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See also:NITHSDALE, 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:MAXWELL, 5TH See also:EARL OF (1676-1744) , Jacobite See also:leader, was a member of the See also:family of Maxwell (q.v.), being a son of See also:Robert the 4th earl (d. 1696) and a See also:collateral relation of Robert Maxwell (d. 1646) who was created earl of Nithsdale in 1620. He became famous by his See also:loyalty to the royalist tradition of his family, and by the heroism of his wife Winifred, daughter of William See also:Herbert, 1st See also:marquess of See also:Powis. After becoming earl in 1698 he served the exiled See also:house of See also:Stuart in See also:secret, was suspected as a Jacobite conspirator, and was muchmolested on that See also:account. In 1712 he resigned his See also:estate to his son William (d. 1776), reserving a See also:life See also:rent to himself. When the Jacobite rising took See also:place in 1715 he joined his See also:friends in the See also:north of See also:England and was taken prisoner at See also:Preston, being sent to See also:London for trial. The countess of Nithsdale, who was at Terregles when she heard of the See also:capture of her See also:husband, followed him to London, making See also:part of the See also:journey on horseback in See also:bitter See also:winter See also:weather. The earl and the other See also:Jacobites were brought to trial in See also:Westminster 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 on the 19th of See also:January 1716, and condemned to See also:death on the 9th of See also:February. The See also:execution was fixed for the 24th. The countess presented a See also:petition to See also:George I. which he refused to receive, and when she knelt before him and took hold of the skirts of his coat he dragged her See also:half across the See also:room before he could break away. Finding that no See also:pardon could be obtained the countess laid a See also:plan to See also:- RESCUE (in Middle Eng. rescous, from O. Fr. recousse, Low Lat. rescussa, from reexcussa,reexcutere, to shake off again, re, again, ex, off, quatere, to shake)
rescue her husband from the See also:Tower of London. With the help of two Jacobite ladies, Mrs See also:Morgan and Mrs See also:Mills, she very cleverly extricated her husband from his See also:cell on the See also:night before the See also:day fixed for the execution by disguising him as a woman. The earl escaped: from England and was followed by the countess, but not till she had gone back to See also:Scotland to rescue important legal papers which proved the See also:transfer of the estate to their son. The earl and countess went to See also:Rome after a See also:short stay in See also:France. In Rome they were attached to the See also:court of the Pretender and lived in poverty and obscurity. The earl died on the loth of See also:March 1744, and the countess in 1749. Their son, William Maxwell, regained the See also:possession of the family See also:property after his See also:father's death in 1744, since the See also:government could only confiscate his father's life-See also:interest; but the See also:title was forfeited, and he died childless.
See See also:Sir A. See also:Fraser, The See also:Book of Carlaverock (See also:Edinburgh, 1873).
End of Article: NITHSDALE, WILLIAM MAXWELL, 5TH EARL OF (1676-1744)
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