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LEGGE , afterwards BILSON-LEGGE, 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 (1708-1764), See also:English statesman, See also:fourth 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 Legge, 1st See also:earl of See also:Dartmouth (1672-1750), was See also:born on the 29th of May 1708. Educated at 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, he became private secretary to See also:Sir See also:Robert See also:Walpole, and in ,739 was appointed secretary of See also:Ireland by the See also:lord-See also:lieutenant, the 3rd See also:duke of See also:Devonshire; being chosen member of See also:parliament for the 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 of See also:East See also:Looe in 1740, and for See also:Orford, See also:Suffolk, at the See also:general See also:election in the succeeding See also:year. Legge only shared temporarily in the downfall of Walpole, and became in See also:quick See also:succession surveyor-general of See also:woods and forests, a lord of the See also:admiralty, and a lord of the See also:treasury. In 1748 he was sent as See also:envoy extraordinary to See also:Frederick the See also:Great, and although his conduct in See also:Berlin was sharply censured by See also:George II., he became treasurer of the See also:navy soon after his return to See also:England. In See also:April 1754 he joined the See also:ministry of the duke of See also:Newcastle as See also:chancellor of the See also:exchequer, 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 consenting to this See also:appointment although refusing to hold any intercourse with the See also:minister; but Legge shared the See also:elder See also:Pitt's dislike of the policy of paying subsidies to the See also:land-See also:grave of See also:Hesse, and was dismissed from 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 in See also:November 1755. Twleve months later he returned to his See also:post at the exchequer in the See also:administration of Pitt and the 4th duke of Devonshire, retaining office until April 1757 when he shared both the dismissal and the ensuing popularity of Pitt. When in See also:conjunction with the duke of Newcastle Pitt returned to See also:power in the following See also:July, Legge became chancellor of the exchequer for the third 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. He imposed new taxes upon houses and windows, and he appears to have lost to some extent the friendship of Pitt, while the king refused to make him a peer. In 1759 he obtained the See also:sinecure position of surveyor of the See also:petty customs and subsidies in the See also:port of See also:London, and having in consequence to resign his seat in parliament he was chosen one of the members for
See also:Hampshire, a proceeding which greatly incensed the earl of See also:Bute, who desired this seat for one of his See also:friends. Having thus incurred Bute's displeasure Legge was again dismissed from the exchequer in See also:March 1761, but he continued to take See also:part in See also:parliamentary debates until his See also:death at Tunbridge See also:Wells on the 23rd of See also:August 1764. Legge appears to have been a capable financier, but the position of chancellor of the exchequer was not at that time a See also:cabinet office. He took the additional name of Bilson on succeeding to the estates of a relative, 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 Bettersworth Bilson, in 1754. Pitt called Legge, " the See also:child, and deservedly the favourite child, of the Whigs." See also:Horace Walpole said he was " of a creeping, underhand nature, and aspired to the See also:lion's See also:place by the manoeuvre of the See also:mole," but afterwards he spoke in high terms of his talents. Legge married See also:Mary, daughter and heiress of See also:Edward, 4th and last See also:Baron Stawel (d. 1755). This See also:lady, who in 176o was created Baroness Stawel of Somerton, See also:bore him an only child, Henry Stawel Bilson-Legge (1757-182o), who became Baron Stawel on his See also:mother's death in 1780. When Stawel died without sons his See also:title became See also:extinct. His only daughter, Mary (d. 1864), married See also:John Dutton, 2nd Baron See also:Sherborne.
See John See also:- BUTLER
- BUTLER (or BOTELER), SAMUEL (1612–168o)
- BUTLER (through the O. Fr. bouteillier, from the Late Lat. buticularius, buticula, a bottle)
- BUTLER, ALBAN (1710-1773)
- BUTLER, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (1818-1893)
- BUTLER, CHARLES (1750–1832)
- BUTLER, GEORGE (1774-1853)
- BUTLER, JOSEPH (1692-1752)
- BUTLER, NICHOLAS MURRAY (1862– )
- BUTLER, SAMUEL (1774-1839)
- BUTLER, SAMUEL (1835-1902)
- BUTLER, SIR WILLIAM FRANCIS (1838– )
- BUTLER, WILLIAM ARCHER (1814-1848)
Butler, See also:bishop of See also:Hereford, Some See also:Account of the See also:Character of the See also:late Rt. Hon. H. Bilson-Legge (1765) ; Horace Walpole, See also:Memoirs of the Reign of George II. (London, 1847); and Memoirs of the Reign of George III., edited by G. F. R. See also:Barker (London, 1894); W. E. H. See also:Lecky, See also:History of England, vol. ii. (London, 1892) ; and the memoirs and collections of See also:correspondence of the time.
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