• William Couper (or Cowper) (1568–1619) was a Bishop of Galloway in Scotland. The son of John Couper, merchant-tailor, of Edinburgh, he was born in 1568...
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  • William Couper may refer to: William Couper (bishop) (1568–1619), Scottish bishop and theologian William Couper (sculptor) (1853–1942), American sculptor...
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  • antiquarian William Cowper (anatomist) (1666–1709), English anatomist; eponym of Cowper's gland and Cowper's fluid William Couper (bishop) (1568–1619)...
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    Kirk was first used on 18 February 1619 for the funeral of the William Couper, Bishop of Galloway; John Spottiswoode, Archbishop of St Andrews, preached...
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  • Andrew Lamb (1565? – 1634), was Bishop of Brechin and Bishop of Galloway. He was probably son or relative of Andrew Lamb of Leith, a lay member of the...
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  • accused the military of attempting a coup d'état. January 26, 1808: the New South Wales Corps overthrew William Bligh, Governor of New South Wales, and...
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    ruling body. Grenada: In a military coup, Deputy Prime Minister Maurice Bishop was placed under house arrest. Bishop, who enjoyed popularity among the Grenadian...
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  • business. He delivered letters from Francis Bacon to the king. William Couper, Bishop of Galloway asked him to buy saddles for his wife and daughter,...
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  • Thomas Cooper (or Couper; c. 1517 – 29 April 1594) was an English bishop, lexicographer, theologian, and writer. Cooper was born in Oxford, England, where...
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  • Adam Bellenden (category Bishops of Aberdeen)
    Council of Scotland ordered that the widow of the previous Dean, William Couper, Bishop of Galloway, hand over documents relating to the Chapel Royal to...
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    Scrope, absentee Bishop of Dromore and assistant Bishop of Norwich (1450–1477) 1480: William Westkarre, Prior of Mottisfont, titular bishop of Zeitun and...
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  • Christianity portal William Jameson Thompson, CBE (27 October 1885 – 17 November 1975) was a long-serving Anglican bishop who spent much of his career...
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    William I (1120 or 1121 – May 7, 1166), called the Bad or the Wicked (Sicilian: Gugghiermu lu Malu), was the second king of Sicily, ruling from his father's...
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    John Vesey (redirect from Bishop John Vesey)
    by William Warham, Archbishop of Canterbury, assisted by John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, and Thomas Halsey, Suffragan Bishop of York and Bishop of Leighlin...
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    and grandfather William Bishop were active in local government, serving terms as mayor of the East Torrens District Council. Bishop grew up on an apple...
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  • done by coup, impeachment, invasion, or forced abdication. The term may also refer to the official removal of a clergyman, especially a bishop, from ecclesiastical...
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    The Bishop of Hereford is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Hereford in the Province of Canterbury. The episcopal see is centred in the...
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     Australia – Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop expressed that she was "gravely concerned" over the military coup and described the situation as "volatile"...
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    the history of coinage is available at Medieval Livonian Numismatics by William Urban Archbishopric of Riga (Archived 2009-10-25) Rīgas arhibīskapija (1255-1562)...
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    William Sheridan (c. 1635 – 3 October 1711) was a 17th-century Irish clergyman, who was Bishop of Kilmore and Ardagh between 1682 and 1691, having previously...
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    instructions that Bernard was to acquiesce and that the various bishops were to submit to William of Malines within forty days. Bernard managed to resist implementing...
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    Guillaume-Joseph Chaminade, SM (also known as William Joseph Chaminade; Périgueux, 8 April 1761 – Bordeaux, 22 January 1850) was a French Catholic priest...
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    designer of the 1848 constitution, whom William loathed.[citation needed] When the Roman Catholic hierarchy of bishops was restored in 1853, he found growing...
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    Prince-Bishopric of Lübeck. This meant that in time he would succeed the Prince-Bishop then in office, Frederick August. This plan had to be abandoned, however...
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    spectrum, and provided William with an essential propaganda tool. Danby, a Tory, and Devonshire, a Whig; Henry Compton, Bishop of London, for the church;...
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  • Zimbabwean bishop, kidnap victim and political activist. Zbigniew Meres, 71, Polish firefighter and politician, senator (2007–2015). William Neill, 93...
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    quickly crossed the English Channel and, with the help of his brother Henry, Bishop of Winchester and Abbot of Glastonbury, took the throne, arguing that the...
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    William Montagu, alias de Montacute, 1st Earl of Salisbury, 3rd Baron Montagu, King of Man (1301 – 30 January 1344) was an English nobleman and loyal...
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    he served on a number of diplomatic missions before being consecrated a bishop by Pope John Paul II in 1992. Viganò was appointed secretary general of...
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