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 List of the Knights of the Garter (1348-present)
66 (inv 1380) Thomas (Plantagenet), styled "of Woodstock." Duke of Gloucester.
94 (inv 1399) Thomas (Plantagenet), styled "of Lancaster." Duke of Clarence.
Earl of Hereford, K.G. Married Thomas of Woodstock, Earl of Buckingham, K.G., afterwards Duke of Gloucester.
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 5. THE BARONS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Thomas, Laird of Allardice was born by 1426, and succeeded his grandfather in the barony of Allardice by 1457, and more probably succeeded by 1451, when Thomas had seisin[6] of the lands of Allardice.
Sir Thomas was secretary to King James V, of a junior branch of the Erskines later Earls of Mar. Margaret married a second time and became lady of Banff, and was buried in Holyrood Palace Chapel in 1599.
Barons, in Scotland, were a class of hereditary landholders with some of the attributes of the actual nobility.
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 Thomas Dundas, 1st Baron Dundas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In 1800 Dundas, as Governor of the Forth and Clyde Canal Company, engaged Symington to design a steam tug on the lines of a failed attempt by Captain John Schank for the Bridgewater Canal.
At a meeting of the canal company's directors on the 5 June 1800 Dundas "produced a model of a boat by Captain Schank to be worked by a steam engine by Mr Symington", and it was agreed this should be immediately put in hand.
Symington had proposals for an improved boat which were presented in the form of a model, shown to Lord Dundas, of the boat which would become famous as the Charlotte Dundas, named in honour of one of his Lordship's daughters.
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An aristocrat by birth, Thomas Talbot was descended from a noble Anglo-Irish family which had ancestral lands in Ireland dating from the 12th century.
Thomas Talbot was, and is, an enigmatic character whose deeds are far better known than his personality.
Thomas Talbot’s “Remarks on the province of Upper Canada; by the founder of the ‘Talbot settlement’” were published as app.B of G.B., Parl., House of Commons paper, 1823, 6, no.561: 1—203, Report from the select committee on the employment of the poor in Ireland, 175—78.
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 The Zetland Dundas's
Sir Laurence Dundas, the son of Thomas Dundas of Fingask, was the founder of the
Laurence, became 1st Earl of Zetland in 1838 and his grandson, another Laurence, became the Ist Marquess of Zetland in 1892.
Sir Thomas, the second baronet, was raised to the peerage as Baron Dundas, of Aske, and his son, Lawrence, second baron, was created Earl of Zetland in 1838.
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 Index Dr-Dz
Dufferin and Ava, Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, (1st) Marquess of, Earl of Ava, Earl of Dufferin, Viscount Clandeboye, Baron Clandeboye (of Clandeboye, County Down), (5th) Baron Dufferin and Clandeboye of Ballyleidy and Killyleagh (b.
During William Thomas Cosgrave's government his public activities were confined to the courts, but with the rise of Fianna Fáil he again became a political power.
Dunrossil (of Vallaquie in the Isle of North Uist and County of Inverness), William Shepherd Morrison, (1st) Viscount (b.
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Afterwards 1st Earl of Somerset and Marquess of Dorset.
Married, firstly, Catherine daughter of Thomas, 1st Marquess of Dorset, K.G., aunt of Lady Jane Grey.
438 (inv 1640) Thomas (Wentworth), 1st Earl of Strafford.
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 thePeerage.com - Lady Caroline Darcy and others
Charles Lawrence Dundas, son of Thomas Dundas, 1st Baron Dundas of Aske and Lady Charlotte FitzWilliam, on 16 February 1797.
He was the son of Thomas Dundas, 1st Baron Dundas of Aske and Lady Charlotte FitzWilliam.
     Thomas Dundas, 1st Baron Dundas of Aske was born on 16 February 1741.
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 MEMORIAL OF THOMAS POTTS, JUNIOR - THIRD GENERATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Thomas Hockley, believed to have been the son ofHenry and father of James, was a member of the Provincial Convention of Commissioners from Chester County, which appointed delegates to the Congress that voted in favor of the Declaration of Independence.
Thomas (50) was born at Colebrookdale, May 29, about (1) half an hour after one in the afternoon, A. He early became interested in the iron business, and established himself in Philadelphia for the sale of that material, in connection with his uncle, Thomas Yorke..
Thomas and Martha Rutter resided in Pottstown, where they built a handsome house called Laurel Lodge, which is still standing, though in a dilapidated condition, and now occupied by some of the employees of the Reading Railroad.
