...1864 he was high sheriff of Lancashire, of which county he was a magistrate and deputy-lieutenant, and in 1870 he received the honorary degree of DCL from the University of Oxford. He married, in 1842, Janet, only daughter of the late Mr. Robert Shuttleworth, of Gawthorpe Hall, Lancashire,...

...his political appointments Mr. Smith was a member of the Council of King's College, London, and had received the honorary degree of DCL from the University of Oxford in 1879. In 1889 the Ministerialists of the House of Commons presented him with an address expressing...

...till promoted to the rank of General, 1st Jan. 1812. On the 3d Oct. 1818, he was created & Baronet. He received the honorary degree of DCL from the University of Oxford. He had served faithfully in three reigns, for the long period of 68 years, being at the time of his...

...appointed to the united offices of PaymasterGeneral and Vice-Président of the Board of Trade. In ]8.~>3 he received the honorary degree of DCL from the University of Oxford, and in 1858, Lord Derby being again Prime Minister, he was appointed to the office of Postmaster-General....

...1842 with Janet, only daughter of the late Mr. Robert Shuttleworth, of Gawthorpe Hall, Lancashire. In 1870 he received the honorary degree of DCL from the University of Oxford. Sir James was the reputed author of the well-known novel of ' Scarsdale,' and of a volume of ' Modern...

...appointed to the united offices of PaymasterGeneral and Vice-President of the Board of Trade. In 1853 he received the honorary degree of DCL from the University of Oxford, and in 1858, Lord Derby being again Prime Minister, ho was appointed to the office of Postmaster-General....

...of course to the shortsightedness which compelled him to use glasses of extraordinary power. In 1834 he received the honorary degree of DCL from the University of Oxford ; he was FRS and FSA, and was a member of both the Athenaeum and the Traveller's Clubs. He married...

...society were published soon afterwards, under the title of "The Attache; or, Sam Slick in England." He received the honorary degree of DCL from the University of Oxford in 1868. In 1859 he was elected MP for Launceston, on Conservative principles. Judge Haliburton is the...

...of London ; in 1842 the Gold Medal of the Geographical Society of Paris ; was knighted in 1844, and received the honorary degree of DCL from the University of Oxford in the same year. He married on the 18th of October, 1843, Anne, eldest daughter of Thomas Coutman, Esq.,...

...society were published soon afterwards, under the title of " The Attache; or, Sam Slick in England." He received the honorary degree of DCL from the University of Oxford in 1858. In 1859 he was elected MP for Launceston, on conservative principles. Judge Haliburton is the...