 | Alexander Chalmers - 1815 - 494 pages
...made, that James, infatuated as he was at this time, thought proper to drop his pretensions. In 1688 he was chosen by the university of Cambridge, member of the convention parliament, and was again chosen in 1701. In 1696, the earl of Halifax, at that time Mr. Montague, and chancellor of... | |
 | Thomas Thomson - 1814 - 516 pages
...indeed, was the defence which he made, that the Crown thought proper to drop its pretensions. In 1688 he was chosen by the University of Cambridge, Member...Chancellor of the Exchequer, who was a great patron ofthe learned, wrote him a letter to Cambridge, acquainting him that he had prevailed with the King... | |
 | 1815 - 488 pages
...made, that James, infatuated as he was at this time, thought proper to drop his pretensions. In 1688 he was chosen by the university of Cambridge, member of the convention parliament, and was again chosen in 1701. In 1696, the earl of Halifax, at that time Mr. Montague, and chancellor of... | |
 | John Nichols, John Bowyer Nichols - 1822 - 934 pages
...persuading his colleagues to persist in the maintenance of their rights and privileges. In 1688-J~ he was chosen by the University of Cambridge member of...Convention Parliament, and sat in it till its dissolution. In 1696 the late Earl of Halifax, then Chancellor of the Exchequer, that great patron of the learned,... | |
 | 1829 - 682 pages
...which we even now cannot discover. In 1696, the Earl of Halifax, then Chancellor of the Exchequer, that great patron of the learned, "wrote him a letter to Cambridge, acquainting him h • had prevailed with the King to make him Warden of the Mint, in which post he did signal service... | |
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He was a great instrument in persuading his colleagues to persist in the maintenance of their rights and privileges. So strenuous, indeed, was the defence which he made, that the Crown thought proper to drop its pretensions. 