William Clevland (1720 – 6 December 1758) was an Anglo-Scot who became the self-appointed King of the Banana Islands off the coast of present-day Sierra...
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William Clevland may refer to: William Clevland (1664–1734), Royal Navy commander William Clevland (king) (died 1758), his son, self-appointed king of...
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1802 William Clevland (1664–1734) of Tapeley, Westleigh, Devon, Royal Navy commander, Controller of Storekeepers' Accounts William Clevland (king) (1720–1758)...
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Augustus Clevland (1754–1784) was an East India Company administrator in the Province of Bengal, a Collector of the Revenues and a Judge of the Dewanny...
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Captain William Clevland (1664–1734), (alias Cleuland) of Tapeley in the parish of Westleigh, North Devon, was a Scottish-born Royal Navy commander who...
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King James Cleveland (1754? – 1791) was King of the Banana Islands in Sierra Leone. James Cleveland was born to William Clevland, an Anglo-Scot, and Ndamba...
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Saltash in Devon and for Sandwich in Kent. Clevland was the eldest son and heir of Commander William Clevland, Royal Navy, of Tapeley, a Scotsman by birth...
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Tapeley (section William Clevland (1664–1734))
building. In the mid 19th century the estate was inherited from the Clevland family by William Langham Christie of Glyndebourne in Sussex. His grandson was John...
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Banana Islands (section The Clevlands)
here. William Clevland and a group of fellow sailors were ship wrecked on the Island, and Clevland took the opportunity to declare himself king. This...
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British Counsul at Venice and Leghorn, and Selina Shore Clevland (a daughter of John Clevland MP). His uncle, Lt.-Col. John Robert Fullerton Udny inherited...
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including Potheridge. The manor of Bideford was sold in about 1750 to John Clevland (1706–1763) of Tapeley, in the parish of Westleigh, near Bideford, and...
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Grover Cleveland (redirect from Grover Clevland)
year, Cleveland's brother William was hired as a teacher at the New York Institute for the Blind in New York City, and William obtained a place for Cleveland...
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league footballer James Marley Member of Parliament Tom Duncan Artist William Clevland Royal Navy Commander Thomas Torrance Missionary Sir Ian George Wilson...
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child of London's City Remembrancer, William Barker. An elder brother, John Devaynes (1726-1801), was apothecary to King George III and Queen Charlotte from...
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New York where he had to deal with the threat of a French attack during King George's War. He could not cope with the liberal politicians of the New York...
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the mother of John Clevland, Secretary to the Admiralty and William Clevland who became King of the Banana Islands. Mary Davie (1680–1710), who in 1698...
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Lookout Hot Springs Mountain Lookout Howell Hill Lookout Margarita Lookout (Clevland National Forest) Mount Harkness Fire Lookout, in Lassen Volcanic National...
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was commissioned in August 1757 under the command of Captain Archibald Clevland to serve in the English Channel as part of Rear-Admiral Sir Edward Hawke's...
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Archived from the original on July 26, 2020. Retrieved March 18, 2014. Clevland, Ethan (January 16, 2012). "'Beauty and the Beast' return with $18.5 million"...
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Awse of Horwood House in the parish of Frithelstock, and secondly John II Clevland (1734-1817), seven times MP for Barnstaple, of Tapeley near Bideford. Winscott...
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cricketer Augustus Dayton Clark (died 1990), American Naval officer Augustus Clevland (1754–1784), East India Company administrator, revenue collector, and judge...
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Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth (category Knights Grand Cross of the Military Order of William)
to Portsmouth. The Earl of Chatham presented Pellew to the king on 29 June, and the king knighted him. Pellew transferred to HMS Arethusa in December...
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(1798) Metland in The Wise Man of the East by Elizabeth Inchbald (1799) Clevland in The Votary of Wealth by Joseph George Holman (1799) Goulding in Five...
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Lincoln's Inn and was called to the bar in 1742. Appointed Keeper of the King's Library in 1745, he was elected Member of Parliament for Tregony in the...
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and Stevenstone, by his wife Isabella Charlotte Walter, daughter of Sir William Walter, 2nd Baronet of Sarsden, Oxfordshire. His eldest brother was Henry...
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Replaced by James Ferguson 1789 Barnstaple (seat 1/2) William Devaynes Barnstaple (seat 2/2) John Clevland Whig Bath (seat 1/2) Abel Moysey Bath (seat 2/2)...
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Scottish clans are based upon armorial bearings recorded by the Lord Lyon King of Arms in the Public Register of All Arms and Bearings in Scotland. The...
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College, Oxford. He was Chancellor of the Diocese of Worcester 1751–64; King's Advocate General from 1755 to 1764 (with interval in 1756) and Vicar General...
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Keppel with whom he had worked closely. He was a Groom of the Bedchamber to King George III from 1763 to 1775 and Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of...
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Clerk of the Acts (redirect from Clerk of the King's Ships)
1719 – 10 October 1726. T. Pearse, 11 October 1726 – 14 April 1743. John Clevland, 15 April 1743 – 15 August 1743. R. Osborn, 16 August 1743 – 26 July 1747...
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