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    Major-General Sir William Erskine, 2nd Baronet (30 March 1770 – 15 May 1813) was an officer in the British Army, served as a member of Parliament, and...
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  • British Army officer William Erskine, Lord Kinneder (1768–1822), Scottish scholar and songwriter Sir William Erskine, 2nd Baronet (17701813), British Army...
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    4th Baronet in 1836. Sir William Erskine, 1st Baronet (1728–1795) Sir William Erskine, 2nd Baronet (17701813) Sir James Erskine, 3rd Baronet (1772–1825)...
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  • Jacobite general Sir William Erskine, 1st Baronet (1728–1795), British Army lieutenant general Sir William Erskine, 2nd Baronet (17701813), British Army major...
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  • Thomas Erskine, Earl of Kellie (1732–1781) Johann Christian Kittel (1732–1809) Joseph Haydn (1732–1809) Gian Francesco de Majo, or "Ciccio" (1732–1770) Josina...
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    In the army he was nicknamed "Woolly" Erskine. H. M. Stephens, ‘Erskine, Sir William, second baronet (17701813)’, rev. Roger T. Stearn, Oxford Dictionary...
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    Alexander Murray (1775–1813) James Murray of Deuchar (1571–1649), wealthy merchant John Mylne (1611–1667), mason and architect Sir William Newbigging FRSE (1772–1852)...
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  • served in the Indian Army William Baker (colonist) (c. 1761–1836), British soldier and early Australian settler William Erskine Baker (1808–1881), British...
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    1789. His eldest son, William Shipley (1778–1820), was Whig MP for Flint Boroughs from 1807 to 1812 and for St Mawes from 1812 to 1813, but was killed in...
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    Gordon, 5th Duke of Gordon (Edinburgh, 2 February 1770 – London, 28 May 1836); married 11 December 1813 at Bath, Somerset, Elizabeth Brodie. No issue. Lady...
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    well-regarded public school. In 1872, under the headmastership of Rev. William Haig Brown, the school moved to new buildings in the parish of Godalming...
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    George IV (category Knights Grand Cross of the Military Order of William)
    Smith (1999), p. 54. Derry (1963), p. 71. Derry (1963), p. 91. May, Thomas Erskine (1896). "Chapter III: The Prerogatives of the Crown, During the Minority...
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    "seventeen-seventies") was a decade of the Gregorian calendar that began on January 1, 1770, and ended on December 31, 1779. A period full of discoveries, breakthroughs...
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    Edward Vaughan 1756–1760, William Stewart, 1st Earl of Blessington 1760–1766, Thomas Erskine, 6th Earl of Kellie 1766–1770, Hon. Thomas Mathew 1771–1774...
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    Dean of Clonmacnoise, Ireland. His father assumed the surname Paget in 1770. He was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford. Paget entered...
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    of England 1600s". William Carr and Susannah Brook Family Line. Tripod.com. 1998. Retrieved July 8, 2009. "Coles, Isaac, (1747–1813)". Biographical Directory...
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