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... George Douglas , the liberator of Mary , and to have passed from him to his relative James , fourth Earl of Morton . The earl was , as is well known , beheaded by the " Maiden " at Edinburgh in 1581 . The date of this picture would be ...
... George Douglas , the liberator of Mary , and to have passed from him to his relative James , fourth Earl of Morton . The earl was , as is well known , beheaded by the " Maiden " at Edinburgh in 1581 . The date of this picture would be ...
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... George Mackworth , of Empingham , Rutland , Esq . , and sister of Sir Thomas Mackworth , of Normanton , Bart . Margery Mackworth , second daughter of George Mackworth , married at Emping- ham , December 1 , 1598 , Geoffrey , younger son ...
... George Mackworth , of Empingham , Rutland , Esq . , and sister of Sir Thomas Mackworth , of Normanton , Bart . Margery Mackworth , second daughter of George Mackworth , married at Emping- ham , December 1 , 1598 , Geoffrey , younger son ...
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... George Stanley , a low comedian , and played in Manchester and Liverpool Lady Mac- beth , Helen McGregor , & c . Subsequently played at Haymarket . Was , according to Gent . Mag . ( 1861 , i . 234 ) , grand - daughter of John West ...
... George Stanley , a low comedian , and played in Manchester and Liverpool Lady Mac- beth , Helen McGregor , & c . Subsequently played at Haymarket . Was , according to Gent . Mag . ( 1861 , i . 234 ) , grand - daughter of John West ...
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... George Beaumont , to state that the picture alluded to in Wordsworth's Elegiac Stanzas , ' addressed to the Sir George Beaumont of his day , is a representation of Peele Castle in More- cambe Bay , and not of that in the Isle of Man ...
... George Beaumont , to state that the picture alluded to in Wordsworth's Elegiac Stanzas , ' addressed to the Sir George Beaumont of his day , is a representation of Peele Castle in More- cambe Bay , and not of that in the Isle of Man ...
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... George Shaw , ' Zoology of New Holland , ' p . 2 . William Rufus , that monarch gave his barony to Roger de Novant . William de Braose , grandson of Joel de Totneis , held the barony in moieties to Cantalope , who eventually became ...
... George Shaw , ' Zoology of New Holland , ' p . 2 . William Rufus , that monarch gave his barony to Roger de Novant . William de Braose , grandson of Joel de Totneis , held the barony in moieties to Cantalope , who eventually became ...
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