See also:

• ALBANY
• ALBANY, DUKES OF
• ALBANY, LOUISE MAXIMILIENNE CAROLINE, COUNTESS OF (1752-1824)

ALBANY 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:

• ALBANY WILLIAM FONBLANQUE (1793-1872)

FONBLANQUE (1793-1872)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English journalist, descended from a See also:

• NOBLE, SIR ANDREW (1832- )

noble See also:

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

French Huguenot See also:

• FAMILY

family, the Greniers of See also:

• LANGUEDOC

Languedoc, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• LONDON

London in 1793 . 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 Grenier, a banker, became naturalized in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England under the name of See also:

• FONBLANQUE, ALBANY WILLIAM (1793-1872)

Fonblanque; and his son John See also:

• SAMUEL

Samuel See also:

• MARTIN (Martinus)
• MARTIN, BON LOUIS HENRI (1810-1883)
• MARTIN, CLAUD (1735-1800)
• MARTIN, FRANCOIS XAVIER (1762-1846)
• MARTIN, HOMER DODGE (1836-1897)
• MARTIN, JOHN (1789-1854)
• MARTIN, LUTHER (1748-1826)
• MARTIN, SIR THEODORE (1816-1909)
• MARTIN, SIR WILLIAM FANSHAWE (1801–1895)
• MARTIN, ST (c. 316-400)
• MARTIN, WILLIAM (1767-1810)

Martin Fonblanque (176o-1838), a distinguished See also:

• EQUITY (Lat. aequitas)

equity lawyer, and the author of a See also:

• STANDARD
• STANDARD, BATTLE OF THE

standard legal See also:

• WORK

work, a See also:

• TREATISE

Treatise on Equity, was the See also:

• FATHER

father of See also:

• ALBANY
• ALBANY, DUKES OF
• ALBANY, LOUISE MAXIMILIENNE CAROLINE, COUNTESS OF (1752-1824)

Albany Fonblanque; he represented 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 See also:

• CAMELFORD, THOMAS PITT, 1ST BARON (1737_1793)

Camelford in See also:

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

parliament; and was one of the Whig See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends of See also:

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

George IV. when See also:

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

prince of See also:

• WALES (Cymru, Gwalia, Cambria)

Wales . At fourteen See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young Fonblanque was sent to See also:

• WOOLWICH

Woolwich to prepare for the Royal See also:

• ENGINEERS, MILITARY

Engineers . His See also:

• HEALTH

health, however, failed, and for two years his studies had to be suspended . Upon his recovery he studied for some 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 with a view to being called to the See also:

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

bar . At the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of nineteen (1812) he commenced See also:

• WRITING
• WRITING (the verbal noun of " to write," O. Eng. writan, to inscribe)

writing for the See also:

• NEWSPAPERS

newspapers, and very soon attracted See also:

• NOTICE

notice both by the boldness and liberality of his opinions, and by the superiority of his See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style to what See also:

• MACAULAY, THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY, BARON (1800-1859)

Macaulay, when speaking of him, justly called the " rant and twaddle of the daily and weekly See also:

• PRESS (through Fr. presse from Lat. pressare, frequentative of premere, to crush, squeeze, press)

press " of the time . While he was eagerly taking his See also:

• SHARE (O. Eng. scearu, chiefly in compounds, e.g. land-scearu, a share of land, from sceran to cut; cf. " shear" )

share in all the See also:

• POLITICAL

political struggles of this eventful See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period, he was also continuing his studies, devoting no less than six See also:

• HOURS, CANONICAL

hours a See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day to the study of See also:

• CLASSICS

classics and political See also:

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

philosophy . Under this severe See also:

• MENTAL

mental training his health once more See also:

• BROKE, or BROOKE, ARTHUR (d. 1563)
• BROKE, SIR PHILIP BOWES VERE, BART

broke down . His See also:

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

energy, however, was not impaired . He became a See also:

• REGULAR

regular contributor to the newspapers and reviews, realizing a See also:

• FAIR

fair income which, as his habits were See also:

• SIMPLE

simple and temperate, secured him against pecuniary anxieties . From 182o to 1830 Albany Fonblanque was successively employed upon the See also:

• STAFF (O. Eng. staef, cf. Du. staf, Ger. Stab, &c.; Icel. stafr meant also a written letter, and O. Eng. stafas, the letters of the alphabet; " stave," one of the thin pieces of wood of which a cask is made, is a doublet)

staff of The Times and the See also:

• MORNING

Morning See also:

• CHRONICLE (from Gr. Xpovos, time)

Chronicle, whilst he contributed to the Examiner, to the London See also:

• MAGAZINE

Magazine and to theWestminster See also:

• REVIEW (Fr. revue, from revoir, to see again, Lat. re and videre)

Review . In 1828 theExaminer newspaper, which had been See also:

• PURCHASED

purchased by the Rev .

