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See also:NORTHINGTON, See also:ROBERT See also:HENLEY, 1ST See also:EARL of (c. 1708-1772), See also:lord See also:chancellor of See also:England, was the second son of See also:Anthony Henley, a member of a well-to-do See also:family in See also:Hampshire, who was a Whig member of See also:parliament, and a well-known wit and writer. Robert was educated at See also:Westminster school and St See also:John's See also:College, 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; and after gaining a fellowship at All Souls he was called to the See also:bar in 1732. In 1747 he was elected member of parliament for See also:Bath, of which 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 he became See also:recorder in 1751. He acquired a lucrative practice at the bar, and in 1756 was appointed See also:attorney-See also:general. In the following See also:year he was promoted to the 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 of lord keeper of the See also:great See also:seal, being the last See also:person so designated. For three years Henley, though still a commoner, presided over the See also:House of Lords in virtue of his office; but in 176o he was created See also:Baron Henley of Grainge in the See also:county of See also:Southampton. The delay in raising him to the See also:peerage was due to the hostility of See also:George II., who resented Henley's former support of the See also:prince of See also:Wales's See also:faction, known as the See also:Leicester House party; and it was in See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order that he might preside as lord high steward at the trial of Earl See also:Ferrers for See also:murder in 176o that he then received his patent. On the See also:accession of George III. the office of lord chancellor was conferred on Henley, and in 1764 he was created See also:Viscount Henley and earl of Northington. In 1765 he presided at the trial of Lord See also:Byron for killing 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 Chaworth in a See also:duel. Northington, who was a member of the See also:group known as " 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's See also:friends," was instrumental in procuring the dismissal of the See also:marquess of See also:Rockingham and the recall of See also:Pitt to office in 1766, and he himself joined the See also:government as lord See also:president of the See also:council, Lord See also:Camden becoming chancellor. He resigned office in 1767, and died at his See also:residence in Hampshire on the 14th of See also:January 1772. He married, in 1743, Jane, daughter of See also:Sir John Huband of Ipsley, See also:Warwickshire, by whom he had three sons and five daughters. His youngest daughter, See also:Elizabeth, married See also:Morton See also:Eden, who in 1799 was created Baron Henley in the peerage of See also:Ireland; and her See also:grandson, the 3rd Baron Henley of this creation, was in 1885 created earl of Northington.
Lord Chancellor Northington was in his youth a See also:man of convivial and boisterous See also:manners, much addicted to See also:- SWEARING (O. Eng. swerian, to swear, originally to speak aloud, cf. andswerian, to answer, Ger. schworen, Dan. svaerge, &c., all from root sorer-, to make a sound, cf. " swarm," properly the buzzing of bees, Lat. susurrus)
swearing. See also:Horace See also:Walpole commented on his undignified bearing at the trial of Lord Ferrers; but Lord See also:Eldon considered him " a great lawyer, "and his integrity was unquestioned. His notes of cases tried by himself in the See also:Court of See also:Chancery were published in two volumes in 1818.
End of Article: NORTHINGTON, ROBERT HENLEY, 1ST EARL
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