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:

• BATH
• BATH, THOMAS THYNNE
• WILLIAM BATH

BATH  ,PI;ILTENEY, 1ST See also:

• EARL

EARL OF (1684-s764) generally known by the surname of PULTENEY, See also:

• ENGLISH

English politiciahl descended from an See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• FAMILY

family of See also:

• LEICESTERSHIRE

Leicestershire, was the sqi 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 Pulteney by his first wife, See also:

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

Mary FIoyd, and was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• APRIL

April 1684 . The boy was sent to See also:

• WESTMINSTER
• WESTMINSTER, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• WESTMINSTER, STATUTES OF
• WESTMINSTER, SYNODS OF

Westminster school, and from it proceeded to See also:

• CHRIST (Gr. X pLQTOS, Anointed)
• CHRIST, WILHELM VON (1831-1906)

Christ 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, 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, matriculating ;th 31st of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1700 . At these institutions he acquired his deep classical knowledge . On leaving Oxford he made the usualtouf on the See also:

• CONTINENT (from Lat. continere, "to hold together "; hence " connected," " continuous ")

continent . In 1705 he was brought into See also:

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

parliament by See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry See also:

• GUY, THOMAS (1644–1724)

Guy (secretary of the See also:

• TREASURY

treasury, 1679-1688, and See also:

• JUNE

June 169i. to See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1695) for the See also:

• YORKSHIRE

Yorkshire 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 )'Iedon, See also:

• ANA

ana '## his See also:

• DEATH

death on the 23rd of February 1710 inherited an See also:

• ESTATE (through O. Fr. estat, mod. flat, from Lat. status, state, condition, position, stare, to stand)

estate '6 5ooa See also:

• YEAR

year and £40,000 in See also:

• CASH

cash . This seat was held by him without a break until 1734 . Throughout the reign of See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

Queen See also:

• ANNE (1665-1714)
• ANNE (1693-1740)

Anne William Pulteney played a prominent See also:

• PART

part in the struggles of the Whigs, and on the See also:

• PROSECUTION

prosecution of See also:

• SACHEVERELL, HENRY (1674-1724)
• SACHEVERELL, W
• SACHEVERELL, WILLIAM (1638-1691)

Sacheverell he exerted himself with See also:

• GREAT

great zeal against that violent divine . When the victorious Tories sent his friend See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert See also:

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

Walpole to the See also:

• TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

Tower in 1712, Pulteney championed his cause in the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House of See also:

• COMMONS

Commons and with the leading Whigs visited him in his See also:

• PRISON (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. prehensio, seizure)

prison-chamber . He held the See also:

• POST

post of secretary of See also:

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

war from 1714 to 1717 in the first See also:

• MINISTRY

ministry of See also:

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

George I., and when the 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 secrecy on the See also:

• UTRECHT
• UTRECHT, TREATY OF

Utrecht treaty was formed in April 1715 the See also:

• LIST (O.E. lisle, a Teutonic word, cf. Dut. lust, Ger. Leiste, adapted in Ital. lista and Fr. lisle)
• LIST, FRIEDRICH (1789-1846)

list included the name of William Pulteney . Two years later (6th of See also:

• JULY

July 1716, he became one of the privy See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council . When See also:

• TOWNSHEND, CHARLES (1725-1767)
• TOWNSHEND, CHARLES TOWNSHEND, 2ND VISCOUNT (1674-1738)
• TOWNSHEND, GEORGE TOWNSHEND, 1ST MARQUESS (1724-1807)

Townshend was dismissed, in April 1717, from his post 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:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant of See also:

• IRELAND
• IRELAND, CHURCH
• IRELAND, CHURCH OF
• IRELAND, JOHN (1761-1842)
• IRELAND, JOHN (1838- )
• IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY (1777-1835)

Ireland, and Walpole resigned his places, they were followed in their retirement by Pulteney . The See also:

• CRASH

crash of the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South 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:

• COMPANY

Company restored Walpole to the highest position, but all that he offered to Pulteney was a See also:

• PEERAGE
• PEERAGE (Fr. pairage, med. Lat. paragium; M.E. Pere, 0. Fr. per, peer, later pair; Lat. Paris, " equal ")

peerage .

