sociable, William was inducted to minister at Largs in 1644 and had been a schoolmaster in Irvine and/or Kilwinning (1641). Hugh Smith, minister of Eastwood...
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William, Willie, Will, Bill, or Billy Smith may refer to: William Smith (Master of Clare College, Cambridge) (1556–1615), English academic William Smith...
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William Robertson Smith FRSE (8 November 1846 – 31 March 1894) was a Scottish orientalist, Old Testament scholar, professor of divinity, and minister...
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David William Smith is a British Labour Party politician serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for North Northumberland since 2024. Smith is the chief...
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Robert William Dixon-Smith, Baron Dixon-Smith, DL (born 30 September 1934), is a British farmer and Conservative Party politician. Lord Dixon-Smith is a...
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Dudley-Smith a love for poetry. Arthur fell ill and died when Dudley-Smith was eleven years old and shortly thereafter, he desired to be a minister. He was...
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prime minister, the title is applied to early prime ministers only retrospectively; this has sometimes given rise to academic dispute. William Pulteney...
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Kelvin (William Thomson) lived in Largs, in Netherall mansion, and died there in 1907. Sam Torrance, golfer, was born in Largs. William Smith, minister Andernos-les-Bains...
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Admiral Sir William Sidney Smith GCB GCTE KmstkSO FRS (21 June 1764 – 26 May 1840) was a British Royal Navy officer. Serving in the American and French...
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Prime Minister". In Blake, Robert B.; Louis, William Roger (eds.). Churchill. Oxford: Clarendon Press. pp. 262–263. ISBN 978-0-19-820626-2. Smith, pp....
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British prime ministers. Edward Smith-Stanley was born on 19 March 1799 at Knowsley Hall, Lancashire. He was the eldest son of Edward Smith-Stanley, 13th...
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William Petty Fitzmaurice, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne, KG, PC (2 May 1737 – 7 May 1805; known as the Earl of Shelburne between 1761 and 1784, by which...
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Colin Smith (1802–1867) was a minister of the Church of Scotland and amateur botanist, who served as Moderator of the General Assembly in 1861. He was...
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praised Smith's "fixedness of purpose". Irish Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Bertie Ahern told Smith, "You have helped bring about a better life for everyone throughout...
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person whose name I bear. He was the father of Elizabeth Smith (wife of William Smith, minister of Wey mouth), my mother' s mother. He was on his deathbed...
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Ian Douglas Smith GCLM ID (8 April 1919 – 20 November 2007) was a Rhodesian politician, farmer, and fighter pilot who served as Prime Minister of Rhodesia...
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Biodiversity in Grahamstown. Smith's son is renowned South African television science and mathematics teacher William Smith. Meiacanthus smithi, the disco...
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William Henry Smith, FRS (24 June 1825 – 6 October 1891) was an English bookseller and newsagent of the family firm W H Smith, who expanded the firm and...
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William Boyd (died 1772), was an Irish Presbyterian minister. He is known as the bearer of a petition to Samuel Shute, the governor of Province of Massachusetts...
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working-class earned him the sobriquet "The People's William". In 1868, Gladstone became prime minister for the first time. Many reforms were passed during...
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for Defence from 1998 to 2001. Following the resignation of William Hague, Duncan Smith won the 2001 Conservative Party leadership election, partly owing...
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William Bryson (1730 – 6 May 1815) was an Irish Presbyterian minister. Bryson was said to have come of a Donegal family, became minister of the nonsubscribing...
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William Smith (22 September 1756 – 31 May 1835) was a leading independent British politician, sitting as Member of Parliament (MP) for more than one constituency...
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William Campbell (died 17 November 1805) was an Irish Presbyterian minister. Campbell was the son of Robert Campbell, merchant, of Newry. In 1819 it is...
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William Guthrie (1620–1665) was a Scottish Covenanter minister and author. He was the first minister of Fenwick parish church in Ayrshire, Scotland. He...
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William Sherwin (1607–c.1687) was an English minister. He acted as lecturer or assistant to the Rev Josias Byrd, the Rector at the church of St Mary the...
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the son of the Whig Prime Minister George Grenville. His mother, Elizabeth, was the daughter of the Tory statesman Sir William Wyndham, 3rd Baronet. He...
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William Broadbent (28 August 1755 – 1 December 1827, Latchford), was an English Unitarian minister. William Broadbent, the son of William and Elizabeth...
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William Pitt (28 May 1759 – 23 January 1806) was a British statesman, the youngest and last prime minister of Great Britain from 1783 until the Acts of...
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him to return to Viroqua to recuperate. Smith said that he determined he would be a Disciples of Christ minister, like three generations of his family before...
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