Despite these precedents, George V was still very reluctant to accept Scullin's recommendation of Sir Isaac Isaacs, and asked him to consider Field Marshal Sir William Birdwood.

Despite the excommunication of Bruce and his followers by Pope Clement V, his support slowly strengthened ; and by 1314 with the help of leading nobles such as Sir James Douglas and Thomas Randolph only the castles at Bothwell and Stirling remained under English control.

Despite victories at Dupplin Moor and Halidon Hill, in the face of tough Scottish resistance led by Sir Andrew Murray, the son of Wallace's comrade in arms, successive attempts to secure Balliol on the throne failed.

Despite the fact that this was a fairly transparent hoax, McGonagall would refer to himself as " Sir William Topaz McGonagall, Knight of the White Elephant, Burmah " in his advertising for the rest of his life.

Despite the failure of the Cantiones of 1575 some of his other collections sold well, while Elizabethan scribes such as the Oxford academic Robert Dow, the Windsor lay clerk John Baldwin and a school of scribes working for the Norfolk country gentleman Sir Edward Paston copied his music extensively.

Despite having taken several years off from recording, Sir Mix-a-Lot is still known to mix frequently.

Despite Gilbert's disclaimer, audiences, critics and even the Prime Minister identified Sir Joseph Porter with W. H. Smith ( a politician who had recently been appointed First Lord of the Admiralty despite having neither military nor nautical experience ).

Despite reproaches for some of his excesses, he was generally protected by Sir Thomas Modyford, the governor of Jamaica.

" Despite this, he made a number of friends and allies in Edinburgh, including Sir W. Lindsay Scott, Alexander Curle, J. G.

Despite having sat in Parliament for only four years, Chamberlain hoped for a cabinet position, and told Sir William Harcourt that he was prepared to lead a revolt and field Radical candidates in borough elections.

Despite the concerns of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Michael Hicks Beach, at the increasing costs of the war, Chamberlain maintained his insistence that the Boers be made to surrender unconditionally, and was supported by Salisbury.

Despite the Puritans ' rousing opposition in the country ( which her zealously anti-catholic councillor Sir Francis Walsingham secretly approves of ), Elizabeth seems taken with the witty and flower-tongued François.

Despite a spirited defence of its asset, once the Minister for Coordination of Defence, Sir Thomas Inskip had decided to transfer the arm, the Air Ministry was content to let the matter rest.

He became restless, and it was deemed advisable to place him under the constant care of a nurse, Despite the precautions, Sir Barry caught cold through exposure, and congestion of the left lung set in.

Despite the increase in tensions due to the Second Moroccan Crisis of 1911, Bethmann Hollweg did improve relations with Britain to some extent, working with British foreign secretary Sir Edward Grey to alleviate tensions during the Balkan Crises of 1912-1913, and negotiating treaties over an eventual partition of the Portuguese colonies and the Berlin-Baghdad railway.

Despite this, when the two rival companies merged in 1821 under the name the Hudson's Bay Company, the new governor, Sir George Simpson, requested Grant to head a Métis settlement of some 2, 000 people situated some 16 miles west of the Red River Colony on the Assiniboine River.

Despite Lucinda's deep detestation of the brutish Sir Griffin Tewett, the aunt has her way and the mismatched couple become engaged.

Despite the efforts of industrialist and Member of Parliament Sir John Jarvis, by September 1935, Jarrow had lost most of its heavy industry, and unemployment stood at 72. 9 %

Despite the smoothness of the succession and the warmth of his welcome, James survived two conspiracies in the first year of his reign, the Bye Plot and Main Plot, which led to the arrest, among others, of Lord Cobham and Sir Walter Raleigh.

Despite their quarrel, Sir Peter still finds himself charmed by his wife even when she is arguing with him.

Despite the identity confusion, both brothers want the man out before Sir Oliver comes.

Despite this, Baldwin's choice of the Attorney General Sir Thomas Inskip provoked widespread astonishment.

Despite his age and his appearance, Sir Tuxford has apprehended many troublemakers in Dunwyn, and done battle with Igthorn and his ogres.

Despite the procedure's previous success with Wolfsbane, curing her of her unnatural love for Alex, Multiple Man perished.

Despite being part of the Alex Kidd series, the game mechanics of Shinobi World are different from Alex Kidd in Miracle World and are much closer to the Master System version of Shinobi.

Despite enjoying some successes, the American Labor Party was tarred by the perceived influence of communists in its organization, which led David Dubinsky of the International Ladies ' Garment Workers ' Union, Alex Rose of the Hat, Cap and Millinery Workers, and theologian Reinhold Niebuhr to leave in order to found the Liberal Party as an explicitly anti-communist alternative.

Despite playing for Alex Ferguson at two clubs, the pair had an ongoing public feud during Strachan's managerial career.

Despite Alex Ferguson's clear indication to Cole that he was looking for another striker, after the Shearer deal fell through, Cole fought to stay at the club and was handed the number 9 shirt ( having previously worn 17 ).

Despite having teammates such as Alex Delvecchio and Mickey Redmond, Dionne's frustrations with losing were evident.

Despite being on the losing end of the battle with IPW: UK and the XWA promotion purportedly taking its lineage, in May 2009, over two years after its original demise, Tony Simpson and Alex Shane announced their intention to revive the national promotion.

Despite Tropical Storm Warnings, 3, 500 tourists remained on the Outer Banks, though many planned to leave if Alex were to track closer or become stronger.

Despite being featured in the inlays and photo shoots for the album, drummer Ricardo Confessori did not play on the album as he was not a member of the band at the time of recording, with the majority of drum duties handled by Alex Holzwarth, while Thomas Nack ( at the time a Gamma Ray member ) played on " Wuthering Heights ".

Despite being the only Liberal candidate endorsed by the Calgary Sun that year, he lost to Progressive Conservative Alex Kindy in the general election.

Despite this, Geoff Edwards became the third game show host in the industry to simultaneously emcee a game show on both sides of the U. S ./ Canadian border, joining Jim Perry and Alex Trebek.

He has formed a new band called The Resistance along side with fellow former In Flames guitarist Glenn Ljungström, former vocalist for The Haunted Marco Aro, Alex Losbäck Holstad of Despite, and Chris Barkensjö of Carnal Forge.

Despite this, Nico proves her loyalty to the Runaways when Alex betrays the group and offers her a seat in the new world promised by the Pride's Biblical benefactors, the Gibborim.

Despite her professed love for Alex, Nico chooses to side with the Runaways after Alex reveals his plan to bring her to the Gibborim's new world with her parents, firmly establishing her dedication to the team and her strength of character.

Despite ongoing tension between the twins, Chad and Alex eventually team up to start dismantling Zhang ’ s criminal empire.

Despite his statement that he would be neutral as a commissioner, City Council president Alex Padilla replaced him on the commission in August 2001 with Council Member Cindy Miscikowski, a secession opponent.

Despite the progress he had made, few believed that McLean and United were potential Premier Division champions, Alex Ferguson's Aberdeen at that time were an emerging force in addition to the Old Firm.

Despite proving he is not Paul Drevin, Force Three lock Alex up and set fire to the apartment, but Alex escapes and Nikolei Drevin invites him to come and stay for two weeks in the lap of luxury for saving his son and see an Ark Angel rocket take off.

Despite Ottawa's financial difficulties, Alex Connell, Ottawa goalkeeper, set an all-time record with six consecutive shutouts.

Despite his successes at Manchester United, where he had been assistant manager to Alex Ferguson from 1999 to 2001, and Middlesbrough, he was vilified by the English media following England's failure to qualify for Euro 2008.