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He was born in Exeter but at the age of 10 his family moved to London, where his father served as the minister of the Baptist church in Little Wild Street.Samuel succeeded his father as minister in 1758, a position which he held until his death.
Daughter of Sir Gilbert Elliot, Jean was born in 1727 at Minto House in Teviotdale.. During the Jacobite rising of 1745, when a posse of Jacobite Army soldiers came to arrest her influential father, Jean received and entertained the officers at Minto House with such calmness, courtesy and composure that she was able to convince them that her father was not within reach when he was actually ...
The B-side on an original 45 rpm single. The B-side "Sir B. McKenzie's Daughter's Lament For The 77th Mounted Lancers Retreat From The Straits Of Loch Knombe, In The Year Of Our Lord 1727, On The Occasion Of The Announcement Of Her Marriage To The Laird Of Kinleakie" is actually a medley of three tunes: "Da Scalloway Lasses" (Trad.), "The Kilfenora" (Trad.) and "Boston Tea Party" (by Dave ...
1727 English cricket season: Events from the year 1727 in Great Britain. This year sees a change of monarch. Incumbents. Monarch – George I (until 11 June), ...
1727 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1727th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 727th year of the 2nd millennium, the 27th year of the 18th century, and the 8th year of the 1720s decade. As of the start of 1727, the ...
Artemas Ward was born at Shrewsbury in the Province of Massachusetts Bay in 1727 to Nahum Ward (1684–1754) and Martha (Howe) Ward. [2] He was the sixth of seven children. His father had broad and successful career interests as a sea captain, merchant, land developer, farmer, lawyer and jurist. As a child he attended the common schools and ...
John Randolph (1727 – January 31, 1784) was an American lawyer and politician from Williamsburg in the British colony of Virginia. He served as king's attorney for Virginia from 1766 until he left for Britain at the outset of the American Revolution .
February 13 – William Wotton, English scholar, target of Jonathan Swift (born 1666) [4] September 17 – Glückel of Hameln, German diarist (born 1647) September 25 – Sarah Kemble Knight, diarist in colonial Massachusetts (born 1666) [5]