ON the same day that Bridport marked the centenary of the outbreak of World War I, in an auction house in Melbourne Australia David Hay...
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From plagues to riots, missing days and wartime rationing, Britain has faced historic horrors that put 2020's Yule firmly in the shade.
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Francis Blackburne (9 June 1705 – 7 August 1787) was an English Anglican clergyman, archdeacon of Cleveland and an activist against the requirement of...
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Francis Blackburne PC (Ire) KS (11 November 1782 – 17 September 1867) was an Irish judge and eventually became Lord Chancellor of Ireland.
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Artists: John Kirkwood (about 1800 - 1852). Title: Right Honourable Francis Blackburne, 1782 - 1867. Lord Chancellor of Ireland. Date: Unknown.
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Suite dreams are made of these... Our Blackburne Executive Suites Named after Francis Blackburne, previous owner of Tankardstown House and...
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Download Image of Francis Blackburne Cuitt - Public domain portrait painting. Free for commercial use, no attribution required.
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John Milton as a young man, from The memoirs of Thomas Hollis, by Francis Blackburne (1750-87). Etching. England, c.1780.
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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the...
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Inscription: Engraved in plate below image: "Iohn Milton"; "Drawn and etched MDCCLX by I.B. Cipriani a Tuscan at the desire of Thomas Hollis F.R. and A.SS.
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