See also:

• EARL

EARL OF See also:

• EDWARD

EDWARD See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

LAW See also:

• ELLENBOROUGH, EDWARD LAW, 1ST BARON (1750-1818)
• EARL OF EDWARD LAW ELLENBOROUGH (1790-1871)

ELLENBOROUGH (1790-1871)  , the eldest son of the 1st 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:

• ELLENBOROUGH, EDWARD LAW, 1ST BARON (1750-1818)
• ELLENBOROUGH, EDWARD LAW, EARL OF (1790-1871)

Ellenborough, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 8th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1790 . He was educated at See also:

• ETON

Eton and St 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's See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge . He represented the subsequently disfranchised 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 of St See also:

• MICHAEL
• MICHAEL (1596-1645)
• MICHAEL (Hebrew Sn,q, " Who is like God? ")

Michael's, See also:

• CORNWALL

Cornwall, in 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, until the See also:

• DEATH

death of his See also:

• FATHER

father in 1818 gave him a seat in the House of Lords . He was twice married; his only See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

child died See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young; his second wife was divorced by See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act of See also:

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

parliament in 1830 . In the See also:

• WELLINGTON
• WELLINGTON, ARTHUR WELLESLEY, 1ST DUKE OF (1769-1852)

Wellington See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration of 1828 Ellenborough was made lord privy See also:

• SEAL
• SEAL, FUR
• SEAL, HAIR

seal; he took a considerable See also:

• SHARE (O. Eng. scearu, chiefly in compounds, e.g. land-scearu, a share of land, from sceran to cut; cf. " shear" )

share in the business of the See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign 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, as an unofficial assistant to Welling-ton, who was a See also:

• GREAT

great admirer of his talents . He aimed at succeeding Lord See also:

• DUDLEY
• DUDLEY, BARONS AND EARLS OF
• DUDLEY, EDMUND (c. 1462—1510)
• DUDLEY, SIR ROBERT (1573—1649)
• DUDLEY, THOMAS (1576-1653)

Dudley at the foreign office, but was forced to content himself with the See also:

• PRESIDENCY

presidency of the .See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

board of See also:

• CONTROL (Fr. contrdle, older form contre rolle, from Med. Lat. contra-rotulus, a counter roll or copy of a document used to check the original; there is no instance in English of the use of " control " in this, its literal, meaning)

control, which he retained until the fall of the See also:

• MINISTRY

ministry in 183o . Ellen-borough was an active See also:

• ADMINISTRATOR

administrator, and took a lively See also:

• INTEREST

interest in questions of See also:

• INDIAN

Indian policy . The revision of the See also:

• COMPANY

company's See also:

• CHARTER (Lat. charta, carta, from Gr. Xap-rns, originally for papyrus, material for writing, thence transferred to paper and from this material to the document, in O. Eng. boc, book)

charter was approaching, and he held that the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government of See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India should be transferred directly to the See also:

• CROWN

crown . He was impressed with the growing importance of a knowledge of central See also:

• ASIA

Asia, in the event of a See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian advance towards the Indian frontier, and despatched See also:

• BURNES, SIR ALEXANDER (1805–1841)

Burnes on an exploring See also:

• MISSION

mission to that See also:

• DISTRICT

district . Ellenborough subsequently returned to the board of control in See also:

• PEEL
• PEEL, ARTHUR WELLESLEY PEEL, 1ST VISCOUNT (1829- )
• PEEL, SIR ROBERT, BART

Peel's first and second administrations . He had only held office for a See also:

• MONTH
• MONTH (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Mond, Du. maand, Dan. maaned, &c., and cognate with Lat. mensis, Gr. µi7v, &c., in other branches of the Indo-Germanic family; all ultimately from the root seen in the word for the moon in nearly all those languages

month on the third occasion when he was appointed by the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court of See also:

• DIRECTORS

directors to succeed Lord See also:

• AUCKLAND
• AUCKLAND, GEORGE EDEN, EARL OF (1784-1849)
• AUCKLAND, WILLIAM EDEN, 1ST BARON (1745-1814)

Auckland as See also:

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

governor-See also:

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

general of India . His Indian administration of two and a See also:

• HALF

half years, or half the usual See also:

• TERM

term of. service, was from first to last a subject of hostile See also:

• CRITICISM
• CRITICISM (from the Gr. KpiTrlS, a judge, Kpivew, to decide, to give an authoritative opinion)

criticism .

