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Vor 5 Tagen · Edward Vernon was a popular man in both the United Kingdom and the American colonies — a favored son of British war hawks. In 1741, he commanded the so-called “great fleet” of 195 ships and 30,000 men of arms, whose objective was to seize the Spanish port of Cartagena de Indias, at the time the main port city of the Viceroyalty ...
Vor 3 Tagen · Unusually the Yellows supported in Edward Vernon an identifiable Tory and critic of the Whig government. The Blues meanwhile supported Samuel Kent and Richard Lloyd , both supporters of the Whig government.
26. Mai 2024 · In 1754 the latter (described as "the Hon. Col. Mordaunt Cracherode, Governor of Fort St. Philip in the Island of Minorca") purchased from the Hon. Edward Vernon, of Queen Square, Esq., the assignment of a lease dated 25th December, 1741, by Harman Verelst of a parcel of ground with brick messuage thereon "formerly in the occupation ...
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Vor 6 Tagen · Edward Vernon promoted later the University of Oxford in 1776 and Bishop of Norwich in 1790. Edward Ellerton, who was incumbent from 1814, founded Horspath parish school and left land
Vor 5 Tagen · Peter Bostock, collated c. 1611, had earlier kept a school in Stanton Harcourt. (fn. 11) Edward Smith, presented by James 1 in 1614, was still vicar in 1650; both he and Bostock witnessed local wills. (fn. 12) Clifton Stone, collated in 1661, had been ejected from Hopesay church (Salop.) after the Restoration and resigned before 1664. (fn. 13) D...
Vor 3 Tagen · His grandson Lord Selsey sold to John Utterson in 1799, and in 1808 Edward Vernon Utterson sold the manor to (Sir) Charles William Taylor, from whose son it was bought in 1866 by Sir John Hawkshaw, F.R.S. It was subsequently acquired by Mrs. Scrimgeour and is now held by Mrs. J. A. Scrimgeour.
