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See also:SHREWSBURY, See also:CHARLES See also:TALBOT, See also:DUKE OF (166o-1718) , only son by his second wife of See also:Francis Talbot, nth See also:earl of Shrewsbury, was See also:born on the 24th of See also:July 166o. His See also:mother was a daughter of See also:Robert Brudenell, 2nd earl of See also:Cardigan, and the notorious See also:mistress of the 2nd duke of See also:- BUCKINGHAM
- BUCKINGHAM, EARLS, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
- BUCKINGHAM, FIRST DUKE
- BUCKINGHAM, GEORGE VILLIERS, 1ST DUKE 0E1
- BUCKINGHAM, GEORGE VILLIERS, 2ND DUKE 0E1 (1628-1687)
- BUCKINGHAM, HENRY STAFFORD, 2ND DUKE OF3 (1454-1483)
- BUCKINGHAM, JAMES SILK (1786-1855)
Buckingham, by whom his See also:father was killed in a See also:duel in 1668. Charles was a godson of See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King Charles II., after whom he was named, and he was brought up as a See also:Roman See also:Catholic, but in 1679 under the See also:influence of See also:Tillotson he became a member of the 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 of See also:England. On his father's See also:death in 1668 he succeeded to the earldom of Shrewsbury; he received an See also:appointment in the See also:household of Charles II., and served in the See also:army under 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 II. But in 1687 he was in See also:correspondence with the See also:Prince of See also:Orange, and he was one of the seven signatories of the See also:letter of invitation to 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 in the following See also:year. He contributed towards defraying the expenses of the projected invasion, and having crossed to See also:- HOLLAND
- HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
- HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
- HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
- HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
- HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
- HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
- HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART
Holland to join William, he landed with him in England in See also:November 1688. Shrewsbury became a secretary of See also:state in the first See also:administration of William and See also:Mary, but he resigned 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 in 1690 when the tories gained the upper See also:hand in See also:parliament. While in opposition he brought forward the triennial See also:bill, to which the king refused assent. In 1694 he again became secretary of state; but there is some See also:evidence that as See also:early as 169o, when he resigned, he had gone over to the See also:Jacobites and was in correspondence with James at St Germains, though it has been stated on the other hand that these relations were entered upon with William's connivance for reasons of policy. However this may be, William appears to have had no suspicion of Shrewsbury's See also:loyalty, for on the 3oth of See also:April 1694 the latter was created See also:marquess of. See also:Alton and duke of ,Shrewsbury, and he acted as one of .the regents during the king's See also:absence from England in the two following years. In 1696 definite accusations of See also:treason were brought against him by See also:Sir See also:John See also:Fenwick, which William himself communicated to Shrewsbury; and 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 the secretary of state took but a small See also:part in public business, again professing his anxiety to resign. His plea of See also:ill-See also:health was a genuine one, and in 1700 the king reluctantly consented to his retirement into private See also:life.
For the next seven years Shrewsbury lived abroad, chiefly at See also:Rome, whence in 1701 he wrote a celebrated letter to See also:Lord See also:Somers expressing his abhorrence of public life and declaring that if he had a son he " would sooner bind him to a cobbler than a courtier, and a hangman than a statesman." On the See also:accession of See also:Queen See also:Anne the whig leaders made an ineffectual See also:attempt to persuade Shrewsbury to return to office. When, however, at last he did return to England in 1707 he gradually became alienated from his old See also:political associates, and in 1710 he accepted the See also:post of lord 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 in the tory administration to which the queen appointed him without the knowledge of See also:Godolphin and See also:Marlborough, while his wife was at the same time made a See also:lady of the bedchamber. After a See also:diplomatic See also:mission to See also:France for the purpose of negotiating preliminaries of See also:peace, Shrewsbury became lord See also:lieutenant of See also:Ireland in 1713; but he was in See also:London in July 1714 during the memorable crisis occasioned by the impending death of Queen Anne. On the 27th of July, when the queen was dying, the earl of 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 received his See also:long-delayed dismissal from the office of lord treasurer. On the 3oth Shrewsbury and other ministers assembled at See also:Kensington See also:Palace, and being admitted to the queen's bedchamber See also:Bolingbroke recommended the appointment of Shrewsbury to the vacant treasurership; Anne at once placed the See also:staff of that high office in the duke's hands. When
the queen died on the 1st of See also:August Shrewsbury was thus in a position of supreme See also:power with reference to the momentous question of the See also:succession to the See also:crown. He threw his influence into the See also:scale in favour of the elector of See also:Hanover, and was powerfully influential in bringing about the peaceful accession of See also:George I., and in defeating the See also:design of the Jacobites to See also:place the son of James II. on the See also:throne. His disinclination for the highest political offices remained, however, as See also:great as before; and having resigned the lord-treasurership and the lord-lieutenancy of Ireland, he was appointed lord chamberlain. This place he resigned in July 1715, and he died on the rst of See also:February 1718.
