See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
HENRY See also:RICHARD See also:CHARLES See also:WELLESLEY See also:COWLEY
, 1sT See also:EARL (1804-1884), See also:British diplomatist, was the eldest son of See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry See also:Wellesley, 1st See also:Baron See also:Cowley (1773-1847), and See also:Charlotte, daughter of See also:Charles, 1st Earl See also:Cadogan, and was consequently a See also:nephew of the See also:duke of See also:Wellington and of the See also:marquess Wellesley
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See also:Born on the 17th of See also:June 1804, he entered the See also:diplomatic service in 1824, receiving his first important See also:appointment in 1848, when he became See also:minister plenipotentiary to the Swiss cantons; and in the same See also:year he was sent to See also:Frankfort to See also:watch the proceedings of the See also:German See also:parliament
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This was followed by his appointment as See also:envoy extraordinary to the new Germanic See also:confederation, a position which he only held for a See also:short 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, as he was chosen in 1852 to succeed the lstmarquess of See also:Normanby as the British See also:ambassador in See also:Paris
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Baron Cowley, as Wellesley had been since his See also:father's See also:death in 1847, held this important See also:post for fifteen years, and the See also:story of his diplomatic See also:life in Paris cannot be separated from the See also:general See also:history of See also:England and See also:France
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As minister during the greater See also:part of the reign of See also:Napoleon III., he conducted the delicate negotiations between the two countries during the time of those eastern complications which preceded and followed the See also:Crimean See also:War, and also during the excitement and unrest produced by the See also:attempt made in 1858 by Felice See also:Orsini to assassinate the emporor of the See also:French; while his diplomatic skill was no less in See also:evidence during the war between France and See also:Austria and the subsequent course of events in See also:Italy
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In 1857 he had been created Earl Cowley and See also:Viscount Dangan; in 1866 he was made a See also:knight of the Garter; and having assisted See also:Richard See also:Cobden to conclude the commercial treaty between See also:Great See also:Britain and France in 186o, he retired in 1867 from a position which he had filled with distinction to himself and with benefit to his See also:country
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In 1863 Cowley had inherited the See also:estate of Draycot in See also:Wiltshire from his kinsman the 5th earl of Mornington, and he lived in retirement until his death on the 15th of See also:July 1884
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He had married in 1833 Olivia See also:Cecilia (d
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1885), daughter of Charlotte, baroness de See also:Ros and See also:Lord Henry See also:Fitzgerald, by whom he had three sons and two daughters, and was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son, 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 Henry, 2nd Earl Cowley (1834-1895), father of Henry See also:Arthur Mornington, 3rd earl (b
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1866)
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