Dictionary of National Biography, Volume 16Leslie Stephen Macmillan, 1888 - Great Britain |
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... EDWARD ALURED ( 1776– 1841 ) , colonel , a cousin of General Sir Wil- liam Draper [ q . v . ] , was born at Werton , Ox- fordshire , 22 Oct. 1776 , and was educated at Eton , where he displayed abilities . While at Eton he was made a ...
... EDWARD ALURED ( 1776– 1841 ) , colonel , a cousin of General Sir Wil- liam Draper [ q . v . ] , was born at Werton , Ox- fordshire , 22 Oct. 1776 , and was educated at Eton , where he displayed abilities . While at Eton he was made a ...
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... EDWARD ( 1542 ? -1598 ) , re- corder of London , eldest son of Thomas Drew ( b . 1519 ) , by his wife Eleanora , daughter of William Huckmore of the county of Devon , appears to have been born at the family seat of Sharpham , in the ...
... EDWARD ( 1542 ? -1598 ) , re- corder of London , eldest son of Thomas Drew ( b . 1519 ) , by his wife Eleanora , daughter of William Huckmore of the county of Devon , appears to have been born at the family seat of Sharpham , in the ...
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... Edward I in 1291 , and continued to hold that office until 1295 , when he appears as keeper of the wardrobe ( STEVENSON , Documents , i . 204 , ii . 16 ) . These offices gave him much employ- ment both in auditing accounts and in di ...
... Edward I in 1291 , and continued to hold that office until 1295 , when he appears as keeper of the wardrobe ( STEVENSON , Documents , i . 204 , ii . 16 ) . These offices gave him much employ- ment both in auditing accounts and in di ...
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... Edward I he ceased to hold office in the wardrobe , and in the first year of Edward II sat in the ex- chequer as chancellor ( MADOX ) . On 25 Dec. 1308 the king , in sending his congé d'élire to the chapters of Bath and Wells , nomi ...
... Edward I he ceased to hold office in the wardrobe , and in the first year of Edward II sat in the ex- chequer as chancellor ( MADOX ) . On 25 Dec. 1308 the king , in sending his congé d'élire to the chapters of Bath and Wells , nomi ...
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... Edward I , but released in 1297 , had , by the daughter of the Earl of Menteith , Sir Malcolm de Drummond , who fought with Bruce at Bannockburn . His eldest son , a of Badenoch , earned that name by his law- less Druitt Drummond 22 ...
... Edward I , but released in 1297 , had , by the daughter of the Earl of Menteith , Sir Malcolm de Drummond , who fought with Bruce at Bannockburn . His eldest son , a of Badenoch , earned that name by his law- less Druitt Drummond 22 ...
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