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James Ker
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anon : Land and Water
'One enthusiastic reader of "Land and Water" was the poet James Elroy Flecker, who, in the process of dying in a Swiss sanatorium, requested his parents to take out a subscription to the paper for him.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: James Elroy Flecker Print: Serial / periodical
John Burke : A general and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage of the British Empire ?
[Marginalia]: Copious marginal updates throughout the text. Many relate to entries and are linked to the item by an * in the text but some are for people not in the directory and are simply added at the appropriate alphabetical slot. Content varies from dates of death, marriage etc to more elaborate information e.g p.669 "Dowager - 84 rides every morning all seasons in Kings Ride Pimlico" [relates to the entry for James, seventh earl of Salisbury]; p.18 "Earl of Lichfield = Whig earl" [relates to entry for Viscount Anson];p.286 "Hop ... jump = 15 1/2 yds on the level = 46 1/2 feet. ... leaper cleared a few inches more at Innerleithen ... 1832" [relates to a new entry for Wilson]
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: James Ker Print: Book
Edmund Lodge : The peerage of the British Empire, as at present existing, arranged and printed from the personal communications of the nobility ? to which is added a view of the baronetage of the three kingdoms
[Marginalia]: copious annotations throughout text, usually of the form of a marked item within the text followed by annotation in the margin but some are new entries inserted at the appropriate alphabetical slot. Contents vary from simple additions of dates of death, marriage etc to more detailed notes, mainly dated 1836-38. e.g. p. 534 "To Asia/ 8 yrs" [&] " Egypt - Arabia - Turkey - Archipelago" [refers to entry for Major Sir Grenville Temple]; "Ordered by Louis Philippe to quit Bayone in 24 hours for meeting the mercenary ... of the Whigs. Earliest .... = Constructive Treason Jany 37" [refers entry for Viscount Ranelagh]
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: James Ker Print: Book
[n/a] : Lloyd's Weekly London News
'Abraham Austin, carpenter and joiner, examined. I saw James... on Sunday morning again at my house, when he read the newspaper aloud about the murder and other things...'