The offer was rejected, but in May 1723 Pulteney stooped to accept the lucrative but insignificant post of cofferer of the See also:

• HOUSEHOLD, ROYAL

household . In this obscure position he was content for some 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 to await the future; but when he found himself neglected he opposed the proposition of Walpole to See also:

• DISCHARGE (adapted from the O. Fr. discharge, modern decharge, from a med. Lat. discargare, to unload, dis- and earn care, to load, cf. " charge ")

discharge the debts of the See also:

• CIVIL

civil list, and in April 1725 was dismissed from his See also:

• SINECURE (Lat. sine cura, without care)

sinecure . From 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 of his dismissal to that of his ultimate See also:

• TRIUMPH (triumphus)

triumph Pulteney remained in opposition, and, although See also:

• SIR

Sir Robert Walpole attempted in 1730 to conciliate him by the offer of Townshend's See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place and of a peerage, all his overtures were spurned.- Pulteney's resentment was not confined to his speeches in parliament . With See also:

• BOLINGBROKE, HENRY ST JOHN, VISCOUNT (1678-1751)

Bolingbroke he set on See also:

• FOOT

foot in See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1726 the well-known periodical called the Craftsman, and in its pages the See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister was incessantly denounced for many years . Lord See also:

• HERVEY, JAMES (1714–1758)

Hervey published an attack on the Craftsman, and Pulteney,, either openly or behind the See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person of See also:

• AMHURST, NICHOLAS (1697-1742)

Amhurst, its editor, replied to the attack . Whether the question at issue was the civil list, the See also:

• EXCISE (derived through the Dutch, excijs or accijs, possibly from Late Lat. accensare,—ad, to, and census, tax; the word owes something to a confusion with excisum, cut out)

excise, the income of the See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince of See also:

• WALES (Cymru, Gwalia, Cambria)

Wales, or the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state of domestic affairs Pulteney was ready with a pamphlet, and the minister or one of his See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends came out with a reply . For his Proper reply to a See also:

• LATE

late scurrilous See also:

• LIBEL

libel " (Craftsman, 1731), an See also:

• ANSWER (derived from and, against, and the same root as swear)

answer to " See also:

• SEDITION (Lat. se or sed, apart, and ire, to go, a going apart, dissension)

Sedition and See also:

• DEFAMATION (from the classical Lat. diffamare, to spread abroad an evil report—the English form in de is taken from the Late Lat. defamare)

defamation displayed," he was challenged to a See also:

• DUEL (Ital. duello, Lat. duellum—old form of bellum-from duo, two)

duel by Lord Hervey; for another, " An answer to one part of an infamous libel entitled remarks on the Craftsman's indication of his two See also:

• HONOURABLE (Fr. honorable, from Lat. honorabilis, worthy of honour)

honourable patrons," he was in July 1731 struck off the See also:

• ROLL (O. Fr. rolle, roulle, mod. role, Lat. rotulus, dim. of rota, wheel)
• ROLL, ALFRED PHILIPPE (1846– )

roll of privy councillors and dismissed from the See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission of the See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace in several counties . In See also:

• PRINT

print Pulteney was inferior to Bolingbroke alone among the antagonists of Walpole, but in parliament, from which St 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 was excluded, he excelled all his comrades . When the sinking fund was appropriated in 1733 his See also:

• VOICE (Fr. voix, from Lat. vox)

voice was the foremost in denunciation; when the excise 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 in the same year was stirring popular feeling to its lowest depths the See also:

• PASSION (post-classical Lat. passio, formed from pati, passus, to suffer, endure)

passion of the multitude See also:

• BROKE, or BROOKE, ARTHUR (d. 1563)
• BROKE, SIR PHILIP BOWES VERE, BART

broke out in his See also:

