FREIHERR VON See also:

• HUGH
• HUGH, ST

HUGH See also:

• FREIHERR VON HUGH HALKETT (1783-1863)

HALKETT (1783-1863)  , See also:

• BRITISH

British soldier and See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general of See also:

• INFANTRY

infantry in the Hanoverian service, was the second son of See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

Major-General F . G . See also:

• HALKETT, HUGH, FREIHERR VON (1783-1863)

Halkett, who had served many years in the See also:

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

army, and whose ancestors had for several generations distinguished themselves in See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign services . With the " Scotch See also:

• BRIGADE (Fr. and Ger. brigade, Ital. brigata, Span. brigada; the English use of the word dates from the early 17th century)

Brigade " which his See also:

• FATHER

father had been largely instrumental in raising, See also:

• HUGH
• HUGH, ST

Hugh Halkett served in See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India from 1798 to 18o1 . In 1803 his See also:

• ELDER (0. Eng. ellarn; Ger. Holunder; Fr. sureau)
• ELDER (Gr. 1rpev(3iTepos)

elder See also:

• BROTHER

brother See also:

• COLIN, ALEXANDRE (1526-1612)

Colin was appointed to command a See also:

• BATTALION

battalion of the newly formed 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's See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German See also:

• LEGION (Lat. legio)

Legion, and in this he became See also:

• SENIOR, NASSAU WILLIAM (1790-1864)

senior See also:

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

captain and then major . Under his brother's command he served with See also:

• CATHCART
• CATHCART, SIR GEORGE (1794-1854)
• CATHCART, WILLIAM SCHAW CATHCART

Cathcart's expeditions to See also:

• HANOVER
• HANOVER (Ger. Hannover)

Hanover, See also:

• RUGEN

Rugen and See also:

• COPENHAGEN (Danish Kjobenhavn)

Copenhagen, where his bold initiative on outpost See also:

• DUTY (from " due," that which is owing, O. Fr. deu, dil, past participle of devoir; Lat. debere, debitum; cf. " debt ")

duty won See also:

• COMMENDATION (from the Lat. commendare, to entrust to the charge of, or to procure a favour for)

commendation . He was in the See also:

• PENINSULA
• PENINSULA (Lat. paeninsula, from paene, almost, and insula, an island)

Peninsula in 1808-1809, and at Walcheren . At See also:

• ALBUERA, or ALBUHERA, LA

Albuera, See also:

• SALAMANCA
• SALAMANCA (anc. Salmantica or Elmantica)

Salamanca, &c., he commanded the 2nd See also:

• LIGHT

Light Infantry Battalion, K.G.L., in See also:

• SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession to his brother, and at Venta del Pozo in the See also:

• BURGOS

Burgos See also:

• RETREAT (O. Fr. retrete, mod. retraite, from Lat. retrahere, to draw back)

retreat he greatly distinguished himself . In 1813 he See also:

• LEFT

left the Peninsula and was subsequently employed in the organization of the new Hanoverian army . He led a brigade of these troops in See also:

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

Count Wallmoden's army, and See also:

• BORE

bore a marked See also:

• PART

part in the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of Gohrde and the See also:

• ACTION

action of Schestedt, where he took with his own See also:

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

hand a Danish See also:

• STANDARD
• STANDARD, BATTLE OF THE

standard . In the See also:

• WATERLOO

Waterloo See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign he commanded two brigades of Hanoverian See also:

• MILITIA (Fr. milice, Ger. Miliz, from Lat. miles, soldier, militia, military service)

militia which were sent to the front with the regulars, and during the fight with the Old Guard captured General Cambronne . After the fall of See also:

• NAPOLEON

Napoleon he elected to stay in the Hanoverian service, though he retained his See also:

• HALF

half-pay See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant-colonelcy in the See also:

• ENGLISH

English army .

