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LYCURGUS , " THE See also:

LOGOTHETE " (1772-1851), See also:Greek See also:leader in the See also:War of See also:Independence, was See also:born in the See also:island of See also:Samos. He was educated at See also:Constantinople, received the usual training, and followed the customary career of a Phanariot Greek. He accompanied See also:Constantine See also:Ypsilanti when he was appointed See also:hospodar of See also:Walachia, as secretary, and served Ypsilanti's successor, See also:Alexander Soutzos, as treasurer and See also:chancellor (Logothete). In 1802 he returned to Samos, and having become suspected by the See also:Turkish See also:government was imprisoned. He fled to See also:Smyrna, when he was pardoned and released by the See also:Turks. When the War of Independence began he induced his See also:country-men to declare Samos See also:independent, and was chosen ruler. His See also:share in the War of Independence is chiefly memorable because he provoked the See also:Massacre of See also:Chios in 1822. Lycurgus See also:con-ducted an expedition of 2500 to that island, which was held by a Turkish See also:garrison under Velna See also:Pasha. His force was in-sufficient, the See also:time was See also:ill-chosen, for a strong Turkish See also:fleet was at See also:sea, and Lycurgus displayed utter incapacity as a militaryleader. After these events, he was deposed by the Samians, but recovered some See also:influence and had a share in the See also:defence of Samos against the Turks in 1824. When the island was See also:left under the authority of See also:Turkey by the See also:protocol of the 3rd of See also:February 1830, he helped to obtain See also:autonomy for the Samians. He retired to See also:Greece and died on the 22nd of May 1851.

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Finlay, See also:History of the Greek Revolution (See also:London, 1861). LYDD, a See also:market See also:town and municipal See also:borough in the See also:southern See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Kent, See also:England, 712 M. S.E. by E. of London by a See also:branch of the See also:South-Eastern & See also:Chatham railway. Pop. (1901) 2675. It lies in the open See also:lowland of Dunge See also:Marsh. To the south-See also:east are the See also:bare See also:shingle See also:banks of the promontory of See also:Dungeness. Its See also:church of All See also:Saints has a beautiful Perpendicular See also:tower with See also:rich vaulting within. The neighbourhood affords pasture for large flocks of See also:sheep. On the See also:land known as the Rypes, in the neighbourhood, there is a military See also:camp, with See also:artillery and See also:rifle ranges; hence the name given to the explosive " lyddite." The town is governed by a See also:mayor, 4 aldermen and 12 councillors. See also:Area, 12,043 acres.

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settlement at Lydd (Hlide, Lide, Lyde) was probably due to its convenience as a fishing-station. After the See also:Conquest it became a seaport of some consequence and although now, owing to the alteration of the See also:coast, it stands nearly 3 in. inland a number of its inhabitants are still fishermen. In 774 land in Lydd was granted by See also:Offa to the monks of See also:Christ Church, See also:Canterbury, and the See also:archbishop of Canterbury evidently held the lordship of the town from an See also:early date. At some time before the reign of See also:Edward I. Lydd was made a member of the Cinque See also:Port of See also:Romney, and in 1290 was granted the same liberties and See also:free customs as the Cinque Ports on See also:condition of aiding the service of its See also:head-port to the See also:crown with one See also:ship. This See also:charter was confirmed by Edward III. in 1365. The See also:corporation also possesses documents of 1154, 1399 and 1413, granting to the archbishop's men of Lydd the privileges enjoyed by the Cinque Ports and confirming all former privileges. Lydd is called a borough in the See also:Hundred Rolls. Its See also:incorporation under a See also:bailiff, of which there is See also:evidence in the 15th See also:century, may have been due to the archbishop or to the See also:court of Shepway, but it was not incorporated by the crown until 1885, when, by a charter under the Municipal Acts, the last bailiff was elected the first mayor. In 1494 a See also:grant was made to the bailiff, jurats and commonalty of a yearly See also:fair on the 12th of See also:July and two days following. A fair was held under this grant until 1874.

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