See also:

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

BARON 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:

• BARON WILLIAM BLAKENEY BLAKENEY (1672-1761)

BLAKENEY BLAKENEY (1672-1761)  , See also:

• BRITISH

British soldier, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• MOUNT, WILLIAM SIDNEY (1807-1868)

Mount See also:

• BLAKENEY, WILLIAM BLAKENEY, BARON (1672-1761)

Blakeney in See also:

• LIMERICK

Limerick in 1672 . Destined by his See also:

• FATHER

father for politics, he soon showed a decided preference for a military career, and at the See also:

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

age of eighteen headed the tenants in defending the Blakeney See also:

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

estate against the Rapparees . As a volunteer he went to the See also:

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

war in See also:

• FLANDERS (Flem. Vlaanderen)

Flanders, and at the See also:

• SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege of See also:

• VENLO

Venlo in 1702 won his See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission . He served as a subaltern throughout See also:

• MARLBOROUGH
• MARLBOROUGH, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• MARLBOROUGH, JOHN CHURCHILL, 1ST DUKE OF (1650-1722)

Marlborough's See also:

• CAMPAIGNS

campaigns, and is said to have been the first to See also:

• DRILL

drill troops by See also:

• SIGNAL

signal of See also:

• DRUM (early forms drome or dromme, a word common to many Teut. languages, cf. Dan. tromme, Ger. Trommel: the word is ultimately the same as " trumpet," and is probably onomatopoeic in origin; it appears late in Eng. about the middle of the 16th century)

drum or See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour . For many years after the See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace of See also:

• UTRECHT
• UTRECHT, TREATY OF

Utrecht he served unnoticed, and was sixty-five years of age before he became a See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

colonel . This neglect, which was said to be due to the hostility 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:

• VERNEY

Verney, ceased when the See also:

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

duke of See also:

• RICHMOND
• RICHMOND, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• RICHMOND, LEGH (1772-1827)
• RICHMOND, SIR WILLIAM BLAKE (1842– )

Richmond was appointed colonel of Blakeney's See also:

• REGIMENT (from Late Latin regimentum, rule, regere, to rule, govern, direct)

regiment, and thenceforward his advance was rapid . Brigadier-See also:

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

general in the See also:

• CARTAGENA, or CARTHAGENA

Cartagena expedition of 1741, and See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

major-general a little later, he distinguished himself by his gallant and successful See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

defence of See also:

• STIRLING
• STIRLING, JAMES (1692-1770)
• STIRLING, JAMES HUTCHISON (182o-1909)
• STIRLING, MARY ANNE [FANNY] (1815-1895)
• STIRLING, WILLIAM ALEXANDER, (titular) EARL OF (1726—1783)
• STIRLING, WILLIAM ALEXANDER, EARL OF (c. 1567-1640)

Stirling See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

Castle against the Highlanders in 1745 . Two years later See also:

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

George II. made him See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant-general and lieutenant-See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of See also:

• MINORCA(Menorca)

Minorca . The governor of that See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island never set See also:

• FOOT

foot in it, and Blakeney was See also:

• LEFT

left in command for ten years . In 1756 the Seven Years' War was preluded by a See also:

• SWIFT
• SWIFT, JONATHAN (1667—1745)

swift descent of the See also:

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

French on Minorca . Fifteen thousand troops under See also:

• MARSHAL (med. Lat. marescalcus, from O.H.Ger. marah, horse, and scalc, servant)

marshal the duc de See also:

• RICHELIEU, ARMAND EMMANUEL SOPHIE SEPTEMANIE DU PLESSIS
• RICHELIEU, ARMAND JEAN DU PLESSIS
• RICHELIEU, LOUIS FRANCOIS ARMAND DU PLESSIS

Richelieu, escorted by a strong See also:

• SQUADRON

squadron under the See also:

• MARQUIS

marquis de la Gallisonniere, landed on the island on the 18th of See also:

• APRIL

April, and at once began the siege of Fort St See also:

• PHILIP
• PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
• PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
• PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
• PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)

Philip, where Blakeney commanded at most some 500o soldiers and workmen . The defence, in spite of crumbling walls and rotted See also:

• GUN

gun platforms, had already lasted a See also:

• MONTH
• MONTH (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Mond, Du. maand, Dan. maaned, &c., and cognate with Lat. mensis, Gr. µi7v, &c., in other branches of the Indo-Germanic family; all ultimately from the root seen in the word for the moon in nearly all those languages

month when a British See also:

• FLEET

fleet under See also:

• VICE

vice-See also:

• ADMIRAL

admiral the Hon .

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 Byng appeared . La Gallisonmere and Byng fought, on the loth of May, an indecisive See also:

• BATTLE

battle, after which the relieving squadron sailed away and Blakeney was left to his See also:

• FATE

fate . A second expedition subsequently appeared off Minorca, but it was then too See also:

• LATE

late, for after a heroic resistance of -seventy-one days the old general had been compelled to surrender the fort to Richelieu (April 18–See also:

• JUNE

June 28, 1756) . Only the ruined fortifications were the See also:

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

prize of the victors . Blakeney and his little See also:

• GARRISON
• GARRISON, WILLIAM LLOYD (1805-1879)

garrison were transported to See also:

• GIBRALTAR

Gibraltar with See also:

• ABSOLUTE (Lat. absolvere, to loose, set free)

absolute See also:

• LIBERTY (Lat. libertas, from liber, free)

liberty to serve again . Byng was tried and executed; Blakeney, on his return to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, found himself the See also:

• HERO (Gr. open)
• HERO, THE YOUNGER

hero of the nation . Rewards came freely to the See also:

• VETERAN

veteran . He was made colonel of the See also:

• ENNISKILLEN [INNISKILLING]
• ENNISKILLEN, WILLIAM WILLOUGHBY COLE, 3RD EARL OF (1807-1886)

Enniskillen regiment of See also:

• INFANTRY

infantry, See also:

• KNIGHT, CHARLES (1791-1873)
• KNIGHT, DANIEL RIDGWAY (1845– )
• KNIGHT, JOHN BUXTON (1843–1908)

knight of the See also:

• BATH
• BATH, THOMAS THYNNE
• BATH, WILLIAM

Bath, and See also:

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

Baron Blakeney of Mount Blakeney in the Irish See also:

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

peerage . A little later See also:

• VAN

Van Most's statue of him was erected in See also:

• DUBLIN

Dublin, and his popularity continued unabated for the See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short See also:

• REMAINDER, REVERSION

remainder of his See also:

• LIFE

life . He died on the loth of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1761, and was buried in See also:

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

Westminster See also:

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

Abbey . See See also:

• MEMOIRS

Memoirs of General 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 Blakeney (1757) .