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See also:WILLIAMS, See also:SIR 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:FENWICK , See also:Bart. (1800-1883), See also:British See also:general, second son of See also:Commissary-General See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas Williams, barrack-See also:master at See also:Halifax, Nova See also:Scotia, was See also:born at See also:Annapolis, Nova Scotia, on the 4th of See also:December 'Soo. He entered the Royal See also:Artillery as second See also:lieutenant in 1825. His services were See also:- LENT (0. Eng. lenclen, " spring," M. Eng. lenten, lente, lent; cf. Dut. lente, Ger. Lenz, " spring," 0. H. Ger. lenzin, lengizin, lenzo, probably from the same root as " long " and referring to " the lengthening days ")
lent to See also:Turkey in 1841, and he was employed as a See also:captain in the See also:arsenal at See also:Constantinople. He was British See also:commissioner in the conferences preceding the treaty of See also:Erzerum in 1847, and again in the See also:settlement of the Turko-See also:Persian boundary in 1848 (See also:brevet See also:majority and lieutenant-colonelcy and C.B.). Promoted See also:colonel, he was British commissioner with the See also:Turkish See also:army in See also:Anatolia in the See also:Russian See also:War of 1854-56, and, having been made a ferik (lieutenant-general) and a See also:pasha, he practically commanded the See also:Turks during the heroic See also:defence of See also:Kars, repulsing several Russian attacks and severely defeating the Russian general See also:Muraviev in the See also:battle of Kars on 29th See also:September 1855• See also:Cold, See also:cholera, See also:famine and hopelessness of succour from without, however, compelled Williams to make an See also:honourable See also:capitulation on the 28th of See also:November following. A baronetcy with See also:pension for See also:life, the K.C.B., the See also:grand See also:cross of the See also:Legion of See also:Honour and of the Turkish See also:Medjidie, the freedom of the See also:City of See also:London with a See also:sword of honcur, and the honorary degree of D.C.L. of 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 University, were the distinctions conferred upon him for his valour. Promoted See also:major-general in November 1855 on his return from captivity in See also:Russia, he held the See also:Woolwich command, and represented the See also:- BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
- BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)
borough of See also:Calne in See also:parliament from 1856 to 1859. He became lieutenant-general and colonel-commandant Royal Artillery in 1864, general in 1868, commanded the forces in See also:Canada from 1859 to 1865, held the governorship of Nova Scotia until 1870, and the governorship of See also:Gibraltar until 1876. He was made G.C.B. in 1871, and See also:- CONSTABLE (0. Fr. connestable, Fr. connetable, Med. Lat. comestabilis, conestabilis, constabularius, from the Lat. comes stabuli, count of the stable)
- CONSTABLE, ARCHIBALD (1774-1827)
- CONSTABLE, HENRY (1562-1613)
- CONSTABLE, JOHN (1776-1837)
- CONSTABLE, SIR MARMADUKE (c. 1455-1518)
Constable of the See also:Tower of London in 1881. He died in London on the 26th of See also:July 1883.
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