 Parliament, and was raised to the peerage, with a pension of 2,000/. having previously been created a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, and subsequently a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Michael and St. George. He was likewise a Knight...  A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen - Page 251by Thomas Thomson - 1855Full view - About this book
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1844 - 978 pages
...2,000/. having previously been created a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, and subsequently a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Michael and St. George. He was likewise a Knight of the Tower and Sword, in Portugal. In 1821, he received the rank of General. In... | |
 | The Mirror of Literature,Amusement,and Instruction New Series VOL.IV - 1843 - 458 pages
...peerage, having previously been created a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, and subsequently a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George. He was likewise a Knight of the Tower and Sword in Portugal. For many years he represented his native county... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1844 - 1496 pages
...2.000/. having previously been created a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, and subsequently a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Michael and St. George. He was likewise a Knight of the Tower and Sword, in Portugal. In 1821, he received the rank of General. In... | |
 | Books - 1844 - 974 pages
...2,000/. Irving previously been created a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, and subsequently a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Michael and St. George. He was likewise a Knight of the Tower and Sword, in Portugal. In 18-21, he received the rank of General. In... | |
 | English essays - 1844 - 752 pages
...2000/. having previously been created a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, and subsequently a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Michael and St. George. He was likewise a Knight of the Tower and Sword, in Portugal. In 1821 he received the rank of General. In... | |
 | Bernard Burke - Anecdotes - 1850 - 362 pages
...£2000, having previously been created a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, and subsequently a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Michael and St. George. He was likewise a Knight of the Tower and Sword in Portugal. In 1821 he obtained the rank of General. In 1826... | |
 | Bernard Burke - Anecdotes - 1851 - 348 pages
...£2000, having previously been created a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, and subsequently a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Michael and St. George, He was likewise a Knight of the Tower and Sword in Portugal. In 1821 he obtained the rank of General. In 1826... | |
 | Robert Chambers, Thomas Thomson - Scotland - 1855 - 728 pages
...siege of Bergen- op-Zoom. It was no wonder that he should have failed against a fortress so etrong, and so bravely and skilfully defended. Sir Thomas...senate, by the votes of the enthusiastic students, upon tho chivalrous victor of Barossa. The course of Lord Lynedoch's life was now one of unobtrusive tranquillity.... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1860 - 844 pages
...Lord High Commissioner of the Ionian Islands, and, in accordance with the usual practice, was made a Grand Cross of the Order of St. Michael and St. George. He parted with his interest in the journal that he had established, and proceeded to the seat of his government;... | |
 | John Douglas Borthwick - Montréal (Québec) - 1892 - 660 pages
...Fisheries, and other International questions. Afterwards the Queen made him a Privy Councillor and a Grand Cross of the Order of St. Michael and St. George. He was a trustee of the Royal College of Music, and a member of the Council of the Duchy of Cornwall. For... | |
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