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See also:HARRINGTON, EARLS OF . The first See also:earl of Harrington was the diplomatist and politician, 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:Stanhope (c. '69o-1756), a younger son of See also:John Stanhope of Elvaston, See also:Derbyshire, and a See also:brother of See also:Charles Stanhope (1673-176o), an activepolitician during the reign of See also:George I. His ancestor, See also:Sir John Stanhope (d. 1638), was a See also:half-brother of See also:- PHILIP
- PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
- PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
- PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
- PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)
Philip Stanhope, 1st earl of See also:Chesterfield. Educated at See also:Eton, William Stanhope entered the See also:army and served in See also:Spain, but soon he turned his See also:attention to more peaceful pursuits, went on a See also:mission to See also:Madrid and represented his See also:country at See also:Turin. When See also:peace was made between See also:England and Spain in 1720 Stanhope became See also:British See also:ambassador to the latter country, and he retained this position until See also:March 1727, having built up his reputation as a diplomatist during a difficult See also:period. In 1729 he had some See also:part in arranging the treaty of See also:Seville between England, See also:France and Spain, and for his services in this See also:matter he was created See also:Baron Harrington in See also:January '730. Later in the same See also:year he was appointed secretary of See also:state for the See also:northern See also:department under Sir See also:Robert See also:Walpole, but, like George II., he was anxious to assist the See also:emperor Charles VI. in his See also:war with France, while Walpole favoured a policy of peace. Although the latter had his way Harrington remained secretary until the See also:great See also:minister's fall in 1742, when he was transferred to the 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 of See also:president of the See also:council and was created earl of Harrington and See also:Viscount Petersham. In 1744, owing to the See also:influence of his See also:political See also:allies, the Pelhams, he returned to his former See also:post of secretary of state, but he soon lost the favour of 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, and this was the See also:principal cause why he See also:left office in See also:October 1746. He was See also:lord See also:lieutenant of See also:Ireland from 1747 to 1751, and he died in See also:London on the 8th of See also:December 1756.
The earl's successor was his son, William (1719—1779), who entered the army, was wounded at See also:Fontenoy and became a See also:general in '770. He was a member of See also:parliament for about ten years and he died on the 1st of See also:April 1779. This earl's wife See also:Caroline (1722—1784), daughter of Charles See also:Fitzroy, 2nd See also:duke of See also:Grafton, was a noted beauty, but was also famous for her eccentricities. Their See also:elder son, Charles (1753—1829), who became the 3rd earl, was a distinguished soldier. He served with the British army during the See also:American War of See also:Independence and attained the See also:rank of general in 1802. From 18o5 to '8'2 he was See also:commander-in-See also:chief in Ireland; he was sent on See also:diplomatic errands to See also:Vienna and to See also:Berlin, and he died at See also:Brighton on the 15th of See also:September 1829.
Charles Stanhope, 4th earl of Harrington (1780-1851), the eldest son of the 3rd earl, was known as Lord Petersham until he succeeded to the earldom in '829. He was very well known in society owing partly to his See also:eccentric habits; he dressed like the See also:French king See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry IV.,-and had other See also:personal peculiarities. He married the actress, Maria See also:Foote, but when he died in March 185' he left no sons, and his brother See also:Leicester See also:Fitzgerald Charles (1784—'862) became the 5th earl. This nobleman was a soldier and a politician of advanced views, who is best known as a worker with Lord See also:Byron in the cause of See also:Greek independence. He was in See also:Greece in 1823 and 1824, where his relations with Byron were not altogether harmonious. He wrote A See also:Sketch of the See also:History and Influence of the See also:Press in British See also:India (1823); and Greece in 1823 and 1824 (See also:English edition 1824, American edition 1825). His son See also:Sydney See also:Seymour See also:Hyde, 6th earl (1845—'866), dying unmarried, was succeeded by a See also:cousin, Charles See also:Wyndham Stanhope (18o9—1881), as 7th earl, and in 188' the latter's son Charles See also:Augustus Stanhope (b. '844) became 8th earl of Harrington.
Before the 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 of the first earl of Harrington the.6tanhope See also:family had held the See also:barony of Stanhope of Harrington, which was created in 16o5 in favour of Sir John Stanhope (c. 1550–1621) of Harrington, See also:Northamptonshire. Sir John was a younger son of Sir See also:Michael Stanhope (d. '552) of Shelford, See also:Nottinghamshire, who was a brothefin-See also:law of the See also:protector See also:Somerset. Sir Michael's support of Somerset cost him his See also:life, as he was beheaded on the 26th of See also:February 1552. Sir John was treasurer of the chamber from '596 to 1616 and was a member of parliament for several years. He died on the 9th of March '621, and when his only son Charles, 2nd baron (c. 1595-1675), died without issue in 1675 the barony became See also:extinct.
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