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William Grant — Sir William Grant (13 October 1752 ndash; 23 May 1832) was a British lawyer, Member of Parliament from 1790–1812 and Master of the Rolls from 1801–1817.He was born at Elchies, Moray, Scotland. His father was a tenant farmer, later collector of… … Wikipedia
Stirling, Sir William Alexander, Earl of — (1567? 1640) King James gave him a patent, September, 1621, to the territory now embracing the provinces of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick and the Gaspé peninsula. To further the colonization of his huge domain, Alexander instituted the… … The makers of Canada
William Petre — Sir William Petre (circa 1505 – 1572) was born in Devon in 1505 and educated as a lawyer at Exeter College, Oxford. He became a public servant, probably through the influence of the Boleyns, one of whom, George, he had tutored at Oxford and… … Wikipedia
William Halifax — William T. Halifax, Lord Stirling (1786 1871) was a British Army officer and the Lieutenant Governor of St. Lucia.Early lifeWilliam Halifax was born in Justice Hill, the traditional home of his family in Suffolk on September 25 1786. He was the… … Wikipedia
William Courten — Sir William Courten or Curteen (1572 1636), was a wealthy seventeenth century merchant, operating from London. He financed the colonisation of Barbados, but lost his investment and interest in the islands to the Earl of Carlisle.Birth and… … Wikipedia
William Collis Meredith — Sir William Collis Meredith, QC (23 May, 1812 26 Feb, 1894) was Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Quebec.Early lifeWilliam Collis Meredith was born on May 23rd, 1812, at No.1 Fitzwilliam Square Dublin, the second son of Thomas Meredith and… … Wikipedia
William Johnson, 1st Baronet — Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet (1715 ndash; 11 July 1774), founder of Johnstown, New York, was an Irish pioneer and army officer in colonial New York, and the British Superintendent of Indian Affairs from 1755 to 1774. He served on the Governor … Wikipedia
William Henry Smyth — (* 21. Januar 1788 in Westminster, London; † 9. September 1865) war Admiral der Royal Navy und ein englischer Astronom. Er war der einzige Sohn von Joseph Brewer Palmer Smyth und seiner Ehefrau Georgina Caroline geb. Pilkington. Als Nachfahren… … Deutsch Wikipedia
William Crowne — William Crowne, (1617 ndash; 1682), had a varied career as an officer of arms, a Member of Parliament, a colonel during the English civil war, and one of the early colonists of North America. He was also the father of the playwright John… … Wikipedia
William Byrd — (c. 1540 ndash; 4 July 1623) was an English composer of the Renaissance. He cultivated many of the forms current in England at the time, including various types of sacred and secular polyphony, keyboard and consort music ProvenanceOur knowledge… … Wikipedia
