FRANCIS

See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• 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 (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• 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:

• EGERTON, SIR PHILIP DE MALPAS GREY

EGERTON

See also:

• BRIDGEWATER, FRANCIS EGERTON, 3RP DUKE OF (1736-1803)
• FRANCIS HENRY EGERTON BRIDGEWATER

BRIDGEWATER  . 8T11 EARL OF (1756-1829), was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, and became fellow of All Souls in 1780, and F.K.S. in 1781 . He held the rectories of Middle and Whitchurch in Shropshire, but the duties were performed by a proxy . He succeeded his brother (see above) in the earldom in 1823, and spent the latter part of his life in Paris . He was a fair scholar, and a zealous naturalist and antiquarian . When he died in February 1829 the earldom became extinct . He bequeathed to the British Museum the valuable Egerton MSS. dealing with the literature of France and Italy, and also £12,000 . He also left £8000 at the disposal of the president of the Royal Society, to be paid to the author or authors who might be selected to write and publish l000 copies of a treatise " On the Power, Wisdom and Goodness of God, as manifested in the Creation." Mr Davies Gilbert, who then filled the office, selected eight persons, each to under-take a branch of this subject, and each to receive £1000 as his reward, together with any benefit that might accrue from the sale of his work, according to the will of the testator . The Bridgewater treatises were published as follows:-1 . The Adaptation of External Nature to the Moral and Intellectual Condition of Man, by 'Thomas Chalmers, D . D . 2 .

The Adaptation of External Nature to the

Physical Condition of Man, by John Kidd, M . D . 3 . Astronomy and General Physics considered with reference to Natural Theology, by William Whewell, D . D . 4 . The Hand, its Mechanism and Vital Endowments as evincing Design, by Sir Charles Bell . 5 . Animal and Vegetable Physiology considered with ref *ence to Natural Theology, by Peter Mark Roget . 6 . Geology and Mineralogy considered with reference to Natural Theology, by William Buckland, D.D . 7 .

The Habits and Instincts of Animals with reference to Natural Theology, by William

Kirby . 8 . Chemistry, Meteorology, and the Function of Digestion., considered with reference to Natural Theology, by William Prout, M.D . The works are of unequal merit; several of them took a high rank in apologetic literature . They first appeared during the years 1833 to 184o, and afterwards in Bohn's Scientific Library .