His own letters sent monthly to the 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, and his See also:

• CORRESPONDENCE
• CORRESPONDENCE (from med. scholastic Lat. correspondentia, corrcspondere, compounded of Lat. cum, with, and respond ere, to answer; cf. Fr. correspondance)

correspondence with the See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of Wellington, published in 1874, afford material for an intelligent and impartial See also:

• JUDGMENT

judgment of his meteoric career . The events chiefly in dispute are his policy towards See also:

• AFGHANISTAN

Afghanistan and the See also:

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

army and captives there, his See also:

• CONQUEST

conquest of See also:

• SIND

Sind, and his See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign in See also:

• GWALIOR

Gwalior . Ellenborough went to India in See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order " to restore See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace to Asia," but the whole term of his office was occupied in See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war . On his arrival there the See also:

• NEWS

news that greeted him was that of the See also:

• MASSACRE

massacre of See also:

• KABUL

Kabul, and the sieges of See also:

• GHAZNI

Ghazni and See also:

• JALALABAD, or JELLALABAD

Jalalabad, while the sepoys of See also:

• MADRAS

Madras were on the See also:

• VERGE (Lat. virga, a rod)

verge of open See also:

• MUTINY
• MUTINY (from an old verb " mutine," O. Fr. mutin, meutin, a sedition; cf. mod. Fr. emeute; the original is the Late Lat. mota, commotion, from movere, to move)

mutiny . In his See also:

• PROCLAMATION (Lat. proclamare, to make public by announcement)

proclamation of the 15th of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1842, as in his memorandum for the queen dated the 18th, he stated with characteristic clearness and eloquence the See also:

• DUTY (from " due," that which is owing, O. Fr. deu, dil, past participle of devoir; Lat. debere, debitum; cf. " debt ")

duty of first inflicting some See also:

• SIGNAL

signal and decisive See also:

• BLOW, JOHN (1648-1708)

blow on the Afghans, and then leaving them to govern themselves under the See also:

• SOVEREIGN

sovereign of their own choice . Unhappily, when he See also:

• LEFT

left his See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council for upper India, and learned the trifling failure of General See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, he instructed See also:

• POLLOCK

Pollock and See also:

• NOTT, ELIPHALET (1773-1866)
• NOTT, SIR WILLIAM (1782-1845)

Nott, who were advancing triumphantly with their avenging columns to See also:

• RESCUE (in Middle Eng. rescous, from O. Fr. recousse, Low Lat. rescussa, from reexcussa,reexcutere, to shake off again, re, again, ex, off, quatere, to shake)

rescue the See also:

• BRITISH

British captives, to fall back . The army proved true to the governor-general's earlier proclamation rather than to his later fears; the hostages were rescued, the See also:

• SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene of See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

Alexander Burnes's See also:

• MURDER

murder in the See also:

• HEART
• HEART, LUNG

heart of Kabul was burned down . Dost Mahommed was quietly dismissed from a See also:

• PRISON (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. prehensio, seizure)

prison in See also:

• CALCUTTA

Calcutta to the See also:

• THRONE

throne in the See also:

• BALA

Bala See also:

• HISSAR

Hissar, and Ellen-borough presided over the See also:

• PAINTING

painting of the elephants for an unprecedented military spectacle at See also:

• FEROZEPUR

Ferozepur, on the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south See also:

• BANK

bank of the See also:

