Cornish Worthies: Sketches of Some Eminent Cornish Men and Families, Volume 2 (of 2)Tregellas, Walter H. (Walter Hawken)
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Cornish Worthies: Sketches of Some Eminent Cornish Men and Families, Volume 2 (of 2)
Tregellas, Walter H. (Walter Hawken)
Cornwall (England : County) -- Biography
LANDER, RICHARD, buried in the Savoy, ii. 194 _note_, 199-218.
portrait of the Brothers Lander, 199 _note_, 203.
his monument at Truro, 199, 201, 213.
his birth and parentage, 201.
his lineage, 201.
his grandfather a noted wrestler, 202.
his school-days at Truro, 202.
becomes a gentleman's servant and visits the Continent, 202.
goes to the Cape of Good Hope, 202.
his short stature, 202.
offers to accompany Captain Clapperton to Africa, 202.
his first expedition, 203.
publishes his travels, 203.
his second expedition, 203-204.
discovers the course of the Niger, 204.
Murray purchases his papers and publishes his journals, 205.
receives the first premium of the Royal Geographical Society, 205.
his third and last expedition, 206.
attacked by the natives near Ingiamma, 207.
escapes by flight, 209.
is killed by a musket-ball, 211.
is buried at Fernando Po, 211.
Laird and Oldfield's account of his last expedition, 211.
Commander Allen's views and maps of Lander's discoveries on the
Niger, 212.
the Royal Geographical Society's recognition of his discoveries,
ii. 212.
his monument and stained glass window in the Savoy, 212.
contemporary accounts of his appearance and character, 213, 214.
his widow receives a Government pension, 214.
his last letter, 214.
Land's End, Davy's lines on the, i. 248.
Lane, the artist, i. 135 _note_.
Langford family, i. 292.
Langherne, John, at Plymouth, ii. 56.
Lanherne, i. 38, 42, 45, 73, 75.
Lanow, ii. 4.
Lansdowne, battle of, ii. 50.
George, Lord, his vindication of Sir Richard Grenville, 'Baron of
Lostwithiel,' ii. 35.
erects a monument to Sir Bevill Grenville, ii. 57.
Lanyons, The, ii. 281.
Lawes, Henry, sets William Killigrew's verses to music, ii. 157.
Leeds, Duke of, i. 390.
Leland, on the origin of the St. Aubyns, ii. 287.
Lemon, Harriet, i. 132.
Lerchdekne, Margery, i. 101.
Leslie, C. R., his remarks on Incledon's singing, ii. 107.
Leveson-Gower family, ii. 37.
Lipscombe's account of the origin of the Godolphins, i. 345.
do. of Sir Francis Godolphin, i. 347.
Lister, Martin, his connection with the Killigrews, ii. 131.
his amusing letter to the Steward at Arwenack, ii. 133.
his squabbles with the Falmouth Corporation, 135.
his death, 135.
his MS. history of the Killigrews, 135 _note_.
Lizard Point, The lighting of, ii. 124.
Lloyd, David, his 'State Worthies,' ii. 143.
Locke, John, a correspondent of Dean Grenville, ii. 78.
John, the friend of Sir William Godolphin, i. 351.
Louisbourg, its siege and capture by Boscawen, i. 223 _et seq._
Lower family, i. 195.
Ludgvan, i. 169, 180, 247.
Lundy Island, once belonging to the Grenvilles, ii. 31.
Lysons, Rev. Samuel, i. 111.
borrows Borlase's MS. from Sir John St. Aubyn, ii. 285.
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