See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

BARON See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

GEORGE See also:

• BARON GEORGE ANSON ANSON (1697-1762)

ANSON ANSON (1697-1762)  , See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• ADMIRAL

admiral, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 23rd of See also:

• APRIL

April 1647 . He was the son 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 See also:

• ANSON, GEORGE ANSON, BARON (1697-1762)

Anson of Shugborough in See also:

• STAFFORDSHIRE

Staffordshire, and his wife See also:

• ISABELLA (1451-15o4)
• ISABELLA, ISABEAU

Isabella See also:

• CARRIER
• CARRIER, JEAN BAPTISTE (1956-1794)

Carrier, who was the See also:

• SISTER

sister-in-See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law of 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 See also:

• MACCLESFIELD
• MACCLESFIELD, CHARLES GERARD, 1ST EARL OF (c. 1618-1694)

Macclesfield, a relationship which proved very useful to the future admiral . See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George Anson entered the See also:

• NAVY

navy in See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1712, and by rapid steps became See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant in 1716, See also:

• COMMANDER

commander in 1722, and See also:

• POST

post-See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain in 1724 . In this See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank he served twice on the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North See also:

• AMERICAN

American station as captain of the " See also:

• SCARBOROUGH

Scarborough " and the " See also:

• SQUIRREL
• SQUIRREL (Fr. ecureuil)

Squirrel " from 1724 to 1730 and from 1733 to 1735 . In 1737 he was appointed to the " See also:

• CENTURION (Lat. centuria)

Centurion," 6o, on the See also:

• EVE

eve of See also:

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

war with See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain, and when hostilities had begun he was chosen to command as See also:

• COMMODORE (a form of " commander"; in the 17th century the term " commandore " is used)

commodore the See also:

• SQUADRON

squadron which was sent to attack her possessions in See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• AMERICA

America in 1740 . The See also:

• ORIGINAL

original 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 was ambitious, and was not carried out . Anson's squadron, which sailed later than had been intended, and was very See also:

• ILL

ill-fitted, consisted of six See also:

• SHIPS

ships, which were reduced by successive disasters to his See also:

• FLAGSHIP

flagship the Centurion." The lateness of the See also:

• SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio, sowing time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)

season forced him to See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round Cape See also:

• HORN
• HORN (a common Teutonic word, cognate with Lat. cornu; cf. Gr. Kipas)
• HORN (Lat. cornu; corresponding terms being Fr. cor, trompe; Ger. Horn; Ital. corno)
• HORN, ARVID BERNHARD, COUNT (1664-1742)
• HORN, PHILIP DE MONTMORENCY, COUNT

Horn in very stormy See also:

• WEATHER (O. Eng. weder; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Du. weder, Dan. veir, Icel. ve8r, and Ger. Wetter and Gewitter, storm; the root is wa- to blow, from which is derived " wind ")

weather, and the navigating See also:

• INSTRUMENTS

instruments of the 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 did not allow of exact observation . Two of his vessels failed to round the Horn, another, the " See also:

• WAGER (derived, through Fr. wagier, gagier, from Lat. vadiunz, a pledge)

Wager," was wrecked in the Golfo de See also:

• PALLAS, PETER SIMON (1741–1811)

Pallas on the See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of See also:

• CHILE, or CHILI (derived, it is said, from the Quichua chin , cold, or tchili, snow)

Chile . By the time Anson reached the See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island of Juan See also:

• FERNANDEZ, ALVARO
• FERNANDEZ, DIEGO
• FERNANDEZ, JOHN (Joao, Joam)
• FERNANDEZ, JUAN (fl. c. 1570)
• FERNANDEZ, LUCAS

Fernandez in See also:

• JUNE

June 1741, his six ships had been reduced to three, while the strength of his crews had fallen from 961 to 335 . In the See also:

• ABSENCE (Lat. absentia)

absence of any effective See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish force on the coast he was able to harass the enemy, and to See also:

• CAPTURE (from Lat. capere, to take; Fr. prise maritime; Ger. Wegnahme)

capture the See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• PAITA, or PAYTA

Paita on the 13th-15th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1741 . The steady diminution of his See also:

• CREW (sometimes explained as a sea term of Scandinavian origin, cf. O. Icel. kris, a swarm or crowd, but now regarded as a shortened form of accrue, accrewe, used in the 16th century in the sense of a reinforcement, O. Fr. acreue, from accrofire, to grow,
• CREW, NATHANIEL CREW, 3RD BARON (1633–1721)

crew by sickness, and the worn-out See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state of his remaining consorts, compelled him at last to collect all the survivors in the " Centurion." He rested at the island of Tinian, and then made his way to See also:

• MACAO (A-Ma-ngao, " Harbour of the goddess A-Ma "; Port. Macau)

Macao in November 1742 . After considerable difficulties with the See also:

• CHINESE, JAPANESE AND

Chinese, he sailed again with his one remaining See also:

• VESSEL (O. Fr. vaissel, from a rare Lat. vascellum, dim. of vas, vase, urn)

vessel to cruise for one of the richly laden galleons which conducted the 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 between See also:

• MEXICO
• MEXICO (Span. Mejico, or Mexico,)
• MEXICO, FEDERAL DISTRICT OF
• MEXICO, GULF OF

Mexico and the Philippines .

The indomitable per-severance he had shown during one of the most arduous voyages in the See also:

• HISTORY

history of See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea See also:

• ADVENTURE (from Lat. res adventura, a thing about to happen)

adventure was rewarded by the capture of an immensely See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich See also:

• PRIZE, or PRIZE OF WAR (Fr. prise, from prendre, to take)

prize, the " Nuestra Senora de Covadonga," which was met off Cape Espiritu Santo on the loth of June 1743 . Anson took his prize back to Macao, sold her See also:

• CARGO (Span. for " loading," from Lat. carries, car)

cargo to the Chinese, keeping the specie, and sailed for See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, which he reached by the Cape of See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

Good See also:

• HOPE, ANTHONY
• HOPE, THOMAS (c. 1770-1831)

Hope on the 15th of June 1744 . The prize-See also:

• MONEY

money earned by the capture of the galleon had made him a rich See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man for See also:

• LIFE

life, and under the See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence of itritation caused by the refusal of the See also:

• ADMIRALTY, HIGH COURT OF

admiralty to confirm a captain's See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission he had given to one of his See also:

• OFFICERS

officers, Anson refused the rank of See also:

• REAR

rear-admiral, and was prepared to leave the service . His fame would stand nearly as high as it does if he had done so, but he would be a far less important figure in the history of the navy . By the See also:

• WORLD

world at large he is known as the commander of the voyage of circumnavigation, in which success was won by indomitable perseverance, unshaken firmness, and See also:

• INFINITE (from Lat. in, not, finis, end or limit; cf. findere, to deave)

infinite resource . But he was also the severe and capable See also:

• ADMINISTRATOR

administrator who during years of hard See also:

• WORK

work at the admiralty did more than any other to raise the navy from the state of corruption and indiscipline into which it had fallen during the first See also:

• HALF

half of the eighteenth See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . See also:

• GREAT

Great anger had been caused in the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country by the See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition of the See also:

• FLEET

fleet as revealed in the first See also:

• PART

part of the war with See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France and Spain, between 1739 and 1747 . The need for reform was strongly See also:

• FELT (cognate with Ger. Filz, Du. vilt, Swed. and Dan. fill; the root is unknown; the word has given Med. Lat. filtrum, " filter ")

felt, and the politicians of the See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day were conscious that it would not be safe to neglect the popular demand for it . In 1745 the See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

• BEDFORD

Bedford, the new first lord, invited Anson to join the admiralty with the rank of rear-admiral of the See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white . As subordinate under the duke, or Lord See also:

• SANDWICH
• SANDWICH, EDWARD MONTAGU, or MOUNTAGU, 1ST EARL OF (1625–1672)
• SANDWICH, JOHN MONTAGU, 4TH EARL OF (1718–1792)

Sandwich, and as first lord himself, Anson was at the admiralty with one See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short break from . 1745 till his See also:

• DEATH

death in 1762 . His chiefs in the earlier years See also:

• LEFT

left him to take the initiative in all See also:

• MEASURES

measures of reform, and supported him in their own See also:

• INTEREST

interest .

