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    Sir James Emerson Tennent, 1st Baronet, FRS (born James Emerson; 7 April 1804 – 6 March 1869) was a Conservative Member of the United Kingdom Parliament...
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  • February 1867 for the Irish politician and traveller James Emerson Tennent. Born James Emerson, he married the daughter of William Tennant, a wealthy...
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  • for the colonial administration. The 5th Colonial Secretary, Sir James Emerson Tennent stated in his work published in 1859 that Atherton, as Acting Government...
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    2023. James Emerson Tennent, Ceylon: An Account of the Island Physical, Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts, 1859, page 129. Read Online James Emerson Tennent...
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  • cricketer Hugh Tennent (1863–1890), Scottish brewer known for beginning the production of Wellpark Brewery's "Tennent's Lager" James Emerson Tennent (1804–1869)...
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  • Macrone, Tennent was educated at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution and in Trinity College Dublin. In 1824, with his friend James Emerson, he volunteered...
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    the 6th century. Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon by Sir James Emerson Tennent, 1861. Wikimedia Atlas of Sri Lanka Geographic data related to Sri...
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    ensured that the water supply was sufficient throughout the dry zone. James Emerson Tennent described the ancient irrigation network as: ... there seems every...
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  • Indo-Aryan etymology with a question mark. Tarshish. According to James Emerson Tennent, Galle was said to be the ancient city of Tarshish where King Solomon...
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  • admitted before March 1831. Notes (1) Lord Arthur Chichester and James Emerson Tennent changed party allegiance in 1834 (from Liberal to Conservative)...
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  • at a by-election in December 1852—caused by the resignation of James Emerson Tennent—but died less than a year later in 1853. Rayment, Leigh (30 August...
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    It is possible that Biblical Tarshish was located on the island. James Emerson Tennent identified Tarshish with Galle. The protohistoric Early Iron Age...
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    pieces, and throw it limb from limb". The 19th-century traveler James Emerson Tennent comments that "a Kandyan [Sri Lankan] chief, who was witness to...
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    S2CID 216556342. Sketches of the natural history of Ceylon by Sir James Emerson Tennent, published by Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861. Archived...
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    needed] The Dutch used the rooster as a symbol of Galle. According to James Emerson Tennent, Galle was the ancient seaport of Tarshish, from which King Solomon...
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    similar to the Anuradhapura period ones but was even more advanced. James Emerson Tennent writes: they attain a facility unsurpassed by any other people in...
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    It is possible that Biblical Tarshish was located on the island (James Emerson Tennent identified it with Galle). During the protohistoric period (1000-500...
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    Hurst, Rees, and Orme, Paternoster Row; and A. Brown, Aberdeen. Tennent, James Emerson (1859). Ceylon: An Account of the Island. 4th ed. Vol. 1. Vol. 2...
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  • American baseball player James Tennent (1888–1955), Scottish international rugby and cricket player James Emerson Tennent (1804–1869), Irish politician...
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  • Observatory, 1823–1882 Robert Patterson (1802–1872), naturalist Sir James Emerson Tennent (1804–1869), politician and traveller Thomas Andrews (1813–1885)...
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  • (1931–1942) Peter Temple-Morris; MP for Leominster (1974–1997) James Emerson Tennent Stefan Terlezki George Terrell; MP for Chippenham (1910–1922) Margaret...
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    Albanian People" Albanian Academy of Science. ISBN 99927-1-623-1 James Emerson Tennent, 1845, The History of Modern Greece, from Its Conquest by the Romans...
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    (1776–1847) 15 April 1841 19 April 1847 6 years, 4 days Queen Victoria James Emerson Tennent (1804–1869) Acting 19 April 1847 29 May 1847 40 days Queen Victoria...
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    worried about the honour conferred by appointment to people such as Edwin James, who had fled to the United States over £100,000 in debt. As such, the letter...
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    carried from Mount Kailash. With the legend of the smiling infant, James Emerson Tennent describes "one of the most graceful" of the Tamil legends connected...
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    Depiction of Rodiyas in Ceylon: An Account of the Island (1860) by James Emerson Tennent...
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  • Eliya. The Gazette notification by the Colonial Secretary, Sir James Emerson Tennent on January 1, 1847, offered 10 pounds for his apprehension and described...
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  • native to India and Sri Lanka. In Sanskrit it is called ksirakakoli. James Emerson Tennent described the use of the plant in his account of Ceylon (Sri Lanka)...
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    History of the War of the Succession in Spain (1832), largely based on the James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope's papers; History of England from the Peace...
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    Bryce Thomas Andrews Thomas Workman John Grainger James Emerson Tennent John Grattan George Dickie James Grimshaw (naturalist) William Thomas Braithwaite...
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