See also:

• EDWARD

EDWARD See also:

• MARCUS

MARCUS See also:

• EDWARD MARCUS DESPARD (1751-1803)

DESPARD (1751-1803)  , Irish conspirator, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

Queen's Co., See also:

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

Ireland, in 1751 . In 1766 he entered the See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• NAVY

navy, was promoted See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant in 1772, and stationed at See also:

• JAMAICA

Jamaica, where he soon proved himself to have considerable See also:

• ENGINEERING

engineering See also:

• TALENT (Lat. talentum, adaptation of Gr. TaXavrov, balance, ! Recollections of a First Visit to the Alps (1841); Vacation Rambles weight, from root raX-, to lift, as in rXi vac, to bear, 1-aXas, and Thoughts, comprising recollections of three Continental

talent . He served in the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West Indies with See also:

• CREDIT (Lat. credere, to believe)

credit, being promoted See also:

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

captain after the See also:

• SAN

San Juan expedition (1779), then made See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of the See also:

• MOSQUITO (Span. mosquito, a gnat, diminutive of mosca, a fly)

Mosquito See also:

• SHORE

Shore and the See also:

• BAY

Bay of See also:

• HONDURAS

Honduras, and in 1782 See also:

• COMMANDER

commander of a successful expedition against the See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish possessions on the See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

Black See also:

• RIVER

river . In 1784 he took over the See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration of See also:

• YUCATAN

Yucatan . Upon frivolous charges he was suspended by 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 See also:

• GRENVILLE (or GRANVILLE), SIR RICHARD (r600-1658)
• GRENVILLE (or GREYNVILE), SIR RICHARD (c. 1541-1591)
• GRENVILLE, GEORGE (1712-1770)
• GRENVILLE, SIR BEVIL (1596-1643)
• GRENVILLE, WILLIAM WYNDHAM GRENVILLE, BARON (1759-1834)

Grenville, and recalled to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England . From 1790 to 1792 these charges were held over him, and when dismissed no See also:

• COMPENSATION (from Lat. compensare, to weigh one thing against another)

compensation was forthcoming . His complaints caused him to be arrested in 1798, and with a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short See also:

• INTERVAL

interval he remained in See also:

• GAOL, or JAIL

gaol until 1800 . By 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 See also:

• DESPARD, EDWARD MARCUS (1751-1803)

Despard was desperate, and engaged in a See also:

• PLOT
• PLOT, ROBERT (164o-1696)

plot to seize the See also:

• TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

Tower of See also:

• LONDON

London and See also:

• BANK

Bank of England and assassinate See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George III . The whole See also:

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

idea was patently preposterous, but Despard was arrested, tried before a See also:

• SPECIAL

special See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission, found guilty of high See also:

• TREASON (Fr. trahison, Lat. traditio)

treason, and, with six of his See also:

• FELLOW

fellow-conspirators, sentenced in 1803 to be hanged, See also:

• DRAWN

drawn and quartered . These were the last men to be so sentenced in England . Despard was executed on the 21st of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1803 . His eldest See also:

• BROTHER

brother, See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

JOHN DESPARD (1745-1829), had a See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long and distinguished career in the British See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army; gazetted an See also:

• ENSIGN (through the Fr. enseigne from the Latin plural insignia)

ensign. in 176o, he was promoted through the various intermediate grades and became See also:

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

general in 1814 .

His most active service was in the See also:

• AMERICAN

American 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, during which he was twice made prisoner .