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See also:WHITBREAD, See also:SAMUEL (1758-1815) , See also:English politician, came of a See also:Bedfordshire See also:Nonconformist See also:family; his See also:father had made a considerable See also:fortune as owner of the well-known brewery associated with his name. Educated at See also:Eton and St See also:John's See also:College,
See also:Cambridge (after originally going to 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), he began by entering the See also:brewing business; but after his See also:marriage with the daughter of the 1st See also:Earl See also:Grey in 1789 he took to politics, and in 1790 was elected for Bedfordshire as a Whig, attaching himself to See also:Fox. He became known as a social and See also:financial reformer and a See also:constant assailant in See also:parliament of all sorts of abuses. It was on his See also:motion in 1805 that See also:Lord See also:Melville was impeached for financial maladministration of the See also:navy, and he conducted the See also:case for the See also:prosecution. His Poor See also:Law See also:bill in 1807, an elaborate See also:Radical 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, came to nothing. Whitbread continued to be a constant See also:speaker in parliament, and the See also:principal representative of Liberal See also:criticism, a See also:monument of opposition See also:tactics. He opposed the regency, championed the princess of See also:Wales, and led the See also:peace party; and the caricaturists were busy with his See also:personality. In 1809 he became chairman of the See also:committee for rebuilding See also:Drury See also:Lane See also:theatre, and for some 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 he was immersed in controversies connected with it, which eventually seem to have unstrung his mind, for he committed See also:suicide on the 6th of See also:July 1815. The Whitbread See also:influence in Liberal politics continued to be very strong in Bedfordshire in later generations, his son 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:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry (from 1818 to 1837) and See also:grandson Samuel (from 1852 to 1895) representing See also:Bedford for many years.
End of Article: WHITBREAD, SAMUEL (1758-1815)
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