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See also:EGREMONT, EARLS OF . In 1749 Algernon See also:Seymour, 7th See also:duke of See also:Somerset, was created See also:earl of Egremont, and on his childless See also:death in See also:February 1750 this See also:title passed by See also:special See also:remainder to his See also:nephew, See also:Sir See also:Charles See also:Wyndham or See also:Windham, See also:Bart. (1710-1763), a son of Sir 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 Wyndham of See also:Orchard
Wyndham, Somerset. Charles, who had succeeded to his See also:father's baronetcy in 1740, inherited Somerset's estates in See also:Cumberland and See also:Sussex. He was a member of See also:parliament from 1734 to 1750, and in See also:October 1761 he was appointed secretary of See also:state for the See also:southern See also:department in See also:succession to William See also:Pitt. His See also:term of 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, during which he acted in See also:concert with his See also:brother-in-See also:law, See also:George See also:Grenville, was mainly occupied with the See also:declaration of See also:war on See also:Spain and with the negotiations for See also:peace with See also:France and Spain, a peace the terms of which the earl seems to have disliked. He was also to the fore during the proceedings against Wilkes, and he died on the 21st of See also:August 1763. See also:Horace See also:Walpole perhaps rates Egrernont's talents too See also:low when he says he " had neither knowledge of business, nor the smallest See also:share of See also:parliamentary abilities."
The 2nd earl's son and successor, George O'Brien Wyndham (1751-1837), was more famous as a See also:patron of See also:art and an agriculturist than as a politician, although he was not entirely indifferent to politics. 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 the painter See also:Turner lived at his Sussex See also:residence, Petworth See also:House, and in addition to Turner, the painter See also:Leslie, the sculptor See also:Flaxman and other talented artists received commissions from Egremont, who filled his house with valuable See also:works of art. Generous and hospitable, See also:blunt and See also:eccentric, the earl was in his See also:day a very prominent figure in See also:English society. Charles Greville says, " he was immensely See also:rich and his munificence was equal to his See also:wealth "; and again that in his time Petworth was " like a See also:great See also:inn." The earl died unmarried on the 11th of See also:November 1837, and on the death of his nephew and successor, George See also:Francis Wyndham, the 4th earl (1785-1845), the earldom of Egremont became See also:extinct. Petworth, however, and the large estates had already passed to George Wyndham (1787-2869), a natural son of the 3rd earl, who was created See also:Baron Leconfield in 1859.
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