 | 1866 - 1004 pages
...gave conspicuous servants to the State, he was a ripe classic as well as n sound modern scholar, and received the honorary degree of DCL from the University of Oxford in 1855. He was sent on a special mission to America in 1857, whence he returned in 1860. Her Majesty,... | |
 | Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) - 1867 - 670 pages
...was appointed to the united offices of PaymasterGeneral and Vice-Président 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, he was appointed to the office of Postmaster-General.... | |
 | T. Fordyce - 1867 - 524 pages
...the Institution of Civil Engineers, of which institution he was vice-president and president. In 1857 he received the honorary degree of DCL from the University of Oxford, amidst the enthusiastic applause of the students. He received a great gold medal of honour from the... | |
 | Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) - 1868 - 580 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, he was appointed to the office of Postmaster-General.... | |
 | National gallery - 1869 - 208 pages
...literary attainments, being the authoress of several original works, and the translator of some others. In 1853 he received the honorary degree of DCL from the University of Oxford, and * The following are perhaps the most notable of Sir Charles Eastlake's purchases, given in the... | |
 | Charles Kent - 1869 - 358 pages
...interval after this he won a fellowship in his college — and a good many years later on, it was in 1863, received the honorary degree of DCL from the University of Oxford, in recognition of his public career and of his high political and administrative reputation. Mr. Cardwell... | |
 | Thompson Cooper - 1869 - 582 pages
...Society of London for various papers contributed by him to the Transactions of those bodies. He also received the honorary degree of DCL from the University of Oxford in June 1853, was a Fellow of the Royal and Geological Societies of London, aud for many years secretary... | |
 | Thompson Cooper - 1872 - 1026 pages
...deliberations. Mr. Mc'Donald is the acknowledged leader of the Conservative party of Upper Canada. He received the honorary degree of DCL from the University of Oxford, and was made a KCB in 1867. MACDONALD, JOHN SANDïiEbD, QC, a Canadian statesman, born in St. Raphael,... | |
 | Thompson Cooper - 1875 - 1072 pages
...administration in 184246. Well known as a generous patron of the arta and of literature, his grace received the honorary degree of DCL from the University of Oxford in 1S34 ; and the honorary degree of LL.D. from the University of Edinburgh, April 22, 1874. BUCHANAN.... | |
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In 1853 he received the honorary degree of DCL from the University of Oxford. In 1823 he published his his 
