See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

• ARTHUR (Fr. Arius)
• ARTHUR, CHESTER ALAN (1830 – 1886)

ARTHUR See also:

• SIR ARTHUR HELPS (1813-1875)

HELPS (1813-1875)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English writer and clerk of the Privy See also:

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

Council, youngest son of See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas See also:

• HELPS, SIR ARTHUR (1813-1875)

Helps, a See also:

• LONDON

London was educated at See also:

• ETON

Eton and at Trinity See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge, coming out 31st wrangler in the mathematical tripos in 1835 . He was recognized by the ablest of his contemporaries there as a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man of See also:

• SUPERIOR

superior gifts, and likely to make his See also:

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

mark in after See also:

• LIFE

life . As a member of the Conversazione Society, better known as the " Apostles," a society established in 182o for the purposes of discussion on social and See also:

• LITERARY

literary questions by a few 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 men attracted to each other by a See also:

• COMMON

common See also:

• TASTE (from Lat. taxare, to touch sharply; tangere, to touch)

taste for literature and See also:

• SPECULATION

speculation, he was associated with 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:

• BULLER, CHARLES (1806–1848)
• BULLER, SIR REDVERS HENRY (1839-1908)

Buller, See also:

• FREDERICK
• FREDERICK (Mod. Ger. Friedrich; Ital. Federigo; Fr. Frederic and Federic; M.H.G. Friderich; O.H.G. Fridurih, " king or lord of peace," from O.H.G. fridu, A.S. frith, " peace," and rfh " rich," " a ruler," for derivation of which see HENRY)

Frederick See also:

• MAURICE (1521–1553)
• MAURICE (MAURICIUS FLAVIUS TIBERIUS) (c. 539–602)
• MAURICE [or MAURITIUS], ST (d. c. 286)
• MAURICE, JOHN FREDERICK DENISON (1805-1872)

Maurice, See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

Richard Chenevix See also:

• TRENCH, RICHARD CHENEVIX (1807-1886)

Trench, Monckton Milnes, See also:

• ARTHUR (Fr. Arius)
• ARTHUR, CHESTER ALAN (1830 – 1886)

Arthur See also:

• HALLAM
• HALLAM, ROBERT (d. 1417)

Hallam and See also:

• ALFRED

Alfred See also:

• TENNYSON, ALFRED TENNYSON

Tennyson . His first literary effort, Thoughts in the See also:

• CLOISTER (Lat. claustrum; Fr. cloitre; Ital. chiostro; Span. claustro; Ger. Kloster)

Cloister and the See also:

• CROWD, CROUTH, CROWTH

Crowd (1835), was a See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of aphorisms upon life, See also:

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

character, politics and See also:

• MANNERS, CHARLES (1857– )

manners . Soon after leaving the university Arthur Helps became private secretary to See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

Spring See also:

• RICE (Greek 6p6 a, Latin oryza, French riz, Italian riso, Spanish arroz, derived from the Arabic)
• RICE, EDMUND IGNATIUS (1762-1844)
• RICE, JAMES (1843-1882)

Rice (afterwards 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:

• MONTEAGLE, THOMAS
• MONTEAGLE, WILLIAM PARKER, 4TH BARON

Monteagle), then See also:

• CHANCELLOR (M. Eng. and Anglo-Fr. canceler, chanceler, Fr. chancelier, Lat. cancellarius)

chancellor of the ex-chequer . This See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment he filled till 1839, when he went to See also:

• IRELAND
• IRELAND, CHURCH
• IRELAND, CHURCH OF
• IRELAND, JOHN (1761-1842)
• IRELAND, JOHN (1838- )
• IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY (1777-1835)

Ireland as private secretary to Lord See also:

• MORPETH

Morpeth (afterwards See also:

• EARL

earl of See also:

• CARLISLE
• CARLISLE, EARLS OF

Carlisle), See also:

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

chief secretary for Ireland . In the meanwhile (28th See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1836) Helps had married Bessy, daughter of See also:

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

Captain See also:

• EDWARD

Edward See also:

• FULLER, ANDREW (1954-1815)
• FULLER, GEORGE (1822—1884)
• FULLER, M
• FULLER, MARGARET, MARCHIONESS
• FULLER, MELVILLE WESTON (1833-1910)
• FULLER, THOMAS (16o8-1661)
• FULLER, WILLIAM (1670--c. 1717)

Fuller . He was one of the commissioners for the See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement of certain Danish claims which dated so far back as the See also:

• SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege of See also:

• COPENHAGEN (Danish Kjobenhavn)

Copenhagen; but with the fall of the See also:

• MELBOURNE
• MELBOURNE, WILLIAM LAMB, 2ND VISCOUNT (1779-1848)

Melbourne See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration (1841) his See also:

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

official experience closed for a See also:

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

period of nearly twenty years . He was not, however, forgotten by his See also:

• POLITICAL

political See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends . He possessed admirable tact and sagacity; his fitness for official life was unmistakable, and in 186o he was appointed clerk of the Privy Council, on the recommendation of Lord See also:

• GRANVILLE
• GRANVILLE, GRANVILLE
• GRANVILLE, JOHN CARTERET, EARL (1690-1763)