After 1751 he was himself first lord, except for a short time in 1756 and 1757 . At his See also:

• SUGGESTION

suggestion, or with his See also:

• ADVICE (Fr. avis, from Lat. ad, to, and visum, viewed)

advice, the See also:

• NAVAL

naval See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration was thoroughly over-hauled . The See also:

• DOCKYARDS

dockyards were brought into far better See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order, and though corruption was not banished, it was much reduced . The navy See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

board was compelled to render accounts, a See also:

• DUTY (from " due," that which is owing, O. Fr. deu, dil, past participle of devoir; Lat. debere, debitum; cf. " debt ")

duty it had See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long neglected . A See also:

• SYSTEM

system of regulating promotion to See also:

• FLAG (or " FLAGGE," a common Teutonic word in this sense, but apparently first recorded in English)

flag rank, which has been in the See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main followed ever since, was introduced . The Navy Discipline See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act was revised in 1749, and remained unaltered till 1865 . Courts See also:

• MARTIAL (MARCUS VALERIUS MARTIALIS)

martial were put on a See also:

• SOUND
• SOUND, THE (Danish Oresund)

sound footing . Inspections of the fleet and the dockyards were established, and the See also:

• CORPS (pronounced as in French, from which it is taken, being a late spelling of tors, from Lat. corpus, a body; cf. " corpse ")

corps of See also:

• MARINES (from Lat. mare, sea)

Marines was created in 1755 . The progressive improvement which raised the navy to the high state of efficiency it attained in later years See also:

• DATES

dates from Anson's presence at the admiralty . In 1747 he, without ceasing to be a member of the board, commanded the Channel fleet which on the 3rd of May scattered a large See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French See also:

• CONVOY

convoy See also:

• BOUND, or BOUNDARY (from O. Fr. bonde, Med. Lat. bodena or butina, a frontier line)

bound to the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East, and See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West Indies, in an See also:

• ACTION

action off Cape Finisterre . Several men-of-war and armed French Indiamen were taken, but the overwhelming superiority of Anson's fleet (fourteen men-of-war, to six men-of-war and four Indiamen) in the number and See also:

• WEIGHT

weight of ships deprives the action of any strong claim to be considered remark-able . In society Anson seems to have been See also:

• COLD (in O. Eng. cald and ceald, a word coming ultimately from a root cognate with the Lat. gelu, gelidus, and common in the Teutonic languages, which usually have two distinct forms for the substantive and the adjective, cf. Ger. Kolte, kalt, Dutch koude

cold and taciturn .

The sneers of See also:

• HORACE [QuINTus HORATIUS FLACCUS] (65-8 B.C.)

Horace See also:

• WALPOLE, HORATIO
• WALPOLE, SIR SPENCER (1839-1907)

Walpole, and the See also:

• SAVAGE
• SAVAGE, MINOT JUDSON (1841– )
• SAVAGE, RICHARD (d. 1743)

savage attack of See also:

• SMOLLETT, TOBIAS GEORGE (1721-1771)

Smollett in The Adventures of an See also:

• ATOM (Gr. &rows, indivisible, from a- privative, and TE,aPfw, to cut)

Atom, are animated by See also:

• PERSONAL

personal or See also:

• POLITICAL

political spite . Yet they would not have accused him of defects from which he was notoriously See also:

• FREE

free . In political life he may sometimes have given too ready assent to the wishes of powerful politicians . He married the daughter of Lord Chancellor See also:

• HARDWICKE, PHILIP YORKE, 1ST EARL

Hardwicke on the 27th of April 1748 . There were no See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children of the See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage . His See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

Baron Anson of Soberton was given him in 1747, but became See also:

• EXTINCT

extinct on his death . The title of See also:

• VISCOUNT (through O. Fr. viscomte, mod. vicomte, from Low Lat. vice-comes, cf. Portug. visconde, Ital. visconte)

Viscount Anson was, however, created in 18o6 in favour of his great-See also:

• NEPHEW

nephew, the See also:

• GRANDSON (Ger. Grandsee)

grandson of his sister Janetta and Mr Sam-See also:

• BROOK

brook See also:

• ADAMS
• ADAMS, ANDREW LEITH (1827-1882)
• ADAMS, CHARLES FRANCIS (1807-1886)
• ADAMS, HENRY (1838— )
• ADAMS, HENRY CARTER (1852— )
• ADAMS, HERBERT (i858— )
• ADAMS, HERBERT BAXTER (1850—1901)
• ADAMS, JOHN (1735–1826)
• ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY (1767-1848)
• ADAMS, SAMUEL (1722-1803)
• ADAMS, THOMAS (d. c. 1655)
• ADAMS, WILLIAM (d. 162o)

Adams, whose See also:

• FATHER

father had assumed the name and arms of Anson . The earldom of See also:

• LICHFIELD

Lichfield was conferred on the See also:

• FAMILY

family in the next See also:

• GENERATION (from Lat. generare, to beget, procreate; genus, stock, race)

generation . A See also:

• FINE

fine portrait of the admiral by See also:

• REYNOLDS, JOHN FULTON (182o-1863)
• REYNOLDS, SIR JOSHUA (1723-1792)
• REYNOLDS, WALTER (d. 1327)

Reynolds is in the See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of the See also:

• EARL

earl of Lichfield, and there are copies in the See also:

• NATIONAL

National Portrait See also:

• GALLERY (through Ital. galleria, from Med. Lat. galeria, of which the origin is unknown)

Gallery and at See also:

• GREENWICH

Greenwich . Anson's promotions in flag rank were: rear-admiral in 1745, See also:

• VICE

vice-admiral in 1746, and admiral in 1748 . In 1749 he became vice-admiral of Great See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain, and in 1761 admiral of the fleet . He died on the 6th of June 1762 .

