Independent Sir Mathew Robinson Morris of Horton
A historical notice chronicles the Morris family lineage from 1643 to the present Boroughbridge MP Mathew Robinson Morris. It details marriages, estates at Horton Kent and properties, parliamentary service, and reputations for independence and integrity, highlighting ties to Montague, Scott, and Montague’s Irish peerage creation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rick App
London
Matthew
Thomas
Leonard
Mathew Robinson
West Layton
County of York
Elizabeth Drake
Thomas Morris
Horton
Kent
Mathew Robinson Morris
City of
Canterbury
St. Stephen’s Chapel
Morris
Ireland
Boroughbridge
Mathew
Robert
William
Denton
Burford
Reading
John
Trinity College
Cambridge
Charles
Elizabeth
Edward Montague
Althorpe
Sarah
George Lewis Scott
Rokeby
Montague
Tregony
Robinson
University of Cambridge
Treasury
Pitt
Uecr
New and Popular Works Advertised in Two Volumes
A list of books and editions offered by the Logographic Press including Robinson Crusoe in two volumes with plates, selections from Bacon, Clarke translations, Derham theology, Montagne essays, Frederick the Great letters, and public affairs histories. Prices range from 2s 6d to 12s, with various octavo and quarto formats noted.
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Robinson Crusoe
DE Foe
Logographic
J. Walter
Francis Lord Bacon
St. Alban
Willymot
Derham
M.de Montagne
D’argenson
Mary
France
Prussia
Ottava
Frederick the Second
A.F. DE Suhm
Saxony
Berlin
Petersburgh
Prutha
Elector of
Remarks on colors and painting in early portraits
The passage notes how parlour fires and chimneys create burnished cows and opaque fires in certain pictures. It mentions Chevallier Vanpervert as a delicate pencil artist and his chemistry experiments on colors. Isaacson’s advice to painters urges not to worry about color quality and to learn to use existing pigments effectively.
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Chevallier Vanpervert
Lston
Carli Maratti Answers Prince Over Price Demands
Carlo Marratti replies to a prince who censured his high prices for works. He records that great masters labored for modest sums and that, as their lawful successor, he demands payment of their arrears. The statement frames a claim to legacy and value of art across generations.
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Carlo Maratti
Debate on production of original records in Irish election case
In the Irish House of Commons a dispute arose over whether originals must be provided for substantial justice, amid concerns about defacement of signatures and cost of London transmission. Lord Chancellor urged reason for petition, while Lords Grenville Cathcart Stormont and Kinnaird favored removal of originals to address the election record. The House adjourned after a division: 78 ayes, 137 noes. A complaint followed regarding arrest of a member for contempt of privilege. Gratton announced a motion on the Spanish convention and trade with China, proposing the Trade Committee meet to consider local restrictions enabling Irish access to free trade laws.
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Kinnoul
Kinnaird
London
Cathcart
Lord Cathcart
Lord Stormont
Lord Kinnaird
Lord Lauderdale
Francis Pierpoint Hunt
Court of Common Pleas
St. George M‘cartney
Dublin
Gratton
China
East Indies
House of Commons
Committee of Trade
Ireland
Genealogical Sketches of Present Parliament Members
A genealogical sketch continues detailing Morris Robinson, Esa, and the Robinson lineage from Kendall and Westmorland back to Henry VIII era ancestors. It traces Ralph and Henry, Cranford baronets, and branches to Rookby Yorkshire, noting Thomas’s 1739 baronetcy and Richard, now Metropolitan of Ireland, with emphasis on ancestral esteem and exemplary character.
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Robinsons
Kendall
Westmoreland
Henry VIII
North Britain
William Robinson
Ralph
Henry
Cranford
Richard
Ireland
Leonard
Thomas
Anecdote of the Empress Catherine on a Livonian bridge
A quotation notes an inscription on a stone bridge over the Empack from 1733 praising Catherine the Second. It claims she commanded the river to halt and that her munificence funded the mound and Livonia’s first stone bridge in public works.
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Xerxus
Canute
Imperial Czarina
Coxe
Catherine
Livonia
Anecdotes of artists from Amsterdam in the 17th century
Anecdotes recount the life of an Amsterdam born landscape painter, son of Arnolp Vanperneer, famed for moonlit scenes. He trained his son with care, studied under Jacos Van Loo, married a Rotterdam secretary’s daughter producing a large fortune and sixteen children, later wed a miniature painter’s daughter producing nine more. He devised a rolling box to move during plein air studies, a method worth modern landscape painters’ consideration.
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Amsterdam
Arnolp Vanperneer
Jacos van Loo
Court of Justice
Rotterdam
Bcron
English Parliament Lords Hearing on Peer Election Irregularities
In the House of Lords Helen Rutherford and others face petition concerns over the Sixteen Peers for Scotland election. Lord Cathcart moves to require the Clerk of the Lord Register to attend the merits committee with records. Debate centers on proxy rights of the Duke of Bethany and proper handling of rolls and records.
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Lord Cathcart
Lord Somerville
Scotland
Bethiay
Lord Grenville
House of Commons Proceedings and Mutiny Bill Debate
Monday proceedings note oaths for Sir Richard Penn Sir Robert Lawrie and James Lowther. Three witnesses to attend Slave Trade Committee. Bodmin election petitions Sullivan and Le Roche judged frivolous. sitting members valid. Mutiny Bill read second time. committed. Navy Office accounts printed. East India Papers motion altered. New South Wales letters from Governor Philips discussed. Tarleton cites famine fears and harsh rations. motion carried.
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Richard Penn
Robert Lawrie
James Lowther
Slave Trade Committee
Bopmin
DP. P. Coke
Bodmin
John Sullivan
James le Roche
Navy Office
Stow
Pit
Francis
New South Wales
Sir C. Bunbury
Philips
L Jonel Tarleton
Tarlton
Also Mentioned on This Page
United States of America
United States
Etienne Claviere
J. P. Brissot DE Warville
House of Lords
Carlo Marratti
TuusDay
Fes
Morris Robinson
Esa
Benovcubridge
Yorkshire
Genealogy
Russia
Edon Vanderneer
Helen Rutherford
Scott
Archibald Jerdon
Jerdon Caverhill
East India Papers
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