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 Overview of Sir Thomas Dundas of Kerse   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The son of Sir Lawrence Dundas (1712-81), who had amassed a considerable fortune, who was descended from the Fingask branch of the Dundas family.
Dundas was educated at Eton and the University of St. Andrews.
Dundas commissioned William Symington (1763 - 1831) to build a tug for his canal, which became the world's first steam-powered boat.
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 Charles Dundas, 1st Baron Amesbury - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Charles was a younger son of Thomas Dundas of Fingask, MP for Orkney and Shetland (1768–1771) and a commissioner of police in Scotland (31 January 1771), who died on 10 April 1786.
Dundas was Counsellor of State for Scotland to the Prince of Wales, and colonel of the White Horse volunteer cavalry.
Dundas was made a peer as Baron Amesbury by letters patent 11 May 1832.
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 1st King's Dragoon Guards [UK]
O'Donnell, I. 1st King's Dragoon Guards : extracts from the regimental records, army despatches, and other papers connected with the history of the regiment from the formation in 1685 to 1912.
O'Donnell, I. 1st King's Dragoon Guards : extracts from the regimental records, army despatches, and other papers connected with the history of the regiment from the formation in 1685 to 1920.
A short history of 1st King's Dragoon Guards : from the regimental records, army despatches, and other papers connected with the history of the regiment from its formation in 1685 to 1929.
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 HOME - Charlotte Dundas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The Charlotte Dundas іs regarded as practіcal world's "fіrst the steamƄoat "¸ the fіrst towіng steamƄoat and the Ƅoat that demonstrated the practіcalіty of steam power for shіps.
The fіrst saіlіng was on the canal іn Glasgow on 4th January 1803 ¸ wіth Lord Dundas and a few of hіs relatіves and frіends on Ƅoard.
Symіngton was not paіd all he had іnvested іn constructіon of the Charlotte Dundas and was left dіsappoіnted¸ Ƅut the development of steamƄoat s was contіnued Ƅy others іncludіng RoƄert Fulton іn the USA and Henry Bell іn Scotland.
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 Irish Writers - Thomas D'Arcy McGee   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
This was Robert, youngest brother of Thomas Addis Emmet, whose _emeute_ of 1803 would long since have sunk to the level of other city riots, but for the matchless dying speech of which it was the prelude and the occasion.
His chief confidants and assistants were Thomas Russell and Mathew Dowdall, formerly prisoners at Fort-George, but now permitted to return; William Putnam McCabe, the most adventurous of all the party, a perfect Proteus in disguise; Gray, a Wexford attorney; Colonel Lumm of Kildare, an old friend of Lord Edward Fitzgerald; Mr.
Thomas Campbell, the Poet of Hope, always and everywhere the friend of freedom, threw open his _New Monthly_, to Shiel, and William Henry Curran, whose sketches of the Irish Bar and Bench, of Dublin politics, and the county elections of 1826, will live as long as any periodical papers of the day.
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 Wikinfo | Admiralty
Thomas Seymour, 1st Lord Seymour of Sudeley 1547 - 1549
Robert Bertie, 1st Earl of Lindsey(First Lord of the Admiralty) 1635 - 1636
Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford 1712 - 1714
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 dundas - pafg07.htm - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Diplomat, Visc6 Melville DUNDAS Charles (Dundas)-21468 (Charles SAUNDERS-DUNDAS, Charles Saunders MP SAUNDERS-DUNDAS, Henry MELVILLE, Robert The Elder, Robert, Progenitor) was born on 27 Jun 1843.
DRUMMOND Louisa-21155 (Henry DRUMMOND, Anne DUNDAS, Henry MELVILLE, Robert The Elder, Robert, Progenitor) was born on 22 Oct 1813.
Harriet married Baron Somerhill BOURKE Ulick John Earl14 Clanricarde De Burgh Mqs3 Clanricarde-108951 son of Earl13 Clanricarde BOURKE John Thomas De Burgh-108957 and BURKE Elizabeth-43574 on 4 Apr 1825.
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Thomas William COKE,2nd earl Leicester of Holkham °Holkham Hall 26.12.1822 +Holkham Hall 24.1.1909 x1 Cardington(Beds.) 20.4.1843 CP VII.564 59 Juliana WHITBREAD °3.6.1825 +Holkham 21.4.1870 60.
Thomas William COKE,of Holkham(Norfolk) 1st earl Leicester of Holkham(1837) °Westminster 6.5.1754 +Longford Hall(co.Derby) 30.6.1842 x2 Westminster 26.2.1822 CP VII.562 117.
