See also:

• EDWARD

EDWARD See also:

• EDWARD BAINES (1774-1848)

BAINES (1774-1848)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English newspaper-proprietor and politician, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in 1774 at See also:

• WALTON, BRIAN (1600-1661)
• WALTON, IZAAK (1593-1683)

Walton-le-See also:

• DALE, ROBERT WILLIAM (1829-1895)
• DALE, SIR THOMAS (d. 1619)

Dale, near See also:

• PRESTON
• PRESTON, JOHN (1587-1628)

Preston, See also:

• LANCASHIRE

Lancashire . He was educated at the See also:

• GRAMMAR (from Lat. grammatica, sc. ars; Gr. ypaµ)

grammar See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools of Hawkshead and Preston, and at the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of sixteen was apprenticed to a prin'er in the latter See also:

• TOWN

town . After remaining there four years and a See also:

• HALF

half he removed to See also:

• LEEDS
• LEEDS, THOMAS OSBORNE

Leeds, finished his apprentice-See also:

• SHIP

ship, and at once started in business for himself . He was alwaysa most assiduous student, and quickly became known as a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man of See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• PRACTICAL

practical shrewdness and ability, who took a keen See also:

• INTEREST

interest in See also:

• POLITICAL

political and social movements . His political opinions led him to sympathize with See also:

• NONCONFORMITY, LAW RELATING TO

nonconformity and he soon joined the See also:

• INDEPENDENTS

Independents . In 18or the assistance of party See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends enabled him to buy the Leeds See also:

• MERCURY
• MERCURY (MERCU1uus)
• MERCURY (symbol Hg, atomic weight = 2oo)

Mercury . Provincial See also:

• NEWSPAPERS

newspapers did not at that 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 possess much See also:

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

influence; it was no See also:

• PART

part of the editor's See also:

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

duty to See also:

• SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply what are now called "leading articles," and the See also:

• SYSTEM

system of See also:

• REPORTING

reporting was defective . In both respects See also:

• BAINES, EDWARD (1774-1848)

Baines made a See also:

• COMPLETE

complete See also:

• CHANGE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. cambium, cambiare, to barter; the ultimate derivation is probably from the root which appears in the Gr. «a urmu', to bend)

change in the Mercury . His able political articles gradually made the See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper the See also:

• ORGAN

organ of Liberal See also:

• OPINION (Lat. opinio, from opinari, to think)

opinion in Leeds, and the connexion of the Baines See also:

• FAMILY

family with the paper made their influence powerful for many years in this direction . Baines soon began to take a prominent part in politics; he was an ardent See also:

• ADVOCATE (Lat. advocatus, from advocare, to summon, especially in law to call in the aid of a counsel or witness, and so generally to summon to one's assistance)

advocate of See also:

• PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary reform, and it was mainly by his influence that See also:

• MACAULAY, THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY, BARON (1800-1859)

Macaulay was returned for Leeds in 1832; and in 1834 he succeeded Macaulay as member . He was re-elected in 1835 and 1837, but resigned in 1841 . In See also:

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

parliament he supported the Liberal party, but with See also:

• INDEPENDENT

independent views .

Like his son See also:

• EDWARD

Edward after him, he strongly advocated the separation of 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 and See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state, and opposed 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 interference in See also:

• NATIONAL

national See also:

• EDUCATION

education . His letters to 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:

• 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:

• RUSSELL (FAMILY)
• RUSSELL, ISRAEL COOK (1852- )
• RUSSELL, JOHN (1745-1806)
• RUSSELL, JOHN (d. 1494)
• RUSSELL, JOHN RUSSELL, 1ST EARL (1792-1878)
• RUSSELL, JOHN SCOTT (1808–1882)
• RUSSELL, LORD WILLIAM (1639–1683)
• RUSSELL, SIR WILLIAM HOWARD
• RUSSELL, THOMAS (1762-1788)
• RUSSELL, WILLIAM CLARK (1844– )

Russell on the latter question (1846) had a powerful influence in deter-See also:

• MINING

mining the See also:

• ACTION

action of the government . He died in 1848 . His best-known writings are: The See also:

• HISTORY

History, See also:

• DIRECTORY

Directory and Gazetteer of 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 of See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York; History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of See also:

• LANCASTER
• LANCASTER, HOUSE OF
• LANCASTER, JOHN OF GAUNT
• LANCASTER, JOSEPH (1778-1838)
• LANCASTER, SIR JAMES (f1. 1591—1618)
• LANCASTER, THOMAS, EARL OF (c. 1277-1322)

Lancaster; History of the County See also:

• PALATINE (from Lat. palatium, a palace,)

Palatine and Duchy of Lancaster . He was also the author of a History of the See also:

• WARS

Wars of See also:

• NAPOLEON

Napoleon, which was continued under the See also:

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

title of A History of the Reign of See also:

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

George III . His See also:

• LIFE

Life (1861) has been written by his son, See also:

• SIR

Sir Edward Baines (1800-18.9o), who was editor and afterwards proprietor of the Leeds Mercury, M.P. for Leeds (1859-1874), and was knighted in 1880; his History of the See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

Cotton Manufacture (1835) was See also:

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

long a See also:

• STANDARD
• STANDARD, BATTLE OF THE

standard authority . An See also:

• ELDER (0. Eng. ellarn; Ger. Holunder; Fr. sureau)
• ELDER (Gr. 1rpev(3iTepos)

elder son, See also:

• MATTHEW, GOSPEL OF ST
• MATTHEW, ST (MaOOaior or MarOaIos, probably a shortened form of the Hebrew equivalent to Theodorus)
• MATTHEW, TOBIAS

Matthew See also:

• TALBOT (FAMILY)
• TALBOT, MARY ANNE (1778-1808)
• TALBOT, WILLIAM HENRY FOX (1800–1877)

Talbot, Baines (1799-1860), went 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 became See also:

• RECORDER
• RECORDER, FIPPLE FLUTE

recorder of See also:

• HULL
• HULL (in O.Eng. hulu, from helan, to cover, cf. Ger. Hiille, covering)
• HULL (officially KINGSTON-UPON-HULL)
• HULL, ISAAC (1775-1843)

Hull (1837) . He became M.P. for Hull in 1847, and in 1849 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 Poor 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 See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

Board . In 1852 he was returned for Leeds, and again became president of the Poor Law Board (till 1855) . In 1856 he entered the See also:

• CABINET

cabinet as See also:

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

chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster .