The Coltmans traces one English family from its 1525 origination in the small village of Fleckney in Leicestershire to immigrant Captain Robert Coltman of the Revolutionary Army, down through early builder in Washington DC Charles Lilly Coltman to a Presbyterian medical missionary in China, Dr. Robert Coltman, his wife Lulu, and their six children (Robert, Eva, Alice, Charles, May and William). That family survived the 1900 Boxer Rebellion which Dr. Robert Coltman both predicted and in which he played an important role. The book then describes how descendants of each of the six children had interesting lives throughout Asia until finally settling back to both Great Britain and the United States.
The Coltmans traces one English family from its 1525 origination in the small village of Fleckney in Leicestershire to immigrant Captain Robert Coltman of the Revolutionary Army, down through early builder in Washington DC Charles Lilly Coltman to a Presbyterian medical missionary in China, Dr. Robert Coltman, his wife Lulu, and their six children (Robert, Eva, Alice, Charles, May and William). That family survived the 1900 Boxer Rebellion which Dr. Robert Coltman both predicted and in which he played an important role. The book then describes how descendants of each of the six children had interesting lives throughout Asia until finally settling back to both Great Britain and the United States.
Unlike his brothers Moses and Ezekiel, Benjamin Hart, the third son of Aaron, chooses the path of orthodoxy-not only in his lifestyle but also in his class allegiance. The commercial prowess of Moses and Ezekiel notwithstanding, the Hart brother most directly responsible for affecting the course of Lower Canada's history is certainly Benjamin. At first Benjamin seems an unlikely agent of change; but in forsaking Trois-Rivieres for Montreal, he is able to ingratiate himself with an administration that is determined to recast Lower Canada into a British colonial state, as free as possible of feudal restrictions. Led by Louis-Joseph Papineau, the head of the Patriotes, the Canadien majority increasingly defies British rule. In 1837, when news breaks of the passage of new measures in the British Parliament to fend off actions by the local Assembly, not only the Patriotes but also many in the Hart clan condemn this latest initiative. Benjamin Hart, however, has a different outlook. Since he was appointed a justice of the peace that year, he finds himself called to respond to the outbreak of mob violence in Montreal's streets. How will he be rewarded for his loyalty to the British Crown?
This fully updated and comprehensive 3rd edition of The Law of Ship Mortgages provides readers with a practical, commercially based and definitive guide to the English law of ship mortgages. The authors, being seasoned practitioners, bring their extensive experience to bear on a number of difficult and developing areas of the law, such as: mortgagees’ duties, liability to charterers, the conflict of laws, work-outs, restructurings and cross-border insolvency. The 3rd edition includes new chapters on pre-delivery security, security over shares and on the increasingly important topic of ship leasing as a method of finance. It is written against the background of, and has regard to, ever-increasing sanctions affecting shipping and ship finance as well as the continued regulatory and industry-driven push towards reduction of emissions (IMO 2020 and IMO 2050). Written primarily with practitioners in mind, The Law of Ship Mortgages will continue to be extremely useful to legal professionals, especially in common law jurisdictions, involved in international ship finance or ship mortgage enforcement. It will also be a valuable resource for postgraduate students and academics, especially those with an interest in shipping law or the law of personal property more generally.
Charles Powell was a senior manager in British Caledonian Airways from 1969 until 1986. He dealt with many of the airline's biggest problems in those years. This is his personal memoir of those events.
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