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This volume contains chronological lists of creation in the peerages of England and Great Britain 1649-1800 and of Ireland 1603-1898 providing details of the grantees and the peerages conferred, indicating any special features and including full details of the sources used.

• Each entry specifies the date of creation, the names of the grantee and both the principal and any subordinate titles conferred
  
• Includes the sources from which the information is derived, together with an indication of where the texts of the patents...

A Parliamentary Miscellany contains a diverse collection of papers relating to various aspects of parliamentary history, particularly the House of Lords. Subjects include leaders and whips of the political parties, representative peers for Scotland and Ireland and the presence of the monarch in parliament.

• Brings together for the first time in one volume a body of work produced by the author over many years
• An invaluable text for researchers, providing information that is both difficult and time consuming to obtain
• J.C. Sainty is a highly...

Second Edition, revised and expanded. Illustrated. The story of the Handley-Page Hampdens of 420(RCAF)Squadron, Royal Air Force, and the men who flew and maintained them. Includes details of casualties, Prisoners of War and awards.

The industrialist trying to obtain an Honour for himself; the Earl with a novel tax-avoidance scheme; the retired ladies feuding over the Village Show: all of them, and the rest of the village - not to mention the British Government - are affected, one way or another, by Fred, the elderly inventor and general disaster area. "I wept with laughter over 'Fred's Electric Budgerigar'. It is extremely funny and beautifully done" - Submissions Editor of a leading publisher

Thomas Duppa who was Black Rod from 1683-1694 compiled The Commonplace Book for his own use. It sheds vital light not only on how the Lords was managed, and the daily routines, but also on the personalities of the period.

• The Commonplace Book is an extremely rare survival from late seventeenth century Parliamentary history

• Entries describe Sir Thomas Duppa's investiture as black rod and his knighting in 1683, as well as the coronation of James II in 1685
• Sheds scarce and important light on how the Lords was managed,...