"Wright, Fortunatus" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 63. London: Smith, Elder & Co. Wallasey People: Fortunatus Wright....
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Fortunatus is a Latin word meaning "happy, lucky, rich, blessed". A masculine given name, it can refer to: Fortunatus the Apostle, one of the 70 Disciples...
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Brown Wright (born 1942), American activist Florence May Wright, American poet Fortunatus Wright (1712–1757), British merchant Frankie Wright (born 1985)...
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Church of Scotland, missionary, chaplain, writer, poet R.J. P. (Bob) Williams (1926–2015), inorganic chemist Fortunatus Wright (1712–1757), privateer...
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Panama with only 1,400 crew. Other British privateers of note include Fortunatus Wright, Edward Collier, Sir John Hawkins, his son Sir Richard Hawkins, Michael...
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Gathenhielm, Swedish, 1710–1718 Ingela Gathenhielm, Swedish, 1710/18–1721 Fortunatus Wright, English of Liverpool, 1712–1757 David Hawley, colonial United States...
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in the Royal Navy, he entered the employ of merchant and privateer Fortunatus Wright. Hutchinson was captured by the French in 1746 in the Perl, but by...
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Bulkeley lived at Brynddu as Squire of Llanfechell. His daughter married Fortunatus Wright, a brewer from Liverpool whose colourful life included periods as...
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to the marital troubles of his daughter Mary, who in 1738 married Fortunatus Wright, merchant and privateer of Liverpool. 17th. The Wind S W. dark & cloudy...
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captained by William Hutchinson, an associate of Mersey privateer Fortunatus Wright. Liverpool was outfitted with 22 guns, 18 of them 12-pounders. She...
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