See also:

• GRACE (Fr. grace, Lat. gratia, from grates, beloved, pleasing; formed from the root cra-, Gr. xav-, cf. xaipw, x6p,ua, Xapts)
• GRACE, WILLIAM GILBERT (1848– )

GRACE See also:

• HORSLEY, JOHN (c. 1685 – 1732)
• HORSLEY, JOHN CALLCOTT (1817-1903)
• HORSLEY, SAMUEL (1733-1806)
• HORSLEY, WILLIAM (1774–1858)

HORSLEY See also:

• DARLING
• GRACE HORSLEY DARLING (1815-1842)

DARLING (1815-1842)  , See also:

• BRITISH

British heroine, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Bamborough, See also:

• NORTHUMBERLAND
• NORTHUMBERLAND, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• NORTHUMBERLAND, JOHN DUDLEY, VISCOUNT LISLE, EARL OF WARWICK
• NORTHUMBERLAND, JOHN NEVILLE, EARL OF (c. 1430-1471)

Northumberland, on the 24th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1815 . Her See also:

• FATHER

father, 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:

• DARLING
• DARLING, GRACE HORSLEY (1815-1842)

Darling, was the keeper of the Longstone (Farne Islands) lighthouse . On the See also:

• MORNING

morning of the 7th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1838, the " See also:

• FORFARSHIRE, or ANGUS

Forfarshire," See also:

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

bound from See also:

• HULL
• HULL (in O.Eng. hulu, from helan, to cover, cf. Ger. Hiille, covering)
• HULL (officially KINGSTON-UPON-HULL)
• HULL, ISAAC (1775-1843)

Hull to See also:

• DUNDEE
• DUNDEE, JOHN GRAHAM OF CLAVERHOUSE, VISCOUNT (c. 1649-1689)

Dundee, with sixty-three persons on See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

board, struck on the Farne Islands, See also:

• FORTY

forty-three being drowned . The See also:

• WRECK

wreck was observed from the lighthouse, and Darling and his daughter determined to try and reach the survivors . They recognized that though they might be able to get to the wreck, they would be unable to return without the assistance of the shipwrecked See also:

• CREW (sometimes explained as a sea term of Scandinavian origin, cf. O. Icel. kris, a swarm or crowd, but now regarded as a shortened form of accrue, accrewe, used in the 16th century in the sense of a reinforcement, O. Fr. acreue, from accrofire, to grow,
• CREW, NATHANIEL CREW, 3RD BARON (1633–1721)

crew, but they took this See also:

• RISK

risk without hesitation . By a See also:

• COMBINATION (Lat. combinare, to combine)

combination of daring, strength and skill, the father and daughter reached the wreck in their See also:

• COBLE (probably of Celtic origin, and connected with the root ceu or caw, hollow; cf. Welsh ceubol, a ferry-boat)

coble and brought back four men and a woman to the lighthouse . Darling and two of the rescued men then returned to the wreck and brought off the four remaining survivors . This gallant exploit made See also:

• GRACE (Fr. grace, Lat. gratia, from grates, beloved, pleasing; formed from the root cra-, Gr. xav-, cf. xaipw, x6p,ua, Xapts)
• GRACE, WILLIAM GILBERT (1848– )

Grace Darling and her father famous . The Humane Society at once voted them its 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, the See also:

• TREASURY

treasury made a See also:

• GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
• GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
• GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
• GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
• GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
• GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
• GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
• GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
• GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
• GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
• GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
• GRANT, U
• GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)

grant, and a public subscription was organized . Grace Darling, who had always been delicate, died of See also:

• CONSUMPTION (Lat. consumere)

consumption on the 20th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1842 . See Grace Darling, her true See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story (See also:

• LONDON

London, 1880) .