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See also:FORBES, See also:SIR See also:JOHN (1787—1861) , See also:British physician, was See also:born I See also:country, the project was formed of introducing the See also:Christian See also:religion and See also:European See also:civilization, and the 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 sent an See also:embassy to 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 XIV. In response a See also:French embassy was sent out, See also:Forbin accompanying the See also:chevalier de Chaumont with the See also:rank of See also:major. When Chaumont returned to See also:France, Forbin was induced to remain in the service of the Siamese king, and accepted, though with much reluctance, the posts of See also:grand See also:admiral, See also:general of all the king's armies and See also:governor of See also:Bangkok. His position, however, was soon made untenable by the See also:jealousy and intrigues of the See also:minister Phaulcon; and at the end of two years he See also:left See also:Siam, reaching France in 1688. He was afterwards fully engaged in active service, first with See also:Jean See also:Bart in the See also:war with See also:England, when they were both captured and taken to See also:Plymouth. They succeeded in making their See also:- ESCAPE (in mid. Eng. eschape or escape, from the O. Fr. eschapper, modern echapper, and escaper, low Lat. escapium, from ex, out of, and cappa, cape, cloak; cf. for the sense development the Gr. iichueoOat, literally to put off one's clothes, hence to sli
escape and were soon serving their country again. Forbin was wounded at the See also:battle of La Hogue, and greatly distinguished himself at the battle of See also:Lagos. He served under D'See also:Estrees at the taking of See also:Barcelona, was sent See also:ambassador to See also:Algiers, and in 1702 took a brilliant See also:part in the Mediterranean in the War of the See also:Spanish See also:Succession. In 1706 he took command of a See also:squadron at See also:Dunkirk, and captured many valuable prizes from the Dutch and the See also:English. In 1708 he was entrusted with the command of the squadron which was to convey the Pretender to See also:Scotland; but so effectually were the coasts guarded by Byng that the expedition failed, and returned to Dunkirk. Forbin was now beginning to be weighed down with the infirmities of See also:age and the toils of service, and in 1710 he retired to a country See also:house near See also:Marseilles. There he spent part of his 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 in See also:writing his See also:memoirs, published in 1730, which are full of See also:interest and are written in a graphic and attractive See also:style. Forbin died on the 4th of See also:March 1733.
End of Article: FORBES, SIR JOHN (1787—1861)
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