2ND See also:EARL See also:JOHN See also:JEFFREYS See also:PRATT See also:CAMDEN
and 1ST See also:MARQUESS (1759-1840), only son of the 1st See also:earl, was See also:born on the 11th of See also:February 1759, and was educated at Trinity See also:College, See also:Cambridge
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In 178o he was chosen member of See also:parliament for See also:Bath, and he obtained the lucrative position of See also:teller of the
See also:exchequer, an See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office which he kept until his See also:death, although after 1812 he refused to receive the large income arising from it
.
In the See also:ministry of 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:Pitt, See also:Pratt was successively a See also:lord of the See also:admiralty and a lord of the See also:treasury; then, having succeeded his See also:father in the earldom in 1794, he was appointed lord-See also:lieutenant of See also:Ireland in 1795
.
Disliked in Ireland as an opponent of See also:Roman See also:Catholic emancipation and as the exponent of an unpopular policy, See also:Camden's See also:term of office was one of commotion and alarm, culminating in the See also:rebellion of 1798
.
Immediately after the suppression of the rising he resigned, and in 1804 became secretary for See also:war and the colonies under Pitt, and in 18o5 lord See also:president of the See also:council
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He was again lord president from 1807 to 1812, after which date he remained 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 in the See also:cabinet without office
.
In 1812 he was created earl of Brecknock and Marquess Camden
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He died on the 8th of See also:October 184o, and was succeeded by his only son, See also:George See also:Charles, 2nd marquess (1799-1866)
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The See also:present marquess is his descendant
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Camden was See also:chancellor of the university of Cambridge and a See also:knight of the Garter
.
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