The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 1John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Commonwealth countries |
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... council appointed . This council in turn , after an inactive existence of four years , was abolished in 1672 and its functions were transferred to the select Council for Foreign Plantations , which had been revived , 3 August 1670 ...
... council appointed . This council in turn , after an inactive existence of four years , was abolished in 1672 and its functions were transferred to the select Council for Foreign Plantations , which had been revived , 3 August 1670 ...
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... council , a body which more nearly resembled the Privy Council than it did the House of Lords , and in the eyes of the British Government was deemed scarcely less important than the governor himself . It was composed of leading men of ...
... council , a body which more nearly resembled the Privy Council than it did the House of Lords , and in the eyes of the British Government was deemed scarcely less important than the governor himself . It was composed of leading men of ...
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... council for its assent before passing the measure on to the second or third reading , 1 thus indicating a very close correspondence between the two bodies and establishing a practice unknown elsewhere . Bills might originate with the ...
... council for its assent before passing the measure on to the second or third reading , 1 thus indicating a very close correspondence between the two bodies and establishing a practice unknown elsewhere . Bills might originate with the ...
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