See also:

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

GEORGE See also:

• MONRO, DAVID BINNING (1836-1905)

MONRO See also:

• GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
• GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
• GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
• GEORGE MONRO GRANT (1835–1902)
• GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
• GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
• GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
• GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
• GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
• GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
• GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
• GRANT, U
• GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)

GRANT (1835–1902)  , See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal of See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

Queen's University, See also:

• KINGSTON
• KINGSTON, ELIZABETH, DUCHESS OF (1720-1788)
• KINGSTON, WILLIAM HENRY GILES (1814-188o)

Kingston, See also:

• ONTARIO
• ONTARIO, LAKE

Ontario, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in Nova See also:

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

Scotia in 1835 . He was educated at See also:

• GLASGOW

Glasgow university, where he had a brilliant See also:

• ACADEMIC

academic career; and having entered the See also:

• MINISTRY

ministry of the Presbyterian See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church, he returned to See also:

• CANADA

Canada and obtained a See also:

• PASTORAL (from Lat. pastor, a shepherd)

pastoral See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge in See also:

• HALIFAX
• HALIFAX, CHARLES MONTAGUE, EARL OF (1661–1715)
• HALIFAX, GEORGE MONTAGU DUNK, 2ND EARL OF (1716-1771)
• HALIFAX, GEORGE SAVILE, 1ST MARQUESS OF (1633-1695)

Halifax, Nova Scotia, which he held from 1863 to 1877 . He quickly gained a high reputation as a preacher and as an eloquent See also:

• SPEAKER

speaker on See also:

• POLITICAL

political subjects . When Canada was confederated in 1867 Nova Scotia was the See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province most strongly opposed to federal See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

union . See also:

• GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
• GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
• GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
• GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
• GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
• GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
• GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
• GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
• GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
• GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
• GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
• GRANT, U
• GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)

Grant threw the whole See also:

• WEIGHT

weight of his See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

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

influence in favour of See also:

• CONFEDERATION (Fr. confederation, Lat. confoederatio, from foedus, a league, foederare, to form a league)

confederation, and his See also:

• ORATORY (Lat. oratorio, sc. ors; from orare, to speak or pray)

oratory played an important See also:

• PART

part in securing the success of the See also:

• MOVEMENT

movement . When the consolidation of the Dominion by means of railway construction was under discussion in 1872, Grant travelled from the See also:

• ATLANTIC

Atlantic to the Pacific with the See also:

• ENGINEERS, MILITARY

engineers who surveyed the route of the See also:

• CANADIAN

Canadian Pacific railway, and his See also:

• BOOK

book Ocean to Ocean (1873) was one of the first things that opened the eyes of Canadians to the value of the immense heritage they enjoyed . He, never lost an opportunity, whether in the See also:

• PULPIT (from Lat. pulpitum, a staging, platform: equivalents are Fr. chaire d'eglise, Ital. pulpito, Ger. Kanzel)

pulpit or on the See also:

• PLATFORM (Fr. plateforme, i.e. ground plan)

platform, of pressing on his hearers that the greatest future for Canada See also:

• LAY

lay in unity with the See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of the See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• EMPIRE

Empire; and his broad statesman-like See also:

• JUDGMENT

judgment made him an authority which politicians of all parties were glad to consult . In 1877 Grant was appointed principal of Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, which through his exertions and influence See also:

• EXPANDED

expanded from a small denominational See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college into a large and influential educational centre; and he attracted to it an exceptionally able See also:

• BODY

body of professors whose influence in See also:

• SPECULATION

speculation and See also:

• RESEARCH (O. Fr. recerche, from recercher, re- and cercer, mod. chercher, to search; Late Lat. circare, to go round in a circle, to explore)

research was widely See also:

• FELT (cognate with Ger. Filz, Du. vilt, Swed. and Dan. fill; the root is unknown; the word has given Med. Lat. filtrum, " filter ")

felt during the See also:

• QUARTER (through Fr. from Lat. quartarius, fourth part)

quarter of a See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century that he remained at its 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 . In 1888 he visited See also:

• AUSTRALIA

Australia, New See also:

• ZEALAND (also SEALAND Or SEELAND; Danish Sjaelland)

Zealand and See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa, the effect of this experience being to strengthen still further the Imperialism which was the guiding principle of his political opinions . On the outbreak of the South See also:

• AFRICAN

African See also:

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

War in 1899 Grant was at first disposed to be hostile to the policy of 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:

• SALISBURY
• SALISBURY, EARLS OF
• SALISBURY, ROBERT ARTHUR TALBOT GASCOYNECECIL, 3RD MARQUESS OF (1830-1903)
• SALISBURY, ROBERT CECIL, 1ST EARL OF (c. 1565-1612)
• SALISBURY, THOMAS DE MONTACUTE, 4TH EARL OF (1388-1428)
• SALISBURY, WILLIAM LONGSWORD (or LONGESPEE), EARL OF (d. 1226)

Salisbury and Mr See also:

• CHAMBERLAIN (0. Fr. chamberlain, chamberlenc, Mod. Fr. chambellan, from O. H. Ger. Chamarling, Chamarlinc, whence also the Med. Lat. cambellanus, camerlingus, camerlengus; Ital. camerlingo; Span. camerlengo, compounded of 0. H. Ger. Chamara, Kamara [Lat.
• CHAMBERLAIN, JOSEPH (1836— )
• CHAMBERLAIN, JOSHUA LAWRENCE (1828– )
• CHAMBERLAIN, SIR NEVILLE BOWLES (1820-1902)

Chamberlain; but his eyes were soon opened to the real nature of See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

President See also:

• KRUGER, STEPHANUS JOHANNES PAULUS (1825-1904)

Kruger's 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, and he enthusiastically welcomed and supported the See also:

• NATIONAL

national feeling which sent men from the outlying portions of the Empire to assist in upholding British supremacy in South Africa . Grant did not live to see the conclusion of See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace, his See also:

• DEATH

death occur-See also:

• RING (O.E. hring; a word common to Teutonic languages; and probably cognate with the Lat. circus, Gr. KtpKOS or KpLKOS, Skt'. chakra, wheel, circle, cf. also " harangue "); in art, a band of circular shape of varying sizes, made of any material and used f

ring at Kingston on the loth of May 1902 . At the 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 of his death The Times observed that " it is acknowledged on all hands that in him the Dominion has lost one of the ablest men that it has yet produced." He was the author of a number of See also:

• WORKS

works, of which the most notable besides Ocean to Ocean are, Advantages of _imperial Federation (1889), Our National See also:

• OBJECTS

Objects and Aims (189o), Religions of the See also:

• WORLD

World in Relation to See also:

• CHRISTIANITY

Christianity (1894) and volumes of sermons and lectures .

Grant married in 1872 Jessie, daughter of 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:

• LAWSON, CECIL GORDON (1851—1882)
• LAWSON, SIR JOHN (d. 1665)
• LAWSON, SIR WILFRID

Lawson of Halifax .