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See also:CROCKFORD, 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 (1775–1844) , proprietor of Crock-See also:ford's See also:Club, was See also:born in See also:London in 1775, the son of a fishmonger,
and 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 himself carried on that business. After winning a large sum of money—according to one See also:story £Ioo,000 —either at See also:cards or by See also:running a gambling See also:establishment, he built, in 1827, a luxurious gambling See also:house at 50 St 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's See also:Street, which, to ensure exclusiveness, he organized as a club. Crockford's quickly became the rage; every See also:English social celebrity and every distinguished foreigner visiting London hastened to become a member. Even the See also:duke of See also:Wellington joined, though, it is averred, only in 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 to be able to See also:blackball his son, See also:Lord See also:Douro, should he seek See also:election. See also:Hazard was the favourite See also:game, and very large sums changed hands. Crockford
retired in 184o, when, in the expressive See also:language of See also:Captain R. H. Gronow, he had "won the whole of the ready See also:money of the then existing See also:generation." He took, indeed, about £1,200,000 out of the club, but subsequently lost most of it in unlucky speculations. Crockford died on the 24th of May 1844.
See See also:John See also:Timbs, Club See also:Life of London (London, 1866) ; Gronow, Celebrities of London and See also:Paris, 3rd See also:series (London, 1865).
End of Article: CROCKFORD, WILLIAM (1775–1844)
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