Saturday, 25 September 2010

STEPHEN SALTER (bef1681-c1734) AND THE ISLAND OF COLESHILL

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Stephen Salter is my 6x great grandfather and oldest identifiable Salter ancestor. He or his father brought the family from Great Missend...
Saturday, 18 September 2010

SIR RALPH SADLEIR (1507-1587) AND THE GOSSIPS

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My 12x great grandfather John Sadleir commanded a company at the siege of Boulogne in 1544. Which is pretty impressive, until you meet ...
Saturday, 11 September 2010

JOHN COOPER-CHADWICK (1864-1948) AND THE FOUNDING OF RHODESIA

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This is a tale of one man’s Imperial African adventures, but it also refers to terrible injuries which he sustained. If you’re squeamish...
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Saturday, 4 September 2010

WILLIAM VERRALL (1715-1761) AND THE COOKERY CLASSIC

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I described in an earlier post how Richard Verrall was set up by the Duke of Newcastle to run a Whig coffee house in the Sussex town of...
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Saturday, 28 August 2010

HENRY VERRALL (1713-1794) AND THE SEEDS OF STARBUCKS

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The Verralls of Lewes in Sussex are a respectable old family. In time they became doctors and solicitors, but they began (at least so fa...
Saturday, 21 August 2010

DEBORAH CASTLE (1816-1902) AND THE SWEDISH NIGHTINGALE

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What better way to celebrate my fiftieth post on this blog than with a song! Deborah Castle was my 3x great aunt. Her brother Charles w...
Saturday, 14 August 2010

SIR JOHN BOWRING (1792-1872) AND BRITAIN’S FIRST DECIMAL COIN

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I wish I had some record of the reaction of Deborah Castle’s family, her brothers and sisters, to her marriage at the age of 44 to Sir John...
Saturday, 7 August 2010

WILLIAM HENRY CASTLE (1810-1865) AND THE TREATMENT OF HIS SPINE

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Doctor Thomas Baynton’s report: “Master Wm. Castle, son of Thomas Castle, esq. of Portlandsquare, Bristol, when about a year old, was ob...