• SUTLEJ

Sutlej . But this was not the only piece of theatrical display which capped with ridicule the horrors and the follies of these four years in Afghanistan . When See also:

• SULTAN (an Arabic word meaning " victorious " or " a ruler," sultat, dominion)

Sultan Mahmud, in 1024, sacked the See also:

• HINDU

Hindu See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

temple of See also:

• SOMNATH

Somnath on the See also:

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

north-See also:

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

west See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of India, he carried off, with the treasures, the richly studded See also:

• SANDAL (from the Latinized form of Gr. vavb4Atov or vav&aAov: this probably represents the Persian sandal, slipper; it is not to be referred to Gr. stasis, board)

sandal-See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood See also:

• GATES, HORATIO (1728-1806)

gates of the fane, and set them up in his II See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of Ghazni . The See also:

• MAHOMMEDAN

Mahommedan puppet of the See also:

• ENGLISH

English, Shah Shuja, had been asked, when ruler of Afghanistan, to restore them to India; and what he had failed to do the See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian ruler of opposing Mahommedans and See also:

• HINDUS

Hindus resolved to effect in the most See also:

• SOLEMN (Lat. sollemnis, sollemnis, less correctly solennis, yearly, annual; from sollus = totus, whole, entire, Gr. Mos., and annus, year)

solemn and public manner . In vain had See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

Major (afterwards Sir 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:

• RAWLINSON, GEORGE (1812-1902)
• RAWLINSON, RICHARD (169o-1755)
• RAWLINSON, SIR HENRY CRESWICKE (1810—1895)
• RAWLINSON, SIR ROBERT (1810—1898)

Rawlinson proved that they were only reproductions of the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original gates, to which the Ghazni moulvies clung merely as a source of offerings from the faithful who visited the old conqueror's See also:

• TOMB (Gr. Tuµ/3a, Tuµ(3os, probably allied to Lat. tumulus, literally a swelling, tumere, to swell)

tomb .

In vain did the Hindu sepoys show the most chilling indifference to the belauded restoration . Ellenborough could not resist the temptation to copy See also:

• NAPOLEON

Napoleon's magniloquent proclamation under the pyramids . The fraudulent folding doors were conveyed on a triumphal See also:

• CAR (Late Lat. carra)

car to the fort of See also:

• AGRA

Agra, where they were found to be made not of See also:

• SANDALWOOD (from Fr. sandal, santal, Gr. oitvraXov, atw&sXov, Pers. sandal, chandan, Skt. chandana, the sandal tree; the form " sanders " is probably an English corruption)

sandalwood but of See also:

• DEAL

deal . That Somnath proclamation (immortalized in a speech by See also:

• MACAULAY, THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY, BARON (1800-1859)

Macaulay) was the first step towards its author's recall . Hardly had Ellenborough issued his See also:

• MEDAL (Fr. medaille, from Lat. metallum)

medal with the See also:

• LEGEND (through the French from the med. Lat. legenda, things to be read, from legere, to read)

legend " See also:

• PAX (Lat. for " peace ")

Pax Asiae Restituta " when he was at war with the amirs of Sind . The tributary amirs had on the whole been faithful, for Major (afterwards Sir See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James) See also:

• OUTRAM, SIR JAMES (1803—1863)

Outram controlled them . But he had reported the opposition of a few, and Ellenborough ordered an inquiry . His instructions were admirable, in See also:

• EQUITY (Lat. aequitas)

equity as well as See also:

• ENERGY (from the Gr. ivipyela; iv, in, ipyov, work)

energy, and if Outram had been left to carry them out all would have been well . But the duty was entrusted to Sir See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles See also:

• NAPIER
• NAPIER, JOHN (1550-1617)
• NAPIER, SIR CHARLES (1786-1860)
• NAPIER, SIR CHARLES JAMES (1782-1853)
• NAPIER, SIR WILLIAM FRANCIS PATRICK (1785-1860)