• ORATORY (Lat. oratorio, sc. ors; from orare, to speak or pray)

oratory . Through Walpole's prudent withdrawal of the latter measure the fall of his ministry was averted . Bolingbroke withdrew to See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France on the See also:

• SUGGESTION

suggestion, it is said,"of Pulteney, and the opposition was weakened by the dissensions of the leaders . From 'the See also:

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

general See also:

• ELECTION
• ELECTION (from Lat. eligere, to pick out)

election of 1734 Until his See also:

• ELEVATION

elevation to the peerage Pulteney sat for See also:

• MIDDLESEX
• MIDDLESEX, LIONEL CRANFIELD, 1ST EARL OF (1575-1645)

Middlesex .

For some years after this election the minister's assailants made little progress in their attack, but in 1738 the troubles with See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain supplied them with the opportunity. which they desired . Walpole See also:

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

long argued for peace, but he was feebly supported in his own See also:

• CABINET

cabinet, and the frenzy of the See also:

• PEOPLE

people for war knew no See also:

• BOUNDS, BEATING THE

bounds . In an evil moment for his own reputation he consented to remain in 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 and to gratify popular passion with a war against Spain . His downfall was not long -deferred . War was declared in 1739; a new parliament was summoned in the summer of 1741, and over the divisions, on the election petitions the ministry of Walpole See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell to pieces . The task of forming the new See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration was after some delay entrusted to-Pulteney, who weakly offered the post of first lord of the treasury to that harmless politician the earl of See also:

• WILMINGTON

Wilmington, and contented himself with a seat in the cabinet and a peerage, thinking that by this See also:

• ACTION

action he would preservehis reputation for consistency in disdaining office and yet retain his supremacy in the ministry . At this See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act popular feeling broke out into open indignation, and from the moment of his elevation to the Upper House Pulteney's See also:

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

influence dwindled to nothing . See also:

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

Horace Walpole asserts that when Pulteney wished to recall his See also:

• DESIRE

desire for 'a peerage it was forced upon him through the ex-minister's See also:

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

advice by 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, and another chronicler of the times records that when See also:

• VICTOR
• VICTOR, GAIUS JULIUS (4th cent. A.D.)
• VICTOR, SEXTUS AURELIUS

victor and vanquished met in the House of Lords, the one as Lord See also:

• ORFORD
• ORFORD, EDWARD RUSSELL, EARL OF (1653-1727)
• ORFORD, ROBERT WALPOLE, 1ST EARL OF (1676-1745)

Orford, the other as the earl of See also:

• BATH
• BATH, THOMAS THYNNE
• BATH, WILLIAM

Bath, the remark was made by the exulting' Orford: Here we are, my lord, the two most insignificant See also:

• FELLOWS, SIR CHARLES (1799-1860)

fellows in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England." On the 14th of ' July 1742 Pulteney was created See also:

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

Baron Pulteney of See also:

• HEDON

Hedon, Co . 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, See also:

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

Viscount Pulteney of Wrington, Co . See also:

• SOMERSET, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• SOMERSET, EDMUND BEAUFORT, DUKE OF (c. 1404–1455)
• SOMERSET, EDWARD SEYMOUR, DUKE OF (c. 1506–1552)
• SOMERSET, LORD ROBERT EDWARD HENRY (1776-1842)
• SOMERSET, ROBERT CARR (or KER), EARL OF (e. 1590-1645)

Somerset, and earl of Bath . On the loth of February he had been restored to his See also:

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

rank in the privy council . At Wilmington's death in 1743 he made application to the king for the post of first lord of the treasury, only to 'find that it had been conferred on Henry See also:

• PELHAM
• PELHAM, HENRY (1696-1754)
• PELHAM, HENRY FRANCIS (1846-1907)

Pelham .

