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See also:SPENCER, See also:JOHN See also:CHARLES SPENCER, 3RD See also:EARL (1782-1845) , See also:English statesman, better known by the See also:courtesy See also:title of See also:Lord Althorp, which he See also:bore during his See also:father's lifetime, was the son of See also:George John, 2nd Earl (1758–1834), See also:grandson of John (1734–1783), created 1st Earl Spencer in 1765, and See also:great-grandson of Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of See also:Sunderland. His father served in the ministries of See also:Pitt, See also:Fox and See also:Grenville, and was first lord of the See also:admiralty from 1794–1801; and his See also:interest in literature was shown in his See also:attention to the Althorp library, inherited from the 3rd Earl of Sunder-See also:land, which he See also:developed into the finest private library in See also:Europe; his wife, the eldest daughter of the 1st Earl See also:Lucan, was conspicuous in See also:London society for her gaiety and brightness. Their eldest son, John Charles, was See also:born at Spencer See also:House, London, on the 30th of May 1782. In 1800 he took up his See also:residence at Trinity See also:College, See also:Cambridge, and for some 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 applied himself energetically to mathematical studies; but he spent most of his time in See also:hunting and racing. Almost immediately after taking his degree in 1802, he set out on a See also:continental tour, which was cut See also:short, after he had passed some months in the See also:chief cities in See also:Italy, by the renewal of See also:war. Through the See also:influence of Pitt's See also:government he was returned to 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 See also:Okehampton in See also:Devonshire in See also:April 1804, and, although he vacated his seat in See also:February 18o6, to contest the university of Cambridge against Lord 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:Petty and Lord See also:Palmerston (when he was hopelessly beaten), he was elected in the same See also:month for St Albans, and appointed a lord of the See also:treasury. At the See also:general See also:election in See also:November 18o6, he was elected for See also:Northamptonshire, and he continued to sit for the See also:county until he succeeded to the See also:peerage. His tastes were then, as ever, for See also:country See also:life, but his indignation at the See also:duke of See also:York's conduct at the See also:Horse See also:Guards led him to move a See also:resolution of the House of See also:Commons in 1809 for the duke's removal frorn his See also:post. For the next few years after this speech Lord Althorp occasionally spoke in debate and always on the See also:side of Liberalism, but from 1813 to 1818 he was only rarely in the House of Commons. His See also:absence was partly due to a feeling that it was hopeless to struggle against the will of the Tory See also:ministry, but more particularly to his See also:marriage on the 14th of April 1814, to See also:Esther, only daughter of See also:Richard Acklom of Wiseton 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, Northamptonshire, who died in childbirth 1818. In 1819, on his return to See also:political life after her See also:death, and for many years after that date he pressed upon the attention of the house the See also:necessity of establishing a more efficient See also:bankruptcy See also:court, and of expediting the recovery of small debts; and he saw both these reforms accomplished before 1825. During the greater See also:part of the reign of George IV. the Whigs lost their legitimate influence in the See also:state from their want of cohesion, but this defect was soon remedied in 1830 when Lord Althorp was chosen their See also:leader in the See also:lower house, and his capacity for the position was proved by experience. When Lord See also:Grey's See also:administration was formed at the See also:close of the See also:year the chancellorship of the See also:exchequer combined with the leadership of the House of Commons was entrusted to Lord Althorp, and to him more than to any other See also:man, with the exception of the See also:prime See also:minister and the lord See also:chancellor, may be attributed the success of the government See also:measures. The See also:budget, it is true, was a failure, but this misfortune was soon forgotten in the struggles over the Reform See also:Bill. The See also:consideration of the preliminaries of this measure was assigned to four ministers, two in the See also:cabinet and two outside that See also:body; but their proposals were, after careful examination, approved or rejected by Lord Grey and Lord Althorp before they were brought under the See also:notice of the cabinet. When the Bill was ready for introduction to the House of Commons its principles were expounded by Lord 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; but from the commencement of the protracted discussion over its details he had the assistance of Lord Althorp, and after some
See also:weeks of incessant toil, which the physique of Lord John Russell could not sustain any longer, the whole responsibility was See also:cast on Lord Althorp. To. combat the objections of three such pertinacious opponents as See also:Croker, Sugden and Wetherell required both skill and courage, and in Lord Althorp these qualities were found. On one evening he made as many As.twenty speeches. The Reform Bill was carried at last, and popular See also:instinct was right in assigning to the leader of the house a See also:credit only second to that earned by Lord John Russell. After the See also:dissolution of 1833 the Whigs returned to. See also:power with augmented See also:numbers; but See also:differences soon showed themselves among both leaders and followers, and their See also:majority crumbled away. Their position was strengthened for a time by triumphantly carrying a new poor See also:law bill; and even their keenest critics would not allow that, had the Whig propositions on See also:tithes and 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 rates been carried into effect, many years of passionate controversy would have been spared. The ministry of Lord Grey was shattered to pieces by difficulties over an Irish See also:coercion bill. Although Lord See also:Melbourne became premier (See also:July 14,. 1834), the fortunes,of the ministry rested on Lord Althorp's presence in the House of Commons.
The death of the 2nd Earl Spencer in November 1834, called his son to the upper house, and 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 IV. took See also:advantage of this event to summon a Tory cabinet to his side. The new Lord Spencer abandoned the cares of 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 and returned to country life with unalloyed delight. Henceforth See also:agriculture, not politics, was his See also:principal interest. He was the first See also:president of the Royal Agricultural Society (founded 1838), and a notable See also:cattle-breeder. Often as he was urged by his political See also:friends to come to their assistance, he rarely quitted the peaceful pleasures which he loved. He died at Wiseton on the 1st of See also:October 1845, being succeeded as 4th Earl, in See also:default of issue, by his See also:brother See also:Frederick (d. 1857). He had held, as a statesman, a remarkable position. The Whigs required, to carry the Reform Bill, a leader of unstained See also:character, one to whom party spirit could not attach the suspicion of greed of office, and against Lord Althorp malevolence was powerless. No stronger See also:- PROOF (in M. Eng. preove, proeve, preve, &°c., from O. Fr . prueve, proeve, &c., mod. preuve, Late. Lat. proba, probate, to prove, to test the goodness of anything, probus, good)
proof of his pre-See also:eminence could be given than the oft-quoted saying of Lord See also:Hardinge that one of Croker's ablest speeches was demolished by the See also:simple statement of Lord Althorp that he had collected some figures which entirely refuted it, but had lost them. The See also:trust which the_house put in him then was never wanting.
End of Article: SPENCER, JOHN CHARLES SPENCER, 3RD EARL (1782-1845)
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