See also:

• SIR

SIR 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 See also:

• HAWLEY, HENRY (c. 1679-1759)
• HAWLEY, JOSEPH ROSWELL (1826-1905)

HAWLEY See also:

• GLOVER, RICHARD (1712-1785)
• SIR JOHN HAWLEY GLOVER (1829-1885)

GLOVER (1829-1885)  , See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain in the See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• NAVY

navy, entered the service in 1841 and passed his examination as See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant in 1849, but did not receive a See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission till May 1851 . He served on various stations, and. was wounded severely in an See also:

• ACTION

action with the Burmese at Donabew (4th See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1853) . But his reputation was not gained at See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea and as a See also:

• NAVAL

naval officer, but on See also:

• SHORE

shore and as an administrative See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official in the colonies . During his years of service as lieutenant in the navy he had had considerable experience of the See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa, and had taken See also:

• PART

part in the expedition of Dr W . B . See also:

• BAIKIE, WILLIAM BALFOUR (1824-1864)

Baikie (1824–1864) up the See also:

• NIGER
• NIGER, GAIUS PESCENNIUS

Niger . On the 21st of See also:

• APRIL

April 1863 he was appointed See also:

• ADMINISTRATOR

administrator of the 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 of See also:

• LAGOS

Lagos, and in that capacity, or as colonial secretary, he remained there till 1872 . During thisperiod he had been much employed in repelling the marauding incursions of the Ashantis . When the See also:

• ASHANTI

Ashanti See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war See also:

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

broke out in 1873, Captain See also:

• GLOVER, RICHARD (1712-1785)
• GLOVER, SIR JOHN HAWLEY (1829-1885)

Glover undertook the hazardous and doubtful task of organizing the native tribes, whom hatred of the Ashantis might be expected to make favourable to the British authorities—to the extent at least to which their fears would allow them to See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act . His services were accepted, and in See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September of 1873 he landed at Cape Coast, and, after forming a small trustworthy force of See also:

• HAUSA

Hausa, marched to See also:

• ACCRA

Accra . His See also:

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

influence sufficed to gather a numerous native force, but neither he nor anybody else could overcome their abject terror of the ferocious Ashantis to the extent of making them fight . In See also:

• JANUARY

January 1874 Captain Glover was able to render some assistance in the taking of Kumasi, but it was at the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of a Hausa force .

His services were acknowledged by the thanks of See also:

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

parliament and by his creation as G.C.M.G . In 1875 he was appointed See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of Newfound-See also:

• LAND

land and held the See also:

• POST

post till 1881, when he was transferred to the Leeward Islands . He returned to See also:

• NEWFOUNDLAND

Newfoundland in 1883, and died in See also:

• LONDON

London on the 3oth September 1885 . See also:

• LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

Lady Glover's See also:

• LIFE

Life of her See also:

• HUSBAND

husband appeared in 1897 .