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See also:TENNENT, See also:SIR 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 See also:EMERSON, See also:BART . (1804-1869), See also:English politician and traveller, the third son of 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 Emerson, a See also:merchant of See also:Belfast, was See also:born there on the 7th of See also:April 1804. He was educated at Trinity See also:College, See also:Dublin, of which he afterwards became LL.D. He took up the cause of See also:Greek See also:independence, and travelled in See also:Greece, See also:publishing a Picture of Greece (1826), Letters from the See also:Aegean (1829), and a See also:History of See also:Modern Greece (183o) ; and he was called to the English See also:bar at See also:Lincoln's See also:Inn in 1831. In this See also:year he married the daughter and co-heiress (with her See also:cousin, See also:Robert James Tennent, M.P. for Belfast, 1848–52) of William Tennent, a wealthy merchant at Belfast, who died of See also:cholera in 1832, and he adopted by royal See also:licence the name of his wife in addition to his own. He entered See also:parliament in 1832 as member for Belfast. In 1841 he became secretary to the See also:India See also:Board, and in 1845 he was knighted and appointed colonial secretary of See also:Ceylon, where he remained till 185o. The result of his See also:residence there appeared in See also:Christianity in Ceylon (1850) and Ceylon, See also:Physical, See also:Historical and Topographical (2 vols., 1859). On his return, he became member for See also:Lisburn, and under See also:Lord See also:Derby was secretary to the Poor See also:Law Board in 1852. From 1852 till 1867 he was permanent secretary to the Board of See also:Trade, and on his
retirement he received a baronetcy from Lord See also:Palmerston. In his See also:early years his See also:political views had a See also:Radical tinge, and, although he subsequently joined the Tories, his Conservatism was of a mild type. He withdrew from the Whigs along with Lord See also:Stanley and Sir James See also:Graham, and afterwards adhered to See also:Peel. He died in See also:London on the 6th of See also:March 1869. His See also:family consisted of two daughters and a son, Sir William Emerson Tennent, and See also:baronet (1835–1876), who was an See also:official in the Board of Trade, and at whose See also:death the baronetcy be-came See also:extinct.
Besides the books above mentioned, Emerson Tennent wrote See also:Belgium in 1840 (1841), and See also:Wine; its Duties and See also:Taxation (1855), and was a contributor to magazines and a frequent correspondent of Notes and Queries. (H.
End of Article: TENNENT, SIR JAMES EMERSON, BART
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