The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 1John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell Macmillan, 1929 - Great Britain |
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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 ...
Page 421
... COUNCIL 421 with the governor ( as early as 1641 in Barbados1 ) and the highest court of appeals in the colony , when exercising judicial functions . But they had no executive powers apart from the governor , and even in the case of the ...
... COUNCIL 421 with the governor ( as early as 1641 in Barbados1 ) and the highest court of appeals in the colony , when exercising judicial functions . But they had no executive powers apart from the governor , and even in the case of the ...
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... Council " , Milton was prepared to accept a " partial rotation " whereby one - third of the Council would be renewed at stated intervals . Com- posed of the " ablest men " , and vested with a sovereignty that was " not transferred , but ...
... Council " , Milton was prepared to accept a " partial rotation " whereby one - third of the Council would be renewed at stated intervals . Com- posed of the " ablest men " , and vested with a sovereignty that was " not transferred , but ...
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