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See also:ESCOIQUIZ, JUAN (1762-1820) , See also:Spanish ecclesiastic, politician and writer, was See also:born in See also:Navarre in 1762. His See also:father was a See also:general officer and he began See also:life as a See also:page in the See also:court of 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 See also:Charles III. He entered the 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 and was provided for by a prebend at See also:Saragossa. See also:Godoy in his See also:memoirs asserts that Escoiquiz sought to gain his favour by flattery. There is every See also:reason to believe that this is an accurate statement of the ease. The See also:mere fact that he was selected to be the See also:tutor of the See also:heir-apparent, See also:Ferdinand, afterwards King Ferdinand VII., is of itself a See also:- PROOF (in M. Eng. preove, proeve, preve, &°c., from O. Fr . prueve, proeve, &c., mod. preuve, Late. Lat. proba, probate, to prove, to test the goodness of anything, probus, good)
proof that he exerted himself to gain the See also:goodwill of the reigning favourite. In 1797 he published a See also:translation of See also:Young's See also:Night Thoughts, which does not of itself show that he was well acquainted with See also:English, for the version may have been made with the help of the See also:French. In 1798 he published a See also:long and worthless so-called epic on the See also:conquest of See also:Mexico. Escoiquiz was in fact a busy and pushing member of the See also:literary clique which looked up to Godoy as its See also:patron. But his position as tutor to the heir to the See also:throne excited his ambition. He began to See also:hope that he might See also:play the See also:part of those court ecclesiastics who had often had an active See also:share in the See also:government of See also:Spain. As Ferdinand See also:grew up, and after his See also:marriage with a Neapolitan princess, he became the centre of a court opposition to Godoy and to his policy of See also:alliance with See also:France. Escoiquiz was the brains, as far as there were any brains, of the intrigue. His activity was so notorious that he was exiled from court, but was consoled by a canonry at See also:Toledo. This See also:half measure was as ineffective as was to have been expected. Escoiquiz continued to be in See also:constant communication with the See also:prince. Toledo is See also:close to See also:Madrid, and the See also:correspondence was easily maintained. He had a large share in the See also:conspiracy of the See also:Escorial which was detected on the 28th of See also:October 1807. He was imprisoned and sent for trial with other conspirators. But as they had appealed to See also:Napoleon, who would not suffer his name to be mentioned, the government had to allow the See also:matter to be hushed up, and the prisoners were acquitted. After the outbreak at See also:Aranjuez on the 17th of See also:March 18o8, in which he had a share, he became one of the most trusted advisers of Ferdinand. The new king's decision to go to meet Napoleon at See also:Bayonne was largely inspired by him. In 1814 Escoiquiz published at Madrid his See also:Idea Sencilla de See also:las razones que motivaron el viage del Rey Fernando VII. a Bayona (Honest See also:representation of the causes which inspired the See also:journey of King Ferdinand VII. to Bayonne).
It is a valuable See also:historical document, and contains a singularly vivid See also:account of an interview with Napoleon. Escoiquiz was far too firmly convinced of his ingenuity and merits to conceal the delusions and follies of himself and his associates. He displays his own vanity, frivolity and futile cleverness with much unconscious See also:humour, but, it is only See also:fair to allow, with some literary dexterity. When the Spanish royal See also:family was imprisoned by Napoleon, Escoiquiz remained with Ferdinand at Valencay. In 1813 he published at See also:Bourges a translation of See also:Milton's See also:Paradise Lost. When Ferdinand was released in 1814 he came back to Madrid in the hope that his ambition would now be satisfied, but the king was tired of him, and was moreover resolved never to be subjected by any favourite. After a very brief See also:period 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 in 1815 he was sent as a prisoner to See also:Murcia. Though he was afterwards recalled, he was again exiled to See also:Ronda, where he died on the 27th of See also:November 1820.
End of Article: ESCOIQUIZ, JUAN (1762-1820)
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