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See also:HERIOT, See also:GEORGE (1563-1623) , the founder of Heriot's See also:Hospital, See also:Edinburgh, was descended from an old See also:Haddington See also:family; his See also:father, a See also:goldsmith in Edinburgh, represented the See also:city in the Scottish See also:parliament. George was See also:born in 1563, and after receiving a See also:good See also:education was apprenticed to his father's See also:trade. In 1586 he married the daughter of a deceased Edinburgh See also:merchant, and with the assistance of her patrimony set up in business on his own See also:account. At first he occupied a small " buith " at the See also:north-See also:east corner of St See also:Giles's 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 afterwards a more pretentious See also:shop at the See also:west end of the See also:building. To the business of a goldsmith he joined that of a See also:money-lender, and in 1597 he had acquired such a reputation that he was appointed goldsmith to See also:Queen See also:Anne, See also:consort of See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James VI. In 16o1 he became jeweller to 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 followed him to See also:London, occupying a s(1op opposite the See also:Exchange. Heriot was largely indebted for his See also:fortune to the extravagance of the queen, and the See also:imitation of this extravagance by the See also:nobility. Latterly he had such an extensive business as a jeweller that on one occasion a See also:government See also:proclamation was issued calling upon all the magistrates of the See also:kingdom to aid him in securing the workmen he required. He died in London on the loth of See also:February 1623. In 16o8, having some 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 previously lost his first wife, he married See also:Alison See also:Primrose, daughter of James Primrose, grandfather of the first See also:earl of See also:Rosebery, but she died in 1612; by neither See also:marriage had he any issue. The surplus . of his See also:estate, after deducting legacies to his nearest relations and some of his more intimate See also:friends, was bequeathed to found a hospital for the education of freemen's sons of the See also:town of Edinburgh; and its value afterwards increased so greatly as to See also:supply funds for the erection of several Heriot See also:foundation See also:schools in different parts of the city.
Heriot takes a leading See also:part in See also:Scott's novel, The Fortunes of See also:Nigel (see also the Introduction). A See also:History of Heriot's Hospital, with a Memoir of the Founder, by 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 Steven, D.D., appeared in 1827; 2nd ed. 1859.
End of Article: HERIOT, GEORGE (1563-1623)
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