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5 giorni fa · A Petition of Sir Robert Gordon Baronet, claiming the Titles, Dignity, and Honour of Earl of Sutherland, was presented and read, setting forth, That the Claimant Lady Elizabeth, having at length brought in her additional Case (which pursuant to an Order of their Lordships made in last Sessions ought to have been delivered to the ...
2 giorni fa · The role played by bribery has long been debated; £20,000 was distributed by David Boyle, 1st Earl of Glasgow, of which 60% went to the Duke of Queensberry, the Queen's Commissioner in Parliament. Another negotiator, John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll was given an English dukedom.
1 giorno fa · General John de Burgh, 13th Earl of Clanricarde; Brigadier Alastair John McDougall Clark; Acting Lieutenant-General John George Walters Clark; Brigadier Percy William Clark MC, Royal Engineers; Field Marshal Sir Alured Clarke; Brigadier Bowcher "Bowie"Campbell Senhouse Clarke DSO (1882—1969), Territorial Army, Aldershot Sub District
3 giorni fa · King present. His Majesty, being seated on His Royal Throne, adorned with His Crown and Regal Ornaments, and attended with His Officers of State, the Prince of Wales sitting in his Place, and the Lords in their Robes, commanded the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod to let the Commons know, "It is His Majesty's Pleasure, they attend Him ...
5 giorni fa · Upon reading the Petition and Appeal of John Anstis Esquire, Garter; complaining of certain Parts of a Decree made by the Master of the Rolls, the 1st of March 1724, in a Cause wherein John Gandy, Frances his Wife, and others, were Plaintiffs, and the Appellant was Defendant; and in a Cross Cause, wherein the Appellant was Plaintiff ...
17 ore fa · The Gordon Riots, June 1780. The Gordon Riots in London were motivated by anti-Catholic sentiment. What began as an orderly protest over The Papists Act of 1778 (an act intending to reduce discrimination against Catholics), descended into rioting and looting. Lord George Gordon was head of the Protestant Association.
28 apr 2024 · In 1384 the aging king was the victim of a coup led by his eldest son and heir John, earl of Carrick [the future Robert III] that placed the exercise of royal justice and defence of the realm in Carrick’s hands as royal lieutenant.
