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

JOSEPH See also:

• COWEN, FREDERIC HYMEN (1852— )
• JOSEPH COWEN (1831—1900)

COWEN (1831—1900)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English politician and journalist, son of See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

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

Joseph See also:

• COWEN, FREDERIC HYMEN (1852— )
• COWEN, JOSEPH (1831—1900)

Cowen, a prominent See also:

• CITIZEN (a form corrupted in Eng., apparently by analogy with " denizen," from O. Fr. citeain, mod. Fr. citoyen)

citizen and mine-owner of See also:

• NEWCASTLE
• NEWCASTLE, DUKES OF

Newcastle-on-See also:

• TYNE

Tyne, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in 1831, and was educated at See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh University, In 1874 he was elected member of See also:

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

parliament for the See also:

• BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
• BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)

borough on the See also:

• DEATH

death of his See also:

• FATHER

father, who had held the seat as'a Liberal since 1865 . Joseph Cowen was at that 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 a strong See also:

• RADICAL (Lat. radix, a root)

Radical on domestic questions, an See also:

• ADVOCATE (Lat. advocatus, from advocare, to summon, especially in law to call in the aid of a counsel or witness, and so generally to summon to one's assistance)

advocate of co-operation, an admirer of See also:

• GARIBALDI, GIUSEPPE (1807-1882)

Garibaldi, Mazzini and See also:

• KOSSUTH, FERENCZ LAJOS AKOS (1841– )
• KOSSUTH, LAJOS [Louis] (1802-1894)

Kossuth, a sympathizer with Irish Nationalism, and one who in speech, See also:

• DRESS (from the Fr. dresser, to set out, arrange, formed from Lat. directus, arranged, dirigere, to direct, arrange)

dress and manner identified himself with the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North-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 See also:

• MINING

mining class . See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

Short in stature and uncouth in See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance, his individuality first shocked and then by its earnestness impressed 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; and his sturdy See also:

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

independence of party ties, combined with a See also:

• GIFT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. die Gift, gift, das Gift, poison, formed from the Teut. stem gab-, to give, cf. Dutch geven, Ger. geben; in O. Eng. the word appears with initial y, the guttural of later English is due to Scandinavian influence)

gift of rough but genuine eloquence (of which his speech on the Royal See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

Title See also:

• BILL

Bill of 1876 was an example), rapidly made him one of the best-known public men in the country . He was, moreover, an Imperialist and a Colonial Federationist at a time when Liberalism was tied and See also:

• BOUND, or BOUNDARY (from O. Fr. bonde, Med. Lat. bodena or butina, a frontier line)

bound to the See also:

• MANCHESTER
• MANCHESTER (popularly Manchester-by-the-Sea)
• MANCHESTER, EARLS AND DUKES OF

Manchester traditions; and, to the consternation of the See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official See also:

• WIRE (A.S. wir, a wire; cf. Swed. vire, to twist, M.H.G. wiere, a gold ornament, Lat. viriae, armlets, ultimately from the root wi, to twist, bind)

wire-pullers, he vigorously supported Disraeli's See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign policy, and in 1881 opposed the Gladstonian See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement with the Boers . His independence (which his detractors attributed in some degree to his alleged susceptibility to Tory compliments) brought him into collision both with the Liberal See also:

• CAUCUS

caucus and with the party organization in Newcastle itself, but Cowen's See also:

• PERSONAL

personal popularity and his remarkable See also:

• POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers as an orator triumphed in his own birthplace, and he was again elected in 1885 in spite of Liberal opposition . Shortly afterwards, however, he retired both from parliament and from public See also:

• LIFE

life, professing his disgust at the party intrigues of politics, and devoted himself to conducting his newspaper, the Newcastle Daily See also:

• CHRONICLE (from Gr. Xpovos, time)

Chronicle, and to his private business as a mine-owner . In this capacity he exercised a wide See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence on See also:

• LOCAL

local See also:

• OPINION (Lat. opinio, from opinari, to think)

opinion, and the revolt of the Newcastle electorate in later years against doctrinaire Radicalism was largely due to his See also:

• CONSTANT, BENJAMIN (1845-1902)

constant See also:

• PREACHING (Fr. preecher, from Lat. praedicare, to proclaim)

preaching of a broader outlook on See also:

• NATIONAL

national affairs . He continued behind the scenes to See also:

• PLAY

play a powerful See also:

• PART

part in forming North-country opinion until his death on the 18th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1900 . His letters were published by his daughter in 1909 .