See also:

• FRANCOIS (1558-1614)

FRANCOIS See also:

• FRANCOIS CABARRUS (1752-1810)

CABARRUS (1752-1810)  , See also:

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

French adventurer and See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish financier, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• BAYONNE

Bayonne, where his See also:

• FATHER

father was a See also:

• MERCHANT (O. Fr. marcheant, modern marchand; from Lat. mercari, to trade, merx, goods, merchandise)

merchant . Being sent into See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain on business he See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell in love with a Spanish See also:

• LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

lady, and marrying her, settled in See also:

• MADRID

Madrid . Here his private business was the manufacture of See also:

• SOAP

soap; but he soon began to See also:

• INTEREST

interest himself in the public questions which were ventilated even at the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court of Spain . The enlightenment of the 18th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century had penetrated as far as Madrid; 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, See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles III., was favourable to reform; and a circle of men animated by the new spirit were trying to infuse fresh vigour into an enfeebled See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state . Among these See also:

• CABARRUS, FRANCOIS (1752-1810)

Cabarrus became conspicuous, especially in See also:

• FINANCE

finance . He originated a See also:

• BANK

bank, and a See also:

• COMPANY

company to 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 with the Philippine Islands; and as one of the See also:

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

council of finance he had planned many reforms in that See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of the See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration, when Charles III. died (1788), and the reactionary See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government of Charles IV. arrested every See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind of enlightened progress . The men who had taken an active See also:

• PART

part in reform were suspected and prosecuted . Cabarrus himself was accused of See also:

• EMBEZZLEMENT (A.-Fr. embesilement, from beseler or besillier, to destroy)

embezzlement and thrown into See also:

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

prison . After a confinement of two years he was released, created a See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

count and employed in many See also:

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

honourable See also:

• MISSIONS (Lat. missio, a sending)

missions; he would even have been sent to See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris as Spanish See also:

• AMBASSADOR (also EMBASSADOR, the form sometimes still used in America; from the Fr. ambassadeur, with which compare Ital. ambasciatore and Span. embajador, all variants of the Med. Lat. ambassiator, ambassiator, ambasator, &c., derived from Med. Lat. amba

ambassador, had not the See also:

• DIRECTORY

Directory objected to him as being of French See also:

• BIRTH (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages from the root of the verb " to bear ")

birth . Cabarrus took no part in the transactions by which Charles IV. was obliged to abdicate and make way for See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

Joseph, See also:

• BROTHER

brother of See also:

• NAPOLEON

Napoleon, but his French birth and intimate knowledge of Spanish affairsrecommended him to the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor as the fittest See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person for the difficult See also:

• POST

post of See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister of finance, which he held at his See also:

• DEATH

death . His beautiful daughter Therese, under the name of Madame See also:

• TALLIEN, JEAN LAMBERT (1767-1820)

Tallien (afterwards princess of See also:

• CHIMAY

Chimay), played an interesting part in the later stages of the French Revolution .