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See also:TORRENS, 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 TORRENS M'CULLAGH (1813-1894), See also:English politician and social reformer, son of 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 M`Cullagh (whose wife's See also:maiden name, Torrens, he assumed in 1863), was See also:born near See also:Dublin on the 13th of See also:October 1813. He was called to the See also:bar, and in 1835 became assistant See also:commissioner on the See also:special See also:commission on Irish poor-See also:relief, which resulted in the See also:extension of the workhouse See also:system in See also:Ireland in 1838. In the 'forties he joined the See also:Anti-See also:Corn See also:Law See also:League,
and in 1846 published his See also:Industrial See also:History of See also:Free Nations. In 1847 he was elected to See also:parliament for See also:Dundalk, and sat till 1852. In 1857 he was elected as a Liberal for See also:Yarmouth and from 1865 to 1885 he represented See also:Finsbury. Torrens was a well known See also:man in See also:political See also:life, and devoted himself mainly to social questions in parliament. It was an See also:amendment of his to the See also:Education See also:Bill of 187o which established the See also:London School See also:Board, and his Artisans' Dwellings Bill in 1868 facilitated the clearing away of slums by See also:local authorities. He published several books, and his Twenty Years in Parliament (1893) and History of Cabinets (1894) contain useful material. He died in London on the 26th of See also:April 1894.
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