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See also:DOWDESWELL, 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 (1721-1775) , See also:English politician, was a son of William Dowdeswell of Pull See also:Court, Bushley, See also:Worcestershire, and was educated at See also:Westminster school, 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, and at the university of See also:Leiden. He became member of See also:parliament for the See also:family See also:- BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
- BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)
borough of See also:Tewkesbury in 1747, retaining this seat until 1754, and from 1761 until his See also:death he was one of the representatives of See also:Worcester-See also:shire. Becoming prominent among the Whigs, Dowdeswell was made See also:chancellor of the See also:exchequer in 1765 under the See also:marquess of See also:Rockingham, and his See also:short See also:tenure of this position appears to have been a successful one, he being in See also:Lecky's words "a See also:good financier, but nothing more." To the See also:general astonishment he refused to abandon his See also:friends and to take 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 under See also:Lord See also:Chatham, who succeeded Rockingham in See also:August 1766. Dowdeswell then led the Rockingham party in the See also:House of See also:Commons, taking an active See also:part in debate until his death at See also:Nice on the 6th of See also:February 1775. The highly eulogistic See also:epitaph on his See also:monument at Bushley was written by See also:Edmund See also:Burke.
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