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place in 1593 between the Johnstones and Maxwells. The Maxwells were pursued into Lockerbie and almost exterminated; hence " Lockerbie Lick " became a proverbial expression, signifying an overwhelming defeat. LOCKER-LAMPSON, See also:

FREDERICK (1821-1895), See also:

ENGLISH

English See also:

man of letters, was See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born, on the 29th of May 1821, at See also:

GREENWICH

Greenwich See also:

HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

Hospital. His See also:

FATHER

father, who was See also:

CIVIL

Civil See also:

COMMISSIONER

Commissioner of the Hospital, was See also:

EDWARD

Edward See also:

Hawke Locker, youngest son of that See also:

CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

Captain See also:

William Locker who gave See also:

Nelson the memorable See also:

ADVICE (Fr. avis, from Lat. ad, to, and visum, viewed)

advice " to See also:

lay a Frenchman See also:

close, and See also:

BEAT (a word common in various forms to the Teutonic languages; it is connected with the similar Romanic words derived from the Late Lat. battere)

beat him." His See also:

MOTHER

mother, Eleanor See also:

Mary See also:

Elizabeth See also:

Boucher, was a daughter of the Rev. See also:

Jonathan Boucher, See also:

VICAR (Lat. vicarius, substitute)

vicar of See also:

EPSOM

Epsom and friend of See also:

George Washing-ton.

After a desultory See also:

EDUCATION

education, Frederick Locker began See also:

LIFE

life in a colonial See also:

BROKER (according to the New English Dictionary, from Lat. brocca, spit, spike, broccare, to broach "—another Eng. form of the same word; hence O. Fr. vendre d broche, to retail, e.g. wine, from the tap, and thus the general sense of dealing; see also for

broker's 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. Soon deserting this uncongenial calling, he obtained a clerkship in See also:

Somerset See also:

House, whence he was transferred to See also:

Lord See also:

Haddington's private office at the See also:

ADMIRALTY, HIGH COURT OF

Admiralty. Here he became See also:

DEPUTY (through the Fr. from a Late Lat. use of deputare, to cut off, allot; putare having the original sense of to trim, prune)

deputy-reader and precis writer. In 185o he married See also:

LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

Lady See also:

CHARLOTTE

Charlotte See also:

Bruce, daughter of the Lord See also:

ELGIN

Elgin who brought the famous See also:

MARBLES

marbles to See also:

England, and. See also:

SISTER

sister of Lady See also:

AUGUSTA

Augusta See also:

Stanley. After his See also:

MARRIAGE

marriage he See also:

LEFT

left the Civil Service, in consequence of See also:

ill-See also:

HEALTH

health. In 1857 he published See also:

LONDON

London Lyrics, a slender See also:

VOLUME

volume of 90 pages, which, with subsequent extensions, constitutes his poetical See also:

LEGACY (Lat. legatum)

legacy. See also:

LYRA (" The Harp ")

Lyra Elegantiarum (1867), an See also:

ANTHOLOGY

anthology of See also:

LIGHT

light and See also:

FAMILIAR (through the Fr. familier, from Lat. familiaris, of or belonging to the familia, family)

familiar See also:

VERSE (from Lat. versus, literally a line or furrow drawn by turning the plough, from vertere, and afterwards signifying an arrangement of syllables into feet)

verse, and Patchwork (1879), a See also:

BOOK

book of extracts, were his only other publications. In 1872 Lady Charlotte Locker died. Two years later Locker married See also:

MISS

Miss Hannah Jane Lampson, the only daughter of See also:

Sir See also:

Curtis See also:

MIRANDA, FRANCESCO (c. 1754-1816)

Miranda Lampson, See also:

BART, JEAN (1651-1702)

Bart., of Rowfant, See also:

Sussex, and in 1885 took his wife's surname. At Rowfant he died on the 3oth of May 1895. Chronic ill-health debarred Locker from any active See also:

PART

part in life, but it did not prevent his delighting a wide circle of See also:

friends by his gifts as a See also:

HOST

host and raconteur, and from accumulating many treasures as a connoisseur. His books are catalogued in the volume called the Rowfant Library (1886), to which an appendix (1900) was added, after his See also:

DEATH

death, under the superintendence of his eldest son.

As'a poet, Locker belongs to the See also:

CHOIR (0. Fr. cuer from Lat. chorus; pronounced quire, and until the end of the 17th century so spelt, the spelling being altered to agree with the Fr. chceur)

choir who See also:

DEAL

deal with the See also:

gay rather than the See also:

GRAVE

grave in verse—with the polished and witty rather than the lofty or emotional. His See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

TASTE (from Lat. taxare, to touch sharply; tangere, to touch)

taste kept him as far from the broadly comic on the one See also:

side as his See also:

KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind See also:

heart saved him from the purely cynical on the other. To something of See also:

Prior, of See also:

PRAED, WINTHROP MACKWORTH (1802–1839)

Praed and of See also:

Hood he added qualities of his own which See also:

LENT (0. Eng. lenclen, " spring," M. Eng. lenten, lente, lent; cf. Dut. lente, Ger. Lenz, " spring," 0. H. Ger. lenzin, lengizin, lenzo, probably from the same root as " long " and referring to " the lengthening days ")

lent his See also:

WORK

work distinction—a distinction in no See also:

wise diminished by his unwearied endeavour after directness and simplicity. A See also:

POSTHUMOUS

posthumous volume of See also:

MEMOIRS

Memoirs, entitled My Confidences (1896), and edited by his son-in-See also:

law, Mr See also:

Augustine See also:

BIRRELL, AUGUSTINE (1850- )

Birrell, gives an interesting, See also:

IDEA (Gr. Ibia, connected with i&eiv, to see; cf. Lat. species from specere, to look at)

idea of his See also:

PERSONALITY (from Lat. persona, originally an actor's mask, from personare,1 to sound through)

personality and a too modest estimate of his gifts as a poet. (A.

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