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See also:SPENCER, 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:ROBERT (1769-1834) , See also:English poet and wit, was the son of See also:Lord See also:Charles Spencer, second sort of Charles Spencer, 3rd See also:duke of See also:Marlborough and 5th See also:earl of See also:Sunderland. He was educated at See also:Harrow and See also:Christ 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, 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; but See also:left the university without taking a degree. Spencer's wit made him a popular member of society, but he took no See also:part in public See also:life although he numbered among his See also:friends leading statesmen like See also:Pitt, See also:Fox and See also:Sheridan. He was an accomplished writer of occasional " See also:verse, which was warmly praised by See also:Scott, by See also:Christopher See also:North and by See also:Byron, who placed him in the same See also:rank as See also:Moore, See also:Rogers and See also:- CAMPBELL, ALEXANDER (1788–1866)
- CAMPBELL, BEATRICE STELLA (Mrs PATRICK CAMPBELL) (1865– )
- CAMPBELL, GEORGE (1719–1796)
- CAMPBELL, JOHN
- CAMPBELL, JOHN (1708-1775)
- CAMPBELL, JOHN CAMPBELL, BARON (1779-1861)
- CAMPBELL, JOHN FRANCIS
- CAMPBELL, LEWIS (1830-1908)
- CAMPBELL, REGINALD JOHN (1867— )
- CAMPBELL, THOMAS (1777—1844)
Campbell. In 1796 he published an English version of See also:Burger's Leonore, and in 1802 he burlesqued See also:German See also:romance in his Urania, which was produced on the See also:stage at See also:Drury See also:Lane. Among his best-known pieces, which were published in a collection of his poems in 1811, were " Beth Gelert "and "Too See also:Late I Stayed." He died in poverty in See also:Paris in 1834. In 1791 he married Susan, daughter of See also:Count ' Jenson-See also:Walworth, 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 to the elector See also:palatine, by whom he had five sons and two daughters. One son, See also:AUBREY See also:GEORGE SPENCER (1795-1872), became first See also:bishop of See also:Newfoundland in 1839, being afterwards translated to the See of See also:Jamaica. Another son, GEORGE TREVOR SPENCER (1799-1866), was in 1837 consecrated second bishop of See also:Madras. He published several books See also:relating to missionary See also:work in See also:India; on his return to See also:England in 1849 he was appointed assistant to the bishop of See also:Bath and See also:Wells, and in i86o became See also:chancellor of St See also:Paul's • See also:Cathedral. He married, in 1823, Harriet, daughter of See also:Sir See also:Benjamin See also:Hobhouse and See also:sister of Lord See also:Broughton.
See W. R. Spencer, Poems (See also:London, 1835), containing, a See also:biographical memoir; The See also:Annual See also:Register (1834); Alumni Oxonienses z7z5-.z6'86, annotated by J. See also:Foster (4 vols., Oxford, 1890.
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