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... daughter ( or MR . W. B. RHODES , author of Bombastes Fu- granddaughter ) of " Lord Livermore , Attorney - rioso , died in 1826. From the obituary notice of General to King George III . , by whom he had the author in the Gent . Mag . he ...
... daughter ( or MR . W. B. RHODES , author of Bombastes Fu- granddaughter ) of " Lord Livermore , Attorney - rioso , died in 1826. From the obituary notice of General to King George III . , by whom he had the author in the Gent . Mag . he ...
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... daughter , Mary , afterwards the wife of John Popham . James Harvey had a very large family , and died in 1627. His stately monument , with its quaint inscription , still remains in the rector's chancel at Dagenham church . Samuel , his ...
... daughter , Mary , afterwards the wife of John Popham . James Harvey had a very large family , and died in 1627. His stately monument , with its quaint inscription , still remains in the rector's chancel at Dagenham church . Samuel , his ...
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... daughters of Hector Mor Maclean , Chief of the house of Dowart , in Mull . Her mother was Mary , daughter of Alexander of Islay , and sister to James Macdonnell . After her abduction by Shane O'Neill , Sussex wrote to Elizabeth that ...
... daughters of Hector Mor Maclean , Chief of the house of Dowart , in Mull . Her mother was Mary , daughter of Alexander of Islay , and sister to James Macdonnell . After her abduction by Shane O'Neill , Sussex wrote to Elizabeth that ...
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... daughter bear the bloody hand within baronet of Anne's creation has a son and daughter : her lozenge ? Does her husband retain it in her coat which he impales ? Her brother dies , and she becomes her father's heiress : Does her hus ...
... daughter bear the bloody hand within baronet of Anne's creation has a son and daughter : her lozenge ? Does her husband retain it in her coat which he impales ? Her brother dies , and she becomes her father's heiress : Does her hus ...
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... daughter . His eldest son , and inheritor of his peer- age , married a daughter of the Lord Fitzhardinge , a nobleman whose claim to be Baron Berkely by tenure was , we are inclined to think , somewhat hastily disposed of some short ...
... daughter . His eldest son , and inheritor of his peer- age , married a daughter of the Lord Fitzhardinge , a nobleman whose claim to be Baron Berkely by tenure was , we are inclined to think , somewhat hastily disposed of some short ...
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