William Chambers of Glenormiston, Scottish publisher and politician Finish:10-pack Becket (1120-1170) clashed almost incessantly

Becket (1120-1170) clashed almost incessantly with King Henry II over the question of the independence of the Church from the authority of the state

Panoramic view of the City of London showing the area between St Antholin (no longer in existance) and St Dunstan in the East with Southwark

Illustration from 'Iconographia Scotia

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William Chambers of Glenormiston, Scottish publisher and politician Finish:10-pack Becket (1120-1170) clashed almost incessantlyWilliam Chambers of Glenormiston, Scottish publisher and politician, c1890. Together with his younger brother, Robert, Chambers (1800 1883) was a successful publisher of books of Scottish interest. In 1859 they produced the first edition of Chambers's Encyclopedia. A lithograph from The Modern Portrait Gallery, Cassell, Petter and Galpin, London, Paris and New York, c1890.