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48 EMINENT MEN Jetrerson Rev. Thomas, of Cockermouth, who died at the age of 93, published a !ermott on the capture of Quebec, and several poetical jeu~ d'e~prit. ··Law Edmund, D. D. the late Bishop of Carlisle, who died in 1787; though a native of Lancashire, spent the greatest part of his life in this county. He possessed great erudition and piety, and published .. Considerations on the Theory of Religion;" .. An Inquiry into the Ideas of Space, Time, &c.," and an edition of Lock.e'J Works, with a Life of the Author. The late Lord Ellenborough, Lord Chief Jus. tice of the King's Bench, was his son, as also is the Right Rev. George Henry Law, D. D. Bishop of Bath and Wells. Layburn Roger, Bishop of Carlisle and Master of Pembroke Hall, in Cambridge, was born near Carlisle, and died in 1509. The last heiress of his family, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Francis Layburn, married the last Baron of Gilsland an.i Grey. stock. Leake John, M. D. who died in 1792, was a native of Ainstable, and published a number of Medical Works, which passed through many editions. He was the founder of the Westminster Lying-in Hospital. Lonsdale Mdrk, a native of this county, has written several Poems, Cumber land Bal· lad;, and pieces adapted for the theatre. Milbum Richard, who died Bishop of Carlisle in 1624, was a native of Gilsland. Milne Rev. Robert, M.A. late a dissenting minister in Carlisle, was author of "Lec· tu res upon the Antediluvian World," and " Occasional Sermons." Nichohon William, D. D. who was born at Orton, was Bishop of Carlisle, from 1702 to 1718, when he was translated to Londonderry, and died in 1726. He published the three first volumes of the English Atlas, the Historical Library for England, Scotland, and Ireland, the Border Laws, and several sermons. He left behind him many valuable MSS. concen1ing the see of Carlisle, which are copied into the History of Cumberland. Nicholson Isaac, who was ten years president of Lady Huntington's College at Cheshunt, was born at Nether Wasdale, in 1761, and died in 1807. For some time he kept a school at Oulton, where he first received religious impressions, and was ordained curate of his native village, but resigned that living for the curacy of Coddington. in Cheshire, where some scruples of conscience arose in his mind about 'open communion, baptisms, and burial services, and other ceremonies or the church, to which be could not conform, in consequence of which he joined Lady Huntington's connexion, and became one of its brightest ornaments. Nutter Henry, of Whitehaven, a celebrated portrait painter, died some years ago at Carlisle, in great distress, owing to his own intemperance. Otley Jonathan, an eminent mineralogist now resident at Keswick, published in 1827 1t ihird edition of his brief but comprehensive Description, of the Lakes, Mountains, Minerals, &c. in Cumberland and Westmorland, with General Directions to Tourists, and an accurate Map of the Lake District. Paley William, D. D. late Archdeacon of Carlisle, died in 1805, aged 62, having distinguished himself as a great philosopher, and one of the brightest ornaments of the Church. He published, during his residence in Carlisle, "Moral and Political Phi· Josophy; "Natural Theology;~ "Hora: Paulina;" "Reasons for Contentment;• ,. A View of the Evidences of Christianity;" and occasional Sermons, all of whicfl -works are in great estimation. · Porter George, an eminent civilian, and thirty years doctor and professor of civil law at Queen's College. Cambridge, was born at Weery-hall, in Bolton parish, and died about the year 1630. Reay Rev. Wm. A. M., second son of Nicholas Reay, rector of Denton, was educated at Carlisle, and at Queen's College. In 1755, he published a. volume of Sermons. which have been well received. He was successively curate or Battersea and Wardsworth, and died in 1756. A branch of his family is settled at Gill, and from them descended Bishop Reay, of Glasgow, also the Rev. John Ray. who died in 1705. having published many valuable works on Divinity and Natural Philosophy. Ralphe Rev. Josiah, emphatically styled the Poet of the No,·th, was born in 1712 at Seberg· ham, and educated at Appleby school, and Glasgow university. He was many yeara curate and &choolmaater in his native village, where he inculcated amongst
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Full title | History, Directory, and Gazetteer, of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmorland, with that part of the Lake District in Lancashire forming the lordships of Furness and Cartmel... / by Wm. Parson and Wm. White. [1829] |
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Title | History, Directory & Gazetteer of Cumberland & Westmorland, 1829 - Page 49 |
