Legacy dispute over King George III will and Olive of Cumberland
In a lengthy exchequer hearing, the case concerns whether King George III’s personal estate and a £15,000 legacy to Olive Cumberland, daughter of Henry Frederick Duke of Cumberland, were properly probate and enforceable. The parties include the Duke of Wellington as defendant and Mrs Bryves as plaintiff, with questions of probate, limitations, and executorship amid royal wills and private marriage claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolls Court
Wepwxespay
Ryven Vr
Duxs
Wellington
George III
Olive
Henry Frederick
Duke of Cumberland
George IV
Princess of Cumberland
Canterbury
Earl of Warwick
Earl of Chatham
Wilmot
Warwick Castle
George Vvi
Duke of Wellington
Sir William Knighton
King George Jr
Bryves
John Primrose
Olive Wilmot
James Wilmot
Lord Archer
Groavenor-square
Warwick
St. Mary, Warwick
Primrose
Turner
Elmsley
William IV
Kindersley
Addam
Bayford
Cockburn
Lovatt
Dowde
Lord Landale
Working Classes and Union Politics in 19th Century Debate
The article argues that wage and labor freedom were key in 1824 reforms and criticizes modern union tactics. It discusses moral restraint, calls for defending fair wages, and cautions that strikes harm both workers and masters. It critiques Duncombe's plans, warns of a funded strike framework, and urges practical focus on cheap food and competitive industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Manchester
Wide Dispatch
Holme
Masons
Rushton
Masons’ Union
Coais
Ander
Roberts
England
Blyth
Leeds
Wwe
National Association
Hancombe
Duncombe
Robson
Drury Lane
Labour
Privy Council
Hayes
Lvc
Reform of Capital and Labor Jargon in Trade Debates
The author argues against jargon like Capital and Gluts and notes profits and wages depend on external markets that neither workers nor masters control. Associations should seek truth through frank discussion with masters and justice, not enforce wage protection, which could harm all. The piece promises to revisit the topic later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Psats
Paris
Totas
M. T
A .M. Telahot
M. Chastelleux
M. Talabut
Avignon
Rasieeae
Ana Siddinge
Talabot
Gramneron and Co
de Leige
Pope Gregory
Iit
Courrier Francais
France
Council of State
M. Guizot
Italy
Orleans
Rouen
Havre
Great Northern
Vierzon
Bordeaux
Boulogne
Troyen and Montereau
Basle
Fampour
Dieppe
Strasburg
Tours
Nantes
Lyons
Rome
Gregory XVI
de Broglie
Guizot
M. Rossi ii
Portugal
Don Miguel
New York Journal of Commerce
Great Western
Oregon
Straits of Face
Pacific
Vancouver's Island
Great Britain
Columbia
Washington
M.lane
Lord Aberdeen
Senate
Covutas Vr
Bowes
Crews
Banco
Ser
Talfourd
Serjeant
Channell
O'Malley
Wells
Nisi
Thomas Wilde
Byles
Baron Parke
Justice Cresswell
Middlesex
Bedfordshire
Serjeant Talfourd
T. Wilde
Dr. Bowes
Punch
The
Pictorial Times
Jobo
Coultas
Chapwell
Promins Hs
Cotay Tha Ue
Juste
Seerek
Letter from Mount Edgcumbe on the Corn Bill vote
The letter to Lord Stanley explains why Mount Edgcumbe supports the Government Corn Bill by proxy, despite health limits preventing attendance in Parliament. He argues for expediency and future good, warns of dissolution risks, defends the Lords' independence, and cautions against demagogic pressure while urging unity and honesty among peers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord
Mount Edgcumbe
Lord Stanley
Commons
Fagat
Mmost Sanguine
Duke of Wellington
Constitution
Ublic
Lourdski
Mount Epocampe
Bath
John Russell
George Bentinck
Sobn Russell
O'Connell
Menu
Tiempo
Coimbre
Aldermen
Common Council
Court of Aldermen
Lawrence
John Bull
Anderton
Addres
Corporation of London
Mr. Anvertet
Vigertier
Mapnip
Jane
Bern
van Grentead
Meeting of Liberal peers on coercion and sugar duties
