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Front page of Mercurius Civicus: Londons Intelligencer, February 1643, (1945)

Front page of "Mercurius Civicus: London's Intelligencer", February 1643, (1945). Portraits of King Charles I and Queen Henrietta Maria, with news of the Civil War: Letters intercepted from the King, Queene, L. Digby [George Digby], and Iermin [Henry Jermyn], to the Lord Goring in France. "Bandon-bridge neere Chester taken by Sir Thomas Fairfax. The Irish Rebels joyned with Cardinall Williams in Wales"...The interest which every good subject hath in the actions of the King and Parliament, is sufficient to defend him from the imputation of being a Busie-bodie, in maintaining the Justice of them, That, and my desire not onely to give satisfaction unto my countrymen in the most certaine intelligence that should come to my hands, but also to admonish (especially the City... "Mercurius Civicus: Londons Intelligencer, or, Truth impartially related from thence to the whole Kingdome to prevent mis-information" was a weekly newspaper which supported the Roundhead (Parliamentary) cause. It was published by John Wright and Thomas Bates between 1643 and 1646. From "British Journalists and Newspapers", by Derek Hudson. [Collins, London, 1945]

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Chancellor of Bristol University, 3 January 1930, (1945). Creator: Unknown

Chancellor of Bristol University, 3 January 1930, (1945). British politician and statesman Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965) in academic robes during his installation as Chancellor. With him is Vice-Chancellor Professor Thomas Loveday. Churchill was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945, and again from 1951 to 1955. From "The Life and Times of Winston Churchill", by Malcolm Thomson. [Odhams Press Limited, London]

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Clifton College, 1923

Clifton College, 1923. Clifton College, private school near Bristol. Founded in 1862 and incorporated under the Royal Charter in 1877. From Sunripe Cigarettes - A Series of 50 Public Schools and Colleges. [R. & J. Hill Ltd. London, 1923]

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