but did not fall in with all their measures , and absented himself from the house ...
Page 57
... borough of Lynn reƫlected him ; and he became a formidable opponent of the tory administration . On the accession of George I , a new whig ministry was formed ; and Walpole , who had previous- ly ingratiated himself with the family of ...
... borough of Lynn reƫlected him ; and he became a formidable opponent of the tory administration . On the accession of George I , a new whig ministry was formed ; and Walpole , who had previous- ly ingratiated himself with the family of ...
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... borough of Castle Rising , and , in 1754 and 1761 , that of King's Lynn , and al- ways adhered to the whig principles in which he was educated ; and his parlia- mentary conduct was uniformly correct and independent . In 1748 , he ...
... borough of Castle Rising , and , in 1754 and 1761 , that of King's Lynn , and al- ways adhered to the whig principles in which he was educated ; and his parlia- mentary conduct was uniformly correct and independent . In 1748 , he ...
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