keep the critics at bay for much longer than they should. when he got his comeuppance in it was a stinging one. long before the scrutiny of business by government became the feeble thing it is today there used to be the feared department of trade and industry reports. sir ronald leach, senior chap at peat...
prior in . it appears that queen mary of england and her husband, phillip of spain, had granted a charter for the revival of the english langue which, as has been noted, was suppressed by her father, henry viii, but this had never been acted on, and in consequence had never been revoked. sir william peat...
corporation before the court of king's bench, which was accordingly done on the th february, . these formalities were gone through at the instance of sir lancelot shadwell, vice-chancellor of england, who was soon after elected a knight of the order. sir henry dymoke, of scrivelsby, succeeded sir robert peat...