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See also:RIGBY, See also:RICHARD (1722–1788) , See also:English politician, was the only son of Richard Rigby (d. 1730) of Mistley 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, See also:Essex, a See also:merchant who made a See also:fortune through his connexion with the See also:South See also:Sea See also:Company. See also:Young Rigby became an See also:associate of See also:Frederick, See also:prince of See also:Wales, and entered See also:parliament in 1745. He is chiefly known to fame through his connexion with See also:John See also:- RUSSELL (FAMILY)
- RUSSELL, ISRAEL COOK (1852- )
- RUSSELL, JOHN (1745-1806)
- RUSSELL, JOHN (d. 1494)
- RUSSELL, JOHN RUSSELL, 1ST EARL (1792-1878)
- RUSSELL, JOHN SCOTT (1808–1882)
- RUSSELL, LORD WILLIAM (1639–1683)
- RUSSELL, SIR WILLIAM HOWARD
- RUSSELL, THOMAS (1762-1788)
- RUSSELL, WILLIAM CLARK (1844– )
Russell, 4th See also:duke of See also:Bedford, and the " Bloomsbury gang," his audacity earning for him the See also:title of the " brazen See also:boatswain" of the " See also:- CREW (sometimes explained as a sea term of Scandinavian origin, cf. O. Icel. kris, a swarm or crowd, but now regarded as a shortened form of accrue, accrewe, used in the 16th century in the sense of a reinforcement, O. Fr. acreue, from accrofire, to grow,
- CREW, NATHANIEL CREW, 3RD BARON (1633–1721)
crew." In 1758 he became secretary to Bedford, who was See also:lord See also:lieutenant of See also:Ireland, and in the following See also:year he was given the See also:sinecure 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:master of the rolls for Ireland. Following the See also:political fortunes of the duke he became See also:vice-treasurer of Ireland in 1765, and in 1768 he obtained the lucrative position of paymaster-See also:general of the forces. Rigby often spoke in parliament, and in 1769 he shared in the opposition to Wilkes. In 1784 he was obliged to resign his position as paymaster-general, and he was somewhat surprised and embarrassed when he was requested to pay over the large sum of public See also:money which was in his See also:possession. He See also:left a See also:great fortune when he died at See also:Bath on the 8th of See also:April 1788.
End of Article: RIGBY, RICHARD (1722–1788)
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