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Edward Webster (before 1691 - 1755) was Member of the Parliament of Ireland for Carysfort from 1717 to 1727 [1] and Chief Secretary to The Duke of Bolton as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from 1717 to 1720.
John Wedderburn had a sister, Elizabeth, who married Alexander Read of Logie, Dundee in 1715; [3] their daughter Catherine Read was a noted portrait painter [4] and their son Alexander Read was the grandfather of "Bold" Webster, husband of Frances Annesley, and friend of Lord Byron.
Sale married Ellinor Desminières, daughter of Robert Desminières, a Sligo merchant of Huguenot extraction. [4]His eldest daughter Elizabeth married Richard Wesley, 1st Baron Mornington and was the mother of Garret Wesley, 1st Earl of Mornington; thus, John Sale was great-grandfather to Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington.
1717 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1717th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 717th year of the 2nd millennium, the 17th year of the 18th century, and the 8th year of the 1710s decade. As of the start of 1717, the ...
The New Grove (article by James Webster) asserts that the "Count Morzin" who played an important role in Haydn's life was Karl Joseph Franz Morzin (1717–1783), [2] whereas a biography by the leading Haydn scholar H. C. Robbins Landon asserts that it was Ferdinand Maximilan Franz Morzin' (1693–1763). [3]
Sir Capel Molyneux, 3rd Baronet, PC (1717–1797) Sir Capel Molyneux, 4th Baronet (1750–1832) Sir Thomas Molyneux, 5th Baronet (1767–1841) Sir George King Adlercron Molyneux, 6th Baronet (1813–1848) Sir Capel Molyneux, 7th Baronet (1841–1879) Sir John William Henry Molyneux, 8th Baronet (1819–1879) Sir John Charles Molyneux, 9th ...
In 1717, Presbyterians in the American colonies created the Synod of Philadelphia, which was subdivided into the Philadelphia Presbytery, the Long Island Presbytery, and the New Castle Presbytery. The synod and presbyteries provided oversight and discipline to ministers and churches, and they also ordained ministers. [ 1 ]
Field Marshal Jeffery [n 1] Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, KB (29 January 1717 – 3 August 1797) was a British Army officer and Commander-in-Chief of the Forces in the British Army. Amherst is credited as the architect of Britain's successful campaign to conquer the territory of New France during the Seven Years' War .