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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh - Page 35
by Royal Society of Edinburgh - 1869
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Annual Register, Volume 133

Edmund Burke - 1892 - 720 pages
...his political appointments Mr. Smith was a member of the Council of King's College, London, and had received the honorary degree of DCL from the University of Oxford in 1879. In 1889 the Ministerialists of the House of Commons presented him with an address expressing...
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The Annual Biography and Obituary for the Year ..., Volume 9

1825 - 494 pages
...till promoted to the rank of General, 1st Jan. 1812. On the 3d Oct. 1818, he was created & Baronet. He received the honorary degree of DCL from the University of Oxford. He had served faithfully in three reigns, for the long period of 68 years, being at the time of his...
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The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society ..., Volume 38

Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) - 1868 - 716 pages
...appointed to the united offices of PaymasterGeneral and Vice-Président of the Board of Trade. In ]8.~>3 he received the honorary degree of DCL from the University of Oxford, and in 1858, Lord Derby being again Prime Minister, he was appointed to the office of Postmaster-General....
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The Journal of the Royal Geographic Society of London, Volume 38

Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) - 1868 - 1066 pages
...Colchester was appointed to the united offices of PaymasterGeneral and Vice-President of the Board of Trade. In 1853 he received the honorary degree of DCL from the University of Oxford, and in 1858, Lord Derby being again Prime Minister, ho was appointed to the office of Postmaster-General....
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The Journal of the Royal Geographic Society of London, Volume 48

Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) - 1878 - 600 pages
...with Janet, only daughter of the late Mr. Robert Shuttleworth, of Gawthorpe Hall, Lancashire. In 1870 he received the honorary degree of DCL from the University of Oxford. Sir James was the reputed author of the well-known novel of ' Scarsdale,' and of a volume of ' Modern...
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The Law Magazine and Law Review: Or, Quarterly Journal of ..., Volume 22

1867 - 384 pages
...of course to the shortsightedness which compelled him to use glasses of extraordinary power. In 1834 he received the honorary degree of DCL from the University of Oxford ; he was FRS and FSA, and was a member of both the Athenaeum and the Traveller's Clubs. He married...
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The Bookseller

1865 - 1208 pages
...society were published soon afterwards, under the title of "The Attache; or, Sam Slick in England." He received the honorary degree of DCL from the University of Oxford in 1868. In 1859 he was elected MP for Launceston, on Conservative principles. Judge Haliburton is the...
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A dictionary of contemporary biography

Dictionary - 1861 - 462 pages
...of London ; in 1842 the Gold Medal of the Geographical Society of Paris ; was knighted in 1844, and received the honorary degree of DCL from the University of Oxford in the same year. He married on the 18th of October, 1843, Anne, eldest daughter of Thomas Coutman, Esq.,...
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Men of the time ... or Sketches of living notables

Men - 1862 - 870 pages
...society were published soon afterwards, under the title of " The Attache; or, Sam Slick in England." He received the honorary degree of DCL from the University of Oxford in 1858. In 1859 he was elected MP for Launceston, on conservative principles. Judge Haliburton is the...
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Men of the Time: A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Living Characters of ...

1865 - 1188 pages
...administration in 1SÍ2-G. His grace, who is well known as a generous patron of the arts and of literature, received the honorary degree of DCL from the University of Oxford in 1834. BUCHANAX, THE RIGHT Hox. SIR ANDREW, KCB, U the only son of the late James Buchanan, Esq., of...
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