See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

• RUTHERFORD, MARK
• RUTHERFORD, WILLIAM GUNION (1853–1907)

RUTHERFORD See also:

• ALCOCK, JOHN (c. 1430–1500)
• SIR RUTHERFORD ALCOCK (1809–1897)

ALCOCK (1809–1897)  , See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• CONSUL
• CONSUL (in Gr. generally ihraros,ashortened form of errpavgybs 8hraeos, i.e. praetor maximus)

consul and diplomatist, was the son of Dr 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 See also:

• ALCOCK, JOHN (c. 1430–1500)
• ALCOCK, SIR RUTHERFORD (1809–1897)

Alcock, who practised at See also:

• EALING

Ealing, near See also:

• LONDON

London, and himself followed the medical. profession . In 1836 he became a surgeon in the marine See also:

• BRIGADE (Fr. and Ger. brigade, Ital. brigata, Span. brigada; the English use of the word dates from the early 17th century)

brigade which took See also:

• PART

part in the Carlist See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war, and gaining distinction by his services was made See also:

• DEPUTY (through the Fr. from a Late Lat. use of deputare, to cut off, allot; putare having the original sense of to trim, prune)

deputy inspector-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general of hospitals . He retired from this service in 1837, and seven years later was appointed consul at See also:

• FUCHOW

Fuchow in See also:

• CHINA

China, where, after a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official stay at See also:

• AMOY

Amoy, he performed the functions, as he himself expressed it, " of everything from a See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

lord See also:

• CHANCELLOR (M. Eng. and Anglo-Fr. canceler, chanceler, Fr. chancelier, Lat. cancellarius)

chancellor to a See also:

• SHERIFF

sheriff's officer." Fuchow was one of the ports opened to See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade by the treaty of 1842, and Mr Alcock, as he then was, had to maintain an entirely new position with the See also:

• CHINESE, JAPANESE AND

Chinese authorities . In so doing he was eminently successful, and earned for himself promotion to the consulate at See also:

• SHANGHAI

Shanghai . Thither he went in i846 and made it an especial part of his duties to superintend the See also:

• ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment and laying out of the British See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement, which has See also:

• DEVELOPED

developed into such an important feature of British commercial See also:

• LIFE

life in China . In 1858 he was appointed consul-general in the newly opened See also:

• EMPIRE

empire of See also:

• JAPAN

Japan, and in the following See also:

• YEAR

year was promoted to be See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister plenipotentiary . In those days See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence in Japan was surrounded with many dangers, and the See also:

• PEOPLE

people were intensely hostile to foreigners . In 186o Mr Alcock's native interpreter was murdered at the See also:

• GATE

gate of the See also:

• LEGATION (Lat. legalio, a sending or mission)

legation, and in the following year the legation was stormed by a See also:

• BODY

body of Ronins whose attack was repulsed by Mr Alcock and his See also:

• STAFF (O. Eng. staef, cf. Du. staf, Ger. Stab, &c.; Icel. stafr meant also a written letter, and O. Eng. stafas, the letters of the alphabet; " stave," one of the thin pieces of wood of which a cask is made, is a doublet)

staff . Shortly after this event he returned to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England on leave . Already he had been made a C.B . (1860); in 1862 he was made a K.C.B., and in 1863 hon . D.C.L .

Oxon . In 1864 he returned to Japan, and after a year's further residence he was transferred to See also:

• PEKIN

Pekin, where he represented the British See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government until 1871, when he retired . But though no longer in official life his leisure was fully occupied . He was for some years See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of the Royal See also:

• GEOGRAPHICAL

Geographical Society, and he served on many commissions . He was twice married, first in May 1841 to Henrietta See also:

• MARY
• MARY (1457-1482)
• MARY (1496-1533)
• MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS

Mary, daughter of See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles See also:

• BACON
• BACON (through the O. Fr. bacon, Low Lat. baco, from a Teutonic word cognate with " back," e.g. O. H. Ger. pacho, M. H. Ger. backe, buttock, flitch of bacon)
• BACON, FRANCIS (BARON VERULAM, VISCOUNT ST ALBANS) (1561-1626)
• BACON, JOHN (1740–1799)
• BACON, LEONARD (1802–1881)
• BACON, ROGER (c. 1214-c. 1294)
• BACON, SIR NICHOLAS (1509-1579)

Bacon, who died in 1853, and secondly (See also:

• JULY

July 8, 1862) to the widow of the Rev . See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John Lowder, who died on the 13th of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1899 . He was the author of several See also:

• WORKS

works, and was one of the first to awaken in England an See also:

• INTEREST

interest in See also:

• JAPANESE

Japanese See also:

• ART

art; his best-known See also:

• BOOK

book is The See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

Capital of the Tycoon, which appeared in 1863 . He died in London on the 2nd of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1897 . (R . K .