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See also:LANSDOWNE, 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:PETTY FITZMAURICE, 1ST See also:MARQUESS OF (1737-18o5) , See also:British statesman, better known under his earlier See also:title of See also:earl of Shelburne, was See also:born at See also:Dublin on the loth of May 1737. He was a descendant of the lords of See also:Kerry (dating from 1181), and his grandfather 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 Fitzmaurice, who was created earl of Kerry (1723), married the daughter of See also:Sir William Petty (q.v.). On the See also:death without issue of Sir William Petty's sons, the first earls of Shelburne, the estates passed to his See also:nephew See also:John Fitzmaurice (advanced in 1753 to the earldom of Shelburne), who in 1751 took the additional name of Petty. His son William spent his childhood " in the remotest parts of the See also:south of See also:Ireland," and, according to his own See also:account, when he entered See also:Christ 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, 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, in 1755, he had both " everything to learn and everything to unlearn." From a See also:tutor whorn he describes as " narrow-minded " he received advantageous guidance in his studies, but he attributes his improvement in See also:manners and in knowledge of the See also:world chiefly to the fact that, as was his " See also:fate through See also:life," he See also:fell in " with See also:clever but unpopular connexions." Shortly after leaving the university he served in See also:Wolfe's See also:regiment during the Seven Years' See also:War, and so distinguished himself at See also:Minden and Kloster-See also:Kampen that he was raised to the See also:rank of See also:colonel and appointed aide-de-See also:camp 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 (1760). Being thus brought into near communication with See also:Lord See also:Bute, he was in 1761 employed by that nobleman to negotiate for the support of 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 See also:Fox, Lord See also:- HOLLAND
- HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
- HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
- HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
- HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
- HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
- HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
- HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART
Holland. He was returned to the See also:House of See also:Commons as member for See also:Wycombe, but in 1761 he succeeded his See also:father as earl of Shelburne in the Irish See also:peerage, and See also:Baron Wycombe in the peerage of See also:Great See also:Britain (created 1760). Though he declined to take 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 under Bute he undertook negotiations to induce C. J. Fox to gain the consent of the Commons to the See also:peace of 1763. Fox affirmed that he had been duped, and, although Shelburne always asserted that he had acted in thorough See also:good faith, Bute spoke of the affair as a " pious See also:fraud." Shelburne joined the See also:Grenville See also:ministry in 1763 as See also:president of the See also:Board of See also:Trade, but, failing in his efforts to replace See also:Pitt in the See also:cabinet, he in a few months resigned office. Having moreover on account of his support of Pitt on the question of Wilkes's See also:expulsion from the House of Commons incurred the displeasure of the king, he retired for a 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 to his See also:estate. After Pitt's return to See also:power in 1766 he became secretary of See also:state, but during Pitt's illness his conciliatory policy towards See also:America was completely thwarted by his colleagues and the king, and in 1768 he was dismissed from office. In 1782 he consented to take office under the marquess of See also:Rockingham on See also:condition that the king would recognize the See also:United States. On the death of Lord Rockingham in the same See also:year he became premier; but the See also:secession of Fox and his supporters led to the famous See also:coalition of Fox with
See also:North, which caused his resignation in the following See also:February, his fall being perhaps hastened by his plans for the reform of the public service. He had also in contemplation a See also:bill to See also:pro-mote See also:free commercial intercourse between See also:England and the United States. When Pitt acceded to office in 1784, Shelburne, instead of receiving a See also:place in the cabinet, was created marquess of Lansdowne. Though giving a See also:general support to the policy of Pitt, he from this time ceased to take an active See also:part in public affairs. He died on the 7th of May 18o5. During his lifetime he was blamed for insincerity and duplicity, and he incurred the deepest unpopularity, but the accusations came chiefly from those who were dissatisfied with his preference of principles to party, and if he had had a more unscrupulous regard to his See also:personal ambition, his career as a statesman would have had more outward success. He was cynical in his estimates of See also:character, but no statesman of his time possessed more en-lightened See also:political views, while his friendship with those of his contemporaries eminent in See also:science and literature must be allowed considerable See also:weight in qualifying our estimate of the moral defects with which he has been credited. He was twice married, first to See also:Lady See also:Sophia (1745-1771), daughter of John See also:Carteret, Earl See also:Granville, through whom he obtained the Lansdowne estates near See also:Bath, and secondly to Lady Louisa (1755-1789), daughter of John Fitzpatrick, 1st earl of Upper See also:Ossory. John Henry Petty Fitzmaurice (1765-1809), his son by the first See also:marriage, succeeded as 2nd marquess, after having sat in the House of Commons for twenty years as member for Chipping Wycombe.
End of Article: LANSDOWNE, WILLIAM PETTY FITZMAURICE, 1ST MARQUESS OF (1737-18o5)
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