Eminent British Statesmen: Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury, by T.P. Courtenay. Thomas Osorne, Earl of Danby and Duke of Leeds, by T.P. CourtenayLongman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1838 - Statesmen |
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| Title | Eminent British Statesmen: Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury, by T.P. Courtenay. Thomas Osorne, Earl of Danby and Duke of Leeds, by T.P. Courtenay Cabinet cyclopaedia: Biography Cabinet cyclopedia, Dionysius Lardner Volume 5 of Eminent British Statesmen, Thomas Peregrine Courtenay Volume 5 of Lives of Eminent British Statesmen |
| Contributors | Sir James Mackintosh, John Macdiarmid, John Forster, Thomas Peregrine Courtenay |
| Publisher | Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1838 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 31 May 2007 |
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