 | Archibald Robertson (of Charles st, St. James' sq.) - 1792 - 276 pages
...uncle,Charles Earl of Ailsbury and Elgin, who left to him these estates, and procured for him the Barony of Tottenham : — And of loyalty to his most gracious...Sovereign, George III. who, unsolicited, conferred on him the honour of Earldom. — But above all to Piety, to God, first, highest, best ; whose blessings... | |
 | John Britton - Architecture - 1814 - 1124 pages
...Charles, Earl of Ailesbury, and Elgin, who left to him these estates, and procured for him the barony of Tottenham ; and of loyalty to his most gracious...piety to God, first, highest, best, whose blessing coosecrateth every gift, and fixeth its true value, 1781." " In commemoration of a signal instance... | |
 | John Preston Neale - Country homes - 1823 - 424 pages
...Charles, Earl of Ailesbury and Elgin, who left to him these estates, and procured for him the Barony of Tottenham ; and of Loyalty to his most gracious...piety to God, first highest, best, whose blessing consecrates every gift, and fixeth its true value, 1781." " In commemoration of a signal instance of... | |
 | Architecture, Domestic - 1829 - 304 pages
...Charles, Earl of Ailesbury and Elgin, who left to him these estates, and procured for him the Barony of Tottenham ; and of Loyalty to his most gracious...piety to God, first, highest, best, whose blessing consecrates every gift, and fixes its true value, 1781." " In commemoration of a signal instance of... | |
 | Architecture, Domestic - 1829 - 188 pages
...Charles, Earl of Ailesbnry and Elgin, who left to him these estates, and procured for him the Barony of Tottenham ; and of Loyalty to his most gracious...conferred upon him the honour of an Earldom ; but, abore all, of piety to God, first, highest, best, whose blessing consecrates every gift, and fixes... | |
 | Wilfrid Scawen Blunt - Africa - 1900 - 542 pages
...uncle Charles Earl of Ailesbury and Elgin who left him these Estates and procured for him the Barony of Tottenham ; and of loyalty to his most Gracious...consecrateth every gift and fixeth its true value MDCCLXXXI " On the other side is a second inscription hardly less amusing: In commemoration of a signal... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1910 - 650 pages
...Uncle, Charles, Earl of Ailesbury and Elgin, who left him these estates, and procured for him the Barony of Tottenham, and of loyalty to his most gracious Sovereign George III. r who unsolicited conferred upon him the honour of an Earldum, but above all of piety to God tírst,... | |
 | Wilfrid Scawen Blunt - Great Britain - 1921 - 454 pages
...uncle Charles Earl of Ailesbury and Elgin who left him these Estates and procured for him the Barony of Tottenham; and of loyalty to his most Gracious...consecrateth every gift and fixeth its true value MDCCLXXXI " On the other side is a second inscription hardly less amusing : In commemoration of a signal... | |
 | Sir Frank Douglas MacKinnon - Courts - 1940 - 330 pages
...Forest. On the two faces of it he records his gratitude — to his uncle for leaving him the estate, to George III "who unsolicited conferred upon him the honour of an Earldom", and to Providence for restoring "that excellent and beloved Sovereign" to sanity. When I arrived at... | |
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Ailesbury, as a testimony of gratitude to his ever honoured uncle, Charles, Earl of Ailesbury and Elgin, who left to him these estates, and procured for him the Barony of Tottenham ; and of Loyalty to his most gracious Sovereign George III., who, unsolicited,... 