Granville . His Essays written in the Intervals of Business had appeared in 1841, and his Claims of Labour, an See also:

• ESSAY, ESSAYIST (Fr. essai, Late Lat. exagium, a weighing or balance; exigere, to examine; the term in general meaning any trial or effort)

Essay on the Duties of the Employers to the Employed, in 1844 . Two plays, 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 See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry the Second, an See also:

• HISTORICAL

Historical See also:

• DRAMA (literally "action," from Gr. Snail, act or do)

Drama, and See also:

• CATHERINE
• CATHERINE, SAINT

Catherine See also:

• DOUGLAS
• DOUGLAS, GAVIN (1474?-1522)
• DOUGLAS, JOHN (1721—1807.)
• DOUGLAS, SIR CHARLES
• DOUGLAS, SIR HOWARD
• DOUGLAS, STEPHEN ARNOLD (18,3–1861)

Douglas, a Tragedy, published in 1843, have no particular merit .

Neither in these, nor in his only other dramatic effort, Oulita the Serf (1858) did he show any real qualifications as a playwright . Helps possessed, however, enough dramatic See also:

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

power to give life and individuality to the dialogues with which he enlivened many of his other books . In his Friends in Council, a Series of Readings and Discourse thereon (1847-1859), Helps varied his presentment of social and moral problems by dialogues between imaginary personages, who, under the names of Milverton, See also:

• ELLESMERE

Ellesmere and Dunsford, See also:

• GREW, NEHEMIAH (1641-1712)

grew to be almost as real to Helps's readers as they certainly became to himself . The See also:

• BOOK

book was very popular, and the same expedient was resorted to in Conversations on See also:

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

War and See also:

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

General Culture, published in 1871 . The See also:

• FAMILIAR (through the Fr. familier, from Lat. familiaris, of or belonging to the familia, family)

familiar speakers, with others added, also appeared in his Realmah (1868) and in the best of its author's later See also:

• WORKS

works, Talk about Animals and their Masters (1873) . A See also:

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

long essay on See also:

• SLAVERY

slavery in the first series of Friends in Council was subsequently elaborated into a See also:

• WORK

work in two volumes published in 1848 and 1852, called The Conquerors of the New See also:

• WORLD

World and their Bondsmen . Helps went to See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain in 1847 to examine the numerous See also:

• MSS

MSS. bearing upon his subject at See also:

• MADRID

Madrid . The fruits of these researches were embodied in an historical work based upon his Conquerors of the New World, and called The See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish See also:

• CONQUEST

Conquest in See also:

• AMERICA

America, and its Relation to the See also:

• HISTORY

History of Slavery and 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 Colonies (4 vols., 1855-1857-1861) . But in spite of his scrupulous efforts after accuracy, the success of the book was marred by its obtrusively moral purpose and its discursive character . The Life of See also:

• LAS

Las Casas, the Apostle of the See also:

• INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN

Indians (1868), The Life of See also:

• COLUMBUS
• COLUMBUS, CHRISTOPHER [in Spanish CRISTOBAL COLON] (c. 1446, or perhaps rather 1451, -15o6)

Columbus (1869), The Life of See also:

• PIZARRO, FRANCISCO (c. 1471 or 1475-1541)

Pizarro (1869), and The Life of Hernando Cones (1871), when extracted from the work and published separately, proved successful . Besides the books which have been already mentioned he wrote: Organization in Daily Life, an Essay (1862), Casimir See also:

• MAREMMA (a corruption of Marittima, " situated on the sea ")

Maremma (1870), Brevia, See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

Short Essays and Aphorisms 0871), Thoughts upon Government (1872), Life and Labours of Mr Thomas See also:

• BRASSEY, THOMAS (1805–1870)

Brassey (1872), See also:

• IVAN (JOHN)

Ivan de See also:

• BIRON, ARMAND DE GONTAUT, BARON DE (1524-1592)

Biron (1874), Social Pressure (1875) . His appointment as clerk of the Council brought him into See also:

• PERSONAL

personal communication with 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 See also:

• VICTORIA
• VICTORIA (or VITTORIA), TOMMASSO LUDOVICO DA (C. I540-C. 1613)
• VICTORIA [ALEXANDRINA VICTORIA]

Victoria and the See also:

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

Prince See also:

• CONSORT (Lat. consors, a companion)

Consort, both of whom came to regard him with confidence and respect .

After the Prince's See also:

• DEATH

death, the Queen See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early turned to Helps to prepare an appreciation of her See also:

• HUSBAND

husband's life and character . In his introduction to the collection (1862) of the Prince Consort's speeches and addresses Helps adequately fulfilled his task . Some years afterwards he edited and wrote a See also:

• PREFACE (Med. Lat. prefatia, for classical praefatio, praefari, to speak beforehand)

preface to the Queen's Leaves from a See also:

• JOURNAL
• JOURNAL (through Fr. from late Lat. diurnalis, daily)

Journal of our Life in the See also:

• HIGHLANDS, THE

Highlands (1868) . In 1864 he received the honorary degree of D.C.L. from the university of See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford . He was made a C.B. in 1871 and K.C.B. in the following See also:

• YEAR

year . His later years were troubled by See also:

• FINANCIAL

financial embarrassments, and he died on the 7th of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1875 .