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:

• 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:

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

GEORGE See also:

• FREDERICK
• FREDERICK (Mod. Ger. Friedrich; Ital. Federigo; Fr. Frederic and Federic; M.H.G. Friderich; O.H.G. Fridurih, " king or lord of peace," from O.H.G. fridu, A.S. frith, " peace," and rfh " rich," " a ruler," for derivation of which see HENRY)

FREDERICK See also:

• CAVENDISH
• CAVENDISH, GEORGE (1500-1562?)
• CAVENDISH, HENRY (1731-1810)
• CAVENDISH, SIR WILLIAM (c. 1505-1557)

CAVENDISH See also:

• BENTINCK, LORD WILLIAM (1774-1839)
• LORD WILLIAM GEORGE FREDERICK CAVENDISH BENTINCK

BENTINCK  , better known as 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:

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

GEORGE See also:

• BENTINCK, LORD WILLIAM (1774-1839)
• BENTINCK, LORD WILLIAM GEORGE FREDERICK CAVENDISH

BENTINCK (1802-1848), See also:

• BRITISH

British politician, was the second surviving son of the See also:

• FOURTH

fourth See also:

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

duke of See also:

• PORTLAND
• PORTLAND, EARL OF
• PORTLAND, ISLE OF
• PORTLAND, WILLIAM BENTINCK, EARL
• PORTLAND, WILLIAM HENRY CAVENDISH BENTINCK

Portland, by Henrietta, See also:

• SISTER

sister of Viscountess See also:

• CANNING, CHARLES JOHN, EARL (1812-1862)
• CANNING, GEORGE (1770-1827)

Canning, and was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 27th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1802 . He was educated at See also:

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

home until he obtained his See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission as See also:

• CORNET,

cornet in the loth hussars at the See also:

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

age of seventeen . He practically retired from the See also:

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

army in 1822 and acted 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 as private secretary to his See also:

• UNCLE

uncle George Canning . In 1828 he succeeded his uncle Lord 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 Bentinck as member for See also:

• LYNN

Lynn-Regis, and continued to represent that See also:

• CONSTITUENCY (from " constituent," that which forms a necessary part of a thing; Lat. constituere, to create)

constituency during the remaining twenty years of his See also:

• LIFE

life . His failures as a See also:

• SPEAKER

speaker in See also:

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

parliament seem to have discouraged him from the See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt to acquire reputation as a politician, and till within three years of his See also:

• DEATH

death he was little known out of the sporting See also:

• WORLD

world . As one of the leaders on " the See also:

• TURF

turf," however, he was distinguished by that integrity, See also:

• JUDGMENT

judgment and indomitable determination which, when brought to See also:

• BEAR
• BEAR, BLACK
• BEAR, BROWN
• BEAR, GRIZZLY
• BEAR, ISABELLINE
• BEAR, WHITE

bear upon weightier matters, quickly gave him a position of first-See also:

• RATE

rate importance in the See also:

• POLITICAL

political world . On his first entrance into parliament he belonged to the moderate Whig party, and voted in favour of See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic emancipation, as also for the Reform See also:

• BILL

Bill, though he opposed some of its See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal details . Soon after, however, he joined the ranks of the opposition, with whom he sided up to the important era of 1846 . When, in that See also:

• YEAR

year, See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

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

Robert See also:

• PEEL
• PEEL, ARTHUR WELLESLEY PEEL, 1ST VISCOUNT (1829- )
• PEEL, SIR ROBERT, BART

Peel openly declared in favour of See also:

• FREE

free 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, the See also:

• ADVOCATES, FACULTY OF

advocates of the See also:

• CORN (a common Teutonic word; cf. Lat. granum, seed, grain)
• CORN (fromm Lat. corms, horn)

corn-See also:

• LAWS

laws, then without a See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader, after several ineffectual attempts at organization, discovered that Lord George Bentinck was the only See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man of position and See also:

• FAMILY

family (for Disraeli's time was not yet come) around whom the several sections of the opposition could be brought to rally . His sudden See also:

• ELEVATION

elevation took the public by surprise; but he soon gave convincing See also:

• EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence of See also:

• POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers so formidable that the Protectionist party under his leadership was at once stiffened into real importance . Towards Peel, in particular, his hostility was uncompromising . Believing, as he himself expressed it, that that statesman and his colleagues had "hounded to the death his illustrious relative" Canning, he combined with his political opposition a degree of See also:

• PERSONAL

personal animosity that gave additional force to his invective .

On entering on his new position, he at once abandoned his connexion with the turf, disposed of his magnificent See also:

• STUD

stud and devoted his whole energies to the laborious duties of a See also:

• PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary leader . Apart from the question of the corn-laws, however, his politics were decidedly See also:

• INDEPENDENT

independent . In opposition to the See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of his party, he supported the bill for removing the Jewish disabilities, and was favourable to the 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 for the See also:

• PAYMENT (Fr. paiement, from payer, to pay; Lat. pacare, to appease, pax, peace)

payment of the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman Catholic See also:

• CLERGY (M.E. clergie, O. Fr. clergie, from Low Lat. form clericia [Skean, by assimilation with O. Fr. clergie, Fr. clerge,from Low Lat. clericatus)
• CLERGY, BENEFIT OF

clergy in See also:

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

Ireland by the landowners . The result was that on See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 23rd, 1847, he wrote 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 resigning the Protectionist leadership, though he still remained active in politics . But his See also:

• POSITIVE (or PORTABLE) ORGAN

positive abilities as a constructive statesman were not to be tested, for he died suddenly at Welbeck on the 21St of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1848 . It was to be See also:

• LEFT

left to Disraeli to bring the Conserva- tive party into See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power, with See also:

• PROTECTION

Protection outside its See also:

• PROGRAMME, or PROGRAM

programme . See Lord George Bentinck: a Political See also:

• BIOGRAPHY (from the Gr. (3ios, life, and yp&4 , writing)

Biography (1851), by B . Disraeli (Lord See also:

• BEACONSFIELD
• BEACONSFIELD, BENJAMIN DISRAELI, EARL OF

Beaconsfield) .