See also:

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

GEORGE See also:

• HERIOT
• GEORGE HERIOT (1563-1623)

HERIOT (1563-1623)  , the founder of See also:

• HERIOT
• HERIOT, GEORGE (1563-1623)

Heriot's See also:

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

Hospital, See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh, was descended from an old See also:

• HADDINGTON
• HADDINGTON, EARL OF

Haddington See also:

• FAMILY

family; his See also:

• FATHER

father, a See also:

• GOLDSMITH
• GOLDSMITH, LEWIS (c. 1763–1846)
• GOLDSMITH, OLIVER (1728–1774)

goldsmith in Edinburgh, represented the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city in the Scottish See also:

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

parliament . See also:

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

George was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in 1563, and after receiving a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

• EDUCATION

education was apprenticed to his father's 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 . In 1586 he married the daughter of a deceased Edinburgh See also:

• MERCHANT (O. Fr. marcheant, modern marchand; from Lat. mercari, to trade, merx, goods, merchandise)

merchant, and with the assistance of her patrimony set up in business on his own See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account . At first he occupied a small " buith " at the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north-See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east corner of St See also:

• GILES (GIL, GILLES), ST

Giles's 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, and afterwards a more pretentious See also:

• SHOP

shop at the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west end of the See also:

• BUILDING

building . To the business of a goldsmith he joined that of a See also:

• MONEY

money-lender, and in 1597 he had acquired such a reputation that he was appointed goldsmith to 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:

• ANNE (1665-1714)
• ANNE (1693-1740)

Anne, See also:

• CONSORT (Lat. consors, a companion)

consort of See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James VI . In 16o1 he became jeweller to the 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, and followed him to See also:

• LONDON

London, occupying a s(1op opposite the See also:

• EXCHANGE

Exchange . Heriot was largely indebted for his See also:

• FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

fortune to the extravagance of the queen, and the See also:

• IMITATION (Lat. imitatio, from intitari, to imitate)

imitation of this extravagance by the See also:

• NOBILITY

nobility . Latterly he had such an extensive business as a jeweller that on one occasion a 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 See also:

• PROCLAMATION (Lat. proclamare, to make public by announcement)

proclamation was issued calling upon all the magistrates of the See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom to aid him in securing the workmen he required . He died in London on the loth of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1623 . In 16o8, having 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 previously lost his first wife, he married See also:

• ALISON, ARCHIBALD (1757-1839)

Alison See also:

• PRIMROSE

Primrose, daughter of James Primrose, grandfather of the first See also:

• EARL

earl of See also:

• ROSEBERY, ARCHIBALD PHILIP PRIMROSE, 5TH

Rosebery, but she died in 1612; by neither See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage had he any issue . The surplus . of his See also:

• ESTATE (through O. Fr. estat, mod. flat, from Lat. status, state, condition, position, stare, to stand)

estate, after deducting legacies to his nearest relations and some of his more intimate See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends, was bequeathed to found a hospital for the education of freemen's sons of the See also:

• TOWN

town of Edinburgh; and its value afterwards increased so greatly as to See also:

• SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply funds for the erection of several Heriot See also:

• FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools in different parts of the city . Heriot takes a leading See also:

• PART

part in See also:

• SCOTT, ALEXANDER (fl. 1550)
• SCOTT, DAVID (18o6-1849)
• SCOTT, MICHAEL (1789-1835)
• SCOTT, ROBERT (1811-1887)
• SCOTT, SIR GEORGE GILBERT (1811-1878)
• SCOTT, SIR WALTER, BART
• SCOTT, WILLIAM BELL (1811-1890)
• SCOTT, WINFIELD (1786-1866)

Scott's novel, The Fortunes of See also:

• NIGEL (d. 1168)

Nigel (see also the Introduction) .

A See also:

• HISTORY

History of Heriot's Hospital, with a Memoir of the Founder, by 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 Steven, D.D., appeared in 1827; 2nd ed . 1859 .