The claim that the Scotsman James Chalmers was the inventor of the postage stamp first surfaced in 1881 when the book " The Penny Postage Scheme of 1837 ", written by his son, Patrick Chalmers, was published.

Patrick Chalmers continued to campaign until he died in 1891 to have his father recognised as the inventor of the postage stamp.

The Manor of Northstead was first used as a pretext for resignation on 6 April 1842, by Patrick Chalmers, Member for Montrose District of Burghs.

But the official book recording appointments to the various Stewardships ( lodged in the National Archives under catalogue reference E 197 / 1 ) indicates that Patrick Chalmers, MP for Montrose Burghs, was appointed to Steward of the Manor of Northstead on 6 April 1842.

However the official book recording appointments to the various Stewardships indicates that Patrick Chalmers, MP for Montrose Burghs, was appointed to Steward of the Manor of Northstead on 6 April 1842.

* Patrick Chalmers ( 1982-December 1991 )

The following authors are quoted ( in order of their appearance in the book ): Anne Frank, Alfred Tennyson, Rudyard Kipling, John Masefield, William Cullen Bryant, Ambrose Bierce, Lord Byron, Noble Claggett, John Greenleaf Whittier, Benjamin Franklin, John Heywood, Cesare Bonesana Beccaria, Bertolt Brecht, Saint John, Charles Dickens, Isaac Watts, William Shakespeare, Plato, Robert Browning, Jean de La Fontaine, François Rabelais, Patrick R. Chalmers, Michel de Montaigne, Joseph Conrad, George William Curtis, Samuel Butler, T. S. Eliot, A. E. Housman, Oscar Hammerstein II, Edgar Allan Poe, Charles E. Carryl, Samuel Johnson, Thomas Carlyle, Edward Lear, Henry David Thoreau, Sophocles, Robert Frost, and Charles Darwin.

His son, Patrick Chalmers ( born Dundee, July 26, 1819 – died Wimbledon, Surrey, October 3, 1891 ), wrote many articles that attempted to evince his father's share in the work of postal reform and as inventor of the adhesive postage stamp .< ref name =" post-1837 "> His book Robert Wallace MP and James Chalmers, the Scottish Postal Reformers was published in 1890.

* Patrick Chalmers, Robert Wallace MP and James Chalmers, the Scottish Postal Reformers, published by Effingham Wilson & Co, 1890

* Patrick R. Chalmers, writer ( born 1872 ).

Patrick Reginald Chalmers ( 1872 – 1942 ) was an Irish writer, who worked as a banker.

Patrick Chalmers is the name of:

* Patrick Chalmers ( MP ) ( 1802 – 1854 ), Member of Parliament for Montrose Burghs

* Patrick R. Chalmers ( 1872 – 1942 ), Irish writer

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In 1815, Patrick was appointed curate of the chapel in Thornton, near Bradford ; a second daughter, Elizabeth ( 1815 – 1825 ), was born shortly after.

Patrick was charged for kidnapping, but he was acquitted with the reasoning: :" here parents are, as here, of the reasonable and intelligent belief that they were not physically capable of recapturing their daughter from existing, imminent danger, then the defense of necessity transfers or transposes to the constituted agent, the person who acts upon their belief under such conditions.

Poppet ( 1912 – 1997 ), John's daughter by his second wife, married the Dutch painter Willem Jilts Pol ( 1905 – 1988 ) whose daughter Talitha ( 1940 – 1971 ), a fashion icon of 1960s London, married John Paul Getty, was famously photographed in Marrakesh by Patrick Lichfield, and, after a brief hedonistic life, died of a drug overdose.

She is a daughter of the late Count Patrick d ' Udekem d ' Acoz and his wife, Countess Anna Maria Komorowska.

He was the son of Patrick Hepburn, 3rd Earl of Bothwell, and Agnes Sinclair ( d. 1572 ), daughter of Henry Sinclair, 3rd Lord Sinclair, and was styled The Master of Bothwell from birth.

In the Tale of the Two Pails, a sidhe woman and foster daughter of Aengus gets lost and winds up in the company of St. Patrick.

The eldest daughter of Sir Patrick Hume of Polwarth, afterwards earl of Marchmont, Lady Grisell Baillie was born at Redbraes Castle, Berwickshire.

