See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

THOMAS ADDIS See also:

• EMMET, ROBERT (1778-1803)
• THOMAS ADDIS EMMET (1764-1827)

EMMET (1764-1827)  , Irish lawyer and politician, second son of See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert See also:

• EMMET, ROBERT (1778-1803)
• EMMET, THOMAS ADDIS (1764-1827)

Emmet, physician to the 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:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant of See also:

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

Ireland, and See also:

• ELDER (0. Eng. ellarn; Ger. Holunder; Fr. sureau)
• ELDER (Gr. 1rpev(3iTepos)

elder See also:

• BROTHER

brother of Robert Emmet (q.v.), the See also:

• REBEL, JOHANN PETER (176o-1826)

rebel, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• CORK
• CORK (perhaps through Sp. corcha from Lat. cortex, bark, but possibly connected with quercus, oak)
• CORK, RICHARD BOYLE

Cork on the 24th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1764, and was educated at Trinity See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

• DUBLIN

Dublin, and at See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh University, where he studied See also:

• MEDICINE

medicine and was a See also:

• PUPIL (Lat. pupillus, orphan, minor, dim. of pupus, boy, allied to puer, from root pm- or peu-, to beget, cf. "pupa," Lat. for " doll," the name given to the stage intervening between the larval and imaginal stages in certain insects)

pupil of Dugald See also:

• STEWART, ALEXANDER TURNEY (1803-1876)
• STEWART, BALFOUR (1828-1887)
• STEWART, CHARLES (1778–1869)
• STEWART, DUGALD (1753-1828)
• STEWART, J
• STEWART, JOHN (1749—1822)
• STEWART, JULIUS L
• STEWART, SIR DONALD MARTIN (1824–19o0)
• STEWART, SIR HERBERT (1843—1885)
• STEWART, SIR WILLIAM (c. 1540—c. 1605)
• STEWART, STUART
• STEWART, WILLIAM (c. 1480-c. 1550)

Stewart in See also:

• PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

philosophy . After visiting the See also:

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

chief medical See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools on the See also:

• CONTINENT (from Lat. continere, "to hold together "; hence " connected," " continuous ")

continent, he returned to Ireland in 1788; but the sudden See also:

• DEATH

death of his elder brother, See also:

• CHRISTOPHER, SAINT (Christophorus, Christoferus)

Christopher See also:

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

Temple Emmet (1761-1788), a See also:

• BARRISTER

barrister of same distinction, induced him to follow the See also:

• ADVICE (Fr. avis, from Lat. ad, to, and visum, viewed)

advice of See also:

• SIR

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:

• MACKINTOSH, SIR JAMES (176 1832)

Mackintosh to forsake medicine for the 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 as a profession . He was called to the Irish See also:

• BAR
• BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
• BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
• BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
• BAR, THE

bar in 1790, and quickly obtained a practice, principally as counsel for prisoners charged with See also:

• POLITICAL

political offences, and became the legal adviser of the leading See also:

• UNITED

United Irishmen . When the Dublin See also:

• CORPORATION (from Lat. corporare, to form into a body, corpus, corporis)

corporation issued a See also:

• DECLARATION (from Lat. declarare, to make fully clear, clams)

declaration of See also:

• PROTESTANT

Protestant ascendancy in 1792, the See also:

• COUNTER

counter-manifesto of the United Irishmen was See also:

• DRAWN

drawn up by Emmet; and in 1795 he took the See also:

• OATH (0. Eng. ddh)

oath of the society in open 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, becoming secretary in the same See also:

• YEAR

year and a member of the executive in 1797 . Although See also:

• GRATTAN, HENRY (1746-1820)

Grattan had a profound contempt for Emmet's political understanding, describing him as a See also:

• QUACK

quack in politics who set up his own crude notions as settled rules, Emmet was among the more prudent of the United Irishmen on the See also:

• EVE

eve of the See also:

• REBELLION

rebellion . It was only when convinced that See also:

• PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary reform and See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic emancipation were not to be obtained by constitutional methods, that he reluctantly engaged in treasonable See also:

• CONSPIRACY (from Lat. conspirare, literally to breathe together, to agree, combine, and especially to form a secret plot)

conspiracy; and in opposition to bolder See also:

• SPIRITS

spirits like Lord See also:

• EDWARD

Edward See also:

• FITZGERALD
• FITZGERALD, EDWARD (1809–1883)
• FITZGERALD, LORD E
• FITZGERALD, LORD EDWARD (1763-1798)
• FITZGERALD, LORD THOMAS (loth earl of Kildare), (1513-1537)
• FITZGERALD, RAYMOND, or REDMOND (d. ca. 1182)

Fitzgerald, he discountenanced the taking up of arms until help should be obtained from See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France . Though not among those taken at 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:

• OLIVER, ISAAC (c. 1566--1617)
• OLIVER, PETER (1594-1648)

Oliver See also:

• BOND
• BOND, SIR EDWARD AUGUSTUS (1815-1898)

Bond on the I2th 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 1798 (see FITZGERALD, LORD EDWARD), he was arrested about the same 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, and he was one of the leaders who after the rebellion were imprisoned at Fort See also:

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

George till 1802 . Being then released, he went to See also:

• BRUSSELS (Fr. Bruxelles, Flem. Brussel)

Brussels, where he was visited by his brother Robert in See also:

• OCTOBER

October of that year; and he was in the secrets of those who were preparing for a fresh rising in Ireland in See also:

• CONJUNCTION (from Lat. conjungere, to join together)

conjunction with See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French aid . After the failure of Robert Emmet's rising in See also:

• JULY

July 1803, the See also:

• NEWS

news of which reached him in See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, where he was in communication with See also:

• BONAPARTE

Bonaparte, he emigrated to the United States . Joining the New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York bar he obtained a lucrative practice and in 1812-13 was See also:

• ATTORNEY (from O. Fr. atorne, a person appointed to act for another, from atourner, legal Lat. attornare, attorn, literally to turn over to another or commit business to another)

attorney-See also:

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

general of New York; his abilities and success being such that See also:

• JUDGE (Lat. judex, Fr. juge)

Judge See also:

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

Story declared him to be " by universal consent in the first See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

• ADVOCATES, FACULTY OF

advocates." He died while conducting a See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case in court on the 14th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1827 . See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas Emmet married, in 1791, Jane, daughter of the Rev . 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 See also:

• PATTEN (adapted from Fr. patin, in modern usage meaning a " skate "; Med. Lat. patinus, Ital. pattino, of unknown origin; cf. patte, paw)

Patten, of See also:

• CLONMEL

Clonmel .

See authorities under EMMET, ROBERT; also See also:

• ALFRED

Alfred See also:

• WEBB, MATTHEW (1848-1883)
• WEBB, SIDNEY (1859– )

Webb, Compendium of Irish See also:

• BIOGRAPHY (from the Gr. (3ios, life, and yp&4 , writing)

Biography (Dublin, 1878) ; C . S . Haynes, See also:

• MEMOIRS

Memoirs of Thomas Addis Emmet (See also:

• LONDON

London, 1829) ; See also:

• THEOBALD, (d. 1161)
• THEOBALD, LEWIS (1688-1744)

Theobald See also:

• WOLFE, CHARLES (1791-1823)
• WOLFE, JAMES (1727-1759)

Wolfe See also:

• TONE, THEOBALD WOLFE (1763-1798)

Tone, Memoirs, edited by W . T . W . Tone (2 vols., London, 1827) ; W . E . H . See also:

• LECKY, WILLIAM EDWARD HARTPOLE (1838–1903)

Lecky, Hist. of Ireland in the Eighteenth See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

Century, vol. iv . (See also:

• CABINET

Cabinet edition, 5 vols., London, 1892) . (R . J .