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See also:MOUNTSTEPHEN, See also:GEORGE See also:STEPHEN, See also:BARON (1829- ) , See also:Canadian financier, was See also:born on the 5th of See also:June 1829 at See also:Duff-See also:town, See also:Banffshire, See also:Scotland, the 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 Stephen and Elspeth See also:- SMITH
- SMITH, ADAM (1723–1790)
- SMITH, ALEXANDER (183o-1867)
- SMITH, ANDREW JACKSON (1815-1897)
- SMITH, CHARLES EMORY (1842–1908)
- SMITH, CHARLES FERGUSON (1807–1862)
- SMITH, CHARLOTTE (1749-1806)
- SMITH, COLVIN (1795—1875)
- SMITH, EDMUND KIRBY (1824-1893)
- SMITH, G
- SMITH, GEORGE (1789-1846)
- SMITH, GEORGE (184o-1876)
- SMITH, GEORGE ADAM (1856- )
- SMITH, GERRIT (1797–1874)
- SMITH, GOLDWIN (1823-191o)
- SMITH, HENRY BOYNTON (1815-1877)
- SMITH, HENRY JOHN STEPHEN (1826-1883)
- SMITH, HENRY PRESERVED (1847– )
- SMITH, JAMES (1775–1839)
- SMITH, JOHN (1579-1631)
- SMITH, JOHN RAPHAEL (1752–1812)
- SMITH, JOSEPH, JR
- SMITH, MORGAN LEWIS (1822–1874)
- SMITH, RICHARD BAIRD (1818-1861)
- SMITH, ROBERT (1689-1768)
- SMITH, SIR HENRY GEORGE WAKELYN
- SMITH, SIR THOMAS (1513-1577)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM (1813-1893)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY (1764-1840)
- SMITH, SYDNEY (1771-1845)
- SMITH, THOMAS SOUTHWOOD (1788-1861)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (1769-1839)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (c. 1730-1819)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (fl. 1596)
- SMITH, WILLIAM FARRAR (1824—1903)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1808—1872)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1825—1891)
- SMITH, WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1846-'894)
Smith. He was educated at the See also:parish school, after which he was 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 a See also:herd boy. In 185o he went to See also:Canada and soon became a prominent business See also:man in See also:Montreal. In 1878 he joined with his See also:cousin, Donald Smith (afterwards See also:Lord Strathcona), in the See also:purchase of the St See also:Paul & Pacific railway. This led to his See also:interest in the development of western Canada, and from 1881 onwards he was associated with his cousin in the construction of the Canadian Pacific railway, for his services in connexion with which he was in 1886 made a See also:baronet, in 1891 raised to the See also:peerage; and in 1905 made G.C.V.O. In 1888 he See also:left Canada, and thereafter lived in See also:England and Scotland. He gave lavishly to charity and See also:education, and with Lord Strathcona built and endowed the Royal See also:Victoria. See also:hospital at Montreal.
See also:MOUNT-See also:TEMPLE, WILLIAM See also:FRANCIS See also:COWPER-TEMPLE, BARON (1811-1888), See also:English politician, second son of the 5th See also:Earl Cowper, was born at Brocket See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
Hall, See also:Hertfordshire, on the 13th of See also:December 1811. He was educated at See also:Eton, and entered the Royal See also:Horse See also:Guards,. attaining the See also:rank of See also:brevet-See also:major in 1852. His See also:mother, Emily See also:Mary, was See also:sister to the See also:prime See also:minister, Lord See also:Melbourne, whose secretary William Cowper became in 1835; in this See also:year he entered See also:parliament as member for See also:Hertford, which he continued to represent until 1863. As See also:commissioner of See also:works (186o-1866) he carried the bills for the See also:Thames See also:Embankment (1862), and for the new See also:law courts (1863); but he is best known for the See also:amendment, known as the " Cowper-Temple clause," which he introduced into the second See also:reading of the Education See also:Bill of 1870, that no See also:catechism nor denominational teaching of any See also:kind should be included in the religious instruction given in See also:rate-aided See also:schools. His mother, who married Lord See also:Palmerston as her second See also:husband, died in 1869, and under his stepfather's will William Cowper succeeded to some of the Palmerston estates in See also:Ireland and See also:Hampshire, and assumed the additional name of Temple. He was M.P. for See also:South Hampshire from 1868 until 188o when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Mount-Temple of Mount-Temple, See also:Sligo. He died at Broadlands, near See also:Romsey, on the 16th of See also:October 1888. He was twice married, but left no See also:children, the Palmerston estates descending to the Right Hon. See also:Evelyn See also:Ashley (1836-1907), who was under-secretary of See also:state for the colonies from 1882 to 1885.
End of Article: MOUNTSTEPHEN, GEORGE STEPHEN, BARON (1829- )
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