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See also:RAGLAN, See also:FITZROY See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
JAMES See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
HENRY See also:SOMERSET, 1ST See also:BARON (1788-1855) , See also:British See also:- FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
- FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
- FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
- FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
- FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
- FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
- FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
- FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
- FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
- FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
- FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)
field See also:marshal, was the eighth and youngest son of Henry, 5th See also:duke of See also:Beaufort, by See also:Elizabeth, daughter of See also:Admiral the Hon. See also:Edward See also:Boscawen, and was See also:born on the 3oth of See also:September 1788. His See also:elder See also:brother, See also:General See also:Lord (See also:Robert) Edward (Henry) Somerset (1776—1842), distinguished himself as the See also:leader of the See also:Household See also:Cavalry See also:brigade at See also:Waterloo. Lord Fitzroy Somerset was educated at See also:Westminster school, and entered the See also:army in 1804. In 1807 he was attached to the Hon. See also:Sir See also:Arthur See also:Paget's See also:embassy to See also:Turkey, and the same See also:year he was selected to serve on the See also:staff of Sir Arthur See also:Wellesley in the expedition to See also:Copenhagen. In the following year he accompanied the same general in a like capacity to See also:Portugal, and during the whole of the See also:Peninsular See also:War was at his right See also:hand, first as aide-de-See also:camp and then as military secretary. He was wounded at Busaco, became See also:brevet-See also:major after Fuentes de Onoro, accompanied the stormers of the 52nd See also:light See also:infantry as a volunteer at See also:Ciudad Rodrigo and specially distinguished himself at the storming of See also:Badajoz, being the first to See also:mount the See also:breach, and afterwards showing See also:great See also:resolution and promptitude in securing one of the See also:gates before the See also:French could organize a fresh See also:defence. During the See also:short See also:period of the See also:Bourbon See also:rule in 1814 and 1815 he was secretary to the See also:English embassy at See also:Paris. On the renewal of the war he again became aide-de-camp and military secretary to the duke of See also:Wellington. About this 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 he married Emily Harriet, daughter of the 3rd See also:earl of Mornington, and Welling-ton's niece. At Waterloo he was wounded in the right See also:arm and had to undergo amputation, but he quickly learned to write with his See also:left hand, and on the conclusion of the war resumed his duties as secretary to the embassy at Paris. From 1818 to 182o, and again in 1826-29, he sat in the See also:House of See also:Commons as member for See also:Truro. In 1819 he was appointed secretary to the duke of Wellington as See also:master-general of the See also:ordnance, and from 1827 till the See also:death of the duke in 1852 was military secretary to him as See also:commander-in-See also:chief. He was then appointed master-general of the ordnance, and was created Baron Raglan.
End of Article: RAGLAN, FITZROY JAMES HENRY SOMERSET, 1ST BARON (1788-1855)
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