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Huskisson

American  
[huhs-kuh-suhn] / ˈhʌs kə sən /

noun

  1. William, 1770–1830, British statesman and financier.


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On 10 February at Jervis Bay, the Huskisson RSL will hold its annual reunion for Voyager survivors and the families of those who died.

From The Guardian Feb. 8, 2018

Tim Huskisson added 14 points before fouling out for Northern Colorado, which shot 49.1 percent on 53 attempts from the field to win its third straight and get the season sweep.

From Washington Times Mar. 8, 2015

This curious confession of Mr. Huskisson proved that he enjoyed the emoluments arising from a situation, to the business of which he paid little or no attention!

From Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume II (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte by Lady Anne Hamilton

The Duke of Wellington, then Prime Minister, Sir Robert Peel, and Mr. Huskisson, one of the members for Liverpool, were among the number of distinguished public personages present.

From Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson by Samuel Smiles

Agar Ellis assured me the other day that there was not a word of truth in the reported junction between Lord Grey and Huskisson.

From The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. II by Henry Reeve

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