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See also:PAUNCEFOTE, See also:JULIAN PAUNCEFOTE , 1sT See also:BARON (1828-1902), See also:English diplomatist, third son of See also:Robert Pauncefote of See also:Preston See also:Court, See also:Gloucestershire, was See also:born on the 13th of See also:September 1828. He was educated at See also:Marlborough, See also:Paris and See also:Geneva, and called to the See also:bar at the Inner See also:Temple in 1852. He was for a See also:short 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 secretary to See also:Sir 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:Molesworth, secretary for the colonies, and in 1862 went out to Hong-See also:Kong, where he was made See also:attorney-See also:general (1865) and then See also:chief See also:justice of the supreme court. He was appointed chief justice of the Leeward Islands in 1873, and, returning to See also:England in the next See also:year, became one of the legal advisers to the colonial 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. Two years later he received a similar See also:appointment in the See also:foreign office, and in 1882 was made permanent under-secretary of See also:state for foreign affairs. In 1885 he was one of the delegates to the See also:Suez See also:Canal See also:international See also:commission, and received the G.C.M.G. and the K.C.B. See also:Lord See also:Salisbury departed from precedent in choosing him to succeed Sir Lionel See also:Sackville-See also:West as See also:British See also:minister at See also:Washington in 1889, but the event showed that his knowledge of international See also:law made up for any lack of the See also:ordinary See also:diplomatic training. He did much during his See also:term of office to maintain friendly relations between the two countries, especially during the Venezuelan crisis. The See also:Bering See also:Sea See also:fishery dispute (189o-1892) was successfully negotiated by him; he arranged a draft treaty for Anglo-See also:American See also:arbitration, which was, however, quashed by the See also:Senate; and carried through
the revision of the See also:Clayton-Bulwer Treaty on the subject of the See also:Panama Canal. In 1893 the British minister at Washington was raised to the See also:rank of See also:ambassador, and Sir Julian Pauncefote became the See also:doyen of the diplomatic See also:corps. He died on the 26th of May 1902 at Washington. He had been made Baron Pauncefote of Preston in 1899 in recognition of his services at the See also:Peace See also:Conference at the See also:Hague, and he was a member of the Court of Arbitration which resulted from the conference.
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