return to Britain, he petitioned Joseph Banks requesting to gain him a berth as a midshipman on Cook's next voyage. Peckover wrote "as you were so good to...
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Alexander Peckover, 1st Baron Peckover LL FRGS, FSA, FLS (16 August 1830 – 21 October 1919), was an English Quaker banker, philanthropist and collector...
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by Bligh. In a letter to Sir Joseph Banks, dated 17 July 1791 (two weeks before departure), Bligh wrote: Should Peckover my late Gunner ever trouble you...
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long-term lease for the purpose by Baron Peckover's family. Harecroft House had been built in 1844 by Algernon Peckover, and his descendants lived in the house...
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His mother, Elisabeth Josephine, was daughter of Alexander Peckover, 1st Baron Peckover; his brother was Sir Roland Penrose, both British artists. He...
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are thought to have deserted. Of the eventual crew, William Peckover, the gunner, and Joseph Coleman, the armourer, had been with Bligh when he was Captain...
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Wisbech (section The Peckover Family)
houses along the North Brink, which includes the National Trust property of Peckover House and the Crescent, a circus surrounding Wisbech Castle. The place...
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recommended to him by influential patrons. The gunner, William Peckover, and the armourer, Joseph Coleman, had been with Cook and Bligh on Resolution; several...
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the 'Rose & Crown' Inn in Wisbech. The property was bought for William Peckover by his agent and part of the estate was sold. In 1957 The castle site was...
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network of Christian absolute pacifist groups set up by Priscilla Hannah Peckover. She toured the United Kingdom, campaigning for international arbitration...
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