Life of Sir John Leach late Master of the Rolls
A detailed 19th century biography of Sir John Leach, notable judge and Master of the Rolls. From his Bedford youth and early art school ties to his law career, equity prominence, parliamentary service, and eventual vice chancellorship, outlining his temper, oratory, court leadership, social leanings, and personal resilience amid illness.
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John Leach
Bedford
Sone
Arda
Rolla
Ian John Leeth
Robert
Pigott
Sir Arthur Pigott
Young
Leach
Robert Taylor
Ava Pit
Samuel
Pepys Cockerel
Iow
Mike Temple
Judy Alexddder
Surrey
Seaford
Equity
J. L
van Heythusen
Samuel Rumilly
Anthony Hart
Cockpit
Fie
Fox
Sheridan
Rotten Borough
Ellis
Esher Park
G. Hibbert
University of Oxford
Lord Grenville
Court of ‘Chancery
House of Commons
Duke of York
Colonel Wardle
Prince of Wales
Carlton House
Italy
Princess of Wales
Thomas Plomer
Chiltern
Ball
John Copley
Rolls
Bickersteth
Pemberton
Sir John Leach
Edinburgh
Duchess of Sutherland
Kim
Sir Thomas More
Alwyaya
Raixind
London
Napoleon's First Campaign in Corsica In 1769
In June 1769 two Corsican leaders Paoli and Bonaparte plotted in a cave as French forces under Count de Vaux pressed a rebellion. Letizia Ramolini, soon to be mother, urged them to fight on. The next day Pont Novo saw a French setback, and on August 15, 1769, Letizia gave birth to Napoleon in Ajaccio.
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Corsica
Count de Vaux
Anon
Pascal Paoli
Charles Bonaparte
Talavo
Paoli
Pietro
Bonaparte
Letizia Ramolini
Corte
Arrighi
Charles
Letizia
Corti
Ponto Novo
Ajaccio
Napoleon
Death of Pedro V of Portugal Praised by Soldiers
From Lisbon, an eye witness account describes Don Pedro V dying in uniform of the 5th Cacadores after embracing his wife and daughter. He advised his daughter on state affairs as officers bore his farewell. The piece notes Liberal unease, foreign troops, and the symbolic political impact of his death.
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Lisbon
Don Pedro
5Th Cacadores
Terceiz
Haring
John
Oime
Moniteur
Menddy
Bayonne
Madrid
Frince
Chamber of Procuradores
Sentinelle Dés Pyrénées
Navarre
Leon Iriarte
Isabel II
Pampeluna
Sos
Arragon
Elisondo
Zugarramurdi
Rebeta
Iriarte
Hia Gottiers
Olits
Manuetin
Ebro
Batribar
Misericordia
Bidassoa
Bastan
America
Imarte‘e Detachment
Bomioeniates
Dali Hamlst
Fatal accident at Hoare and Co brewers Lower East Smithfield
On Monday morning John Gudgeon, long employed by Hoare and Co brewers, slipped while crossing a darkened vatroom trap door and fell to the next floor, dying within hours from severe injuries. Indigo cultivation in India described, detailing soil, sowing, harvesting, processing, and market issues, noting Dutch and British influences and shifts in production.
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Messrs. Hoare and Co
Lower East Smithfield
John Gudgeon
East Indies
Hindustan
India
Ite
South America
England
Europesna
Ini Indie
Murray
Spain News: Navalarre Turmoil and Amnesty Decree
Dispatches report Cordova’s forces routing insurgents near Lécaroz with heavy losses on both sides, and details on Navarre and Bayonne medical and political developments. Don Carlos issues a broad amnesty decree for political acts up to the present day to ease national reconciliation.
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Bayonne
Lécaroz
Navarre
Cordova
Glomm
Sagastibelza
Bebalas
Cambo
Mina
Bayonne, Preparatory To His Departure To Take the Command Inavarre
Armildez de Toledo
Wall
Ferdinand Allowaya
General Wall
Ozma
Vittoria
Hoa
Messrs
de Toreno
Garcia Carrascosa
Crespo Tejada
Basia
Spain
Esars
Garcia Carrasco
Don Carlos
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Nomersetshire
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Bath
Clarke and King
PSE Commercial Steam Packets Company
London Tavern
C. Bleaden
Thames
Wapping
Rotherhithe
James Birketpt
Walbrook Buildings
John Burgess and Son
Cath Bdttla
Jobn Burgess
Strand
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Great
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Bloomsbury
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Moseley-street
Manchester
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Slane
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Theodore Hook
Gilbert Gurney
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NEW Monthly
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Oldy
Dejeuner & la Fourchette
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Waverley
D'Israeli the Younger
Elysium
Brunnens
Riendship
Chalon
Parris
Wood
Purser
Stone
Barrett
Mise L. H. Sheriden
Price T?s
Cruikshank
Crowquill, Seymour, Grant, &c
Morocco
William Ellis
N.B. India
Fisher
Drawing Room
Fisher, Son, and Co
Longman and Co
Simpkin and Marshal
Tilt
Wakeman
Dublin
Oliphant
Ogle
Glasgow
Society For Promoting Christian Knowledge
Cpe
Brechin
W. N. Darnell
H. Atkins
I. G. Ackland
J. Scholefield
Bangor
Chichester
D. Coleridge
R. F. St. Barbe
Nowerby
Utr
Algo
Ecglogical Journal
Zoological Journal
Sowerby’s
Great Roseell-street
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Hodgson
Boys
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Mechanical Institution
Southampton
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Royal Exchanges
West Indies
Martin
James Cochrane and Co
Waterloo-place
Pall
Horace Walpole
Horace Mann
Lord Dover
Walpole
Spectator
Edinburgh Review
Literary Gazette
Richard Bentley
New Burlington Street
Dame Junots
Duchess of
AVAL
Military Library of Entertainment
Ceptain Marryat
Chelsea Pensioners
Mr. Gleig
Henry Colburn
R. Bentley
Bell and Bradfure
John Cumming
George Dunbar
F.R.S.E
University of Edinburgh
Bell and Bradfute
Bankstreet
Simpkin and Marshall
J. Duncan
Whittaker and Co
Tomkins
E. Tomkins
Harvey
Baldwin
Baldwin and Cradock, Paternoster-row
Guy
Joseph Guy
Royal Military College
United States of America
Baldwin and
Cradock
Baldwin and Cradock
Courtenay
C. B. Courtenay
M.D
Great Marlborough Street
Chappel
Royal Exchange
Hays
Regent-arrest
W. Strange
Paternoster-row
Onwhyn
Cathérine-street
Chapple
Pall-mall
Marsh
Oxford Street
Sutherland
Calton-street
Courtend
Cassiobury
Osterly Park
Ralla
Kagt
Wight
la France Litteraire
Portugal
The
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