See also:

• EARL

EARL See also:

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

RICHARD See also:

• HOWE
• HOWE, EIJAS (1819 — 1867)
• HOWE, JOHN (1630-17o6)
• HOWE, JOSEPH (1804–1873)
• HOWE, JULIA WARD (1819–1910)
• EARL RICHARD HOWE HOWE (1726-1799)
• HOWE, SAMUEL GRIDLEY (1801-1876)
• HOWE, WILLIAM HOWE, 5TH VISCOUNT (1729-1814)

HOWE HOWE (1726-1799)  , See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• ADMIRAL

admiral, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• LONDON

London on the 8th 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 1726 . He was the second son of See also:

• EMMANUEL, or IMMANUEL

Emmanuel See also:

• SCROPE
• SCROPE, GEORGE JULIUS POULETT (1797—1876)

Scrope See also:

• HOWE
• HOWE, EIJAS (1819 — 1867)
• HOWE, JOHN (1630-17o6)
• HOWE, JOSEPH (1804–1873)
• HOWE, JULIA WARD (1819–1910)
• HOWE, RICHARD HOWE, EARL (1726-1799)
• HOWE, SAMUEL GRIDLEY (1801-1876)
• HOWE, WILLIAM HOWE, 5TH VISCOUNT (1729-1814)

Howe, 2nd See also:

• VISCOUNT (through O. Fr. viscomte, mod. vicomte, from Low Lat. vice-comes, cf. Portug. visconde, Ital. visconte)

Viscount Howe, who died See also:

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

governor of Barbadoes in March 1735, and of See also:

• MARY
• MARY (1457-1482)
• MARY (1496-1533)
• MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS

Mary See also:

• SOPHIA (1630-1714)

Sophia See also:

• CHARLOTTE

Charlotte, a daughter of the baroness Kilmansegge, afterwards countess of See also:

• DARLINGTON

Darlington, the See also:

• MISTRESS

mistress of See also:

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

George I.—a relationship which does much to explain his See also:

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

early rise in the See also:

• NAVY

navy . See also:

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

Richard Howe entered the navy in the " See also:

• SEVERN
• SEVERN, JOSEPH (1793-1879)

Severn," one of the See also:

• SQUADRON

squadron sent into the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south seas with See also:

• ANSON, GEORGE ANSON, BARON (1697-1762)

Anson in 1740 . The " Severn " failed to See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round the See also:

• HORN
• HORN (a common Teutonic word, cognate with Lat. cornu; cf. Gr. Kipas)
• HORN (Lat. cornu; corresponding terms being Fr. cor, trompe; Ger. Horn; Ital. corno)
• HORN, ARVID BERNHARD, COUNT (1664-1742)
• HORN, PHILIP DE MONTMORENCY, COUNT

Horn and returned See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home . Howe next served in the See also:

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

West Indies in the " See also:

• BURFORD

Burford," and was See also:

• PRESENT

present in her when she was very severely damaged in the unsuccessful attack on La Guayra on the 18th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1742 . He was made acting-See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant in the West Indies in the same See also:

• YEAR

year, and the See also:

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

rank was confirmed in 1744 . During the Jacobite rising of 1745 he commanded the " See also:

• BALTIMORE
• BALTIMORE, GEORGE CALVERT, 1ST BARON (C. 1580—1632)

Baltimore " See also:

• SLOOP

sloop in the See also:

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

North 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 was dangerously wounded in 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 while co-operating with a See also:

• FRIGATE

frigate in an engagement with two strong See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French privateers . In 1746 he became See also:

• POST

post-See also:

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

captain, and commanded the " See also:

• TRITON

Triton " (24) in the West Indies . As captain of the " See also:

• CORNWALL

Cornwall " (8o), the See also:

• FLAGSHIP

flagship of See also:

• SIR

Sir 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:

• KNOWLES, JAMES SHERIDAN (1784-1862)
• KNOWLES, SIR JAMES (1831-1908)

Knowles, he was in the See also:

• BATTLE

battle with the Spaniards off See also:

• HAVANA (the name is of aboriginal origin; Span. Habana or, more fully, San Cristobal de la Habana)

Havana on the 2nd of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1748 . While the See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace between the See also:

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

War of the See also:

• AUSTRIAN

Austrian See also:

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

Succession and the Seven Years' War lasted, Howe held commands at home and on the west See also:

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

coast of See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa . In 1755 he went with Boscaweii to North See also:

• AMERICA

America as captain of the " Dun-See also:

• KIRK, SIR JOHN (1832- )

kirk " (6o), and his seizure of the French " Alcide " (64) was the first shot fired in the war . From this date till the peace of 1763 he served in the Channel in various more or less futile expeditions against the coast of See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, with a steady increase of reputation as a See also:

• FIRM

firm and skilful officer .

On the 20th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1750'''' he led See also:

• HAWKE
• HAWKE, EDWARD HAWKE, BARON (1705-1781)

Hawke's See also:

• FLEET

fleet as captain of the " Magnanime " (64) in the magnificent victory of See also:

• QUIBERON, CAMPAIGN AND BATTLE OF

Quiberon . By the See also:

• DEATH

death of his See also:

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

elder See also:

• BROTHER

brother, killed near See also:

• TICONDEROGA

Ticonderoga on the 6th of See also:

• JULY

July 1758, he became Viscount Howe—an Irish See also:

• PEERAGE
• PEERAGE (Fr. pairage, med. Lat. paragium; M.E. Pere, 0. Fr. per, peer, later pair; Lat. Paris, " equal ")

peerage . In 1762 he was elected M.P. for See also:

• DARTMOUTH
• DARTMOUTH, EARL OF

Dartmouth, and held the seat till he received a See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

