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Obituaries & funerals, 1837

29 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 2

Death of King William the Fourth

Commercial Journal and Advertiser · Wednesday 11 October 1837 · page 2

The Lord William Bentinck sailed from the Downs on the 15th June, at which period bulletins were issued daily on the alarming state of health of His Majesty…

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Domestic Intelligence. Death of King William the Fourth

The Colonist · Thursday 12 October 1837 · page 3

BY the arrival of the Lord William Bentinck, we hear that it has pleased Almighty God to remove from this sublunary state our Gracious and beloved Sovereign King William. His…

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English News. Death of William the Fourth

The Australian · Friday 27 October 1837 · page 2

It was our reluctant duty, last sunday, to convey to our readers the melancholy intelligence that His Majesty William the Fourth was in a hopeless state; and the far more, painful duty…

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Death of William Iv

The Sydney Times · Saturday 28 October 1837 · page 2

THE James Pattison, which arrived with male prisoners in harbour on Wednesday last, after a very favourable passage of one hundred days, brings a mail to the…

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Death of King William IV

Commercial Journal and Advertiser · Wednesday 1 November 1837 · page 2

The arrival of the James Pattison on Wednesday last, brought the confirmation of the death of His Majesty King William the Fourth, which took place on the 21st…

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Extracts. Royal Funeral Sermon

The Sydney Herald · Thursday 2 November 1837 · page 2

In the afternoon service at St. Paul's Cathedral, on Sunday last, a sermon was preached by the Rev. Sydney Smith, canon residentiary, in which that reverend gen…

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English Extracts. Death of William the Fourth

The Colonist · Thursday 2 November 1837 · page 3

IT is our painful duty to announced, and we do it with sincere and heartfelt regret, the mournful tidings of the demise of our beloved Monarch, which took place at an early hour on Tuesday…

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Kingdom of Hanover. Proceedings Consequent on the Death of His Majesty King William. Hanover, June 24th. PROCLAMATION

The Sydney Herald · Monday 6 November 1837 · page 6

It having pleased Divine Providence, in its immortal wisdom, to call out of this mortal stale, on the 20th of this month, the late most puissant Printe and…

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English Extracts. Balloon Accident. Fatal Descent of the Parachute. Inquest on the Late Mr. Cocking

The Sydney Monitor · Wednesday 20 December 1837 · page 2

Yesterday evening, at seven o'clock, a jury was empannelled before Mr. Carttar, the coroner for the county of Kent, at the "Tigers Head, Lee, upon the body of Mr…

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