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See also:REDESDALE, See also:JOHN See also:FREEMAN-See also:MITFORD, See also:BARON (1748-183o), See also:English lawyer and politician. younger son of John Mitford (d. 1761) and See also:brother of the historian 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 Mitford, was See also:born in See also:London on the 18th of See also:August 1748. Having become a See also:barrister of the Inner See also:Temple in 1777, he wrote A See also:Treatise on the Pleadings in Suits in the See also:Court of See also:Chancery by English See also:Bill, a See also:work of See also:great value, which has been reprinted several times in See also:England and See also:America. In 1788 Mitford became member of See also:parliament for the 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 of Beeralston in See also:Devon, and in 1791 he introduced the important bill for the See also:relief of See also:Roman Catholics, which was passed into See also:law. In 1793 he succeeded See also:Sir John See also:Scott, afterwards See also:Lord See also:Eldon, as See also:solicitor-See also:general for England, becoming See also:attorney-general six years later, when he was returned to parliament as member for See also:East See also:Looe, in See also:Cornwall. In See also:February 18o1 Sir John Mitford (as he was now) was chosen See also:speaker of the See also:House of See also:Commons. Exactly a See also:year later, he was appointed lord See also:chancellor of See also:Ireland and was created a peer of the See also:United See also:Kingdom as Baron Redesdale. Being an outspoken opponent of Roman See also:Catholic emancipation, Redesdale was unpopular in Ireland. In February 18o6 he was dismissed on the formation of the See also:ministry of See also:Fox and Lord See also:Grenville. Although Redesdale declined to return to See also:official See also:life, he was an active member of the House of Lords both on its See also:political and its judicial sides. In 1813 he secured the passing of acts for the relief of insolvent debtors, and later he was an opponent of the See also:repeal of the Test and See also:Corporation Acts and of other popular See also:measures of reform. Redesdale, who was a See also:fellow of the Royal Society and a member of three commissions on the public records, died on the 16th of See also:January 183o. In 1803 he married Frances (d. 1817), daughter of John, 2nd See also:earl of See also:Egmont. He took the additional name of Freeman in 1809 on succeeding to the estates of See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas See also:- EDWARDS, AMELIA ANN BLANDFORD (1831-1892)
- EDWARDS, BELA BATES (18o2-1852)
- EDWARDS, BRYAN (1743–1800)
- EDWARDS, GEORGE (1693–1773)
- EDWARDS, HENRY THOMAS (1837–1884)
- EDWARDS, JONATHAN (1703—1758)
- EDWARDS, LEWIS (1806–1887 )
- EDWARDS, RICHARD (c. 1523–1566)
- EDWARDS, T
- EDWARDS, THOMAS CHARLES (1837–1900)
Edwards Freeman.
His only son, John Thomas Freeman Mitford (18o5-1886), succeeded to the See also:title. In 1851 he was chosen chairman of committees in the House of Lords, a position which he retained until his See also:death, and in 1877 he was created earl of Redesdale. His See also:chief See also:interest was reserved for ecclesiastical questions, and he won some repute as a See also:Protestant controversialist. He assisted to revive See also:Convocation in 1853; was an active opponent of the disestablishment of the Irish See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
Church; and engaged in controversy with See also:Cardinal See also:Manning on the subject of communion in both kinds. On his death, on the 2nd of May 1886, his titles became See also:extinct. He wrote Thoughts on English See also:Prosody and See also:Translations from See also:Horace, and Further Thoughts on English Prosody (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, 1859), in addition to various See also:pamphlets on ecclesiastical topics.
The earl bequeathed his estates to his kinsman, Algernon See also:Bertram Freeman-Mitford (b. 1837), a great-See also:grandson of William Mitford. He had been in the See also:diplomatic service from 1858 to 1873, and had been secretary 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 See also:Works from 1874 to 1886. From 1892 to 1895 he was member of parliament for the See also:Stratford-on-See also:Avon See also:division of See also:Warwickshire, and he was created Baron Redesdale in 1902. He was well known for his writings on See also:Japan, Tales of Old Japan (1871), The Attache at See also:Peking (1900), &c.
See O. J. See also:Burke, See also:History of the Lord Chancellors of Ireland (See also:Dublin, 1879) ; J. R. O'Flanagan, Lives of the Lord Chancellors of Ireland (187o) ; Sir J. See also:Barrington, See also:Personal Sketches of His Own Times (1869); Sir S. E. See also:Brydges, Autobiography (1834); and C. See also:- ABBOT (from the Hebrew ab, a father, through the Syriac abba, Lat. abbas, gen. abbatis, O.E. abbad, fr. late Lat. form abbad-em changed in 13th century under influence of the Lat. form to abbat, used alternatively till the end of the 17th century; Ger. Ab
- ABBOT, EZRA (1819-1884)
- ABBOT, GEORGE (1603-1648)
- ABBOT, ROBERT (1588?–1662?)
- ABBOT, WILLIAM (1798-1843)
Abbot, Lord See also:Colchester, See also:Diary and See also:Correspondence (London, 1861).
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