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FORT See also:AUGUSTUS , a See also:village of See also:Inverness-See also:shire, See also:Scotland. Pop. (See also:tool) 706. It is delightfully situated at the See also:south-western extremity of See also:Loch Ness, about 3o m. S.W. of Inverness, on the See also:rivers Oich and Tarff and the Caledonian See also:Canal. A See also:branch See also:line connects with See also:Spear. See also:Bridge on the See also:West Highland railway via Invergarry. The fort, then called Kilchumin, was built in 1716 for the purpose of keeping the Highlanders in check, and was enlarged in 1730 by See also:General See also:Wade. It was captured by the See also:Jacobites in 1745, but reoccupied after the See also:battle of See also:Culloden,when it received its See also:present name in See also:honour of 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 Augustus, See also:duke of See also:Cumberland, the victorious general. The fort was used as a See also:sanatorium until x857, when it was bought by the 1 zth See also:Lord See also:Lovat, whose son presented it in '876 to the See also:English See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order of See also:Benedictines. Within four years there See also:rose upon its site a See also:pile of stately buildings under the See also:title of St See also:Benedict's See also:Abbey and school, a monastic and collegiate institution intended for the higher See also:education of the sons of the See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also:nobility and gentry. The See also:series of buildings consists of the See also:college, monastery, See also:hospice and scriptorium—the four forming a quadrangle connected by beautiful cloisters. Amongst its benefactors were many Catholic Scots and English peers and gentlemen whose arms are emblazoned on the windows of the spacious See also:refectory See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall. The See also:summit of the college See also:tower is uo ft. high.
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