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See also:ANDREWS, See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
JAMES PETTIT (c. 1737–1797) , See also:English historian and See also:antiquary, was the younger son of See also:Joseph Andrews, of See also:Shaw See also:House, See also:Newbury, See also:Berkshire, where he was See also:born. He was educated privately, and having taken to the See also:law was one of the magistrates at the See also:police See also:court in See also:Queen Square, See also:Westminster, from 1792 to his See also:death. He See also:developed a See also:taste for literature, and his See also:miscellaneous See also:works include The Savages of See also:Europe (See also:London, 1764), a See also:satire on the English which he translated from the See also:French, and Anecdotes See also:Ancient and See also:Modern (London,1789), an amusing collection of See also:gossip. His See also:chief See also:work was a See also:History of See also:Great See also:Britain connected with the See also:Chronology of Europe from See also:Caesar's Invasion to See also:Accession of See also:Edward VI., in 2 vols. (London, 1794–1795) . Its See also:plan is somewhat singular, as a portion of the history of See also:England is given on one See also:page, and a See also:general See also:sketch of the contemporaneous history of Europe on the opposite page. He also wrote a History of Great Britain from Death of See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry VIII. to Accession of James VI. of See also:Scotland, a continuation of See also:Robert Henry's History of Great Britain, published in 1796 and again in 18o6. Andrews died at See also:Brompton on the 6th of See also:August 1797, and was buried in See also:Hampstead See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
Church. He married See also:Anne Penrose, daughter of a See also:rector of Newbury.
End of Article: ANDREWS, JAMES PETTIT (c. 1737–1797)
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