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  • The bill that Parliament approved, greatly affecting British culture for more than 150 years, stemmed almost single-handedly from the actions and concerns of one influential bishop, Beilby Porteus.

    Christopher Lane: The Striking History Of Britain's Sunday Law Christopher Lane 2012

  • Bishop Porteous: the Rt.Rev. Beilby Porteous, Bishop of London, notable preacher, supporter of the Evangelical movement and the

    Letter 354 2009

  • Beilby was born in Virginia and his family knew the Nelsons well.

    American Connections James Burke 2007

  • Is that in fact Matt 'YS' Beilby, spookily enough?

    DeathRay and the Kiwi cartoon connection DAVID BISHOP 2007

  • As a young man Nelson had been sent to England and educated at Cambridge under Beilby Porteus, who in 1787 became bishop of London and then chaplain to the king.

    American Connections James Burke 2007

  • As a young man Nelson had been sent to England and educated at Cambridge under Beilby Porteus, who in 1787 became bishop of London and then chaplain to the king.

    American Connections James Burke 2007

  • Beilby was born in Virginia and his family knew the Nelsons well.

    American Connections James Burke 2007

  • Beilby with a seat in Parliament, and a property worth two or three hundred thousand pounds!

    The Claverings 2005

  • He was a man of strong principles and obstinate views, friendly with students and prickly with colleagues. ln 1908, he married Winifred Beilby.

    Frederick Soddy - Biography 1966

  • Many years ago Sir George Beilby suggested that this resembled a supercooled liquid which had flowed under the stress of polishing.

    G.P. Thomson - Nobel Lecture 1965

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