He See also:

• ROSE
• ROSE (Rosa)
• ROSE, GEORGE (1744-1818)
• ROSE, HUGH JAMES (1795—1838)
• ROSE, WILLIAM STEWART (1775-1843)

rose to be general and inspector-general of infantry . In his old See also:

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

age he led the Xth Federal Army See also:

• CORPS (pronounced as in French, from which it is taken, being a late spelling of tors, from Lat. corpus, a body; cf. " corpse ")

Corps in the Danish See also:

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

War of 1848, and defeated the Danes at Oversee . He had the G.C.H., the C.B. and many foreign orders, including the Prussian See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order of the See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

Black See also:

• EAGLE (Fr. aigle, from the Lat. aquila)

Eagle and pour le Merite and the See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian St See also:

• ANNE (1665-1714)
• ANNE (1693-1740)

Anne . See Knesebeck . Leben See also:

• DES

des Freiherrn Hugh von Halkett (See also:

• STUTTGART

Stuttgart, 1865) . His brother, See also:

• SIR

SIR COLIN HALKETT (1774-1856), British soldier, began his military career in the Dutch See also:

• GUARDS, AND HOUSEHOLD TROOPS

Guards and served in various " companies " for three years, leaving as a captain in 1795 . From 1800 to the See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace of See also:

• AMIENS

Amiens he served with the Dutch troops in English pay in See also:

• GUERNSEY (Fr. Guernesey)

Guernsey . In See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1803 Halkett was one of the first See also:

• OFFICERS

officers assigned to the service of raising the King's German Legion, and he became major, and later lieutenant-See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

colonel, commanding the 2nd Light Infantry Battalion . His battalion was employed in the various expeditions mentioned above, from Hanover to Walcheren, and in 1811 Colin Halkett succeeded 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 See also:

• ALTEN, SIR CHARLES [Karl] (1764–1840)

Alten in the command of the Light Brigade, K.G.L., which he held throughout the Peninsula War from Albuera to See also:

• TOULOUSE
• TOULOUSE, LOUIS ALEXANDRE DE BOURBON, COUNT OF (1678-1737)

Toulouse . In 1815 Major-General Sir Colin Halkett commanded the 5th British Brigade of See also:

• ALIEN (Lat. alienus)

Alien's See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division, and at Waterloo he received four wounds . Unlike his brother, he remained in the British service, in which he rose to general . 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 See also:

• DEATH

death he was See also:

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

governor of See also:

• CHELSEA

Chelsea dansk " by conviction .

He saw in the closest possible 'See also:

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

union between the See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom and a See also:

• SCHLESWIG (Dan. Slesvig)

Schleswig freed from all See also:

• RISK

risk of German interference the essential See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition for See also:

• DENMARK
• DENMARK (Danmark)

Denmark's See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

independence; but he did not think that Denmark was strong enough to carry such a policy through unsupported, and he was therefore inclined to promote it by See also:

• DIPLOMATIC

diplomatic means and See also:

• INTERNATIONAL, THE

international combinations, and strongly opposed to the Conventions of 1851–1852 (See DENMARK: See also:

• HISTORY

History), though he was among the first, subsequently, to accept them as an established fact and the future basis for Denmark's policy . 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 first took 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 in the See also:

• BANG, HERMANN JOACHIM (1858– )

Bang See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration (12th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1854) as See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister of public See also:

• WORSHIP (i.e. " worth-ship," O. Eng. weor8scipe)

worship . In May 1857 he became See also:

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

president of the See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council after Andrae, Bang's successor, had retired, and in See also:

• JULY

July 1858 he exchanged the See also:

• MINISTRY

ministry of public worship for the ministry of foreign affairs, while still retaining the premiership . Hall's See also:

• PROGRAMME, or PROGRAM

programme, " den Konstitutionelle Helstat," i.e. a single See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state with a See also:

• COMMON

common constitution, was difficult enough in a See also:

• MONARCHY (Fr. monarchic, from Lat. monarchia, Gr. uovapXia, rule of one, µbvos, alone, apXi7, rule)

monarchy which included two nationalities, one of which, to a See also:

• GREAT

great extent, belonged to a foreign and hostile See also:

• JURISDICTION
• JURISDICTION, CRIMINAL LAW, DIVORCE

jurisdiction . But as this See also:

• POLITICAL

political monstrosity had already been guaranteed by the Conventions of 1851–1852, Hall could not rid himself of it, and the See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt to establish this . " Helstat " was made accordingly by the Constitution of the 13th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1863 . The failure of the attempt and its disastrous consequences for Denmark are described elsewhere . Here it need only be said that Hall himself soon became aware of the impossibility of the " Helstat," and his whole policy aimed at making its absurdity patent to See also:

• EUROPE

Europe, and substituting for it a constitutional Den-See also:

• MARK
• MARK, CARL (1858– )
• MARK, GOSPEL OF ST
• MARK, ST

mark to the See also:

• EIDER
• EIDER (Icelandic, idur)