Napier, with full See also:

• POLITICAL

political as well as military See also:

• POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers . And to add to the evil, Mir See also:

• ALI

Ali Morad intrigued with both sides so effectually that he betrayed the amirs on the one See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand, while he deluded Sir Charles Napier to their destruction on the other . Ellenborough was led on till events were beyond his control, and his own just and merciful instructions were forgotten . Sir Charles Napier made more than one See also:

• CONFESSION (Lat. confessio, from confiteor, acknowledge, confess)

confession like this: " We have no right to seize Sind, yet we shall do so, and a very advantageous, useful and humane piece of rascality it will be." The battles of See also:

• MEEANEE

Meeanee and See also:

• HYDERABAD, HAIDARABAD
• HYDERABAD, or HAIDARABAD

Hyderabad followed; and the See also:

• INDUS

Indus became a British See also:

• RIVER

river from See also:

• KARACHI, or KURRACHEE

Karachi to See also:

• MULTAN, or MOOLTAN

Multan .

Sind had hardly been disposed of when troubles arose on both sides of the governor-general, who was then at Agra . On the north the disordered See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom of the Sikhs was threatening the frontier . In Gwalior to the south, the feudatory Mahratta See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state, there were a large mutinous army, a Ranee only twelve years of See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age, an adopted See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief of eight, and factions in the council of ministers . These conditions brought Gwalior to the verge of See also:

• CIVIL

civil war . Ellenborough reviewed the danger in the See also:

• MINUTE
• MINUTE (Lat. minutes, small; minuere, to make less)

minute of the 1st of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1845, and told Sir See also:

• HUGH
• HUGH, ST

Hugh See also:

• GOUGH, HUGH GOUGH, VISCOUNT (1779-1869)
• GOUGH, JOHN BARTHOLOMEW (1817-1886)
• GOUGH, RICHARD (1735-1809)

Gough to advance . Further treachery and military See also:

• LICENCE (through the French from Lat. licentia, licere, to be lawful)

licence rendered the battles of See also:

• MAHARAJPUR

Maharajpur and Punniar, fought on the same See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day, inevitable though they were, a surprise to the combatants . The treaty that followed was as merciful as it was See also:

• WISE, HENRY ALEXANDER (1806-1876)
• WISE, ISAAC MAYER (1819-1900)

wise . The pacification of Gwalior also had its effect beyond the Sutlej, where anarchy was restrained for yet another See also:

• YEAR

year, and the See also:

• WORK

work of See also:

• CIVILIZATION

civilization was left to Ellenborough's two successors . But by this 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 the See also:

• PATIENCE

patience of the directors was exhausted . They had no control over Ellenborough's policy; his despatches to them were haughty and disrespectful; and in See also:

• JUNE

June 1844 they exercised their See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power of recalling him . On his return to England Ellenborough was created an See also:

• EARL

earl and received the thanks of parliament; but his administration speedily became the theme of hostile debates, though it was successfully vindicated by Peel and Wellington . When Peel's See also:

• CABINET

cabinet was reconstituted in 1846 Ellenborough became first lord of the See also:

• ADMIRALTY, HIGH COURT OF

admiralty .

In 1858 he took office under Lord See also:

• DERBY
• DERBY, EARLS OF

Derby as See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of the board of control, for the See also:

• FOURTH

fourth time . It was then his congenial task to draft the new See also:

• SCHEME (Lat. schema, Gr. oxfjya, figure, form, from the root axe, seen in exeiv, to have, hold, to be of such shape, form, &c.)

scheme for the government of India which the mutiny had rendered necessary . But his old See also:

• FAULT (Mid. Eng. faute, through the French, from the popular Latin use of fallere, to fail; the originallof the Latin being replaced in English in the 15th century)

fault of impetuosity again proved his stumbling-See also:

