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ESHER , a township in the See also:Epsom See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Surrey, See also:England, 141 m. S.W. of See also:London by the London & See also:South WcszJ , railway (Esher and See also:Claremont station). It is pleasantly situated on rising ground above the See also:river See also:Mole, 3 M. from its junction with the See also:Thames. To the See also:north-See also:west See also:lie the grounds of Esher See also:Place. Of the See also:mansion-See also:house founded by 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 of See also:Waynflete, See also:bishop of See also:Winchester (c. 1450), in which See also:Cardinal See also:Wolsey resided for three or four See also:weeks after his sudden fall from See also:power in 1529, only the See also:gatehouse remains. It is known as Wolsey's See also:Tower, but is apparently See also:part of Waynflete's See also:foundation. A new mansion was erected in 1803. To the south is Claremont See also:Palace, built by the See also:great See also:Lord See also:Clive (1769) on the site of a mansion of See also:Sir See also:John See also:Vanbrugh. In 1816 it was the See also:residence of Princess See also:Charlotte, wife of See also:Prince (afterwards 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:Leopold. She died here in 1817, and on the See also:death of her See also:husband in 1865 the See also:property passed to the See also:crown. See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis Philippe, ex-king of the See also:French, resided here from 1848 until his death in 185o. In 1882 Claremont became the private property of Queer See also:Victoria. 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, Esher, contains See also:fine memorials of King Leopold and others, and one of its three bells is said to have been brought from See also:San Domingo by Sir See also:Francis See also:Drake. To the north near the railway station is See also:Sandown See also:Park, where important See also:race meetings are held. Esher is included in the See also:urban See also:district of Esher and The Dittons, of which Thames See also:Ditton is a favourite See also:riverside resort. The whole district is largely residential. Pop. (1901) 9489.
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