A life of Lord Anson, inaccurate in ome details but valuable and interesting, was published by See also:

• SIR

Sir 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 See also:

• BARROW
• BARROW (from A.S. beorh, a mount or hillock)
• BARROW, ISAAC (1630-1677)
• BARROW, SIR JOHN (1764-1848)

Barrow in 1839 . The See also:

• STANDARD
• STANDARD, BATTLE OF THE

standard See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of his voyage round the world is that by his See also:

• CHAPLAIN

chaplain See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

Richard See also:

• WALTER, HUBERT (d. 1205)
• WALTER, JOHN (1738/9-1812)

Walter, 1748, often reprinted . A See also:

• SHARE (O. Eng. scearu, chiefly in compounds, e.g. land-scearu, a share of land, from sceran to cut; cf. " shear" )

share in the work has been claimed on dubious grounds for See also:

• BENJAMIN
• BENJAMIN, JUDAHPHILIP (1811-1884)

Benjamin See also:

• ROBINS, BENJAMIN (1707–1751)

Robins, the mathematician . Another and much inferior account was published in 1745 by Pascoe 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, the schoolmaster of the Centurion." (D . H.)ANSON, SIR WILLIAM REYNELL, See also:

• BART, JEAN (1651-1702)

BART . (1843— ), See also:

• ENGLISH

English jurist, was born on the 14th of November 1843, at Walberton, Svssex, son of the second See also:

• BARONET

baronet . Educated at See also:

• ETON

Eton and Balliol See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, 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 took a first class in the final classical See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools in 1866, and was elected to a fellowship of All Souls in the following See also:

• YEAR

year . In 1869 he was called to the See also:

• BAR
• BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
• BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
• BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
• BAR, THE

bar, and went the See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home See also:

• CIRCUIT (Lat. circuitus, from circum, round, and ire, to go)

circuit until 1873, when he succeeded to the baronetcy . In 1874 he became Vinerian reader in English law at Oxford, a post which he held until he became, in 1881, See also:

• WARDEN

warden of All Souls College . He identified himself both with See also:

• LOCAL

local and university interests; he became an See also:

• ALDERMAN (from A.-S. ealdorman, compounded of the comparative degree of the adjective eald, old, and man)

alderman of the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of Oxford in 1892, chairman of See also:

• QUARTER (through Fr. from Lat. quartarius, fourth part)

quarter sessions for the See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county in 1894, was vice-chancellor of the university in 1898—1899, and chancellor of the See also:

• DIOCESE (formed on Fr. diocese, in place of the Eng. form diocess—current until the 19th century—from Lat. dioecesis, med. Lat. variant diocesis, from Gr. Swucio•tc, " house-keeping," " administration," &miceas, " to keep house," " to govern ")

diocese of Oxford in 1899 . In that year he was returned, without opposition, as M.P. for the university in the Liberal Unionist interest, and consequently resigned the vice-chancellorship . In See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament he preserved an active interest in See also:

• EDUCATION

education, being a member of the newly created consultative See also:

• COMMITTEE (from commute, an Anglo-Fr. past participle of commettre, Lat. committere, to entrust; the modern Fr. equivalent comite is derived from the Eng.)

committee of the Board of Education in 1900, and in 1902 he became See also:

• PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary secretary .

He took an active part in the See also:

• FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation of a school of law at Oxford, and his volumes on The Principles of the English Law of See also:

• CONTRACT
• CONTRACT (Lat. contract us, from contrahere, to draw together, to bind)

Contract (1884, 11th ed . 1906), and on The Law and See also:

• CUSTOM (from O. Fr. costume, costume or coustume; Low Lat. costuma, a shortened form of consuetudo)

Custom of the Constitution in two parts, " The Parliament " and " The See also:

• CROWN

Crown " (1886-1892, 3rd ed . 1907, pt. i.vol. ii.), are standard See also:

• WORKS

works .