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See also:GLEIG, See also:GEORGE (1753-1840) , Scottish. divine, was See also:born at Boghall, See also:Kincardineshire, on the 12th of May 1753, the son of a See also:farmer. At the See also:age of thirteen he entered 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's See also:College, See also:Aberdeen, where the first See also:prize in See also:mathematics and See also:physical and moral sciences See also:fell to him. In his twenty-first See also:year he took orders in the Scottish Episcopal 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 ordained to the See also:pastoral See also:charge of a See also:congregation at Pittenweem, See also:Fife, whence he removed in 1790 to See also:Stirling. He became a frequent contributor to the Monthly See also:Review, the See also:Gentleman's See also:Magazine, the See also:Anti-Jacobin Review and the See also:British Critic. He also wrote severalarticles for the third edition of the See also:Encyclopaedia Britannica, and on the See also:death of the editor, See also:Colin Macfarquhar, in 1793, was engaged to edit the remaining volumes. Among his See also:principal contributions to this See also:work were articles on "See also:Instinct," " See also:Theology" and " See also:Metaphysics." The two supplementary volumes were mainly his own work. He was twice chosen See also:bishop of See also:Dunkeld, but the opposition of Bishop See also:Skinner, afterwards See also:primus, rendered the See also:election on both occasions ineffectual. In 18o8 he was consecrated assistant and successor to the bishop of See also:Brechin, in 18io was preferred to the See also:sole charge, and in 1816 was elected primus of the Episcopal Church of See also:Scotland, in which capacity he greatly aided in the introduction of many useful reforms, in fostering a more See also:catholic and tolerant spirit, and in cementing a See also:firm See also:alliance with the See also:sister church of See also:England. He died at Stirling on the 9th of See also:March 184o.
Besides various sermons, Gleig was the author of Directions for the Study of Theology, in a See also:series of letters from a bishop to his son on his See also:admission to See also:holy orders (1827); an edition of Stackhouse's See also:History of the See also:Bible (1817); and a See also:life of See also:Robertson the historian, prefixed to an edition of his See also:works. See Life of Bishop Gleig, by the Rev. W. See also:- WALKER, FRANCIS AMASA (1840-1897)
- WALKER, FREDERICK (184o--1875)
- WALKER, GEORGE (c. 1618-169o)
- WALKER, HENRY OLIVER (1843— )
- WALKER, HORATIO (1858– )
- WALKER, JOHN (1732—1807)
- WALKER, OBADIAH (1616-1699)
- WALKER, ROBERT (d. c. 1658)
- WALKER, ROBERT JAMES (1801-1869)
- WALKER, SEARS COOK (1805—1853)
- WALKER, THOMAS (1784—1836)
- WALKER, WILLIAM (1824-1860)
Walker (1879). Letters to See also:Henderson of See also:Edinburgh and See also:John See also:Douglas, bishop of See also:Salisbury, are in the British Museum.
His third and only surviving son, GEORGE See also:ROBERT GLEIG (1796-1888), was educated at See also:Glasgow University, whence he passed with a See also:Snell See also:exhibition to Balliol College, 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. He abandoned his scholastic studies to enter the See also:army, and served with distinction in the See also:Peninsular See also:War (1813-14), and- in the See also:American War, in which he was thrice wounded. Resuming his work at Oxford, he proceeded B.A. in 1818, M.A. in 1821, and, having been ordained in 182o, held successively curacies at Westwell in See also:Kent and Ash (to the latter the rectory of See also:Ivy Church was added in 1822). He was subsequently appointed See also:chaplain of See also:Chelsea See also:hospital (1824), chaplain-See also:general of the forces (1844-1875) and inspector-general of military See also:schools (1846-1857). From 1848 till his death on the 9th of See also:July 1888 he was prebend of See also:Willesden in St See also:Paul's See also:cathedral. During the last sixty years of his life he was a prolific, if not very scientific, writer; he wrote for See also:Blackwood's Magazine and See also:Fraser's Magazine, and produced a large number of See also:historical works.
Among the latter were (besides histories of the See also:campaigns in which he served), Life of See also:Sir See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas See also:Munro (3 vols., 183o) ; History of See also:India (4 vols., 183o—1835); The Leipsic See also:Campaign and Lives of Military Commanders (1831); See also:Story of the See also:Battle of See also:Waterloo (1847); See also:Sketch of the Military History of See also:Great See also:Britain (1845) ; See also:Sale's See also:Brigade in See also:Afghanistan (1847); See also:biographies of See also:Lord See also:Clive (1848), the See also:duke of See also:Wellington (1862), and See also:Warren See also:Hastings (1848; the subject of See also:Macaulay's See also:essay, in which it is described as " three big See also:bad volumes full of undigested See also:correspondence and undiscerning See also:panegyric ").
End of Article: GLEIG, GEORGE (1753-1840)
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