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See also:TWEEDDALE, MARQUESSES OF . See also:JOHN See also:HAY, 2ND See also:EARL and 1ST See also:MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1626-1697), was the eldest son of John, 8th See also:Lord Hay of Yester (c. 1599-1654), created earl of Tweeddale in 1646, who was the See also:grandson 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 Lord Hay of Yester (d. 1576), one of the partisans of See also:Mary See also:Queen of Scots, and thus a descendant of John Hay of Yester (See also:Haddingtonshire) who was created a lord of the Scottish See also:parliament in 1488 and died about 1500. Before succeeding to the See also:peerage in 1654 the second earl fought for See also:Charles I. during the See also:Civil See also:War, but he soon transferred his See also:allegiance, and was in the Scottish ranks at See also:Marston See also:Moor. Changing sides again, he was with the royalists at See also:Preston; but he was a member of See also:Cromwell's parliament in 1656, and was imprisoned just after the restoration of Charles II. He was soon, however, in the 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's favour, and in 1663 was appointed See also:president of the Scottish See also:council, and in 1664 an extraordinary lord of session. In See also:Scotland he sought to mitigate the harshness shown by the See also:English See also:government to the See also:Covenanters, and for this attitude he was dismissed from his offices in 1674; but he regained an See also:official position in 168o and held it during the reign 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 II. A supporter of William of See also:Orange, he was made lord high See also:chancellor of Scotland in 1692, and two years later was created marquess of Tweeddale and earl of See also:Gifford. He favoured the See also:- SCHEME (Lat. schema, Gr. oxfjya, figure, form, from the root axe, seen in exeiv, to have, hold, to be of such shape, form, &c.)
scheme for the expedition to See also:Darien, and as lord high See also:commissioner during William's See also:absence he formally assented to the See also:act establishing the trading See also:company in 1695; for this See also:action he was dismissed from 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 when the king returned to See also:England in 1696. He died on the 11th of See also:August 1697.
His son JOHN, 2ND MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1645-1713), was prominent in Scottish politics during the stormy See also:period which preceded the See also:union with England. After acting for a 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 with the See also:national party he became the See also:leader of the squadrone volante, a See also:band of men who at first took up an See also:independent attitude on the question, but afterwards supported the union. For a very See also:short time he was lord chancellor of Scotland, and he was one of the first of the Scottish representative peers. He died on the 2oth of See also:April 1713. His eldest son, CHARLES (c. 1670-1715), became 3rd marquess; a younger son, Lord JOHN HAY (d. 1706), commanded the famous See also:regiment of dragoons, afterwards called the Scots Greys, at the See also:battle of See also:Ramillies and elsewhere.
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