Rose Marie " Rosemary " Kennedy ( September 13, 1918 – January 7, 2005 ) was the third child and first daughter of Rose Elizabeth Kennedy née Fitzgerald and Joseph Patrick Kennedy, Sr., born little more than a year after her brother, future U. S. President John F. Kennedy.

Among the TDs elected were O ' Malley and his cousin Patrick O ' Malley ; Anne Colley, daughter of George Colley, Martin Gibbons, son of the former Fianna Fáil Minister ; and Martin Cullen.

Patrick could have sent his daughter to a less costly school in Keighley nearer home but Miss Wooler and her sisters had a good reputation and he remembered the building which he passed when strolling around the parishes of Kirklees, Dewsbury, and Hartshead-cum-Clifton where he was vicar.

He is the only son of the Patrick Anson, 5th Earl of Lichfield and Lady Leonora Grosvenor, daughter of the 5th Duke of Westminster.

They had one son, Patrick ( b. 1945 ), and one daughter, Anne ( b. 1947 ).

He had one daughter, Daisy Alice Cockburn ( 5 February 1969 ), whose mother is the writer Emma Tennant ( his wife 13 December 1968 – 1973 ), and two younger brothers, Andrew Cockburn and Patrick Cockburn, who are also journalists.

Van Dyck became a " denizen ", effectively a citizen, in 1638 and married Mary, the daughter of Patrick Ruthven, who, although the title was forfeited, styled himself Lord Ruthven.

In 1981, Copeland fathered a son, Patrick, with Marina Guinness, daughter of Irish author Desmond Guinness.

George Patrick Hyde ( 1847 – 1892 ), married Louisa Maria Maquay, daughter of George Disney Maquay, on 9 October 1884.

Ferguson was born in Hacienda Heights, California, the daughter of devout Roman Catholic school teachers Theresa Ann ( née Gore ) and Jon Patrick Ferguson.

Claud Cockburn married three times: to Hope Hale Davis, with whom he fathered Claudia Cockburn Flanders ( wife of Michael Flanders ); to Jean Ross ( part model for Christopher Isherwood's Sally Bowles of Cabaret fame ), with whom he fathered Sarah Caudwell Cockburn, author of detective stories ; and in 1940 to Patricia Byron ( née Patricia Evangeline Anne Arbuthnot ( 17 March 1914-6 October 1989 ), married firstly on 10 October 1933 to Arthur Cecil Byron, son of Cecil Byron, by whom she had a son Darrell Byron, who died in Ireland aged two, divorcing in 1940, daughter of Major John Bernard Arbuthnot and Olive Blake ), who wrote the book The Years of the Week and also wrote an autobiography, Figure of Eight, with whom he fathered Alexander, Andrew ( husband of Leslie Cockburn ), and Patrick, all three of whom are also journalists.

He was the second son of Sir Patrick Hamilton and Catherine Stewart, daughter of Alexander, Duke of Albany, second son of James II of Scotland.

* Jane Wymark ( daughter of actor Patrick Wymark ), currently performing as wife of Inspector Barnaby in Midsomer Murders

Lord Minto married Mary, daughter of Patrick Brydone, in 1806.

Lord Bute's eldest son and heir, John Stuart, Lord Mount Stuart ( who predeceased his father ), married Lady Elizabeth Penelope, daughter and heiress of Patrick McDouall, 6th Earl of Dumfries ( see the Earl of Dumfries ).

Three years later, in 1641, he obtained a new patent with remainder to his daughter Elizabeth and her husband Sir Patrick Ogilvy.

Juliana, daughter of Patrick Chaworth, 3rd and last Viscount Chaworth ( see the Viscount Chaworth ).

Apologists currently working for Catholic Answers include Director of Apologetics Tim Staples, speaker Jason Evert, Senior Apologist Jimmy Akin, Catholic Answers Live Radio Host and Speaker Patrick Coffin, and staff apologists Peggy Frye, Michelle Arnold, Jim Blackburn, Leah Darrow, Matthew Fradd and Fr.

Patrick Stoddart of The Times wrote: " The millions who watch Coronation Street – and who will continue to do so despite Lord Rees-Mogg – know real life when they see it ... in the most confident and accomplished soap opera television has ever seen ".

"' The " Patrick Henry " ad shocked ' em ,' he wrote many years later.

