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Explore England's Past

Hanoverian (1714-1837)

1714-1837

Edmund Burke born .1729/1730 Whig politician, founding father of conservative political thought and noted author served as M.P.

The Irish, c.1685-1835  

Patrick Cotter  1760 - September 18, 1806) was born in Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland and was first of only twelve people in medical history to stan

Jozef Boruwlaski was a Polish-born dwarf who toured in European and Turkish courts. He was 71 cm (28 inches) tall.

The story of Hannah Nonmus

This book contains the names of the various Welsh traders (mostly women) who traded on the Welsh Back in Bristol in the eighteenth and early ninete

The table shows people of African descent  who lived in Bristol. Scipio Africanus  (1720) was one of them.

Thaddeus Kosciuszko was born in Poland on February 4, 1746, son of Ludwik and Tekla Kosciuszko.

Raja Rammohan Roy was born of a distinguished Brahmin family in Bengal.

This brass crown dating from the early 1700's, was probably used as a ceremonial piece for trades processions in Bristol.

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