Hightown was comfortable despite the external heat and the church well appointed despite its small size.

In January 1662, he was appointed hydrographer to the King, despite his Puritan background.

Mr. Cipel was appointed to the $110,000-a-year position in January despite a résumé that could charitably be called ill-suited for the job.

Trelawney was the governor of the island, and was appointed the first colonel, despite his lack of military experience.

In 1981, Nolan was appointed a Knight Bachelor for service to art, despite his war desertion.

On 7 November he was appointed the first professor of Public Law in the University in 1707, despite the protests of the council.

In fact, he himself appointed more than 70 Liberals to patronage posts despite a promise to bring a new way of politics to Ottawa.

In 1914 he was appointed Governor of Malta, despite his lack of war experience, but never took up the appointment.

He was appointed Librarian at the public library in Doncaster, Yorkshire in 1880 despite his young age.

Bailey became a schoolmaster and in 1999 was appointed Head of Leeds Grammar School, despite some opposition from the local teachers' union.