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See also:HORNBY, See also:SIR See also:GEOFFREY 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 PHIPPS (1825-1895) , See also:British See also:admiral of the See also:fleet, son of Admiral Sir Phipps Hornby, the first See also:cousin and See also:brother-in-See also:law of the 13th See also:earl of See also:Derby, by a daughter of Lieut.-See also:General See also:Burgoyne, commonly distinguished as " See also:Saratoga " Burgoyne, was See also:born on the loth of See also:February 1825. At the See also:age of twelve he was sent to See also:sea in the See also:flagship of Sit See also:Robert Stopford, with whom he saw the See also:capture of See also:Acre in See also:November 184o. He afterwards served in the flagship of See also:Rear-Admiral Josceline See also:Percy at the Cape of See also:Good See also:Hope, was See also:flag-See also:lieutenant to his See also:father in the Pacific, and came See also:home as a See also:commander. When the Derby See also:ministry See also:fell in See also:December 1852 See also:young Hornby was promoted to be See also:captain. See also:Early in 18J3 he married, and as the Derby connexion put him out of favour with the See also:Aberdeen ministry, and especially with Sir 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 See also:Graham, the first See also:lord of the See also:Admiralty, he settled down in See also:Sussex as manager of his father's See also:property. He had no See also:appointment in the See also:navy till 1858, when he was sent out to See also:China to take command of the " See also:Tribune " See also:frigate and convey a See also:body of See also:marines to See also:Vancouver See also:Island, where the dispute with the See also:United States about the island of See also:San Juan was threatening to become very See also:bitter. As See also:senior See also:naval officer there Hornby's moderation, See also:temper and tact did much to smooth over matters, and a temporary arrangement for See also:joint occupation of the island was concluded. He afterwards commanded the " See also:Neptune " in the Mediterranean under Sir 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:Fanshawe See also:- MARTIN (Martinus)
- MARTIN, BON LOUIS HENRI (1810-1883)
- MARTIN, CLAUD (1735-1800)
- MARTIN, FRANCOIS XAVIER (1762-1846)
- MARTIN, HOMER DODGE (1836-1897)
- MARTIN, JOHN (1789-1854)
- MARTIN, LUTHER (1748-1826)
- MARTIN, SIR THEODORE (1816-1909)
- MARTIN, SIR WILLIAM FANSHAWE (1801–1895)
- MARTIN, ST (c. 316-400)
- MARTIN, WILLIAM (1767-1810)
Martin, was flag-captain to Rear-Admiral Dacres in the Channel, was See also:commodore of the See also:squadron on the See also:west See also:coast of See also:Africa, and, being promoted to rear-admiral in See also:January 1869, commanded the training squadron for a couple of years. He then commanded the Channel Fleet, and was for two years a junior lord of the Admiralty. It was early in 1877 that he went out as commanderin-See also:chief in the Mediterraean, where his skill in manoeuvring the fleet, his See also:power as a disciplinarian, and the tact and determination with which he conducted the See also:foreign relations at 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 See also:Russian advance on See also:Constantinople, won for him the K.C.B. He returned home in r88o with the See also:character of being perhaps the most able commander on the active See also:list of the navy. His later appointments were to the Royal Naval See also:College as See also:president, and afterwards to See also:Portsmouth as commanderin-chief. On hauling down his flag he was appointed G.C.B., and in May 1888 was promoted to be admiral of the fleet. From 1886 he was See also:principal naval aide-de-See also:camp to See also:Queen See also:Victoria, and in that capacity, and as an admiral of the fleet, was appointedon the See also:staff of the See also:German See also:emperor during his visits to See also:England in 1889 and 189o. He died, after a See also:short illness, on the 3rd of See also:March 1895. By his wife, who predeceased him, he See also:left several See also:children, daughters and sons, one of whom, a See also:major in the See also:artillery, won the Victoria See also:Cross in See also:South Africa in 1900.
His See also:life was written by his daughter, Mrs Fred. See also:Egerton, (1896). HORNCASTLE, a See also:market-See also:town in the S. See also:Lindsey or Horncastle See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Lincolnshire, England, at the See also:foot of a See also:line of See also:low hills called the Wolds, at the confluence of the See also:Bain and Waring streams; the See also:terminus of a See also:branch line of the See also:Great See also:Northern railway, 130 M. N. from See also:London. Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (1901) 4038. The 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 of St See also:Mary is principally Decorated and Perpendicular, with some Early See also:English remains and an embattled western See also:tower. Queen See also:Elizabeth's See also:grammar school was founded in 1562. Other buildings are an See also:exchange, a See also:court-See also:house and a dispensary founded in 1789. The prosperity of the town is chiefly dependent on See also:agriculture and its well-known See also:horse fairs. See also:Brewing and malting are carried on, and there is some See also:trade in See also:coal and See also:iron.
Remains have been found here which may indicate the existence of a See also:Roman See also:village. The See also:manor of Horncastle (Hornecastre) belonged to Queen Edith in Saxon times and was royal See also:demesne in 1o86 and the See also:head of a large See also:soke. In the reign of See also:Stephen it apparently belonged to Alice de Cundi, a See also:partisan of the empress Maud, and passing to the See also:crown on her See also:death it was granted by 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 III. to Gerbald de Escald, from whom it descended to See also:Ralph de See also:Rhodes, who sold it to See also:Walter Mauclerc, See also:bishop of See also:Carlisle in 1230. The see of Carlisle retained it till the reign of See also:Edward VI. when it was granted to Edward, Lord See also:Clinton, but was recovered in the following reign. In 1230 Henry III. directed the men of Horncastle to render a reasonable aid to the bishop, who obtained the right to try felons, hold a court leet and have See also:free See also:warren. An See also:inquisition of 1275 shows that the bishop had then, besides the return of writs, the See also:assize of See also:bread and See also:ale and waifs and strays in the soke. Horncastle was a centre of the Lincolnshire See also:rebellion of 1536. Royalist troops occupied the town in 1643, and were pursued through its streets after the See also:battle fought at Winceby. It was never a municipal or parliamentary 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, but during the See also:middle ages it was frequently the See also:residence of the bishops of Carlisle. Its prosperity has always depended largely on its fairs, the great horse See also:fair described by See also:George See also:Borrow in Romany See also:Rye being granted to the bishop in 1230 for the See also:octave of St See also:- LAWRENCE
- LAWRENCE (LAURENTIUS, LORENZO), ST
- LAWRENCE, AMOS (1786—1852)
- LAWRENCE, AMOS ADAMS (1814–1886)
- LAWRENCE, GEORGE ALFRED (1827–1876)
- LAWRENCE, JOHN LAIRD MAIR LAWRENCE, 1ST BARON (1811-1879)
- LAWRENCE, SIR HENRY MONTGOMERY (1806–1857)
- LAWRENCE, SIR THOMAS (1769–1830)
- LAWRENCE, STRINGER (1697–1775)
Lawrence, together with the fair on the feast of St See also:Barnabas. The three other fairs are apparently of later date.
See George See also:Weir, See also:Historical and Descriptive Sketches of the Town and Soke of Horncastle in the See also:County of See also:Lincoln and of Several Places adjacent (London, 1820).
End of Article: HORNBY, SIR GEOFFREY THOMAS PHIPPS (1825-1895)
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