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:EWART (1798-1869)
, See also:English politician, was See also:born in See also:Liverpool on the 1st of May 1798
.
He was educated at See also:Eton and See also:Christ See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
Church, See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford, gaining the See also:Newdigate See also:prize for English See also:verse
.
He was called to the See also:bar at the See also:Middle See also:Temple in 1827, and the next See also:year entered See also:parliament for the 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 Bletchingley in See also:Surrey
.
He subsequently sat for Liverpsol from 183o to 1837, for See also:Wigan in 1839, and for See also:Dumfries Burghs from 1841 until his retirement from public See also:life in 1868
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He died at Broadleas, near See also:Devizes, on the 23rd of See also:January 1869
.
See also:Ewart, who was an advanced liberal in politics, was responsible during his See also:long See also:political career for many useful See also:measures
.
In 1834 he carried a See also:bill for the abolition of See also:hanging in chains, and in 1837 he was successful in getting an See also:act passed for abolishing See also:capital See also:punishment for See also:cattle-stealing and other offences
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In 1850 he carried a bill for establishing See also:free See also:libraries supported out of the rates, and in 1864 he was instrumental in getting an act passed for legalizing the use of the metric See also:system of weights and measures
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He was always a strong See also:advocate for the abolition of capital punishment, and on his See also:motion in 1864.a select See also:committee was appointed to consider the subject
.
Other reforms which he advocated and which have since been carried out were an See also:annual statement on See also:education; and the examination of candidates for the See also:civil service and See also:army
.
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