Thomas TOWNSHEND,1st Vt Sidney of St. Leonards(1789) °London 24.3.1733+Frognal (Chislehurst) 30.6.1800 xLondon St.George's, Hanover Square 19.5.1760 CP XII/1:590;BP2661 163.
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2 of 2 portraits of Thomas Dundas, 1st Baron Dundas
Thomas Dundas, 1st Baron Dundas (1741-1820), Vice-Admiral of Orkney and Shetland.
Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830), Portrait painter, collector and President of the Royal Academy.
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The Dundas mausoleum is attached to the east end of the church.
After the war was concluded, his Majesty, in consideration of the many services that he had rendered for twenty years, conferred a baronetcy upon him in November 1762, with remainder to his brother, Thomas Dundas of Fingask.
Earl of Zetland, Earl of Ronaldshay, Co Orkney, Baron Dundas of Aske, Co York and a Baronet, DL N Yorks (1994), late 2nd Lt Gren Gds, Steward Jockey Club 1992-95, Dir British Horseracing Bd 1993-97; b 28 Dec 1937, s his f 1989.
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 The Zetland Dundas's
Sir Laurence Dundas, the son of Thomas Dundas of Fingask, was the founder of the Dundas family in Yorkshire and his son Thomas Dundas became 1st Baron Dundas in 1794.
Sir Thomas' s son, who was also named Laurence, became 1st Earl of Zetland in 1838 and his grandson, another Laurence, became the Ist Marquess of Zetland in 1892.
Sir Laurence Dundas started of in life as a merchant in Edinburgh with his brother Thomas Dundas of Fingask.
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The Sieur de Monts, Samuel Champlain, and the Baron de Poutrincourt were the pioneers in the exploration of this country.
The Baron de Poutrincourt obtained a grant of land around this basin, and determined to make his home in so beautiful a spot.
Colonel Cornwallis, a son of the Baron of that name--a man of firmness and discretion--entered the harbour, on the 21st of June, old style, or 2nd July present style, and soon afterwards assumed his, duties as governor of the province.
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Tradition relates that the funeral of Lord Dundas attracted an immense concourse of mourners and spectators.
Two such vessels were built, the second one in 1803, which was found to be capable of towing barges in excess of 130 tons.
A portrait by Raeburn, of Lieutenant Colonel Dundas.
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 Thomas Dundas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Several notable people have borne the name Thomas Dundas, principally hailing from Scotland.
Thomas Dundas, 1st Baron Dundas (1741–1820), 18th Century British politician
Thomas Dundas (British general) (1750–1794), governor of Guadaloupe
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 Inventory of letters and papers in Thomas Haweis Collection   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
[Thomas] Haweis, at the Countess of Huntingdon at Brighthelmstone [Brighton], Sussex.
[Thomas] Haweis, at the Countess of Hunntingdon, Brighthelmstone [Brighton], Sussex.
Coke, Thomas, 1781, August 8, Leeds, to "Dear Sir." Although written in Coke’s hand and signed by him, the letter was written at the behest of John Wesley.
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 thePeerage.com - Anne Dundas and others
She was the daughter of Reverend Thomas Lawrence Dundas and Mary Jane Bousquet.
She married Charles William FitzWilliam, son of Charles William FitzWilliam, 5th Earl FitzWilliam and Mary Dundas, on 24 August 1854.
She married Reverend Thomas Lawrence Dundas, son of Thomas Dundas, 1st Baron Dundas of Aske and Lady Charlotte FitzWilliam, on 25 July 1816.
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 Steamship   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
A ridge of high pressure to its north caused Dennis to stall, leading to the cyclone's weakening to a tropical storm on September 1 as a result of the unfavorable conditions.
On the 1st and 2nd, with disorganized convection and a large wind field, Dennis resembled a subtropical cyclone or even an extratropical storm, but it retained its warm core as it drifted southward over warmer waters.
The original colonialism building on the site of Istana Bogor was a mansion named Buitenzorg, which was built from August 1744 as a country retreat for the Netherlands Governors, including also a period of British Empire administration.
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 Tho Did You Mean tho?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Thomas, Earl of Essex, Baron Cromwell of Okeham Cromwell
Thomas George Baring, 1st Earl Of, Viscount Baring of Lee, Baron Northbrook of Stratton Northbrook
Thomas Howard, 2nd Earl Of, Earl of Surrey, Earl of Norfolk Arundel
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