Examples of performers who went on to universal recognition are Jeremy Brett, Judi Dench, Rosemary Harris, Ian McKellen, Christopher Plummer, Harold Pinter, Imelda Staunton, Lynn Redgrave, Vanessa Redgrave, Patrick Stewart, Geraldine McEwan, Ronnie Barker, Dirk Bogarde, who wrote about his start at tiny Amersham rep in 1939, and Michael Caine, who recounts his time spent at Horsham rep in the early fifties, to present just a few.

Authors Patrick Gilligan ( Canada ) and Bertrand Dubuis ( Switzerland ) wrote the first flight manual " The Paragliding Manual " in 1985, officially coining the word Paragliding.

Patrick Goss of MSN's Tech & Gadgets wrote that " When it comes to gizmos, Frink is the king ", and listed the Death Ray as one of the greatest gadgets featured in The Simpsons.

Patrick Garland wrote and directed a play Brief Lives based on Aubrey's work of the same title ; featuring Roy Dotrice in the title role, the production has been performed worldwide since 1969.

In 1958, Patrick Dennis wrote a sequel, Around the World with Auntie Mame.

Whitman then wrote personal notes to each of his brothers, Patrick and John and a final note to his father ( the contents of which were never made public ).

Captain Patrick R. Reid, who successfully escaped from Colditz in 1942, wrote two detailed books about the living conditions and various escape attempts at Colditz from 1940 to 1945: The Colditz Story and The Latter Days at Colditz.

Fludd also wrote against The Tillage of Light ( 1623 ) of Patrick Scot ; Scot like Mersenne found the large claims of hermetic alchemy to be objectionable.

The four Republican Congressmen, joined by Senator Tom Coburn ( R-OK ) and Congressman Patrick McHenry ( R-NC ), then wrote IRS Commissioner Douglas H. Shulman on November 16, 2009, asking that CAIR be investigated for excessive lobbying and failing to register as a lobbying organization.

In 2007, Faithfull collaborated with the British singer / songwriter, Patrick Wolf on the duet " Magpie " from his third album The Magic Position and wrote and recorded a new song for the French film Truands called " A Lean and Hungry Look " with Ulysse.

While at Magdalene, he wrote a musical, Share My Lettuce, which was produced in London in 1957 by Michael Codron, and performed by Maggie Smith and Kenneth Williams ( music by Patrick Gowers and Keith Statham ).

He wrote his first book in 1952, Guide to the Moon ( later retitled Patrick Moore on the Moon ), which was published a year later.

* Patrick D ' Arcy, 1598 – 1668, Catholic Confederate and lawyer who wrote the constitution of Confederate Ireland.

In reaction, New York Times writer Patrick Tyler wrote in a February 17 article that:

During his Dublin stay, Shirley wrote The Doubtful Heir, The Royal Master, The Constant Maid, and St. Patrick for Ireland.

" Schneider also wrote, " Patrick, I can honestly say that if I sat with you and your colleagues at a luncheon, afterward, they'd say ' You know, that Rob Schneider is a pretty intelligent guy, I hope we can do that again.

On the tenth he wrote to Patrick Henry requesting troops, " If it is possible for you to call forth fifteen hundred Volunteers & march them immediately to my assistance, the British Army will be exposed to a very critical and dangerous situation.

A Louisiana writer, Robert D. Patrick, compared Morgan to Francis Marion and wrote that " a few thousands of such men as his would regain us Kentucky and Tennessee.

Regarding the question of whether they had a sexual relationship at any time, Patrick Macnee thought they went to bed on a very regular basis ( just not in view of the camera ), Rigg thought they were engaged in a very enjoyable extended flirtation that ultimately went nowhere, and Brian Clemens said he wrote them with the idea they had an affair before Emma's first appearance in the series.

Patrick Hadley also wrote a version for tenor, four-part chorus, and orchestra.

The lead actor of the series, Patrick McGoohan, wrote and directed the final episode.

" He also wrote that Hunt, Frank Sturgis, and Gerry Patrick Hemming would soon be implicated in a conspiracy to kill John F. Kennedy.

According to the Doom 3 manual, GUI designer Patrick Duffy wrote over 500, 000 lines of script code, and generated more than 25, 000 image files to create all of the graphical interfaces, computer screens, and displays throughout Doom 3.