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| Keywords: Title page Miscellaneous Compositions in Verse by Levett Hanson.png en Miscellaneous Compositions in Verse illustrated by occasional prefatory introductions and copious explanatory notes title page by 'Sir' Levett Hanson printed at Copenhagen Denmark by John Fr Schultz 1811 'Sir' Levett Hanson was an authority on European knighthood who was born in Yorkshire educated at Paston School as a classmate of Admiral Nelson and subsequently at Trinity College Cambridge and thereafter as a Fellow Commoner at Emmanuel College where he migrated on July 25 1774 after 'an unspecified brawl' at Trinity He subsequently left for Europe where he served at several royal courts in various capacities including as Chamberlain to the Duke of Modena and Brig Gen in the Duke's army and gained his somewhat controversial title of knightood He later authored several volumes entitled An Accurate Historical Account of all the Orders of Knighthood and became associated as the vice chancellor with The Order of Saint Joachim In his work on European orders of knighthood Hanson styled himself a Knight of the Happy Alliance of Saxe-Hildburghausen Although Hanson's title was registered with the College of Arms in London the peripatetic Hanson remained a somewhat controversial and flamboyant character After his death at age 59 in Copenhagen on 24 April 1814 the estate of the Yorkshire native passed to his sister Mary wife of Sir Thomas Cullum 7th Bart of Hardwick House Suffolk Nearly all written accounts about Hanson refer to his many eccentricities Google books http //books google com/books id CcosAAAAYAAJ pg PR1 dq levett+hanson ei ijzrTb7dFoikkATG65DpDA cd 1 v onepage q f false Levett Hanson 1811 Title pages from Denmark Poetry books Books from Denmark Title pages in English PD-old-100 | ||||
