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See also:STOCKMAR, See also:CHRISTIAN See also:FRIEDRICH, See also:BARON VON (1787–1863) , Anglo-Belgian statesman, who came of a See also:Swedish See also:family, was See also:born at See also:Coburg on the 22nd of See also:August 1787. He was educated as a physician, and in that capacity became attached in 1816 to See also:Prince See also:Leopold of See also:Saxe-Coburg-See also:Gotha on his See also:marriage to Princess See also:Charlotte of See also:England. When she died next See also:year he remained Leopold's private secretary, controller of the See also:household and See also:political See also:agent, until the prince became in 1831 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 of the Belgians. He was thus brought into contact with the leading statesmen of See also:Europe, and his disinterestedness and profound acquaintance with See also:English and See also:European social and political questions impressed themselves on all who were associated with him. In 1831 he retired to his See also:home at Coburg, in See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order not to excite Belgian jealousies by residing at his See also:master's See also:court in the capacity of confidential adviser, but he continued to be Leopold's right-See also:hand See also:man. In 1837 Leopold sent him to England as adviser to the See also:young See also:Queen See also:Victoria, and in the next year he accompanied Prince See also:Albert (afterwards Prince See also:Consort) on his tour in See also:Italy, partly as See also:tutor but also with the See also:direct See also:object of satisfying King Leopold and the queen as to the fitness of the prince for the position already marked out for him in England. He won-the See also:complete confidence of the prince as well as of the queen, and on their marriage in 184o he became their trusted though unofficial counsellor, dividing his 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 more or less between England and the See also:Continent. In 1848 he was the See also:ambassador of Coburg to the See also:German See also:parliament. He had at See also:heart the unity of See also:Germany under See also:Prussia and See also:close relations between Germany and England, and for these he steadfastly worked; but his political activity was, a See also:good See also:deal resented in English circles, which were jealous of Prince Albert's—and generally of German —See also:influence. He died at Coburg on the 9th of See also:July 1863.
See the articles on VICTORIA, QUEEN; and ALBERT, PRINCE CONSORT. Selections from Stockmar's papers were published by his son Ernest in 1872, and a See also:biography by Justi appeared at See also:Brussels in 1873; see also The Letters of Queen Victoria (1907).
End of Article: STOCKMAR, CHRISTIAN FRIEDRICH, BARON VON (1787–1863)
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