Baer, Joel H. “Penelope Aubin and the Pirates of Madagascar: Biographical Notes and Documents”. Eighteenth- Century Women: Studies in their Lives, Work, and Culture, edited by Linda V. Troost, Vol.
1
, 2001, pp. 49-62. 49-52
Board of Trade
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Employer | Elizabeth Jenkins | EJ
's war work was done in the Civil Service
, first for the Assistance Board
which helped in the settlement of Jewish refugees and then with compensation payments to those whose property had been... |
| Occupation | Harriet Shaw Weaver | On 13 June 1913 HSW
submitted to the Board of Trade
an application to form The New Freewoman Company
, with herself, Marsden, Bessie Heyes
, and Grace Jardine
as its directors. Each director was... |
| Occupation | Harriet Shaw Weaver | HSW
was stringent about granting permission to use Joyce's texts (for which the demand was such that the Board of Trade
's paper restrictions often impeded projects to reprint), and insisted that foreign rights should... |
| Occupation | John Locke | The latter conferred on him a Studentship which could have been a job for life if he had cared to take Holy Orders. He spent some years at the college pursuing his own research and... |
| politics | Emily Davies | The College applied for incorporation as an Association under the Board of Trade
in order to establish its legal existence. The document drawn up by the College's Committee professed the College's affiliation with both the... |
| Publishing | Charlotte Grace O'Brien | CGOB
's Pall Mall Gazette article on the realities of emigration from Ireland was instrumental in causing the Board of Trade
to investigate the practices of the White Star Line
, and to enforce the... |
| Textual Features | Isabella Ormston Ford | Her columns dealt with a number of questions intimately relating to women of a range of social classes both nationally and internationally, including state-regulated prostitution, the struggle for female suffrage, working conditions, and the role... |
Timeline
28 September 1707: The Privy Council turned down a scheme by...
National or international item
28 September 1707
The Privy Council
turned down a scheme by entrepreneurs including John Breholt
for ending piracy by disaffected and allegedly very wealthy British seamen off the island of Madagascar.
17 December 1765: The king's speech in the House of Commons...
National or international item
17 December 1765
The king's speech in the House of Commons
mentioned that matters of importance had occurred in America and made anodyne promises of diligence and attention.
Thomas, Peter David Garner. British Politics and the Stamp Act Crisis: The First Phase of the American Revolution, 1763-1767. Clarendon, 1975.
156
Thomas, Peter David Garner. British Politics and the Stamp Act Crisis: The First Phase of the American Revolution, 1763-1767. Clarendon, 1975.
156
Thomas, Peter David Garner. British Politics and the Stamp Act Crisis: The First Phase of the American Revolution, 1763-1767. Clarendon, 1975.
143, 156
1823: William Huskisson, as MP for Liverpool and...
Building item
1823
William Huskisson
, as MP for Liverpool and President of the Board of Trade
, secured the equalization of customs duties in Britain and Ireland, a big step on the road towards free trade.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
under Huskisson
August 1861: Captain Robert Fitzroy, head of the United...
National or international item
August 1861
Captain Robert Fitzroy
, head of the United Kingdom's Meteorological Department
, began issuing the first routine weather forecasts in Britain.
Burton, Jim. “Robert FitzRoy and the Early History of the Meteorological Office”. British Journal for the History of Science, Vol.
19
, 1986, pp. 147-76. 163
Fishman, Jack, and Robert Kalish. The Weather Revolution: Innovations and Imminent Breakthroughs in Accurate Forecasting. Plenum Press, 1994.
3, 4
Shaw, Sir Napier. Forcasting Weather. Constable, 1911.
19
1893: Clara Collet was appointed to the Board of...
National or international item
1893
Clara Collet
was appointed to the Board of Trade
.
Levine, Philippa. Victorian Feminism 1850-1900. Hutchinson, 1987.
93
1946: The new under-secretary to the Board of Trade,...
Building item
1946
The new under-secretary to the Board of Trade
, Alix Kilroy
, became the highest ranking woman civil servant.
“Women’s History Timeline”. BBC: Radio 4: Woman’s Hour.
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