The Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland for ...: Including All the Titled ClassesWhittaker, 1860 - Baronetage |
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Page 38 - Coburg and Gotha, KG, Her Majesty's consort, shall henceforth upon all occasions and in all meetings, except where otherwise provided by act of parliament, have, hold, and enjoy, place, pre-eminence, and precedence next to Her Majesty.
Page 544 - Cobliam. with remainder, in default of male issue, to the heirs male of his...
Page 460 - He became a student of the Inner Temple, and was called to the bar in 1754.
Page 79 - Lord Warden of the Stannaries, and Chief Steward of the Duchy of Cornwall, Governor and Constable of Windsor Castle, Ranger of Windsor Great Park, Master of the Trinity House, Captain.
Page 383 - Knt. ; educated at Trinity College, Dublin, and graduated BA 1835, MA, 1838, hon. LL.D., 1844 ; called to the bar in Ireland, 1838, and at Lincoln's Inn, London, 1840 ; chief justice of the Gambia colony from 1843 to 1847 ; governor of Gambia from 1847 to 1851 ; conducted several exploring expeditions up the Gambia, and in the interior of Africa, between that river and the Senegal ; governor of St. Lucia and St. Vincent, in 1852 ; captain-general and governor-in-chief of South Australia, 1855 to...
Page 58 - Consular officers take rank in their respective grades among their colleagues at the port of their residence, in conformity with the rules prescribed by the Congress of Vienna for diplomatic agents, viz.: seniority according to official title and to priority of recognition.
Page 223 - Antrim from 1830 to 1837; and was again returned for Belfast in 1837, but unseated on petition; was an unsuccessful candidate for the same place in 1841, and was summoned to the House of Peers during his father's lifetime. This house was anciently seated in Devon, and the 2nd son of the English family founded the Irish branch ; this was Sir Arthur Chichester...
Page 389 - Dec. 1836 ; secretary to the government of India in the legislative, judicial, and revenue departments from 1838 to 1843; knighted by patent 1844; was appointed deputy-governor of Bengal, and president of the council of India, Sept.
Page 245 - Sept., 1841, to the same office, which he relinquished a month afterwards for the post of governor-general of India. He received the thanks of parliament in 1843 for his " ability and judgment " in supporting the military operations in Afghanistan.
Page 132 - Bridgeman, who was successively chief baron of the Exchequer, chief justice of the Common Pleas, and keeper of the great seal.