The elder Smith was given the " keys of the patriarchal Priesthood over the kingdom of God on earth ", the same power said to be held by the Biblical Patriarchs, which included the power to give blessings upon one's posterity.

He was the elder son of Thomas Cavendish ( d. 1524 ), who was a senior financial official, the " clerk of the pipe ", in the Court of Exchequer, and his wife, Alice Smith of Padbrook Hall.

To protect his family's reputation, the elder Smith moved his family West to Erie County, Pennsylvania.

Russell was born in Southampton, England, on 3 July 1927, the elder of two sons of Ethel ( née Smith ) and Henry Russell, a shoeshop owner .< ref >

Although Joseph Smith is not known to have made any statements regarding blacks and the priesthood, he was aware of the ordination of at least one black man to the office of elder.

In 1859 Smith married Mary Lucy Keeley ( circa 1830-1870 ), who had been an actress and was the elder daughter of the comedian Robert Keeley and the distinguished actress Mary Anne Keeley.

Arnold Smith was the elder brother of Wilfred Cantwell Smith.

Initially, after the church's formation on April 6, 1830, Joseph Smith referred to himself as merely " an apostle of Jesus Christ, and elder of the church.

" Thus, Smith assumed the position as the only apostle or elder with the gift of revelation for the entire church.

In 1835, Smith revised the Articles and Covenants of the Church of Christ, changing the phrase " an ... elder of the church " to " the first elder of this Church.

Whitmer's reasoning includes his charge that Smith was to have " pretended to no other gift " except the translation of the Book of Mormon, and was never to be more than a " first elder " among " fellow elders " in the fledgling church.

Smith and Cowdery, according to their 1831 account, were each ordained as " an apostle of Jesus Christ, an elder of the church ".

Abel was ordained an elder on March 3, 1836 in Kirtland, Ohio by Joseph Smith.

Dolben's two sons died abroad in his lifetime ( William, the elder, whose portrait was painted by Godfrey Kneller in 1709 and engraved by Smith in 1710, dying in 1709, aged 20 ), and Mary, one of his three daughters, died on 24 June 1710, aged 8.

Smith and Cowdery, according to their 1831 account, were each ordained as " an apostle of Jesus Christ, an elder of the church ".

Also, John Smith's elder brother George Smith was created a baronet in 1757 ( see Bromley baronets ), while another brother, Thomas Smith, was the grandfather of Julian Pauncefote, 1st Baron Pauncefote.

Both his parents were natives of Connecticut, and moved to Florida in 1821 shortly before the elder Smith was named a U. S. District Judge there.

Smith was ordained an elder by George A. Smith on April 24, 1854 and received his endowment at the Endowment House that same day.

The church's presiding patriarch, John Smith, was his elder half-brother.

Following the failed rebellion of his elder brothers between 1173 and 1174, however, John became Henry's favourite child.

Stephen's accession to the throne still needed to be ratified by the Pope, however, and Henry of Blois appears to have been responsible for ensuring that testimonials of support were sent both from Stephen's elder brother Theobald and from the French king Louis VI, to whom Stephen represented a useful balance to Angevin power in the north of France.

Xerxes, eldest son of Darius and Atossa, succeeded to the throne as Xerxes I ; however, prior to Xerxes's accession, he contested the succession with his elder half-brother Artobarzanes, Darius's eldest son who was born to his commoner first wife before Darius rose to power.

Cordelia is the youngest and most virtuous of King Leir of Briton's three daughters, however her virtue is such that it will not allow her to lie in flattering her father when he asks, so that he divides up the kingdom between the elder daughters and leaves Cordelia with nothing.

The rights of her sons were, however, safeguarded and eventually, when Tzimiskes died at war, Basil II ( her elder son ) became senior emperor.

In mainline Protestant usage, the term is however not seen as referring to a member of the priesthood and terms such as minister, pastor and elder are used.

It enjoyed great prosperity, however, due to their growing of spelt, a grain that was put into groats, wine, roses, spices, unguents etc., and also owing to its manufacture, especially of bronze objects, of which both the elder Cato and the elder Pliny speak in the highest terms.

" In Semitic times, Urra was pronounced Un and confounded with uru, " city " as a geographical term, however, it was replaced by Akkadu ( Akkad ), the Semitic form of Agade-written Akkattim in the Elamite inscriptions-the name of the elder Sargon's capital.

After Carloman's death, Gerberga expected her elder son to become King, and for herself to rule as his regent ; however, Carloman's former supporters – his cousin Adalhard, Abbot Fulrad of Saint Denis and Count Warin – turned against her, and invited Charlemagne to annex Carloman's territory, which he duly did.

Stephen's accession to the throne still needed to be ratified by the Pope, however, and Henry of Blois appears to have been responsible for ensuring that testimonials of support were sent both from Stephen's elder brother Theobald and from the French king Louis VI, to whom Stephen represented a useful balance to Angevin power in the north of France.

At the time of his birth, he was second in the line of succession to the thrones of seven independent sovereign states known as the Commonwealth realms ; however, after the births of two children to his elder brother, and an evolution of the Commonwealth, Prince Andrew is currently fourth in line to the thrones of 16 countries: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize, Antigua and Barbuda, and Saint Kitts and Nevis.

With each Regent is placed a Dutch Resident, or Assistant Resident, who is considered to be his " elder brother ," and whose " orders " take the form of " recommendations ," which are, however, implicitly obeyed.

The association of the martyrdom with a birthday festival of the Emperor Geta, however, might seem to place it after 209, when Geta was made " Augustus " ( having held the junior title Caesar since 198 when his elder brother had been made " Augustus "), though before 211, when he was assassinated.

Demetrius ' elder son, Seleucus, became king with the name Seleucus V in 125 BC ; however, shortly after, his mother Cleopatra Thea, had him murdered.

The elder Ingersoll's later pastoral experiences influenced young Robert negatively, however, as The Elmira Telegram described in 1890:

Her elder son, the Earl of Harewood, however, wrote about his parents ' marriage in his memoirs The Tongs and the Bones and challenged these widespread rumours that the marriage was an unhappy one.

The elder DeCicco, however, was incensed and took the matter to boss Paul Castellano, who ordered a hit on Scibetta.

It has been suggested that she was named after Elizabeth of Ulster, however it is worth remembering that Philippa had an elder sister, named Elizabeth / Isabel.

The new ruler was, however, deposed by his elder brother, and obtained asylum in British territory, with a pension from the Bahawalpur revenues ; he broke his promise to abandon his claims, and was confined in the Lahore fort, where he died in 1862.

The church believes that women are gifted and called to ministry ; it does not, however, officially ordain women to the office of elder, pastor, or bishop.

The arms are however accurate as they match those shown in the contemporary portrait of his elder brother Thomas by Roger Leigh

He has, however, never received a parliamentary annuity or an allowance from the British Privy Purse, unlike both his elder brother, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, and his sister, Princess Alexandra, who both carry out official royal duties in the United Kingdom and receive British parliamentary annuities.

According to the law of primogeniture ( although not a Gaelic custom in origin ) the younger Liam is the senior surviving male member of the family, however the elder Barry believed he himself was this at the time he applied for recognition.