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See also:GEORGE 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 See also:FREDERICK See also:HOWARD , 7th See also:earl (1802—1864), was See also:born in See also:London on the 18th of See also:April 1802. He was the eldest son of the 6th earl by his wife See also:Lady Georgiana See also:Cavendish, eldest daughter of the See also:duke of See also:Devonshire. He was educated at See also:Eton and 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, See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford, where (as See also:Lord See also:Morpeth) he earned a reputation as a See also:scholar and writer of graceful See also:verse, obtaining in 1821 both the See also:chancellor's and the See also:Newdigate prizes for a Latin and an See also:English poem. In 1826 he accompanied his See also:uncle, the duke of Devonshire, to See also:Russia, to attend the See also:coronation of the See also:tsar See also:Nicholas, and became a See also:great favourite in society at St See also:Petersburg. At the See also:general See also:election of the same See also:year he was returned to See also:parliament as member for the See also:family See also:- BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
- BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)
borough of Morpeth. In one of his earliest speeches he undertook,
at the See also:risk of forfeiting the See also:good See also:opinion of the Liberal party, the See also:defence of the See also:Russian See also:emperor against severe attacks made on him in reference to the suppression of the See also:Polish insurrection of 1830. In the agitation for See also:parliamentary reform he took the See also:side of Earl See also:Grey; and after the See also:dissolution of parliament, which took See also:place about that 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, he was elected member for See also:Yorkshire. This seat he held till after the passing of the Reform See also:Bill in 1832. He was then returned for the See also:West See also:Riding; and in 1835 he was appointed by Lord See also:Melbourne See also:chief secretary for See also:Ireland, a position at that time of great difficulty, O'Connell being then at the height of his reputation. This See also:post he held for about six years (being included in the See also:cabinet in 1839), winning great popularity by his amiable See also:manners and kindly disposition. Losing his seat at the election of 1841, he visited the See also:United States, but in 1846 he was again returned for the West Riding, and was made chief See also:commissioner of See also:woods and forests in Lord See also:John See also:- RUSSELL (FAMILY)
- RUSSELL, ISRAEL COOK (1852- )
- RUSSELL, JOHN (1745-1806)
- RUSSELL, JOHN (d. 1494)
- RUSSELL, JOHN RUSSELL, 1ST EARL (1792-1878)
- RUSSELL, JOHN SCOTT (1808–1882)
- RUSSELL, LORD WILLIAM (1639–1683)
- RUSSELL, SIR WILLIAM HOWARD
- RUSSELL, THOMAS (1762-1788)
- RUSSELL, WILLIAM CLARK (1844– )
Russell's cabinet. Succeeding to the See also:peerage in 1848, he became chancellor of the duchy of See also:Lancaster in 185o. The great event of his See also:life, however, was his See also:appointment by Lord See also:Palmerston to the lord-lieutenancy of Ireland in 1855. This 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 he continued to hold till See also:February 1858, and again from See also:June 1859 till within a few months of his See also:death. His See also:literary tastes and culture were displayed in various popular lectures and in several published See also:works. Among these may be mentioned a lecture on The Life and Writings of See also:Pope (1851) ; The Last of the Greeks, a tragedy (1828); a See also:Diary in See also:Turkish and See also:Greek See also:Waters (1854), the See also:fruit of travels in the See also:East in 1853 and 1854; and a See also:volume of Poems, published after his death. In 1866 appeared his Viceregal Speeches, collected and edited by J. Gaskin. He took warm See also:interest in the See also:reformation of juvenile criminals, and established on his own See also:estate one of the best conducted reformatories in the See also:country. Lord See also:Carlisle died at See also:Castle Howard on the 5th of See also:December 1864. He was never married, and was succeeded in the peerage by his See also:brother, the REV. WILLIAM GEORGE HOWARD (d. 1889), as 8th earl.
End of Article: GEORGE WILLIAM FREDERICK HOWARD
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