• BLOCK
• BLOCK (from the Fr. bloc, and possibly connected with an Old Ger. Block, obstruction, cf. " baulk ")
• BLOCK, MAURICE (1816–19or)

block . He wrote a See also:

• CAUSTIC (Gr. rcavvraubs, burning)

caustic despatch censuring Lord See also:

• CANNING, CHARLES JOHN, EARL (1812-1862)
• CANNING, GEORGE (1770-1827)

Canning for the Oudh proclamation, and allowed it to be published in The Times without consulting his colleagues, who disavowed his See also:

• ACTION

action in this respect . General disapprobation was excited; votes of censure were announced in both Houses; and, to See also:

• SAVE, or SAVA (Ger. Sau; Hungarian Szdva; Lat. Savus)

save the cabinet, Ellenborough resigned . But for this act of rashness he might have enjoyed the taskof carrying into effect the See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home constitution for the government of India which he sketched in his See also:

• EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence before the select See also:

• COMMITTEE (from commute, an Anglo-Fr. past participle of commettre, Lat. committere, to entrust; the modern Fr. equivalent comite is derived from the Eng.)

committee of the House of Commons on Indian territories on the 8th of June 1852 . Paying off his old See also:

• SCORE (O.E. scor, from sceran, to cut, notch, cf. " shear ")

score against the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East India Company, he then advocated the abolition of the court of directors as a governing See also:

• BODY

body, the opening of the civil service to the army, the transference of the government to the crown, and the See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment of a council to advise the See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister who should take the See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of the president of the board of control . These suggestions of 1852 were carried out by his successor Lord See also:

• STANLEY (FAMILY)
• STANLEY, ARTHUR PENRHYN (18x5–1881)
• STANLEY, EDWARD (1779-1849)
• STANLEY, SIR HENRY MORTON (184o-1904)
• STANLEY, SIR WILLIAM (1548-163o)
• STANLEY, THOMAS (1625-1678)

Stanley, afterwards earl of Derby, in 1858, so closely even in details, that Lord Ellenborough must be pronounced the author, for See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good or evil, of the See also:

• PRESENT

present home constitution of the government of India . Though acknowledged to be one of the foremost orators in the House of Lords, and taking a frequent See also:

• PART

part in debate, Ellen-borough never held office again . He died at his seat, Southam House, near See also:

• CHELTENHAM

Cheltenham, on the z2nd of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1871, when the See also:

• BARONY

barony reverted to his See also:

• NEPHEW

nephew Charles See also:

• EDMUND
• EDMUND, or EADMUND (c. 980-1016)
• EDMUND, SAINT [EDMUND RICE] (d. 1240)

Edmund See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

Law (1820—189o), the earldom becoming See also:

• EXTINCT

extinct . See See also:

• HISTORY

History of the Indian Administration (See also:

• BENTLEY, RICHARD (1662-1742)
• BENTLEY, RICHARD (1794-1871)

Bentley, 1874), edited by Loid See also:

• COLCHESTER
• COLCHESTER, CHARLES ABBOT, 1ST BARON (1757-1829)

Colchester; Minutes of Evidence taken before the Select Committee on Indian Territories (June 1852) ; See also:

• VOLUME

volume i. of the Calcutta See also:

• REVIEW (Fr. revue, from revoir, to see again, Lat. re and videre)

Review; the Friend of India, during the years 1842–1845; and John See also:

• HOPE, ANTHONY
• HOPE, THOMAS (c. 1770-1831)

Hope, The House of Scindea: A See also:

• SKETCH (directly adapted from Dutch schets, which was taken from Ital. schizzo, a rough draft, Lat. schedium, something hastily made, Gr. oxE&os, sudden, off-hand, axeb6v, near by; Ger. Skizze and Fr. esquisse are from the same source)

Sketch (See also:

• LONGMANS

Longmans, 1863) . The numerous books by and against Sir Charles Napier, on the See also:

• CON

con-quest of Sind, should be consulted .