• William Henry Shirreff (baptised 4 April 1785 – 1 December 1847) was a British Royal Navy officer, captain of HMS Andromache, HMS Barrosa, HMS Warspite...
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  • born to Rear-Admiral William Henry Shirreff (1785–1847) and Elizabeth Anne Shirreff. She was very close to her sister Maria Shirreff (later Grey), with...
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    discovery of the islands and the abundance of seals there, to Captain William Henry Shirreff, of HMS Andromache, which had arrived there about 5 September 1818...
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  • seals there, to Captain William Henry Shirreff, of HMS Andromache, which had arrived there about 5 September 1818. (Shirreff had been appointed the commanding...
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    Staines 1814–15 Captain John Fyffe 1815–16 Captain William Bowles 1817–18 Captain William Henry Shirreff 1818–21 Commodore Thomas Masterman Hardy 1821–22...
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    Jane Shirreff (1808-1883) was a British soprano opera singer. She was described as America's "most admired prima donna between the days of Mrs. Wood and...
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  • one son, David Rodney. Elizabeth married the Royal Navy officer William Henry Shirreff. Murray had an electoral interest in Peeblesshire, where his older...
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    appointed master of HMS Andromache under the command of Captain William Henry Shirreff. It was during this tour of duty that Andromanche was posted to...
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    (1823–1833) on harbour duties. The navy sold Barrosa in 1841. Captain William Henry Shirreff commissioned Barrosa on 25 October 1812. He sailed her for North...
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    (father of Henry Newton) William Skene William Shirreff Peter Boudre Paul Mascarene William Skene Alexander Cosby John Adams William Shirreff Erasmus James...
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    (1808), Thomas Thrush (1 May - August 1809), William Charlton (died 7 August 1810), William Henry Shirreff (18 November 1809 – 1811), Thomas Graves, and...
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    (1296–1357). In the latter part of the 14th century, the castle was granted to William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas, by his uncle. It remained in the Douglases'...
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    acting command of Lilly did not arrive in time. Instead, Commander William Henry Shirreff was appointed to Lilly on 3 March 1806, but did not take command...
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    1795) left in the hands of his Deputy/Provincial Grand Secretary Charles Shirreff. The Secretary of Whitchurch Lodge no. 1, John Collier, was one of the...
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    December 10, 2013. Chanler's grandfather John White Chanler married Elizabeth Shirreff Winthrop, daughter of Benjamin Winthrop and Judith Stuyvesant (Peter's...
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  • Governors: John Crosbie, Myra Freeman, Clarence Gosse, John Keiller MacKay, Henry Poole MacKeen, John Robert Nicholson, Fabian O'Dea, and Albert Walsh. Thirteen...
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    August 1842–October 1847 Rear-Admiral William Henry Shirreff, October 1847–December 1847 Rear-Admiral Henry Prescott, December 1847–October 1852 Rear-Admiral...
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    Georgina Shirreff was born on 7 March 1816 in Blackheath, London. She was the third daughter of Admiral William Henry and Elizabeth Anne Shirreff. Out of...
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  • Sherman John Shirreffs Bill Shoemaker Richard Small James W. Smith Robert Augustus Smith Evert V. Snedecker J. Bert Sonnier Albert Stall Jr. William Ward Stephens...
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    (1765–1846) married Samuel Whitbread MP. Lt. Col. William Grey (1777–1817) married Maria Shirreff. Edward Grey (1782–1837) Bishop of Hereford married...
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    Valparaiso on 22 January 1821. Spencer was under orders to find Captain William Henry Shirreff of Andromache, who was a close friend of Lord Cochrane. (Cochrane...
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  • under his father, Carlo Marochetti, John Thomas, and William Behnes. He in turn trained William Shirreffs whilst tutoring at the Glasgow School of Art. He...
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    Cape Shirreff. During December 1819 William Smith was back with his ship to the South Shetlands. This time he was chartered by Captain William Shirreff, British...
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    Chanler, son of John White Chanler and Elizabeth Shirreff Winthrop, and had eleven children, including William A. Chanler, Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler, and Robert...
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    the best-known tragedienne of the 18th century. Contemporaneous critic William Hazlitt dubbed Siddons as "tragedy personified". She was the elder sister...
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    General Sir Horatio Shirley (1805–1879) Lieutenant-General William Shirley General Sir Richard Shirreff Major-General Stephen Shoosmith Major-General James Henderson...
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    Stevenson, John Hutchison, George Anderson Lawson, Thomas Stuart Burnett, William Shirreffs, Andrew Currie, George Clark Stanton, Peter Slater, Amelia Robertson...
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    reverts to the former proprietor, or a new purchaser is found. — Patrick Shirreff, 1835 Upper Canada was a cash-poor province without its own currency. As...
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    filters through moving sand, shells, and water currents. Canadian Erin Shirreff translates her sculptural interests into large-scale cyanotype photograms...
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    rapidly spread on social media by right-wing accounts with large followings. Shirreff, Lauren (3 August 2024). "The obscure Russian-linked 'news' outlet fuelling...
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