Rainey, Joseph Hayne
(Encyclopedia) Rainey, Joseph Hayne, 1832–87, first African American elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, b. Georgetown, S.C. The son of a free man, he fled to the West Indies during the Civil War. Return...
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Shovell, Sir Clowdisley
(Encyclopedia) Shovell, Sir Clowdisley, or Sir Cloudesley Shovel kloudzˈlē shŭvˈəl [key], 1650–1707, English admiral. In the War of the Grand Alliance he burned enemy ships at the battle of La Hogue in 1692 a...
Lyndsay, Sir David
(Encyclopedia) Lyndsay, Sir David: see Lindsay, Sir David.
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Lyttelton, Sir Thomas
(Encyclopedia) Lyttelton, Sir Thomas: see Littleton, Sir Thomas.
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Sherley, Sir Anthony
(Encyclopedia) Sherley, Sir Anthony: see Shirley, Sir Anthony.
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Sydney, Sir Philip
(Encyclopedia) Sydney, Sir Philip: see Sidney, Sir Philip.
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Throgmorton, Sir Nicholas
(Encyclopedia) Throgmorton, Sir Nicholas: see Throckmorton, Sir Nicholas.
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Urchard, Sir Thomas
(Encyclopedia) Urchard, Sir Thomas: see Urquhart, Sir Thomas.
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Vandyke, Sir Anthony
(Encyclopedia) Vandyke, Sir Anthony: see Van Dyck, Sir Anthony.
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Chauveau, Pierre Joseph Olivier
(Encyclopedia) Chauveau, Pierre Joseph Olivier pyĕr zhôzĕfˈ ôlēvyāˈ shōvōˈ [key], 1820–90, French Canadian educator and politician, prime minister of Quebec (1867–73), b. Quebec. He became superintend...
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