Keating and Forbes Families and Reminiscences of C. A. Keating, A. D. 1758-1920 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Keating and Forbes Families and Reminiscences of C. A. Keating, A. D. 1758-1920 Napoleon's projected invasion of England referred to by my father in connection with his mentioning Mr. Yates' name, was in 1805, and I find a complete confirmation of my father's statements about both William Yates and Sir Robert Peel in this. From my encyclopaedias I find that Robert Peel was born near Lancaster, England, February 25, 1750, and that he inherited a moderate property from his father, a cotton spinner, and that in 1773 he entered into partnership with William Yates, a cotton manufacturer of Bury, Lancashire, whose daughter he married in 1783. In 1790 he entered Parliament. He was Knighted and was the first Sir Robert Peel and that in 1803 he had more than persons in his employ and died in 1830 worth over two million pounds. I am quite satisfied that my father knew nothing about these facts being in any encyclopaedia. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.