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Relic of Sir Edmond Harrison Dies in Clerkenwell
Yesterday morning at her house in Red Lion Street Clerkenwell the Lady Harrison aged 81 died. She was sister to Lady Fienes of Hackney and daughter to the late Lord Fienes and was noted for charity to the poor. Numerous notices follow of prizes drawn, shipwrecks, court cases, and public deaths and marriages including Captain of Rupert appointed Vice Admiral, and weddings at Mortons Court Ledbury Herefordshire. Reports from Newmarket and Margate mention snowfall and ships driven ashore while Admiralty sessions convict and acquit several prisoners. Funeral and obituaries describe Miss Jenny Morice Le Gallne and other notable deaths with mourning across various counties.
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Red-Lion-street
Clerkenwell
Harrison
Edmond Harrison
Fienes
Hackgey
Middlesex
Obrian
Rupert
Russia
William Bridgen
Willimot
Hackney
Newmarket
Margate Road
James River
Bell
Virginia
High Court of Admiralty
Henry Penrice
William Chapplete
John Richardson
Carpenter
Hartley
Richard Eadwell
Ignell
John Wodd
Yarmouth Road
Edward Farrell
Spain
Bedford
Hope
Charing-Cross
James II
Fearchar Place
Fawley
Berkshire
Richard Moore
Devon
Capt
Rotherhithe
St.’ Mary Magdalen Bermiondséy
Old-street
Ware
Harris
Hitching
Hertfordshire
John Newman
Bigan
Lombard-treet
Smith