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list of notable deaths and dignitaries from Great Britain
A fragmented list records names of notable individuals and widows across Britain, including nobility, lawyers, and officials. Mentions of Sir Charles Hickes, Lady Mover, Lancelot Skinner, Sir William Wolstenholme, and others appear alongside notes on positions such as Secretary to the Treasury, Master in Chancery, and directors of the South Sea Company. The entry notes dates of death and titles, with brief context about origins and peerage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlesex
Charnock
Charles Gildon
Watley
Hockholm
Sweden
Ugo Hamilton
Wiliam Peles
William Lowndes
Chesham
County of Bucks
Treasury
Merther
Bastlow
Cornwall
Edmund Keene
South Sea
John Marshal
Essex
Lady Hickes
Charles Hickes
the Wylde
Hertfordshire
Lady
James Moody
Turner
Edward Turner
Gregory Page
Sarah
Cowper
William Cowper
Earl Cowper
Wheeler
Sutton-Place
County of
Surrey
John Humble
John Briscoe
Amberley Castle
Sussex
Lady Breedon
Relf
Sir Robert Breedon
Robert Walker
The
South-Sea Company
Philip V
Spain
Lewis XV
France
Lewis
William Crawford
Lincoln’s Inn
Lady Harvey
Edwart Harvey
Combe
G. Randolph:Stracey
London
George Steward
Lady Prideaux
Fdut and Prideaux
Arundel