See also:

• FRANCIS
• FRANCIS (FRarrcols) OF SALES, ST (1567-1622)
• FRANCIS (Lat. Franciscus, Ital. Francesco, Span. Francisco, Fr. Francois, Ger. Franz)
• FRANCIS, SIR PHILIP (174o-1818)

FRANCIS RAWDON See also:

• CHESNEY, CHARLES CORNWALLIS (1826-1876)
• FRANCIS RAWDON CHESNEY (1789-1872)
• CHESNEY, SIR GEORGE TOMKYNS (1830-1895)

CHESNEY (1789-1872)  , See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

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

general and explorer, was the son of See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

Captain See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

Alexander See also:

• CHESNEY, CHARLES CORNWALLIS (1826-1876)
• CHESNEY, FRANCIS RAWDON (1789-1872)
• CHESNEY, SIR GEORGE TOMKYNS (1830-1895)

Chesney, an Irishman of Scottish descent who, having emigrated to See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South Carolina in 1772, did brilliant service under 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 Rawdon (afterwards See also:

• MARQUESS (1760-1842)
• MARQUESS, or MARQUIS (Fr. marquis, Ital. marchese; from med. Lat. marchio, marchisus, i.e. comes marchiae, " count of the March ")

marquess of See also:

• HASTINGS
• HASTINGS, FRANCIS
• HASTINGS, FRANK ABNEY (1794-1828)
• HASTINGS, WARREN (1732-1818)

Hastings) in the See also:

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

War of See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

Independence, and subsequently received an See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment as See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast officer at Annalong, Co . Down, See also:

• IRELAND
• IRELAND, CHURCH
• IRELAND, CHURCH OF
• IRELAND, JOHN (1761-1842)
• IRELAND, JOHN (1838- )
• IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY (1777-1835)

Ireland . There F . R . Chesney was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 16th of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1789 . Lord Rawdon gave the boy a See also:

• CADET (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. capitettum, a diminutive of caput, head, through the Provencal form capdet)

cadet-See also:

• SHIP

ship at See also:

• WOOLWICH

Woolwich, and he was gazetted to the Royal See also:

• ARTILLERY (the O. Fr. artiller, to equip with engines of war, probably comes from Late Lat. articulum, dim. of ars, art, cf. " engine " from ingenium, or of artus, joint)

Artillery in 1805 . But though he See also:

• ROSE
• ROSE (Rosa)
• ROSE, GEORGE (1744-1818)
• ROSE, HUGH JAMES (1795—1838)
• ROSE, WILLIAM STEWART (1775-1843)

rose to be See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant-general and See also:

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

colonel-commandant of the 14th See also:

• BRIGADE (Fr. and Ger. brigade, Ital. brigata, Span. brigada; the English use of the word dates from the early 17th century)

brigade Royal Artillery (1864), and general in 1868, Chesney's memory lives not for his military See also:

• RECORD (Lat. recordari, to recall to mind, from cor, heart or mind)

record, but for his connexion with the See also:

• SUEZ

Suez See also:

• CANAL
• CANAL (from Lat. canalis, " channel " and " kennel " being doublets of the word)

Canal, and with the exploration of the See also:

• EUPHRATES (Babylon. Purattu, Heb. Perath, Arab. Frdt or Furst, Old Pers. Ufratu, Gr. Eb4 parrls)

Euphrates valley, which started with his being sent out to See also:

• CONSTANTINOPLE
• CONSTANTINOPLE, COUNCILS OF

Constantinople in the course of his military duties in 1829, and his making a tour of inspection in See also:

• EGYPT

Egypt and See also:

• SYRIA

Syria . His See also:

• REPORT (O.Fr. report or raport, modern rapport, from O.Fr. reporter, mod. rap porter, Lat. reportare, to bring back, in poetical use only, of bringing back an account, news, &c.)

report in 183o on the feasibility of making the Suez Canal was the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original basis of See also:

• LESSEPS, FERDINAND DE (1805-1894)

Lesseps' See also:

• GREAT

great undertaking (in 1869 Lesseps greeted him in 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 the "See also:

• FATHER

father " of the canal); and in 1831 he introduced to the See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home 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 the See also:

• IDEA (Gr. Ibia, connected with i&eiv, to see; cf. Lat. species from specere, to look at)

idea of opening a new overland route to See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, by a daring and ad-venturous See also:

• JOURNEY (through O. Fr. jornee or journee, mod. Fr. journee, from med. Lat. diurnata, Lat. diurnus, of or belonging to dies, day)

journey (for the See also:

• ARABS

Arabs were hostile and he was ignorantof the See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language) along the Euphrates valley from See also:

• ANAH

Anah to the See also:

• PERSIAN
• PERSIAN, SYRIAN, EGYPTIAN AND TURKISH

Persian Gulf . Returning home, Colonel Chesney (as he then was) busied himself to get support for the latter project, to which the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East India See also:

• COMPANY

Company's See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

board was favourable; and in 1835 he was sent out in command of a small expedition, for which See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament voted £20,000, in See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order to test the navigability of the Euphrates . After encountering immense difficulties, from the opposition of the See also:

• EGYPTIAN

Egyptian See also:

• PASHA

pasha, and from the need of transporting two steamers (one of which was lost) in sections from the Mediterranean over the hilly See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country to the See also:

• RIVER

river, they successfully arrived by See also:

• WATER

water at See also:

• BUSHIRE, or BANDER BUSHIRE

Bushire in the summer of 1836, and proved Chesney's view to be a practicable one . In the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle of 1837 he returned to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, and was given the Royal See also:

• GEOGRAPHICAL

Geographical Society's See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold See also:

• MEDAL (Fr. medaille, from Lat. metallum)

medal, having meanwhile been to India to consult the authorities there; but the preparation of his two volumes on the expedition (published in 185o) was interrupted by his being ordered out in 1843 to command the artillery at Hong See also:

• KONG

Kong . In 1847 his See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period of service was completed, and he went home to Ireland, to a See also:

• LIFE

life of retirement; but both in 1856 and again in 1862 he went out to the East to take a See also:

• PART

part in further surveys and negotiations for the Euphrates valley railway See also:

• SCHEME (Lat. schema, Gr. oxfjya, figure, form, from the root axe, seen in exeiv, to have, hold, to be of such shape, form, &c.)

scheme, which, however, the government would not take up, in spite of a favourable report from the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House of See also:

• COMMONS

Commons See also:

• COMMITTEE (from commute, an Anglo-Fr. past participle of commettre, Lat. committere, to entrust; the modern Fr. equivalent comite is derived from the Eng.)

committee in 1871 .

In 1868 he published a further See also:

• VOLUME

volume of narrative on his Euphrates expedition . He died on the 3oth of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1872 . His Life, edited by See also:

• STANLEY (FAMILY)
• STANLEY, ARTHUR PENRHYN (18x5–1881)
• STANLEY, EDWARD (1779-1849)
• STANLEY, SIR HENRY MORTON (184o-1904)
• STANLEY, SIR WILLIAM (1548-163o)
• STANLEY, THOMAS (1625-1678)

Stanley See also:

• LANE, EDWARD WILLIAM (1801–1876)
• LANE, JAMES HENRY (1814–1866)

Lane See also:

• POOLE
• POOLE, MATTHEW (1624-1699)
• POOLE, PAUL FALCONER (1806-1879)
• POOLE, REGINALD STUART (1832-1895)

Poole, appeared in 1885 .