Eider which would be in a position to come to terms with an See also:

• INDEPENDENT

independent See also:

• HOLSTEIN
• HOLSTEIN, FRIEDRICH VON (1837–1909)

Holstein . That this was the best thing possible for Denmark is absolutely indisputable, and " the diplomatic Seven Years' War " which Hall in the meantime conducted with all the See also:

• POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers interested in the question is the most striking See also:

• PROOF (in M. Eng. preove, proeve, preve, &°c., from O. Fr . prueve, proeve, &c., mod. preuve, Late. Lat. proba, probate, to prove, to test the goodness of anything, probus, good)

proof of his See also:

• SUPERIOR

superior statesmanship . Hall knew that in the last resort the question must be decided not by the See also:

• PEN (Lat. penna, a feather, pen)

pen but by the See also:

• SWORD (0. Eng. sweord; ultimately from an Indo-European root meaning to wound)

sword . But he relied, ultimately, on the See also:

• PROTECTION

protection of the powers which had guaranteed the integrity of Denmark by the treaty of See also:

• LONDON

London, and if words have any meaning at all he had the right to expect at the very least the armed support of Great See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain.' But the great German powers and the force of circumstances proved too strong for him . On the See also:

• ACCESSION (from Lat. accedere, to go to, to approach)

accession of the new king, See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian IN.., Hall resigned rather than See also:

• REPEAL (O.F. rapel, modern rappel, from rapeler, rappeler, revoke, re and appeler, appeal)

repeal the November Constitution, which gave Denmark something to negotiate upon in See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case of need .

But he made matters as easy as he could for his successors in the Monrad administration, and the ultimate See also:

• CATASTROPHE (Gr. Karaurpoch, from KaraQrp4ecv, to over-turn)

catastrophe need not have been as serious as it was had his See also:

• ADVICE (Fr. avis, from Lat. ad, to, and visum, viewed)

advice, frankly given, been intelligently followed . After 1864 Hall bore more than his See also:

• FAIR

fair See also:

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

share of the odium and condemnation which weighed so heavily upon the See also:

• NATIONAL

national Liberal party, making no attempt to repudiate responsibility and refraining altogether from attacking patently unscrupulous opponents . But his See also:

• PERSONAL

personal popularity suffered not the slightest diminution, while his clear, almost intuitive, outlook and his unconquerable faith in the future of his See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country made him, during those difficult years, a See also:

• FACTOR (from Lat. facere, to make or do)

factor of incalculable importance in the public See also:

• LIFE

life of Denmark . In 187o he joined the Holstein-Holsteinborg ministry as minister of public worship, and in that capacity passed many useful educational reforms, but on the fall of the administration, in 1873, he retired altogether from public life . In the summer of 1879 Hall was struck down by See also:

• APOPLEXY (Gr. arov n i.a, from aroaMvvew, to strike down, to stun)

apoplexy, and for the remaining nine years, of his life he was practically bedridden . He died on the 14th of August 1888 . In politics Hall was a See also:

• PRACTICAL

practical, sagacious " opportunist," in the best sense of that much abused word, with an See also:

• EYE
• EYE (O. Eng. edge, Ger. Auge; derived from an Indo-European root also seen in Lat. oc-ulus, the organ of vision (q.v.)

eye rather for things than for persons . Moreover, he had no very pronounced political ambition, and was an utter stranger to that longing for See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power, which drives so many men of See also:

• TALENT (Lat. talentum, adaptation of Gr. TaXavrov, balance, ! Recollections of a First Visit to the Alps (1841); Vacation Rambles weight, from root raX-, to lift, as in rXi vac, to bear, 1-aXas, and Thoughts, comprising recollections of three Continental

talent to adopt extreme expedients . His urbanity and perfect On this 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 see the 3rd See also:

• MARQUESS (1760-1842)
• MARQUESS, or MARQUIS (Fr. marquis, Ital. marchese; from med. Lat. marchio, marchisus, i.e. comes marchiae, " count of the March ")

marquess of 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's Political Essays, reprinted from the Quarterly See also:

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

Review . See also:

• HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

hospital . He had honorary general's See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank in the Hanoverian service, the G.C.B. and G.C.H., as well as numerous foreign orders . For See also:

• INFORMATION (from Lat. informare, to give shape or form to, to represent, describe)

information about both the Halketts, see Beamish, History of the King's German Legion (1832) .