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See also:COLCHESTER, See also:CHARLES See also:- ABBOT (from the Hebrew ab, a father, through the Syriac abba, Lat. abbas, gen. abbatis, O.E. abbad, fr. late Lat. form abbad-em changed in 13th century under influence of the Lat. form to abbat, used alternatively till the end of the 17th century; Ger. Ab
- ABBOT, EZRA (1819-1884)
- ABBOT, GEORGE (1603-1648)
- ABBOT, ROBERT (1588?–1662?)
- ABBOT, WILLIAM (1798-1843)
ABBOT, 1ST See also:BARON (1757-1829) , See also:born at See also:Abingdon, was the son of Dr See also:John Abbot, See also:rector of All See also:Saints, Colchester, and, by his See also:mother's second See also:marriage, See also:half-See also:brother of the famous See also:Jeremy See also:Bentham. From See also:Westminster school Charles Abbot passed to 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, at which he gained the See also:chancellor's See also:medal for Latin See also:verse as well as the Vinerian scholarship) In 1795, after having practised twelveyears as a See also:barrister, and published a See also:treatise proposing the See also:incorporation of the judicial See also:system of See also:Wales with that of See also:England, he was appointed to the 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 previously held by his brother of clerk of the rules in the 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:bench; and in See also:June of the same See also:year he was elected member of See also:parliament for See also:Helston, through the See also:influence of the See also:duke of See also:Leeds. In 1796 Abbot commenced his career as a reformer in parliament by obtaining the See also:appointment of two committees—the one to See also:report on the arrangements which then existed as to temporary See also:laws or laws about to expire, the other to devise methods for the better publication of new statutes. To the latter See also:committee, and a second committee which he proposed some years later, it is owing thatcopiesof newstatutes were thenceforth sent to all magistrates and municipal bodies. To Abbot's efforts were also due the See also:establishment of the Royal See also:Record See also:Commission, the reform of the system which had allowed the public See also:money to See also:lie for some 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 at See also:long See also:interest in the hands of the public See also:accountants, by charging them with See also:payment of interest, and, most important of all, the See also:act for taking the first See also:census, that of 18o1. On the formation of the Addington See also:ministry in See also:March 18oi Abbot became See also:chief secretary and privy See also:seal for See also:Ireland; and in the See also:February of the following year he was chosen See also:speaker of the See also:House of Commons—a position which he held with universal See also:satisfaction till 1817, when an attack of See also:erysipelas compelled him to retire. In response to an address of the See also:Commons, he was raised to the See also:peerage as Baron Colchester, with a See also:pension of £4000, of which £3000 was to be continued to his See also:heir. He died on the 8th of May 1829. His speeches against the See also:Roman See also:Catholic claims were published in 1828.
He was succeeded by his eldest son CHARLES (d. 1867), postmaster-See also:general in 1858; and the latter by his son REGINALD CHARLES See also:EDWARD (b. 1842), as 3rd baron.
End of Article: COLCHESTER, CHARLES ABBOT, 1ST BARON (1757-1829)
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