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    Patrick Colquhoun (/kəˈhuːn/ kə-HOON; 14 March 1745 – 25 April 1820) was a Scottish merchant, statistician, magistrate, and founder of the first regular...
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  • influenced early Cambridge rowing. Colquhoun was the son of James Colquhoun and the grandson of the Patrick Colquhoun who was Lord Provost of Glasgow. He...
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    Clan Colquhoun (Scottish Gaelic: Clann a' Chombaich [ˈkʰl̪ˠãũn̪ˠ ə ˈxɔ̃ũmpɪç]) is a Highland Scottish clan. The lands of the clan Colquhoun are on the...
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  • the Marine Police, a police force established in 1798 by magistrate Patrick Colquhoun and justice of the peace John Harriott that had been part funded by...
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    (Washington DC: Canon Law Society of America, 1999), Can. 109 §2 Patrick Colquhoun, A Summary of the Roman Civil Law, Illustrated by Commentaries on...
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  • system is attributed to Patrick Colquhoun, who presented his ideas in A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis (1797). Colquhoun founded the Thames River...
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  • Colquhoun (/kəˈhuːn/ kə-HOON) is a surname of Scottish origin. It is a habitational name from the barony of Colquhoun in Dunbartonshire. The Scottish...
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    Patrick Colquhoun's influential work, A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis (1797) was heavily influenced by Benthamite thought. Colquhoun's Thames...
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  • 2014-01-26. Look up constable in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Patrick Colquhoun, A Treatise on the Functions and Duties of a Constable. London: W...
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  • William Hornby, former Governor of Bombay, who owned two-twelfths; and Patrick Colquhoun, a Scottish merchant with a one-twelfth share. Some of their heirs...
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    John Clare Mary Anne Clarke William Cobbett Samuel Taylor Coleridge Patrick Colquhoun John Constable Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness Conyngham Tom Cribb...
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  • of various German cities in Great Britain. He was the only son of Patrick Colquhoun, who became Lord Provost of Glasgow and was a pioneer of modern policing...
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    CDawgVA (redirect from Connor Colquhoun)
    Connor Marc Colquhoun (/kəˈhuːn/ kə-HOON; born 26 July 1996), known online as CDawgVA, is a Welsh streamer, YouTuber, voice actor, and podcaster currently...
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    Ancienthistory.about.com (15 June 2010). Retrieved on 2011-10-01. Patrick Colquhoun, A Summary of the Roman Civil Law, Illustrated by Commentaries on...
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    members had to be able to row. An early member was Patrick Colquhoun who in 1837 instigated the Colquhoun Sculls, in the year in which he won the Wingfield...
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    including the supervision launches John Harriott (1947-1963) and Patrick Colquhoun (1963-2003), and Targa duty boats in use, the John Harriott and the...
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    "the inability of an individual to support himself". Writing in 1806 Patrick Colquhoun commented that: Poverty ... is a most necessary and indispensable...
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    18th century, and led to a marked drop in Pennsylvania's crime rate. Patrick Colquhoun, Henry Fielding and others led significant reforms during the late...
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  • British Empire. 1925. Archived from the original on December 1, 2010. Patrick Colquhoun (1814). A Treatise on the Wealth, Power and Resources of the British...
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    Lennox (1498) Sir Patrick Blacader of Tulliallan (1498–1499) John Stewart (1502–1505) Allan Stewart of Cardonald (1505–1507) Patrick Colquhoun of Glen (1507–1509)...
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    1876–1884: The Prince Leopold (Duke of Albany from 1881) 1885–1893: Sir Patrick Colquhoun 1893–1920: Hardinge Giffard, 1st Earl of Halsbury 1921–1945: Robert...
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    capture fortunes on the seas with the sanction of the Crown. In 1808, Patrick Colquhoun, a prize agent for the Territory spoke of "the most daring outrages...
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    which was built in 1783 and was originally the home of Lord Provost Patrick Colquhoun. Kelvingrove House stood to the east of the present art gallery museum...
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  • and Whitehall during the European blockade of the Napoleonic wars. Patrick Colquhoun was appointed as Resident Minister and Consul general by the Hanseatic...
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    died in 1887. He was married again in 1888 to Eliza Colquhoun, daughter of Sir Patrick Colquhoun. Müntahabât-ı Lügât-i Osmâniyye (1838) Grammaire raisonnée...
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    England's first, the Marine Police Force was formed in 1798 by magistrate Patrick Colquhoun and a Master Mariner, John Harriott, to tackle theft and looting from...
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    police". CP24. Retrieved 2022-04-20. Barrie, David G. (2008-10-01). "Patrick Colquhoun, the Scottish Enlightenment and Police Reform in Glasgow in the Late...
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    William Pulteney bought 9/12ths interest, William Hornby 2/12ths, and Patrick Colquhoun 1/12th interest. At the time non-citizens could not legally hold title...
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    in the site to the Crown. More successful was his cooperation with Patrick Colquhoun in tackling the corruption in the Pool of London. This resulted in...
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    John Riddel (Lord Provost of Glasgow); John Campbell of Clathick; Patrick Colquhoun (Convenor and Superintendent); Robert Whitworth (engineer); Archibald...
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