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See also:BURNAND, See also:SIR See also:FRANCIS See also:COWLEY (1836- ) , See also:English humorist, was See also:born in See also:London on the 29th of See also:November 1836. His See also:father was a London stockbroker, of See also:French-Swiss origin; his See also:mother Emma Cowley, a See also:direct descendant of Hannah Cowley (1743-1809), the English poet and dramatist. He was educated at See also:Eton and See also:Cambridge, and originally studied first for the See also:Anglican, then for the See also:Roman See also:Catholic 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; but eventually took to the See also:law and was called to the See also:bar. From his earliest days, however, the See also:stage had attracted him—he founded the See also:Amateur Dramatic See also:Club at Cambridge,—and finally he abandoned the church and the law, first for the stage and subsequently for dramatic authorship. His first See also:great dramatic success was made with the See also:burlesque See also:Black-Eyed Susan, and he wrote a large number of other burlesques, comedies and farces. One of his See also:early burlesques came under the favourable See also:notice of See also:Mark See also:Lemon, then editor of See also:Punch, and Burnand, who was already See also:writing for the comic See also:paper Fun, became in 1862 a See also:regular contributor to Punch. In 188o he was appointed editor of Punch, and only retired from that position in 19,36. In 1902 he was knighted. His See also:literary reputation as a humorist depends, apart from his See also:long association with Punch, on his well-known See also:book Happy Thoughts, originally published in Punch in 1863-1864 and frequently reprinted.
See Recollections and Reminiscences, by Sir F. C. Burnand (London, 1904).
BURNE-See also:- JONES
- JONES, ALFRED GILPIN (1824-1906)
- JONES, EBENEZER (182o-186o)
- JONES, ERNEST CHARLES (1819-1869)
- JONES, HENRY (1831-1899)
- JONES, HENRY ARTHUR (1851- )
- JONES, INIGO (1573-1651)
- JONES, JOHN (c. 1800-1882)
- JONES, MICHAEL (d. 1649)
- JONES, OWEN (1741-1814)
- JONES, OWEN (1809-1874)
- JONES, RICHARD (179o-1855)
- JONES, SIR ALFRED LEWIS (1845-1909)
- JONES, SIR WILLIAM (1746-1794)
- JONES, THOMAS RUPERT (1819– )
- JONES, WILLIAM (1726-1800)
JONES, SIR See also:EDWARD BURNE, See also:Bart. (1833-1898), English painter and designer, was born on the 28th of See also:August 1833 at See also:Birmingham. His father was a Welsh descent, and the See also:idealism of his nature and See also:art has been attributed to this See also:Celtic See also:strain. An only son, he was educated at 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 Edward's school, Birmingham, and destined for the Church. He retained through See also:life an See also:interest in classical studies, but it was the See also:mythology of the See also:classics which fascinated him. He went into See also:residence as a See also:scholar at See also:Exeter See also:College, 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, in See also:January 1853. On the same See also:day 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:Morris entered the same college, having also the intention of taking orders. The two were thrown together, and See also:grew See also:close See also:friends. Their similar tastes and enthusiasms were
were lying off that See also:city and ready to commence hostilities, the See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order of the king to his troops to See also:lay down their arms was received. There were three strong forts here, full at that moment with thousands of armed Burmans, and though a large number of these filed past and laid down their arms by the king's command, still many more were allowed to disperse with their weapons; and these, in the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time that followed, See also:broke up into See also:dacoit or See also:guerrilla bands, which became the See also:scourge of the See also:country and prolonged the See also:war for years. Meanwhile, however, the surrender of the king of See also:Burma was See also:complete; and on the 28th of November, in less than a fortnight from the See also:declaration of war, See also:Mandalay had fallen, and the king himself was a prisoner, while every strong fort and See also:town on the See also:river, and all the king's See also:ordnance (1861 pieces), and thousands of rifles, muskets and arms had been taken. Much valuable and curious " e See also:loot " and See also:property was found in the See also:palace and city of Mandalay, which, when sold, realized about 9 lakhs of rupees (6o,000).
From Mandalay, See also:General Prendergast seized See also:Bhamo on the 28th of See also:December. This was a very important move, as it fore-stalled the See also:Chinese, who were preparing to claim the See also:place. But unfortunately, although the king was dethroned and deported, and the See also:capital and the whole of the river in the hands of the See also:British, the bands of armed soldiery, unaccustomed to conditions other than those of anarchy, rapine and See also:murder, took See also:advantage of the impenetrable See also:cover of their jungles to continue a desultory armed resistance. Reinforcements had to be poured into the country, and it was in this phase of the See also:campaign, lasting several years, that the most difficult and most arduous See also:work See also:fell to the See also:lot of the troops. It was in this See also:jungle warfare that the losses from See also:battle, sickness and privation steadily mounted up; and the troops, both British and native, proved once again their fortitude and courage.
Various expeditions followed one another in rapid See also:succession, penetrating to the remotest corners of the See also:land, and bringing See also:peace and See also:protection to the inhabitants, who, it must be mentioned, suffered at least as much from the dacoits as did the troops. The final, and now completely successful, pacification of the country, under the direction of Sir See also:Frederick (afterwards See also:Earl) See also:Roberts, was only brought about by an extensive See also:system of small protective posts scattered all over the country, and small lightly equipped columns moving out to disperse the enemy whenever a gathering came to. a See also:head, or a pretended See also:prince or king appeared.
No See also:account of the Third Burmese War would be complete without a reference to the first, and perhaps for this See also:reason most notable, land advance into the enemy's country. This was carried out in November 1885 from See also:Toungoo, the British frontier See also:post in the See also:east of the country, by a small See also:column of all arms under See also:Colonel W. P. Dicken, 3rd See also:Madras See also:Light See also:Infantry, the first See also:objective being Ningyan. The operations were completely successful, in spite of a See also:good See also:deal of scattered resistance, and the force afterwards moved forward to Yamethin and Hlaingdet. As inland operations See also:developed, the want of mounted troops was badly See also:felt, and several regiments of See also:cavalry were brought over from See also:India, while mounted infantry was raised locally. It was found that without these most useful arms it was generally impossible to follow up and punish the active enemy.
End of Article: BURNAND, SIR FRANCIS COWLEY (1836- )
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