See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

COUNT OF See also:

• DON
• DON (anc. Tanais)

DON JOSE MORINO Y REDONDO See also:

• COUNT OF DON JOSE MORINO Y REDONDO FLORIDABLANCA (1728-1808)

FLORIDABLANCA (1728-1808)  , See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish statesman, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• MURCIA

Murcia in 1728 . He was the son of a retired See also:

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

army officer, and received a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

• EDUCATION

education, which he completed at the university of See also:

• SALAMANCA
• SALAMANCA (anc. Salmantica or Elmantica)

Salamanca, especially applying himself to the study of 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 . For a 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 he followed the profession of an See also:

• ADVOCATE (Lat. advocatus, from advocare, to summon, especially in law to call in the aid of a counsel or witness, and so generally to summon to one's assistance)

advocate, and acquired a high reputation . A more public career was opened to him by the See also:

• MARQUIS

marquis of Esquilache, then See also:

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

chief See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister of See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state, who sent him See also:

• AMBASSADOR (also EMBASSADOR, the form sometimes still used in America; from the Fr. ambassadeur, with which compare Ital. ambasciatore and Span. embajador, all variants of the Med. Lat. ambassiator, ambassiator, ambasator, &c., derived from Med. Lat. amba

ambassador to See also:

• POPE (Gr. irarraas, post-classical Lat. papa, father)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1688–1744)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1763-1835)
• POPE, JANE (1742-1818)
• POPE, JOHN (1822-1892)
• POPE, SIR THOMAS (c. 1507-1559)

Pope See also:

• CLEMENT (Lat. Clemens, i.e. merciful; Gr. K)4gs)
• CLEMENT, FRANCOIS (1714-1793)
• CLEMENT, JACQUES (1567-1589)

Clement XIV . Successful in his See also:

• MISSION

mission, he was soon after appointed by 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 III. successor to his See also:

• PATRON

patron, and his See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration was one of the most brilliant See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain had ever seen . He regulated the See also:

• POLICE (Fr. police, government, civil administration, a police force, Gr. sroXumeia, constitution, condition of a state, roars, city, state)

police of See also:

• MADRID

Madrid, reformed many abuses, projected canals, established many See also:

• SOCIETIES, LEARNED

societies of See also:

• AGRICULTURE
• AGRICULTURE (from Lat. ages, field, and colere, to cultivate)
• AGRICULTURE, BOARD OF

agriculture and See also:

• ECONOMY

economy and many philanthropical institutions, and gave encouragement to learning, See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science and the See also:

• FINE

fine arts . See also:

• COMMERCE
• COMMERCE (Lat. commercium, from, cum, together, and rnerx, merchandise)

Commerce flourished anew under his See also:

• RULE

rule, and the See also:

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

long-See also:

• STANDING

standing disputes with See also:

• PORTUGAL

Portugal about the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• AMERICAN

American colonies were settled . He sought to strengthen the See also:

• ALLIANCE

alliance of Spain with Portugal by a See also:

• DOUBLE
• DOUBLE (from the Mid. Eng. duble, the form which gives the present pronunciation, through the Old Er. duble, from Lat. duplus, twice as much)

double See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage between the members of the royal houses, designing by this arrangement to See also:

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

place ultimately a Spanish See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince on the See also:

• THRONE

throne of Portugal . But in this he failed . See also:

• FLORIDABLANCA, DON JOSE MORINO Y REDONDO, COUNT OF (1728-1808)

Floridablanca was the right-See also:

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

hand See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man of See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King Charles III. in his policy of domestic reform, and was much under the See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence of See also:

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

French philosophes and economic writers . Like other re-formers of that school he was a strong supporter of the royal authority and a convinced See also:

• PARTISAN, or PARTIZAN

partisan of benevolent despotism . The French Revolution frightened him into reaction, and he advocated the support of the first See also:

• COALITION (Lat. coalitio, the verbal substantive of coalescere, to grow together)

coalition against See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France .

He retained his 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 for three years under Charles IV.; but in 1792, through the influence of the favourite See also:

• GODOY, ALVAREZ DE FARIA, RIOS SANCHEZ Y ZARZOSA, MANUEL DE (1767-1851)

Godoy, he was dismissed and imprisoned in the See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

castle of Pampeluna . Here he was saved from See also:

• STARVATION

starvation only by the intervention of his See also:

• BROTHER

brother . He was afterwards allowed to retire to his estates, and remained in seclusion till the French invasion of 18o8 . He was then called by his countrymen to take the See also:

• PRESIDENCY

presidency of the central See also:

• JUNTA (from juntar, to join)

junta . But his strength failed him, and he died at See also:

• SEVILLE
• SEVILLE (Span. Sevilla, Lat. Ispalis or Hispalis, Moorish Ishbiliya)

Seville on the loth of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November of the same yea He See also:

• LEFT

left several See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short See also:

• TREATISES

treatises on See also:

• JURISPRUDENCE (Lat. jurisprudenlia, knowledge of law, from jus, right, and prudentia, from providere, to foresee)
• JURISPRUDENCE, COMPARATIVE

jurisprudence . See Obras originates del See also:

• CONDE
• CONDE, LOUIS DE BOURBON, PRINCE
• CONDE, LOUIS II
• CONDE, PRINCES OF

Conde de Floridablanca, edited, with See also:

• BIOGRAPHICAL

biographical introduction, by A . Ferrer del Rio; in the Bi,,lioteca de Rivadeneyra, vol. lix .