Dictionary of National Biography, Volume 56Smith, Elder, & Company, 1898 - Great Britain |
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... father , a descendant of an old Anglo- Norman family long settled in co . Meath , had established himself as a linen mer- chant . The elder Teeling was a delegate for co . Antrim to the catholic convention of 1793 , better known as the ...
... father , a descendant of an old Anglo- Norman family long settled in co . Meath , had established himself as a linen mer- chant . The elder Teeling was a delegate for co . Antrim to the catholic convention of 1793 , better known as the ...
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... father's property , he took a shop in part- nership with a Mr. Dewick in Aldersgate Street , and became a bookmaker as well as a bookseller , his first small book , ' The Com- plete Confectioner , ' reaching a second edition . On 20 ...
... father's property , he took a shop in part- nership with a Mr. Dewick in Aldersgate Street , and became a bookmaker as well as a bookseller , his first small book , ' The Com- plete Confectioner , ' reaching a second edition . On 20 ...
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... father's pub - Liber Landavensis ' that he was of noble lishing and bookselling business , to which parentage is supported by the genealogies , he succeeded on his father's death in 1845. which make him the son of a man variously He was ...
... father's pub - Liber Landavensis ' that he was of noble lishing and bookselling business , to which parentage is supported by the genealogies , he succeeded on his father's death in 1845. which make him the son of a man variously He was ...
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... father's English estate , Broadlands , Hampshire , on 20 Oct. 1784. Much of his childhood was spent abroad , chiefly in Italy , and at home his education was begun by an Italian refugee named Ravizzotti ; but in 1795 he entered Harrow ...
... father's English estate , Broadlands , Hampshire , on 20 Oct. 1784. Much of his childhood was spent abroad , chiefly in Italy , and at home his education was begun by an Italian refugee named Ravizzotti ; but in 1795 he entered Harrow ...
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... father of Sir William Temple ( 1555-1627 ) [ q.v. ] John was succeeded by his eldest son Thomas , who was knighted in June 1603 and created a baronet on 24 Sept. 1611. He married Hester , daughter of Miles Sandys of Lati- mer ...
... father of Sir William Temple ( 1555-1627 ) [ q.v. ] John was succeeded by his eldest son Thomas , who was knighted in June 1603 and created a baronet on 24 Sept. 1611. He married Hester , daughter of Miles Sandys of Lati- mer ...
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