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See also:BEXLEY, See also:NICHOLAS See also:VANSITTART, See also:BARON (1766-1851) , See also:English politician, was the fifth son 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 Vansittart (d. 1770), See also:governor of See also:Bengal, and was See also:born in See also:London on the 29th of See also:April 1766. Educated at See also:Christ 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, See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford, he took his degree in 1787, and was called to the See also:bar at See also:Lincoln's See also:Inn in 1791. He began his public career by See also:writing See also:pamphlets in See also:defence of the See also:administration of See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William See also:Pitt, especially on its See also:financial See also:side, and in May 1796 became member of See also:parliament for See also:Hastings, retaining his seat until See also:July 1802, when he was returned for Old Sarum. In See also:February 18oi he was sent on a See also:diplomatic errand to See also:Copenhagen, and shortly after his return was appointed See also:joint secretary to the See also:treasury, a position which he retained until the resignation of Addington's See also:ministry in April 1804. Owing to the See also:influence of his friend, Ernest, See also:duke of See also:Cumberland, he became secretary for See also:Ireland under Pitt in See also:January 1805, resigning his See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office in the following See also:September. With Addington, now See also:Viscount Sid mouth, he joined the See also:government of See also:Fox and See also:Grenville as secretary to the treasury in February ,8o6, leaving office with See also:Sidmouth just before the fall of the ministry in See also:March
1807. During these and the next few years Vansittart's reputation as a financier was gradually rising. In 1809 he proposed and carried without opposition in the See also:House of See also:Commons See also:thirty-eight resolutions on financial questions, and only his See also:loyalty to Sidmouth prevented him from joining the See also:cabinet of See also:Spencer See also:Perceval as See also:chancellor of the See also:exchequer in See also:October 1809. He opposed an See also:early resumption of See also:cash paymentsin 1811, and became chancellor of the exchequer when the See also:earl of See also:Liverpool succeeded Perceval in May 1812. Having forsaken Old Sarum, he had represented See also:Helston from See also:November 18o6 to See also:June 1812; and after being member for See also:East Grinstead for a few See also:weeks, was returned for See also:Harwich in October 1812.
When Vansittart became chancellor of the exchequer the See also:country was burdened with heavy See also:taxation and an enormous See also:debt. Nevertheless, the continuance of the See also:war compelled him to increase the See also:custom duties and other taxes, and in 1813 he introduced a complicated See also:- SCHEME (Lat. schema, Gr. oxfjya, figure, form, from the root axe, seen in exeiv, to have, hold, to be of such shape, form, &c.)
scheme for dealing with the sinking fund. In 1816, after the conclusion of See also:peace, a large decrease in taxation was generally desired, and there was a loud outcry when the chancellor proposed only to reduce, not to abolish, the See also:property or income tax. The abolition of this tax, however, was carried in parliament, and Vansittart was also obliged to remit the extra tax on See also:malt, See also:- MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)
meeting a large deficiency principally by borrowing. He devoted considerable See also:attention to effecting real or supposed economies with regard to the See also:national debt. He carried an elaborate scheme for handing over the See also:payment of See also:naval and military See also:pensions to contractors, who would be paid a fixed See also:annual sum for See also:forty-five years; but no one was found willing to undertake this See also:contract, although a modified See also:plan on the same lines was afterwards adopted. Vansittart, became very unpopular in the country, and he resigned his office in See also:December 1822. His See also:system of See also:finance was severely criticized by See also:Huskisson, See also:Tierney, See also:Brougham, See also:Hume and See also:Ricardo. On his resignation Liverpool offered Vansittart the See also:post of chancellor of the duchy of See also:Lancaster. Accepting this offer in February 1823, he was created Baron Bexley in March, and granted a See also:pension of £3000 a See also:year. He resigned in January 1828. In the House of Lords Bexley took very little See also:part in public business, although he introduced the See also:Spitalfields weavers See also:bill in 1823, and voted for the removal of See also:Roman See also:Catholic disabilities in 1824. He took a See also:good See also:deal of See also:interest in the See also:British and See also:Foreign See also:Bible See also:Mission, the Church Missionary Society and kindred bodies, and assisted to found See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King's See also:College, London. He died at See also:Foot's Cray, See also:Kent, on the 8th of February 1851. His wife, whom he married in July 18o6, was See also:Isabella (d. 181o), daughter of William See also:Eden, 1st Baron See also:Auckland, and as he had no issue the See also:title became See also:extinct on his See also:death. There are nine volumes of Vansittart's papers in the British Museum.
See Spencer See also:Walpole, See also:History of See also:England (London, 1890) ; S. C. See also:Buxton, Finance and Politics (London, 1888).
End of Article: BEXLEY, NICHOLAS VANSITTART, BARON (1766-1851)
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