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    John George Pyke (4 January 1744 – 3 September 1828) was an English-born merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Halifax County from...
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  • born in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1775, the son of John George Pyke, and studied law with Richard John Uniacke, Jr. He was called to the Quebec bar in 1796...
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  • 1940), Australian physicist and a former university law lecturer John George Pyke (1744–1828), English-born merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia...
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  • wife and son in 1749. In 1751, he married the widow Ann Pyke, the mother of John George Pyke. He was named a justice of the peace in 1762 and later served...
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    Halifax for burial in the Old Burying Ground. (John George Pyke survived the raid but his father John Abraham did not.) The British retaliated by sending...
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  • Michael Pyke (born 24 March 1984) is a Canadian retired dual-code football player, who was a professional Australian rules footballer with the Sydney Swans...
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    (painter) John Albro Richard Bulkeley Joseph Howe Edward Kenny John George Pyke - childhood survivor of the Raid on Dartmouth (1751) John Sparrow David...
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  • indicted Houghton was John George Pyke. He served two months of his sentence and was released on 10 February 1777. (Rev. John Seccombe was arraigned...
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  • of Dartmouth, was privately published by John Patrick Martin in 1957, with a revised edition in 1965. The John Martin Junior High School was named in his...
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  • George Alexander Pyke, Lord Tilbury is a recurring fictional character in the stories of British author P. G. Wodehouse. Pyke is a publishing magnate...
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