Dr Fellowes, author of the See also:

• RELIGION
• RELIGION, FOLKLORE, CUSTOM

Religion of the Universe, &c., was given over to Fonblanque's See also:

• COMPLETE

complete See also:

• CONTROL (Fr. contrdle, older form contre rolle, from Med. Lat. contra-rotulus, a counter roll or copy of a document used to check the original; there is no instance in English of the use of " control " in this, its literal, meaning)

control; and for a period of seventeen years (183o to 1847) he not only sustained the high See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character for political in-dependence and See also:

• LITERARY

literary ability which the Examiner had gained under the direction of See also:

• LEIGH
• LEIGH, EDWARD (1602–1671)

Leigh See also:

• HUNT, ALFRED WILLIAM (183o-1896)
• HUNT, HENRY (1i73-1835)
• HUNT, HENRY JACKSON (1819-1889)
• HUNT, JAMES HENRY LEIGH (1784-1859)
• HUNT, ROBERT (1807-1887)
• HUNT, THOMAS STERRY (1826-1892)
• HUNT, WILLIAM HENRY (1790—1864)
• HUNT, WILLIAM HOLMAN (1827-1910)
• HUNT, WILLIAM MORRIS (1824-1879)

Hunt and his See also:

• BROTHER

brother, John Hunt, but even compelled his political opponents to acknowledge a certain delight in the boldness and brightness of the wit directed against themselves . When it was proposed that the admirers and supporters of the See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper should facilitate a reduction in its See also:

• PRICE
• PRICE, BARTHOLOMEW (1818–1898)
• PRICE, BONAMY (1807-1888)
• PRICE, RICHARD (1723-1791)

price by the See also:

• PAYMENT (Fr. paiement, from payer, to pay; Lat. pacare, to appease, pax, peace)

payment of their subscription ten years in advance, not only did Mr See also:

• EDWARD

Edward Bulwer (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:

• LYTTON, EDWARD GEORGE EARLE LYTTON, BULWERLYTTON, 1ST BARON (1803-1873)
• LYTTON, EDWARD ROBERT

Lytton) volunteer his aid, but also Mr Disraeli, who was then coquetting with See also:

• RADICAL (Lat. radix, a root)

radical-ism . During his connexion with the Examiner, Fonblanque had many advantageous offers of further literary employment; but he devoted his energies and talents almost exclusively to the service of the paper he had resolved to make a standard of literary excellence in the See also:

• WORLD

world of journalism . Fonblanque was offered the governorship of Nova See also:

• SCOTIA (Gr. o'Karca, shadow or darkness)

Scotia; but although he took See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• INTEREST

interest in colonial matters, and had used every effort to 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 the more generous political See also:

• SYSTEM

system which had colonial self-See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government for its See also:

• GOAL

goal, he decided not to abandon his beloved Examiner even for so sympathetic an employment . In 1847, however, domestic reasons induced him to accept the See also:

• POST

post of statistical secretary of the See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

Board of See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

Trade . This of course compelled him to resign the editorship of the Examiner, but he still continued to contribute largely to the paper, which, under the control of John See also:

• FORSTER, FRANCOIS (179o-,872)
• FORSTER, FRIEDRICH CHRISTOPH (1791-1868)
• FORSTER, JOHANN GEORG ADAM (1754-1794)
• FORSTER, JOHN (1812-1876)
• FORSTER, JOHN COOPER (1823-1886)
• FORSTER, WILLIAM EDWARD (1818-1886)

Forster, continued to sustain its influential position . During the later years of his See also:

• LIFE

life Fonblanque took no prominent See also:

• PART

part in public affairs; and when he died at the age of seventy-nine ('872) he seemed, as his See also:

• NEPHEW

nephew, EdwardFonblanque, rightly observes, " a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man who had lived and toiled in an age gone by and in a cause See also:

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

long since established." The character of Albany Fonblanque's political activity may be judged of by a study of his England under Seven Administrations (1837), in comparison with the course of social and political events in England from 1826 to 1837 . As a journalist, he must be regarded in the See also:

• LIGHT

light of a reformer . Journalism before his day was regarded as a somewhat discreditable profession; men of true culture were shy of entering the hot and dusty See also:

• ARENA (Lat. for " sand ")

arena lest they should be confounded with the ruder combatants who fought there before the public for hire . But the fact that Fonblanque, a man not only of strong and See also:

• EARNEST (probably a corruption of the obsolete arles or erles, adapted from Lat. equivalent arrha, due to a confusion with the adjective " earnest," serious, O. Eng. eornust, cognate with Ger. ernst)

earnest political convictions but also of exceptional literary ability, did not hesitate to choose this See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

field as a worthy one in which both a politician and a man of letters might usefully as well as honourably put forth his best gifts, must have helped, in no small degree, to correct the old See also:

• PREJUDICE (Lat. praejudicium)

prejudice . See the Life and Labours of Albany Fonblanque, edited by his nephew, Edward See also:

• BARRINGTON, DAINES (1727-1800)
• BARRINGTON, GEORGE (b. 1755)
• BARRINGTON, JOHN SHUTE, 1ST V1SCOUNT (1678-1734)
• BARRINGTON, SAMUEL (1729-1800)
• BARRINGTON, SHUTE (1734-1826)
• BARRINGTON, WILLIAM WILDMAN SHUTE, 2ND VISCOUNT (1717-1793)

Barrington de Fonblanque (London, '874); a collection of his articles with a brief See also:

• BIOGRAPHICAL

biographical notice .