The duke of Shrewsbury was one of the greatest noblemen of the reign of Queen Anne. Strikingly handsome in See also:person, his demeanour was dignified and his See also:manners full of See also:- GRACE (Fr. grace, Lat. gratia, from grates, beloved, pleasing; formed from the root cra-, Gr. xav-, cf. xaipw, x6p,ua, Xapts)
- GRACE, WILLIAM GILBERT (1848– )
grace and See also:courtesy. See also:Swift described him as " the finest See also:gentleman we have," and as " the favourite of the nation," while William III. spoke of him as " the king of See also:hearts." Like most of his See also:con-temporaries he endeavoured to keep himself in favour both with the exiled See also:house of See also:Stuart and with the reigning See also:sovereign in England; but at the two See also:critical junctures of 1688 and 1714 he acted decisively in favour of the See also:Protestant succession. At other times he appeared weak and vacillating, and he never whole-heartedly supported either whigs or tories, though he co-operated with each in turn. His magnanimous disposition saved him from the vindictiveness of the party politician of the See also:period; and the weak health from which he suffered through life probably combined with a congenital lack of ambition to prevent his grasping the power which his See also:personality and talents might have placed in his hands.
In 1705 Shrewsbury married See also:Adelaide, daughter of the See also:Marquis Paleotti of See also:Bologna. This lady, who is said to have had " a great many engaging qualities " besides many accomplishments, was the subject of much malicious See also:gossip. She was the widow, or as some declared, the mistress of a See also:Count Brachiano; and Lady See also:Cowper reported that the lady's See also:brother had forced Shrewsbury to marry her " after an intrigue together." After Shrewsbury's return to England the duchess became conspicuous in London society, where the See also:caustic wit of Lady Mary Wortley-See also:Montagu was exercised at her expense. On the accession of George I. the duchess of Shrewsbury became a lady of the bedchamber to the princess of See also:Wales, a position which she retained till her death on the 29th of See also:June 1726. Shrewsbury See also:left no See also:children, and at his death the dukedom became See also:extinct, the earldom of Shrewsbury passing to his See also:cousin See also:- GILBERT
- GILBERT (KINGSMILL) ISLANDS
- GILBERT (or GYLBERDE), WILLIAM (1544-1603)
- GILBERT, ALFRED (1854– )
- GILBERT, ANN (1821-1904)
- GILBERT, GROVE KARL (1843– )
- GILBERT, J
- GILBERT, JOHN (1810-1889)
- GILBERT, MARIE DOLORES ELIZA ROSANNA [" LOLA MONTEZ "] (1818-1861)
- GILBERT, NICOLAS JOSEPH LAURENT (1751–1780)
- GILBERT, SIR HUMPHREY (c. 1539-1583)
- GILBERT, SIR JOSEPH HENRY (1817-1901)
- GILBERT, SIR WILLIAM SCHWENK (1836– )
Gilbert Talbot (see TALBOT).
See Correspondence of Charles Talbot, Duke of Shrewsbury, with King William, the Leaders of the Whig Party, &c., edited by W. See also:Coxe (London, 1821); Gilbert See also:Burnet, See also:History of his own Time (6 vols., 2nd ed., Oxford, 1833) ; F. W. See also:Wyon, History of Great See also:Britain during the Reign of Anne (2 vols., London, 1876) ; Earl See also:Stanhope, History of England comprising the Reign of Anne until the Peace of See also:Utrecht (London, 1870), and History of England from the Peace of Utrecht, vol. i. (7 vols., London, 1836–1854) ; The See also:Wentworth Papers, edited by J. J. See also:Cartwright (London, 1883) ; W. E. H. See also:Lecky, History of England in the Eighteenth See also:Century, vol. i. (new edition, 7 vols., London, 1892); and G. E. C., See also:Complete See also:Peerage, vol. vii. (London, 1896). (R. J.
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