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See also:KEITH, See also:FRANCIS See also:EDWARD 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 (1696-1758) , Scottish soldier and Prussian See also:- FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
- FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
- FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
- FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
- FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
- FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
- FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
- FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
- FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
- FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
- FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)
field See also:marshal, was the second son of 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, 9th See also:earl marishal of See also:Scotland, and was See also:born on the 11th of See also:June 1696 at the See also:castle of Inverugie near See also:Peterhead. Through his careful See also:education under See also:Robert Keith, See also:bishop of See also:Fife, and subsequently at See also:Edinburgh University in preparation for the legal profession, he acquired that See also:taste for literature which afterwards secured him the esteem of the most distinguished savants of See also:Europe; but at an See also:early See also:period his preference for a soldier's career was decided. The See also:rebellion of 1715, in which he displayed qualities that gave some augury of his future See also:eminence, compelled him to seek safety on the See also:Continent. After spending two years in See also:Paris, chiefly at the university, he in 17r9 took See also:part in the See also:ill-starred expedition of the Pretender to the See also:Highlands of Scotland. He then passed 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 at Paris and See also:Madrid in obscurity and poverty, but eventually obtained a colonelcy in the See also:Spanish See also:army, and, it is said, took part in the See also:siege of See also:Gibraltar (1726-27). Finding his Protestantism a barrier to promotion, he obtained from 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 of See also:Spain a recommendation to See also:- PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
Peter II. of See also:Russia, from whom he received (1728) the command of a See also:regiment of the See also:guards. He displayed in numerous See also:campaigns the See also:calm, intelligent and watchful valour which was his See also:chief characteristic, obtaining the See also:rank of See also:general of See also:infantry and the reputation of being one of the ablest See also:officers in the See also:Russian service as well as a capable and liberal See also:civil See also:administrator. Judging, however, that his rewards were not commensurate with his merits, he in 1747 offered his services to See also:Frederick II. of See also:Prussia, who at once gave him the rank of field marshal, in 1749 made him See also:governor of See also:Berlin, and soon came to cherish towards him, as towards his See also:brother, the loth earl marishal, a strong See also:personal regard. In 1756 the Seven Years' See also:War See also:broke out. Keith was employed in high command from the first, and added to his Russian reputation on every occasion by See also:resolution and promptitude of See also:action, not less than by care and skill. In 1756 he commanded the troops covering the investment of See also:Pirna, and distinguished himself at Lobositz. In 1757 he commandedat the siege of See also:Prague; later in this same See also:campaign he defended See also:Leipzig against a greatly See also:superior force, was See also:present at See also:Rossbach, and, while the king was fighting the campaign of See also:Leuthen, See also:con-ducted a foray into Bohemia. In 1758 he took a prominent part in the unsuccessful Moravian campaign, after which he withdrew from the army to recruit his broken See also:health. He returned in time for the autumn campaign in the Lausitz, and was killed on the 14th of See also:October 1758 at the See also:battle of Hochkirch. His See also:body was honourably buried on the field by Marshal Dann and General See also:Lacy, the son of his old See also:commander in Russia, and was shortly afterwards transferred by Frederick to the See also:garrison 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 Berlin. Many memorials were erected to him by the king, See also:Prince 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, and others. Keith died unmarried, but had several See also:children by his See also:mistress, Eva Mertens, a See also:Swedish prisoner captured by him in the war of 1741-43. In 1889 the 1st Silesian infantry regiment No. 22 of the See also:German army received his name.
See K. A. Varnhagen von Ense, Biographische Denkmale, part 7 (1844) ; Fragment of a Memoir of Field-Marshal James Keith, written by himself (1714–1734; edited by 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:- CONSTABLE (0. Fr. connestable, Fr. connetable, Med. Lat. comestabilis, conestabilis, constabularius, from the Lat. comes stabuli, count of the stable)
- CONSTABLE, ARCHIBALD (1774-1827)
- CONSTABLE, HENRY (1562-1613)
- CONSTABLE, JOHN (1776-1837)
- CONSTABLE, SIR MARMADUKE (c. 1455-1518)
Constable for the See also:Spalding See also:Club, 1843); T. See also:Carlyle, Frederick the See also:Great, passim; V. Paczynaski-Tenczyn, Leben See also:des G. F.M. See also:Jakob Keith (Berlin, 1889) ; Peter See also:Buchan, See also:Account of the See also:Family of Keith (Edinburgh, 1878) ; Anon., Memoir of Marshal Keith (Peterhead, 1869) ; See also:Pauli, Leben grosser Helden, part iv.
End of Article: KEITH, FRANCIS EDWARD JAMES (1696-1758)
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