For two days, loth-12th February 1746, he was at the heal of a ministry; but in " 48 See also:

• HOURS, CANONICAL

hours, three quarters, seven minutes, and eleven seconds " it collapsed . An occasional pamphlet and an infrequent speech were afterwards the See also:

• SOLE (Solea)

sole fruits of Lord Bath's talents . His praises whilst in retirement have been sung by two bishops, Zachary See also:

• PEARCE, CHARLES SPRAGUE (1851– )

Pearce and 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:

• NEWTON
• NEWTON, ALFRED (1829–1907)
• NEWTON, JOHN (1725-1807)
• NEWTON, JOHN (1823-1895)
• NEWTON, SIR CHARLES THOMAS (1816-1894)
• NEWTON, SIR ISAAC (1642-1727)

Newton . He died on the 7th of July 1764, and was buried on the 17th of July in his own vault in See also:

• ISLIP

Islip See also:

• CHAPEL

chapel, Westminster See also:

• ABBEY (Lat. abbatia; from Syr. abba, father)
• ABBEY, EDWIN AUSTIN (1852– )

Abbey . He married on the 27th of December 1714 See also:

• ANNA
• ANNA (Hindustani ana)
• ANNA, BALDASARRE

Anna Maria, daughter and co-heiress of john Gumley of Isleworth, See also:

• COMMISSARY (from Med. Lat. commissaries, one to whom a charge or trust is committed)

commissary-general to the See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army who was often satirized by the wits of the day (ITotes and Queries, 3rd S. ii . 402-403, 490) . She died on the 14th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1758, and their only son William died unmarried at See also:

• MADRID

Madrid on the 12th of February 1763 . Pulteney's vast See also:

• FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

fortune came in 1767 to William See also:

• JOHNSTONE

Johnstone of See also:

• DUMFRIES (Gaelic, " the fort in the copse ")

Dumfries (third son of Sir 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 Johnstone), who had married Frances, daughter and co-heiress of his See also:

• COUSIN (Fr. cousin, Ital. cugino, Late Lat. cosinus, perhaps a popular and familiar abbreviation of consobrinus, which has the same sense in classical Latin)
• COUSIN, JEAN (1500-1590)
• COUSIN, VICTOR (1792–1867)

cousin, See also:

• DANIEL
• DANIEL (DANIL)
• DANIEL, BOOK
• DANIEL, GABRIEL (1649-1728)

Daniel Pulteney, a See also:

• BITTER, KARL THEODORE FRANCIS (1867– )

bitter antagonist of Walpole in parliament, and had taken the name of Pulteney . Pulteney's eloquence was keen and incisive, sparkling with vivacity and with allusions See also:

• DRAWN

drawn from the literature of his own 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 and of See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome . Of business he was never fond, and the loss in 1734 of his trusted friend John See also:

• MERRILL

Merrill, who had supplied the qualities which he lacked, was feelingly lamented by him in a See also:

• LETTER (through Fr. lettre from Lat. littera or litera, letter of the alphabet; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)

letter to See also:

• SWIFT
• SWIFT, JONATHAN (1667—1745)

Swift . His See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief weakness was a passion for See also:

• MONEY

money . Lord Bath has See also:

• LEFT

left no trace of the See also:

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

possession of See also:

• PRACTICAL

practical statesmanship .

B1BL1OGRA1'HY.—Wm . See also:

• COXE, HENRY OCTAVIUS (1811–1881)
• COXE, WILLIAM (1747-1828)

Coxe's See also:

• MEMOIRS

Memoirs of Sir Robert Walpole (1816), and of Henry Pelham (1829) ; John See also:

• MORLEY
• MORLEY [oP BLACKBURN], JOHN MORLEY
• MORLEY, BARONS AND EARLS OF
• MORLEY, GEORGE (1597-1684)
• MORLEY, HENRY (1822-1894)
• MORLEY, SAMUEL (18o9–1886)

Morley'sWalpole (1889) ; See also:

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

Walter Sichel's Bolingbroke (1901–1902) ; A . Ballantyne's See also:

• CARTERET, SIR GEORGE (c. 1610-1680)

Carteret (1887); Eng . Hist . Rev. iv . 749-753, and the general See also:

• POLITICAL

political memoirs of the time . (W . P .