See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

BARON 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 See also:

• ERSKINE, EBENEZER (1680-1754)
• ERSKINE, HENRY (1746-1817)
• ERSKINE, JOHN
• ERSKINE, JOHN (1721-1803)
• ERSKINE, RALPH (1685-1752)
• ERSKINE, THOMAS
• ERSKINE, THOMAS ERSKINE, 1ST BARON (1750-1823)

ERSKINE MAY See also:

• FARNBOROUGH
• BARON THOMAS ERSKINE MAY FARNBOROUGH (1815-1886)

FARNBOROUGH (1815-1886)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English Constitutional historian, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• LONDON

London on the 8th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1815 and educated at See also:

• BEDFORD

Bedford See also:

• GRAMMAR (from Lat. grammatica, sc. ars; Gr. ypaµ)

grammar school . In 1831 he was nominated by See also:

• MANNERS, CHARLES (1857– )

Manners See also:

• SUTTON
• SUTTON, SIR RICHARD (d. c. 1524)
• SUTTON, THOMAS (c. 1532—1611)

Sutton, See also:

• SPEAKER

speaker of 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, to the See also:

• POST

post of assistant librarian, so that his See also:

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

long connexion with See also:

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

parliament began in his youth . IIe studied for the See also:

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

bar, and was called at the See also:

• MIDDLE

Middle See also:

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

Temple in 1838 . In 1844 he published the first edition of his See also:

• TREATISE

Treatise on 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, See also:

• PRIVILEGE

Privilege, Proceedings and Usage of Parliament . This See also:

• WORK

work, which has passed through many See also:

• EDITIONS

editions, is not only an invaluable mine of See also:

• INFORMATION (from Lat. informare, to give shape or form to, to represent, describe)

information for the See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical student, but it is known as the See also:

• TEXT (Lat. textum, woven fabric, from texere, to weave)

text-See also:

• BOOK

book of the law by which parliament governs its proceedings . In 1846 See also:

• ERSKINE, EBENEZER (1680-1754)
• ERSKINE, HENRY (1746-1817)
• ERSKINE, JOHN
• ERSKINE, JOHN (1721-1803)
• ERSKINE, RALPH (1685-1752)
• ERSKINE, THOMAS
• ERSKINE, THOMAS ERSKINE, 1ST BARON (1750-1823)

Erskine May was appointed examiner of petitions for private bills, and the following See also:

• YEAR

year taxing-See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master of the House of Commons . IIe published his Remarks to Facilitate Public Business in Parliament in 1849; a work On the Consolidation of See also:

• ELECTION
• ELECTION (from Lat. eligere, to pick out)

Election See also:

• LAWS

Laws in 185o; and his Rules, Orders and Forms of the House of Commons was printed by 'command of the House in 18J4 . In 1856 he was appointed clerk assistant at the table of the House of Commons . He received the companionship of the See also:

• BATH
• BATH, THOMAS THYNNE
• BATH, WILLIAM

Bath in 186o for his See also:

• PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary services, and became a See also:

• KNIGHT, CHARLES (1791-1873)
• KNIGHT, DANIEL RIDGWAY (1845– )
• KNIGHT, JOHN BUXTON (1843–1908)

knight See also:

• COMMANDER

commander in '866 . His important work, The Constitutional See also:

• HISTORY

History of See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England since the See also:

• ACCESSION (from Lat. accedere, to go to, to approach)

Accession of See also:

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

George III . (176o–186o)., was published in 1861–1863, and it received frequent additions in subsequent editions . In 1871 See also:

• SIR

Sir Erskine May was appointed clerk of the House of Commons .

His See also:

• DEMOCRACY (Gr. 3np.oKparia, from S)µos, the people, i.e. the commons, and Kparos, rule)

Democracy in See also:

• EUROPE

Europe: a History appeared in 1877, but it failed to take the same See also:

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

rank in See also:

• CRITICAL (in alphabetical order of authors)

critical esteem as his Constitutional History . He retired from the post of clerk to the House of Commons in See also:

• APRIL

April 1886, having for fifteen years discharged the onerous duties of the 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 with as much know-ledge and See also:

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

energy as unfailing tact and See also:

• COURTESY (O. Fr. curtesie, later courtoisie)

courtesy . Shortly after his retirement from office he was raised to the See also:

• PEERAGE
• PEERAGE (Fr. pairage, med. Lat. paragium; M.E. Pere, 0. Fr. per, peer, later pair; Lat. Paris, " equal ")

peerage under the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

Baron See also:

• FARNBOROUGH
• FARNBOROUGH, THOMAS ERSKINE MAY, BARON (1815-1886)

Farnborough of Farnborough, in the See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county of See also:

• SOUTHAMPTON
• SOUTHAMPTON, EARL OF
• SOUTHAMPTON, HENRY WRIOTHESLEY, 3RD EARL OF (1J73—1624)

Southampton, but he only survived to enjoy the dignity for a few days . He died in London on the 17th of May 1886, and as he See also:

• LEFT

left no issue the title became See also:

• EXTINCT

extinct .