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James Dawkins (antiquarian), the Glossary

James Dawkins (1722 – 6 September 1757) was a Jamaican-born politician, antiquarian and planter.^[1]

33 relations: Abingdon School, Berlin, Clarendon Parish, Jamaica, Doctor of Civil Law, Francis Blake Delaval (politician), Frederick the Great, George Keith, 10th Earl Marischal, Giovanni Battista Borra, Grand Tour, Henry Dawkins, Hindon (UK Parliament constituency), House of Commons of the United Kingdom, Isaac Newton, Jamaica, James "Athenian" Stuart, James Calthorpe (Yeoman of the Removing Wardrobe), John Bouverie, John Fane, 9th Earl of Westmorland, John Roysse, Kingdom of Great Britain, Laverstoke, List of Old Abingdonians, Member of parliament, Nicholas Revett, Paris, René Descartes, Robert Wood (antiquarian), Rome, Society of Dilettanti, St John's College, Oxford, Tory, William King (academic), 1754 British general election.
British antiquarians
Jamaican people of British descent
People from Laverstoke

Abingdon School

Abingdon School is an independent day and boarding school in Abingdon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England.

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Berlin

Berlin is the capital and largest city of Germany, both by area and by population.

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Clarendon Parish, Jamaica

Clarendon is a parish in Jamaica.

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Doctor of Civil Law (DCL; Legis Civilis Doctor or Juris Civilis Doctor) is a degree offered by some universities, such as the University of Oxford, instead of the more common Doctor of Laws (LLD) degrees.

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Francis Blake Delaval (politician)

Sir Francis Blake Delaval KB (16 March 1727 – 7 August 1771) was a British actor, soldier, and Member of Parliament. James Dawkins (antiquarian) and Francis Blake Delaval (politician) are British MPs 1754–1761.

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Frederick the Great

Frederick II (Friedrich II.; 24 January 171217 August 1786) was the monarch of Prussia from 1740 until 1786.

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George Keith, 10th Earl Marischal

George Keith, 10th Earl Marischal (1692 or 1693 – 1778) was a Scottish Jacobite army officer and diplomat, who led Jacobite forces in the rising of 1719.

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Giovanni Battista Borra

Giovanni Battista Borra (27 December 1713 – November 1770) was an Italian architect, engineer and architectural draughtsman.

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Grand Tour

The Grand Tour was the principally 17th- to early 19th-century custom of a traditional trip through Europe, with Italy as a key destination, undertaken by upper-class young European men of sufficient means and rank (typically accompanied by a tutor or family member) when they had come of age (about 21 years old).

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Henry Dawkins

Henry Dawkins II (24 May 1728 – 19 June 1814) was a Jamaican plantation and slave owner and Member of the Parliament of Great Britain (MP). James Dawkins (antiquarian) and Henry Dawkins are British MPs 1754–1761, Colony of Jamaica people, Jamaican slave owners, people educated at Abingdon School and people from Laverstoke.

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Hindon (UK Parliament constituency)

Hindon was a parliamentary borough consisting of the village of Hindon in Wiltshire, which elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons from 1448 until 1832, when the borough was abolished by the Great Reform Act.

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House of Commons of the United Kingdom

The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Isaac Newton

Sir Isaac Newton (25 December 1642 – 20 March 1726/27) was an English polymath active as a mathematician, physicist, astronomer, alchemist, theologian, and author who was described in his time as a natural philosopher.

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Jamaica

Jamaica is an island country in the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies. At, it is the third largest island—after Cuba and Hispaniola—of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean. Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, west of Hispaniola (the island containing Haiti and the Dominican Republic), and south-east of the Cayman Islands (a British Overseas Territory).

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James "Athenian" Stuart

James "Athenian" Stuart (1713 – 2 February 1788) was a Scottish archaeologist, architect and artist, best known for his central role in pioneering Neoclassicism.

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James Calthorpe (Yeoman of the Removing Wardrobe)

James Calthorpe, DL (25 March 1699 – 11 March 1784) was a British politician and courtier. James Dawkins (antiquarian) and James Calthorpe (Yeoman of the Removing Wardrobe) are British MPs 1754–1761.

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John Bouverie

John Bouverie (c. 1723 – 19 September 1750) was a British antiquarian and art collector. James Dawkins (antiquarian) and John Bouverie are British antiquarians.

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John Fane, 9th Earl of Westmorland

John Fane, 9th Earl of Westmorland (5 May 1728 – 25 April 1774), known as Lord Burghersh until 1771, was an English peer and Member of Parliament.

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John Roysse

John Roysse (1500 or 1501–1571) was an English mercer and benefactor of Abingdon School in Abingdon, Oxfordshire. James Dawkins (antiquarian) and John Roysse are people educated at Abingdon School.

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Kingdom of Great Britain

The Kingdom of Great Britain was a sovereign state in Western Europe from 1707 to the end of 1800.

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Laverstoke

Laverstoke is a village in north west Hampshire, England.

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List of Old Abingdonians

Old Abingdonians are former pupils of Abingdon School or, in some cases, Honorary Old Abingdonians who have been awarded the status based on service to the School. James Dawkins (antiquarian) and List of Old Abingdonians are people educated at Abingdon School.

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Member of parliament

A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district.

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Nicholas Revett

Nicholas Revett (1720–1804) was a British architect.

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Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city of France.

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René Descartes

René Descartes (or;; 31 March 1596 – 11 February 1650) was a French philosopher, scientist, and mathematician, widely considered a seminal figure in the emergence of modern philosophy and science.

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Robert Wood (antiquarian)

Robert Wood (1717 – 9 September 1771) was an Irish-British traveller, classical scholar, civil servant and politician.

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Rome

Rome (Italian and Roma) is the capital city of Italy.

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Society of Dilettanti

The Society of Dilettanti (founded 1734) is a British society of noblemen and scholars that sponsored the study of ancient Greek and Roman art, and the creation of new work in the style.

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St John's College, Oxford

St John's College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford.

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Tory

A Tory is an individual who supports a political philosophy known as Toryism, based on a British version of traditionalist conservatism which upholds the established social order as it has evolved through the history of Great Britain.

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William King (academic)

William King (16 March 1685 – 30 December 1763) was an English academic and writer, Principal of St Mary Hall, Oxford from 1719, He was known for strongly held Jacobite views, and as a satirist and poet. James Dawkins (antiquarian) and William King (academic) are English Jacobites.

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1754 British general election

The 1754 British general election returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 11th Parliament of Great Britain to be summoned, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Dawkins_(antiquarian)

Also known as James Dawkins (1722-1757).