A New Biographical Dictionary, of 3000 Cotemporary Public Characters, British and Foreign, of All Ranks and Professions, Volume 1G. B. Whittaker, 1825 - Biography |
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... lived quietly at the court of his brother , occupying his time with military studies , and he took no part in the campaigns of 1813 and 1814. In 1816 he married the Princess Henrietta of Nassau - Weilbourg . The military talents of ...
... lived quietly at the court of his brother , occupying his time with military studies , and he took no part in the campaigns of 1813 and 1814. In 1816 he married the Princess Henrietta of Nassau - Weilbourg . The military talents of ...
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... lived in retirement , till after Bona- parte became first consul . Being one of those who de- clared in favour of that event , he was made one of the tribunate , and in 1804 prefect of the department of the Lys , and member of the ...
... lived in retirement , till after Bona- parte became first consul . Being one of those who de- clared in favour of that event , he was made one of the tribunate , and in 1804 prefect of the department of the Lys , and member of the ...
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... lived privately till the res- toration , when he was made a peer of France and lieute- nant - general . CHOISEUL - PRASLIN ( ANTHONY - CÆSAR - FELIX , DUKE DE ) Of the same family with the two preceding persons , but entirely different ...
... lived privately till the res- toration , when he was made a peer of France and lieute- nant - general . CHOISEUL - PRASLIN ( ANTHONY - CÆSAR - FELIX , DUKE DE ) Of the same family with the two preceding persons , but entirely different ...
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... lived near Portsmouth . His first sight of the sea from Portsdown made him desirous of being a sailor , and he accordingly went on board of the Pegasus man of war , and offered to enter . Thinking that the youth had run away from his ...
... lived near Portsmouth . His first sight of the sea from Portsdown made him desirous of being a sailor , and he accordingly went on board of the Pegasus man of war , and offered to enter . Thinking that the youth had run away from his ...
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... lived at Brunswick , where he had a share in the compilation of the Modern Biography , 3 vols . 8vo . He returned to France , and was employed under the imperial government in conducting the Publicist . In 1808 he was appointed ...
... lived at Brunswick , where he had a share in the compilation of the Modern Biography , 3 vols . 8vo . He returned to France , and was employed under the imperial government in conducting the Publicist . In 1808 he was appointed ...
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Page 504 - Typographical Antiquities; or the history of printing in England Scotland and Ireland: containing memoirs of our ancient printers, and a register of the books printed by them.
Page 368 - Spain he published a pamphlet, entitled ' A Few Remarks explanatory of the motives which guided the operations of the British army during the late short campaign in Spain;' the object of which was to justify the retreat of Sir John Moore, and " to clear his reputation from that shade, which by some has been cast over it.
Page 510 - An inquiry into the corn laws and corn trade of Great Britain and their influence on the prosperity of the Kingdom...
Page 361 - The Tomb of Alexander, a Dissertation on the Sarcophagus, brought from Alexandria, and now in the British Museum.
Page 437 - Speech in the Court of King's Bench on a Motion for a new Trial in the case of King и. Piéton,
Page 106 - ... coalition with Lord North. When the united parties accomplished the expulsion of Lord Shelborne, and again obtained the reins of power, Lord Fitzwilliam was intended to be the President of the Board of Commissioners for the management of India affairs, under the celebrated India Bill of Mr. Fox. That bill, however, caused the dismissal of the ministry ; and it also destroyed, for many years, the influence which Lord Fitzwilliam had possessed in the city and county of York. Till the year 1793,...
Page 353 - At bis lodge, in Downing College, E. Christian, esq. of Gray's Inn, barrister-at-law, chief justice of the Isle of Ely, Downing professor of the laws of England, in the University of Cambridge, professor of general polity, and the laws of England, in the East India College, Hertford, and a commissioner of bankrupts. He was formerly fellow of St. John's College, BA 1779, MA 1782, and was distinguished for his classical acquirements, having obtained the Chancellor's medal in 1779. He published...
Page 7 - ... in the long lapse of ages have filled the sacred seat on which he now sits, none ever had purer hands — none ever had a conscientious desire of equity more ardent and more incessant than Lord Eldon. The amazing expanse of his views, the inexpressible niceness of his discrimination, his...
Page 399 - ... Orthes, and Toulouse. For his brilliant services in the Peninsular War, he repeatedly received the thanks of parliament, and in May 17, 1814, was raised to the peerage as Baron Combermere. Although not at Waterloo, he had the command of the cavalry of the army of occupation in France ; and in 1817 was appointed governor of Barbadoes, and commander of the forces in the West Indies. In 1822, he became commander-in-chief in Ireland ; and in 1825 was nominated commander of the forces in India. In...
Page 374 - The hatred of this fanatic against the Christian religion was as fervent as that which he entertained against the monarchy. In September, 1792, he was deputed from the Oise to the Convention, where he voted for the death of Louis XVI. in the name of the human race! In the same year he published a work entitled