1ST See also:BARON See also:CHARLES See also:- ABBOT (from the Hebrew ab, a father, through the Syriac abba, Lat. abbas, gen. abbatis, O.E. abbad, fr. late Lat. form abbad-em changed in 13th century under influence of the Lat. form to abbat, used alternatively till the end of the 17th century; Ger. Ab
- ABBOT, EZRA (1819-1884)
- ABBOT, GEORGE (1603-1648)
- ABBOT, ROBERT (1588?–1662?)
- ABBOT, WILLIAM (1798-1843)
ABBOT See also:COLCHESTER (1757-1829)
, See also:born at See also:Abingdon, was the son of Dr See also:John See also:- ABBOT (from the Hebrew ab, a father, through the Syriac abba, Lat. abbas, gen. abbatis, O.E. abbad, fr. late Lat. form abbad-em changed in 13th century under influence of the Lat. form to abbat, used alternatively till the end of the 17th century; Ger. Ab
- ABBOT, EZRA (1819-1884)
- ABBOT, GEORGE (1603-1648)
- ABBOT, ROBERT (1588?–1662?)
- ABBOT, WILLIAM (1798-1843)
Abbot, See also:rector of All See also:Saints, See also:Colchester, and, by his See also:mother's second See also:marriage, See also:half-See also:brother of the famous See also:Jeremy See also:Bentham
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From See also:Westminster school See also:Charles Abbot passed to See also:Christ See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
Church, See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford, at which he gained the See also:chancellor's See also:medal for Latin See also:verse as well as the Vinerian scholarship) In 1795, after having practised twelveyears as a See also:barrister, and published a See also:treatise proposing the See also:incorporation of the judicial See also:system of See also:Wales with that of See also:England, he was appointed to the 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 previously held by his brother of clerk of the rules in 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's See also:bench; and in See also:June of the same See also:year he was elected member of See also:parliament for See also:Helston, through the See also:influence of the See also:duke of See also:Leeds
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In 1796 Abbot commenced his career as a reformer in parliament by obtaining the See also:appointment of two committees—the one to See also:report on the arrangements which then existed as to temporary See also:laws or laws about to expire, the other to devise methods for the better publication of new statutes
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To the latter See also:committee, and a second committee which he proposed some years later, it is owing thatcopiesof newstatutes were thenceforth sent to all magistrates and municipal bodies
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To Abbot's efforts were also due the See also:establishment of the Royal See also:Record See also:Commission, the reform of the system which had allowed the public See also:money to See also:lie 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 at See also:long See also:interest in the hands of the public See also:accountants, by charging them with See also:payment of interest, and, most important of all, the See also:act for taking the first See also:census, that of 18o1
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On the formation of the Addington See also:ministry in See also:March 18oi Abbot became See also:chief secretary and privy See also:seal for See also:Ireland; and in the See also:February of the following year he was chosen See also:speaker of the See also:House of See also:Commons—a position which he held with universal See also:satisfaction till 1817, when an attack of See also:erysipelas compelled him to retire
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In response to an address of the Commons, he was raised to the See also:peerage as See also:Baron Colchester, with a See also:pension of £4000, of which £3000 was to be continued to his See also:heir
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He died on the 8th of May 1829
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His speeches against the See also:Roman See also:Catholic claims were published in 1828
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He was succeeded by his eldest son CHARLES (d
.
1867), postmaster-See also:general in 1858; and the latter by his son REGINALD CHARLES See also:EDWARD (b
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1842), as 3rd baron
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