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Tom Johnston, one of Scotland’s best known Secretaries of State, born.
Tom Johnston, one of Scotland’s best known Secretaries of State, born. …

Association for Vindication of Scottish Rights (Home Rule organization) founded in Edinburgh
Association for Vindication of Scottish Rights (Home Rule organization) founded in Edinburgh Expressions of this Scottish nationalism were seen in the setting up in 1853 of the National Association for the Vindication of Scottish Rights. …

Henry Smith, mathematician, born in Dublin
Henry Smith, mathematician, born in Dublin …

Thomas (Buck) Whaley, MP for Enniscorthy, dies at Knutsford
Thomas (Buck) Whaley, MP for Enniscorthy, dies at Knutsford Thomas (Buck) Whaley, MP for Enniscorthy, dies at Knutsford, apparently on his way from Liverpool to London. It is rumoured ‘that he was stabbed in a fit of jealousy by two sisters to whom he was paying marked attentions at a time when each of them was in …

Tyrone Power, actor and great-grandfather of the Hollywood movie star of the same name, is born
Tyrone Power, actor and great-grandfather of the Hollywood movie star of the same name, is born …

Philip Twisden, Bishop of Raphoe, dies
Philip Twisden, Bishop of Raphoe, dies Philip Twisden, Bishop of Raphoe and son-in-law of the politician Thomas Carter, dies bankrupt on this date, having been shot while allegedly masquerading as a highwayman" …

The Toleration Act for Protestant Dissenters is passed
The Toleration Act for Protestant Dissenters is passed …