Marie Jean Hérault de Séchelles
Marie Jean Hérault de Séchelles , 1759-94, French revolutionary. A lawyer, he became a favorite of Queen Marie Antoinette, but nevertheless joined the revolutionary cause in 1789. A member of the Legislative Assembly and of the Convention and the Committee of Public Safety, he was prominent in shaping the war measures of 1792 and in establishing the revolutionary tribunal that was to be the main instrument of the Reign of Terror. Ironically, he was also chief author of the republican constitution of 1793, which was superseded by the dictatorship of the Terror. He was guillotined in Mar., 1794.
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Sir John Hawkins: the Queen's Slave Trader.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of History; 12/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; Sir John Hawkins: The Queen's Slave Trader, by Harry Kelsey. New Haven, Yale University...comparison with their greater contemporaries. Twelve books about Sir John Hawkins have appeared in English since 1895; fifteen about Sir Francis Drake...
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The man who was not Francis Drake This Life of the Elizabethan adventurer Sir John Hawkins tells us all about the man, says Blair Worden, but little about his times Sir John Hawkins: Queen Elizabeth's Slave Trader by Harry Kelsey Yale, pounds 25, 402 pp pounds 25 ( pounds 1.99 p&p) 0870 155 7222
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 5/25/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...them. In history and in legend Sir John Hawkins has played second fiddle to his...written a life of Drake, judges that Hawkins "arguably knew more about seamanship...often international as native. Sir John's internationalism could bring...
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Sir John Hawkins: Queen Elizabeth's Slave Trader.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: History Today; 2/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...pounds sterling] IN BRITAIN, SIR JOHN HAWKINS AND SIR FRANCIS DRAKE have been...received, now turns his attentions to Hawkins. He has produced a scholarly but...book is impeccable. Kelsey's Hawkins is a complex figure who evolves...
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 "The Mail on Sunday (London, England)")
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The pirate who saved England; ***** Sir John Hawkins: Queen Elizabeth's Slave Trader by Harry Kelsey.
Newspaper article from: The Mail on Sunday (London, England); 6/15/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...Unlike his cousin, Sir Francis Drake, Hawkins never managed to throw...point it looked as though Hawkins was even getting ready...tried as a traitor, but Hawkins had the handy knack of...the rehabilitation of John Hawkins from pirate to...
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Race storm over pub's tribute to slave trader; Leroy Lander and Laura Ashenford outside the pub they have named after Sir John Hawkins, above.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 3/28/2008; 700+ words
; ...hostelry in his honour, Sir JohnHawkins is a hero...christening of the Hawkins Meeting House close to Sir John's birthplace inPlymouth...focused on the fact that Hawkins was the firstEnglishman...Plymouth also has a Sir John Hawkins Square. His partner...
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Elizabethan era.(Elizabeth's London: Everyday life in Elizabethan London; Gloriana: Portraits of Queen Elizabeth I; Sir John Hawkins: Queen Elizabeth's Slave Trader; Arbella: England's Lost Queen; 1603: A Turning Point in British History)(Book Review)(Brief Review)
Magazine article from: History Today; 5/1/2003; 682 words
; ...study of the role of portraiture in the creation of the myth of the Virgin Queen. A study of the cousin of Sir Francis Drake, Sir John Hawkins: Queen Elizabeth's Slave Trader by Harry Kelsey (Yale University Press, 25 [pounds sterling]) looks...
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Obituary: Sir Paul Hawkins Conservative MP with `solid country sense'
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 1/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...Liberal intervening, Hawkins pushed his majority...Gillian Shepherd in 1987. Hawkins was the type of Member...his contributions," John Gummer recalls, but...was knighted in 1982. John Barnes Paul Lancelot Hawkins, politician, land...
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Drake and hawkins the facts
Newspaper article from: Plymouth Evening Herald, The; 3/29/2008; 377 words
; ...Spanish Armada. Problem is, Sir Francis Drake and Sir John Hawkins were also instrumental in the...in the same Plymouth house. Hawkins came from a wealthy family...globe, even though it was Hawkins' rigging designs that enabled...
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 "Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK)")
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What's sauce for the goose... ; On behalf of the UK Independence Party may I congratulate the Racial Equality Council for its courageous and principled stand against the Breton Arms public house renaming itself the Hawkins Meeting House.
Newspaper article from: Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK); 4/15/2008; 493 words
; ...Breton Arms public house renaming itself the Hawkins Meeting House. They objected that Sir John Hawkins was heavily involved in the slave trade and...UKIP agrees totally. We also suggest Sir John Hawkins Square in Plymouth be called something...
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Hawkins Hatton Black Country opening.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 3/13/2006; 532 words
; ...with guest speaker Sir Digby Jones attending...and professionals. Hawkins Hatton LLP advises...employment. In addition, Hawkins Hatton has specialist...with Steve Garratt (Hawkins Hatton)' Sir Digby Jones, John Goodwin (Goodwin Plc...
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Sir John Hawkins
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Sir John Hawkins The career of the English naval commander Sir John Hawkins (1532-1595) touched all aspects of the Elizabethan maritime world...
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Hawkins, Sir Richard
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History
Hawkins, Sir Richard (or Hawkyns, Sir Richard ) (1560–1622) English sailor, son of Sir John HAWKINS . Commander in the Elizabethan navy serving against the SPANISH...
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Sir Richard Hawkins
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Sir Richard Hawkins 1562?-1622, English admiral, son of Sir John Hawkins. He served under Sir Francis Drake in the 1585-86 expedition to the West Indies, commanded the Swallow in the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588, and served under...
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Hawkins, Sir John
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea
Hawkins, Sir John (1532–95), English admiral...Elizabethan navy. The son of William Hawkins, mayor of Plymouth, and the cousin of Sir Francis Drake , Hawkins became the first English seaman to be...
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Drake, Sir Francis (1543-1596)
Book article from: American Eras
Sir Francis Drake (1543-1596...and wealthy cousin, Sir John Hawkins, in the semi-illicit Spanish...ship squadron commanded by Hawkins at San Juan de Ul ú...Only the ships commanded by Hawkins and Drake survived the battle...
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