Full title | History, Directory, and Gazetteer, of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmorland, with that part of the Lake District in Lancashire forming the lordships of Furness and Cartmel... / by Wm. Parson and Wm. White. [1829] |
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United Kingdom -- England -- Cumberland United Kingdom -- England -- Westmorland United Kingdom -- England -- Lancashire |
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Cumberland Westmorland Lancashire |
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Full Text | 48 EMINENT MEN Jetrerson Rev. Thomas, of Cockermouth, who died at the age of 93, published a !ermott on the capture of Quebec, and several poetical jeu~ d'e~prit. ··Law Edmund, D. D. the late Bishop of Carlisle, who died in 1787; though a native of Lancashire, spent the greatest part of his life in this county. He possessed great erudition and piety, and published .. Considerations on the Theory of Religion;" .. An Inquiry into the Ideas of Space, Time, &c.," and an edition of Lock.e'J Works, with a Life of the Author. The late Lord Ellenborough, Lord Chief Jus. tice of the King's Bench, was his son, as also is the Right Rev. George Henry Law, D. D. Bishop of Bath and Wells. Layburn Roger, Bishop of Carlisle and Master of Pembroke Hall, in Cambridge, was born near Carlisle, and died in 1509. The last heiress of his family, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Francis Layburn, married the last Baron of Gilsland an.i Grey. stock. Leake John, M. D. who died in 1792, was a native of Ainstable, and published a number of Medical Works, which passed through many editions. He was the founder of the Westminster Lying-in Hospital. Lonsdale Mdrk, a native of this county, has written several Poems, Cumber land Bal· lad;, and pieces adapted for the theatre. Milbum Richard, who died Bishop of Carlisle in 1624, was a native of Gilsland. Milne Rev. Robert, M.A. late a dissenting minister in Carlisle, was author of "Lec· tu res upon the Antediluvian World," and " Occasional Sermons." Nichohon William, D. D. who was born at Orton, was Bishop of Carlisle, from 1702 to 1718, when he was translated to Londonderry, and died in 1726. He published the three first volumes of the English Atlas, the Historical Library for England, Scotland, and Ireland, the Border Laws, and several sermons. He left behind him many valuable MSS. concen1ing the see of Carlisle, which are copied into the History of Cumberland. Nicholson Isaac, who was ten years president of Lady Huntington's College at Cheshunt, was born at Nether Wasdale, in 1761, and died in 1807. For some time he kept a school at Oulton, where he first received religious impressions, and was ordained curate of his native village, but resigned that living for the curacy of Coddington. in Cheshire, where some scruples of conscience arose in his mind about 'open communion, baptisms, and burial services, and other ceremonies or the church, to which be could not conform, in consequence of which he joined Lady Huntington's connexion, and became one of its brightest ornaments. Nutter Henry, of Whitehaven, a celebrated portrait painter, died some years ago at Carlisle, in great distress, owing to his own intemperance. Otley Jonathan, an eminent mineralogist now resident at Keswick, published in 1827 1t ihird edition of his brief but comprehensive Description, of the Lakes, Mountains, Minerals, &c. in Cumberland and Westmorland, with General Directions to Tourists, and an accurate Map of the Lake District. Paley William, D. D. late Archdeacon of Carlisle, died in 1805, aged 62, having distinguished himself as a great philosopher, and one of the brightest ornaments of the Church. He published, during his residence in Carlisle, "Moral and Political Phi· Josophy; "Natural Theology;~ "Hora: Paulina;" "Reasons for Contentment;• ,. A View of the Evidences of Christianity;" and occasional Sermons, all of whicfl -works are in great estimation. · Porter George, an eminent civilian, and thirty years doctor and professor of civil law at Queen's College. Cambridge, was born at Weery-hall, in Bolton parish, and died about the year 1630. Reay Rev. Wm. A. M., second son of Nicholas Reay, rector of Denton, was educated at Carlisle, and at Queen's College. In 1755, he published a. volume of Sermons. which have been well received. He was successively curate or Battersea and Wardsworth, and died in 1756. A branch of his family is settled at Gill, and from them descended Bishop Reay, of Glasgow, also the Rev. John Ray. who died in 1705. having published many valuable works on Divinity and Natural Philosophy. Ralphe Rev. Josiah, emphatically styled the Poet of the No,·th, was born in 1712 at Seberg· ham, and educated at Appleby school, and Glasgow university. He was many yeara curate and &choolmaater in his native village, where he inculcated amongst |
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