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See also:SELBORNE, 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:WALDEGRAVE See also:PALMER, 2ND See also:EARL OF (18J9- ) , son of the preceding, was educated at See also:Winchester and University 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, where he took a first class in See also:history. In 1883, being then See also:Viscount Wolmer, he married See also:Lady Beatrix See also:Cecil, 3rd daughter of the 3rd See also:marquess of See also:Salisbury. He served a See also:political See also:apprenticeship as assistant private secretary to the See also:chancellor of- the See also:exchequer (Mr See also:Childers) from 1882 to 1885, when he was elected Liberal member of See also:parliament for See also:East See also:Hampshire. Like his See also:father, he became a Liberal Unionist when in r886 Mr See also:Gladstone proposed See also:Home See also:Rule for See also:Ireland, and he retained his seat till 1892, when he was elected for See also:West See also:Edinburgh. From 1895 to 1900 he was under-secretary for the colonies, having Mr See also:- CHAMBERLAIN (0. Fr. chamberlain, chamberlenc, Mod. Fr. chambellan, from O. H. Ger. Chamarling, Chamarlinc, whence also the Med. Lat. cambellanus, camerlingus, camerlengus; Ital. camerlingo; Span. camerlengo, compounded of 0. H. Ger. Chamara, Kamara [Lat.
- CHAMBERLAIN, JOSEPH (1836— )
- CHAMBERLAIN, JOSHUA LAWRENCE (1828– )
- CHAMBERLAIN, SIR NEVILLE BOWLES (1820-1902)
Chamberlain as his See also:chief, and during the difficult See also:period before the outbreak of the See also:South See also:African See also:War he came rapidly to the front. In 1900 he entered the See also:cabinet asfirst See also:lord of the See also:admiralty, and held this 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 till 1905, when he succeeded Lord See also:Milner as high See also:commissioner for South See also:Africa and See also:governor of the See also:Transvaal and See also:Orange See also:River colonies. He assumed office at See also:Pretoria in May of that See also:year. He had gone out with the intention of guiding the destinies of South Africa during a period when the ex-See also:Boer republics would be in a transitional See also:state between See also:crown See also:colony See also:government and self-government, and letters patent were issued granting the Transvaal representative institutions. But the Liberal party came into office in See also:England in the See also:December following, before the new constitution had been actually established, and the decision was now taken to give both the Transvaal and Orange River colonies self-government without delay. Lord Selborne loyally accepted the changed situation, and it was due in considerable measure to his moderation, See also:common sense, administrative gifts and appreciation of the Boers' standpoint, that the experiment proved successful. He ceased to be governor of the Orange River Colony on its See also:assumption of self-government in See also:June 1907, but retained his other posts until May 1910, retiring on the See also:eve of the See also:establishment of the See also:Union of South Africa. No one had done more to effect that union. The despatch, dated See also:January 7th, 1907, in which he reviewed the situation in its economic and political aspects, was a masterly and comprehensive statement of the dangers inherent in the existing See also:system and of the ad-vantages likely to attend union. The force of its See also:appeal had a marked See also:influence on the course of events, while the See also:loyalty with which Lord Selborne co-operated with the See also:Botha See also:administration was an additional factorin reconciling the Dutch and See also:British communities. He returned to England with his reputation as a statesman enhanced by the respect of all parties, and with a See also:practical experience, second only to that of Lord Milner, of British imperialism in successful operation. This experience made him a valuable ally in the See also:movement among the Unionist party at home for See also:Tariff Reform and Colonial Preference, to which he could now give his whole-hearted support.
End of Article: SELBORNE, WILLIAM WALDEGRAVE PALMER, 2ND EARL OF (18J9- )
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