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3 days ago · This is a list of all mayors and lord mayors of London (leaders of the City of London Corporation, and first citizens of the City of London, from medieval times ). Until 1354, the title held was Mayor of London.
Jun 22, 2024 · Sir Gilbert Blane, 1st Baronet (born August 1749, Blanefield, Ayr, Scot.—died June 26, 1834, London, Eng.) was a physician known for his reforms in naval hygiene and medicine, which included the use of citrus fruits to prevent scurvy.
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5 days ago · He was ancestor of the Earls of Ancaster, and uncle of Sir William Heathcote, 1st Baronet of Hursley, and of George Heathcote (Lord Mayor 1742). 1703. Sir Richard Hoare.
2 days ago · There were originally twenty-one plots on the east side, eighteen on the west (one being a corner site), seven fronting Piccadilly and three (one of which was attached to No. 28 Sackville Street) fronting Glasshouse Street (see fig. 59).
3 days ago · 'February 1645: An Ordinance of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, for the raising and levying of the Monthly Sum of One and Twenty Thousand Pounds, towards the Maintenance of the Scotish Army under the Command of the Ear [l] of Leven, by a Monthly Assessment upon the severa [l] Counties, Cities, and Towns, of the Kingdom of England ...
Jun 28, 2024 · Their descendant, Sir Richard Vyvyan, was created a baronet in 1644. The present baronet is the Rev. Sir Carew Vyvyan, Bart., who has no issue. The heir-presumptive is Vyell Vyvyan, Esq., of Trelowarren, descended from Richard, second son of Sir Richard, the third baronet, by the heiress of Pyper, of Tresmarrow.
6 days ago · Sir Gilbert Parker, 1st Baronet – British propagandist and novelist; Member of Parliament for Gravesend, 1900–18; Dame Eugenia Charles (B.A. 1946) – 2nd Prime Minister of Dominica, 1980–1995; Maciej Giertych (Ph.D. 1962) – Polish member of the European Parliament, former Polish minister of education
