1ST See also: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:- 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:FARRER FARRER (1819-1899)
, See also:English See also:civil servant and statistician, was the son of 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:Farrer, a See also:solicitor in See also:Lincoln's See also:Inn See also:Fields
.
See also:Born in See also:London on the 24th of See also:June 1819, he was educated at See also:Eton and Balliol See also:College, 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, where he graduated in 184o
.
He was called to the See also:bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1844, but retired from practice in the course of a few years
.
He entered the public service in 185o as secretary to the See also:naval (renamed in 1853 the marine) See also:department of the See also:Board of See also:Trade
.
In 1865 he was-promoted to be one of the See also:joint secretaries of the Board of Trade, and in 1867 became permanent secretary
.
His See also:tenure of this 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, which he held for upwards of twenty years, was marked by many reforms and an energetic See also:administration
.
Not only was he an advanced Liberal in politics, but an uncompromising See also:Free-trader of the strictest school
.
He was created a See also:baronet for his services at the Board of Trade in 1883, and in 1886 he retired from office
.
During the same See also:year he published a See also:work entitled Free Trade versus See also:Fair Trade, in which he dealt with an economic controversy then greatly agitating the public mind
.
He had already, in 1883, written a See also:volume on The See also:State in its Relation to Trade
.
In 1888 he was co-opted by the Progressives an See also:alderman of the London See also:County See also:Council, of which he became See also:vice-chairman in 189o
.
His efficiency and ability in this capacity were warmly recognized; but in the course of 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 divergencies arose between his See also:personal views and those of many of his colleagues
.
The tendency towards socialistic legislation which became apparent was quite at variance with his principles of individual enterprise and responsibility
.
He consequently resigned his position
.
In 1893 he was raised to the See also:peerage
.
From this time forward he devoted much of his See also:energy and leisure to advocating his views at the See also:Cobden See also:Club, the See also:Political See also:Economy Club,on the See also:platform, and in the public See also:press
.
Especially were his efforts directed against the opinions of the Fair Trade See also:League, and upon this and other controversies on economic questions he wrote able, clear, and uncompromising letters, which See also:left no doubt that he still adhered to the doctrines of free trade as advocated by its earliest exponents
.
In 1898 he published his Studies in Currency
.
He died at See also:Abinger See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
Hall, See also:Dorking, on the 11th of See also:October 1899
.
He was succeeded in the See also:title by his eldest son Thomas See also:Cecil (b
.
1859)
.
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