MOUNTAGUE See also:BERNARD (1S2o—1882)
, See also:English See also:international lawyer, the third son of See also:Charles See also:Bernard of See also:Jamaica, the descendant of a Huguenot See also:family, was See also:born at Tibberton See also:Court, See also:Gloucestershire, on the 28th of See also:January 1820
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He was educated at See also:Sherborne school, and Trinity See also: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
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Graduating B.A. in 1842, he took his B.C.L., was elected Vinerian See also:scholar and See also:fellow, and having read in See also:chambers with Roundell See also:Palmer (afterwards See also:Lord See also:Selborne), was called to the See also:bar at See also:Lincoln's See also:Inn in 1846
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He was specially interested in legal See also:history and in 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 questions, and was one of the founders of the See also:Guardian
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In 1852 he was elected to the new professorship of international See also:law and See also:diplomacy at Oxford, attached to All Souls' College, of which he afterwards was made a fellow
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But besides his duties at Oxford he undertook a See also:good See also:deal of non-collegiate See also:work; he was a member of several royal commissions; in 1871 he went as one of the high commissioners to the See also:United States, and signed the treaty of See also:Washington, and in 1872 he assisted See also:Sir Roundel Palmer before the tribunal of See also:arbitration at See also:Geneva
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In 1874 he resigned his professorship at Oxford, but as member of the university of Oxford See also:commission of 1876 he was mainly responsible for bringing about the See also:compromise ultimately adopted between the university and the colleges
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Bernard's reputation as an international lawyer was widespread, and he was an See also:original member of the Institut de See also:Droit International (1873)
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IIis published See also:works include An See also:Historical See also:Account of the See also:Neutrality of See also:Great See also:Britain during the See also:American See also:Civil See also:War (See also:London, 1870), and many lectures on international law and diplomacy
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