A Saturday gathering at Lord John Russell's residence drew MPs and peers including Palmerston, Morpeth, Melbourne, and O'Connell to debate Ireland’s coercion bill and sugar duties. Russell urged delaying the bill’s second reading, while others weighed coercive measures and slave-grown sugar terms amid factional lines. A Reform Club meeting followed, outlining strategy to press for amendments if Whigs falter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Russell
Chesham-place
Lord Palmerston
Lord Morpeth
Lord Melbourne
Henry Vane
Earl of
F. Bariog
Edward Ellice
T. B. Macaulay
John Cam Hobhouse
T. Wilde
Charles Wood
Fox Maule
Robert Y. Smith
O'Connell
John O
Powlett Scrope
Vyse
Charles Napier
M‘carthy
Robert Dillon Browne
Patrick Somers
Colonel White
Hewett Bridgeman
J. M. M‘dunnvil
Captain Layard
Christie
Jamea
Mr. Bannerman
R. M. Bellew
Valentine Blake
Edward Bouverie
House of Lords
Lord Clements
John Hansell
Ireland
Mr. O'Connell
England
J. Russell
Clements
Hear
Morpeth
Lone
Lord Sanden
Grantley Berkeley
West Indies
Reform Club
W. Somerville
John Trussell
Colonel Rawdon
Tr Wae
House of Commons
Tufnell
Devonport
Liberal Party
Lord Strafford
G. S. Byng
N.Y
Lord Granville Somerset
Earl of Lincoln
Henry Fitzroy
The
Admiralty
William Cripps
Treasury
Protectionists
Bond Street
Lords
Duke of Buckingham
Venice
Further arsenic murders suspected in Happisburgh district
The Norfolk coroner's inquiry into poisoning deaths at Happisburgh revealed further murders. Bodies of five Balls grandchildren were exhumed, arsenic found in Maria Green and Maria Lacey, with other cases less certain. The inquiry lists eleven suspect deaths across families Green Pestle Peggs and Balls, with the alleged perpetrator, a neighbor, dying in custody. The inquest hints at broader poisoning patterns likely tied to family hardship and long residence near Happisburgh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Happisburgh
Pilgrim
Stalham
Norwich
G. W. Firth
Maria Green
Martha Green
William Green
Hannah Peggs
Ingham Chapel
Maria Lacey
Talle
Frith
Lacey
Mr. Clowes
Mr. Goodwin
Jonathan Bally
W. Lacey
Hiberman
Green
Pestle
Wpeggs
Samuel Peatle
Jonathan Balls
Elizabeth
Elizabeth Ann Peale
Old Balls
Reurderer
Happis
Summers Circuits and assize calendar across counties
Circuit listings for Glamorgan to Chester and preliminaries to assizes at Mold Presteign and Chester with judges Erle Platt Parke and others. notes on Portugal Cortes, bond markets, and a bankruptcy proceeding with Stone and Everett and a breach of promise case ending in damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nort Waites
Caxston
Denman
Mountgomeryshire
Newtown
Merionethshire
Dolgelly
Carnarvonshire
Carnarvon
Anglesey
Beaumaris
Denbigshire
Ruthin
Flintshire
Mold
Cheshire
the Castle
Chester
City
Sours Waters and
Cuesten Cracell
Baron Rolfe
Glamorganshire
Cardiff
Carmarthenshire
Carmarthen
Pembrokeshire
Haverfordwest
Cardiganshire
Wednestay
Cardigan
Brecknockshire
Brecon
Radnorshire
Presteign
Castle
Lord Deemen
Baron Rolte
Home
Baron Parke
Justice Coltman
Thoraday
Hertford
Essex
Chelmsford
Kent
Maidstone
Sussex
Lewes
Surrey
Guildford
Justice Patteson
Coleridge
Northamptonshire
Northampton
Rudsudshire
Oakham
Lincolnshire
Cestle
Lincoln
City of Lincoln
Guildhall
Nottinghanshire
Nottingham
Town
Derbyshire
Derby
Leicestershire
Leicester
Leicester and Borough
Warwickshire
Coventry
City of Coventry
Warwick
Westens Cixcuit
Justice Erle
Baron Platt
Thia
Southampton
Castle of
Winchester
Dorsetshire
Dorchester
Wiltshire
Devizes
Devonshire
Exeter
City of Exeter
City of
Cornwall
Bodmin
Somersetshire
City of Wells
Bristol
Jemima Sarah Maddox
Marriiges
Nichol
Court of Queen’s Bench
Wade
Idelay
Bet
Curt
Avunies de Parche
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LAW
Boggins
Rawlinson
Duncan
Petersfield
London
Lumbard Street
Bradley
Southampton, Petersfield
Londos
Provisional Committee
Managing Committee
Lord John
Norfolk
Satrem
Rez Stoxe
Fonblanque
Reed
Eolicitor
Wm. Everett
Stone and Everett
Stgg and Mathell
Stone
Everett
Lloyd
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