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See also:YORK, See also:FREDERICK See also:AUGUSTUS, See also:DUKE OF (1763-1827) , second son of See also:George III., was See also:born at St 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's See also:Palace on the 16th of See also:August 1763. At the See also:age of six months his See also:father secured his See also:election to the See also:rich bishopric of See also:Osnabruck. He was invested a See also:knight of the See also:Bath in 1767, a K.G. in 1771, and was gazettedcolonel in 1780. From 1781 to 1787 he lived in See also:Germany, where he attended the manoeuvres of the See also:Austrian and Prussian armies. He was appointed See also:colonel of the and See also:horse See also:grenadier See also:guards (now and See also:Life Guards) in 1782, and promoted See also:major-See also:general and appointed colonel of the See also:Coldstream Guards in 1784. He was created duke of York and See also:Albany and See also:earl of See also:Ulster in 1784, but retained the bishopric of Osnabruck until 1803. On his return to See also:England he took his seat in the See also:House of Lords, where, on See also:December 15, 1788, he opposed See also:Pitt's Regency See also:Bill in a speech which was supposed to have been inspired by the See also:prince of See also:Wales. A See also:duel fought on See also:Wimbledon See also:Common with Colonel See also:Lennox, afterwards duke of See also:Richmond, served to increase the duke of York's popularity, his See also:acceptance of the See also:challenge itself and his perfect coolness' appealing strongly to the public See also:taste. In 1791 he married Princess Frederica See also:Charlotte Ulrica Catherina (b. 1767), daughter of Frederick 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 II. of See also:Prussia. The princess was enthusiastically received in See also:London, but the See also:marriage was not happy, and a separation soon took See also:place. The princess retired to Oatlands See also:Park, See also:Weybridge, where she died on the 6th of August 1820.
In 1793 the duke of York was sent to See also:Flanders in command of the See also:English contingent of See also:Coburg's See also:army destined for the invasion of See also:France (see See also:FRENCH REVOLUTIONARY See also:WARS). On his return in 1795 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 promoted him See also:- FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
- FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
- FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
- FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
- FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
- FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
- FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
- FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
- FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
- FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
- FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)
field-See also:marshal, and on See also:April 3rd, 1798, appointed him See also:commander-in-See also:chief. His second command was with the army sent to invade See also:- HOLLAND
- HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
- HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
- HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
- HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
- HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
- HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
- HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART
Holland in See also:conjunction with a See also:Russian See also:corps d'armee in 1799. See also:Sir See also:Ralph See also:Abercromby and See also:Admiral Sir See also:Charles See also:Mitchell in See also:charge of the vanguard had succeeded in capturing the Dutch See also:ships in the See also:Helder, but from 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 of the duke's arrival with the See also:main See also:body of the army disaster,' followed disaster until, on the 17th of See also:October, the duke signed the See also:convention of See also:Alkmaar, by which the allied expedition withdrew after giving up its prisoners. Although thus unsuccessful as commander of a field army the duke was well fitted to carry out reforms in the army at See also:home, and to this task he devoted himself with the greatest vigour and success until his enforced retirement from the 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 of commander-in-chief on the 18th of See also:March 18og, in consequence of his relations with See also:Mary See also:Ann See also:- CLARKE, ADAM (1762?—1832)
- CLARKE, CHARLES COWDEN (1787-1877)
- CLARKE, EDWARD DANIEL (1769–1822)
- CLARKE, JAMES FREEMAN (1810–1888)
- CLARKE, JOHN SLEEPER (1833–1899)
- CLARKE, MARCUS ANDREW HISLOP (1846–1881)
- CLARKE, MARY ANNE (c.1776–1852)
- CLARKE, SAMUEL (1675–1729)
- CLARKE, SIR ANDREW (1824-1902)
- CLARKE, SIR EDWARD GEORGE (1841– )
- CLARKE, THOMAS SHIELDS (1866- )
- CLARKE, WILLIAM BRANWHITE (1798-1878)
Clarke (1776-1852), who was convicted of profiting by her intimacy with the duke to See also:extract See also:money from See also:officers by promising to recommend them for promotion. A select See also:committee was appointed by the House of See also:Commons to inquire into the See also:matter, and the duke was acquitted of having received bribes himself by 278 votes to 196. Two years later, in May 1811, he was again placed at the See also:head of the army by the prince See also:regent, and rendered valuable services in this position. He died on the 5th of See also:January 1827 and was buried at St George's See also:Chapel, See also:Windsor.
A See also:firm friendship seems to have existed between the duke and his See also:elder See also:brother, afterwards George IV., and he is also said to have been his father's favourite son. He was very popular, thanks to his amiable disposition and a keen love of See also:sport, but it is as the organizing and administrative head of the army that he has Ieft his See also:mark. He was untiring in his efforts to raise the See also:tone of the arrny, restore discipline, See also:weed out the undesirables, and suppress See also:bribery and favouritism. He founded the Duke of York's School for the sons of soldiers at See also:Chelsea, and his name is also commemorated by the Duke of York's See also:column in See also:Waterloo Place.
End of Article: YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
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