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

Britain . During 1763 and 1765 he was a member of the See also:

• ADMIRALTY, HIGH COURT OF

Admiralty See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

board, and from 1765 to 1770 was treasurer of the navy . In that year he was promoted See also:

• REAR

rear-admiral, and in 1775 See also:

• VICE

vice-admiral . In 1776 he was appointed to the command of the North See also:

• AMERICAN

American station . The See also:

• REBELLION

rebellion responsible 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 for Nova See also:

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

Scotia . This brought him into fierce conflict with the reigning See also:

• OLIGARCHY (Gr. oXiyot, few, apxil, rule)

oligarchy and with the lieutenant-governor, 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:

• FALKLAND
• FALKLAND, LUCIUS CARY

Falkland (18o3-1884), whom he forced to resign . Largely owing to Howe's statesmanship responsible government was finally conceded in 1848 by the imperial authorities, and was thus gained without the bloodshed and confusion which marked its acquisition in See also:

• ONTARIO
• ONTARIO, LAKE

Ontario and See also:

• QUEBEC

Quebec . In 185o he was appointed a delegate to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England on behalf of the Intercolonial railway, for which he obtained a large imperial See also:

• GUARANTEE (sometimes spelt " guarantie " or " guaranty "; an O. Fr. form of " warrant," from the Teutonic word which appears in German as wahren, to defend or make safe and binding)

guarantee . In 1854 he resigned from the See also:

• CABINET

cabinet, and was appointed See also:

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

chief See also:

• COMMISSIONER

commissioner of See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways . In 1855 he was sent by the imperial government to the See also:

• UNITED

United States in connexion with the See also:

• FOREIGN

Foreign Enlistment See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act, to raise soldiers for the war in the See also:

• CRIMEA (ancient Tauris or Tauric Chersonese, called by the Russians by the Tatar name Krym or Crim)

Crimea .

Through the rashness of others he got into difficulties, and was attacked in the British See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House of See also:

• COMMONS

Commons by Mr See also:

• GLADSTONE
• GLADSTONE, JOHN HALL (1827-1902)
• GLADSTONE, WILLIAM EWART (1809–1898)

Gladstone, whom he compelled to apologize . In 1855 he was defeated by Mr (afterwards Sir Charles) See also:

• TUPPER, MARTIN FARQUHAR (1810--1889)
• TUPPER, SIR CHARLES, BART

Tupper, but was elected by See also:

• ACCLAMATION (Lat. acclamatio, a shouting at)

acclamation in the next year in Hants See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county, and was from 186o to 1863 premier of Nova Scotia . In the latter years he was appointed by the imperial government See also:

• FISHERY (LAW OF)

fishery commissioner to the United States, and thus took no See also:

• PART

part in the negotiations for See also:

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

confederation . Though his eloquence had done more than anything else to make practicable a See also:

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

union of the British North American provinces, he opposed confederation, largely owing to wounded vanity; but on finding it impossible to obtain from the imperial authorities the See also:

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

repeal of the British North America Act, he refused to join his associates in the extreme See also:

• MEASURES

measures which were advocated, and on the promise from the See also:

• CANADIAN

Canadian government of better See also:

• FINANCIAL

financial terms to his native See also:

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

province, entered (on the 3oth of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1869) the cabinet of 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:

• MACDONALD, FLORA (1722—1790)
• MACDONALD, GEORGE (1824-1905)
• MACDONALD, JACQUES ETIENNE JOSEPH
• MACDONALD, JOHN SANDFIELD (1812-1872)
• MACDONALD, LAWRENCE (1799-1878)
• MACDONALD, SIR HECTOR ARCHIBALD (1852-1903)
• MACDONALD, SIR JOHN ALEXANDER (1815-1891)

Macdonald as 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 . This brought upon him a See also:

• STORM (in O. Eng..storm, and so in Du. and Low Ger.; in O. H. Ger. and mod. Ger. Sturm; the root is probably that seen in " stir," to rouse, move, disturb, cf. Ger. storen)
• STORM, THEODOR WOLDSEN (1817-1888)

storm of obloquy, under which his See also:

• HEALTH

health gradually gave way . In May 1873 he was appointed lieutenant-governor of Nova Scotia, but died suddenly on the 1st of See also:

• JUNE

June of the same year . Howe's eloquence, and still more his unfailing wit and high See also:

• SPIRITS

spirits, made him for many years the idol of his province . He is the finest orator whom See also:

• CANADA

Canada has produced, and also wrote See also:

• POETRY

poetry, which shows in places high merit . Many of his sayings are still current in Nova Scotia . In 1904 a statue in his See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour was erected 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 . His Letters and Speeches were published in 1858 in See also:

• BOSTON
• BOSTON, THOMAS (1676-1732)

Boston, See also:

• MASS (O.E. maesse; Fr. messe; Ger. Messe; Ital. messa; from eccl. Lat. missa)
• MASS, IN

Mass., in 2 vols., edited nominally 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 Annand, really by himself . See also Public Letters and Speeches of See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

Joseph Howe (Halifax, 1909) .

The See also:

• LIFE

Life and Times by G . E . Fenety (18 6) is poor . The Life by the Hon . 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 W . See also:

• LONGLEY, CHARLES THOMAS (1794-1868)

Longley (See also:

• TORONTO

Toronto, 1904) is dispassionate, but otherwise mediocre . Joseph Howe, by 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)
• 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 (reprinted Halifax, 1904), is a brilliant See also:

• SKETCH (directly adapted from Dutch schets, which was taken from Ital. schizzo, a rough draft, Lat. schedium, something hastily made, Gr. oxE&os, sudden, off-hand, axeb6v, near by; Ger. Skizze and Fr. esquisse are from the same source)

sketch . (W . L .