See also:

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

JOSEPH See also:

• HUME, ALEXANDER (c. 1557-1609)
• HUME, DAVID (1711-1776)
• JOSEPH HUME (1777-1855)

HUME (1777-1855)  , See also:

• BRITISH

British politician, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 22nd of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1777, of humble parents, at See also:

• MONTROSE
• MONTROSE, JAMES GRAHAM, MARQUESS OF (1612—1650)
• MONTROSE, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF

Montrose, See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland . After completing his course of medical study at the university of See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh he sailed in 1797 for See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, where he was attached as surgeon to a See also:

• REGIMENT (from Late Latin regimentum, rule, regere, to rule, govern, direct)

regiment; and his knowledge of the native See also:

• TONGUES, GIFT OF, or GLOSSOLALIA (yXwova, tongue, aXeiv, speak)

tongues and his capacity for business threw open to him the lucrative offices of interpreter and See also:

• COMMISSARY (from Med. Lat. commissaries, one to whom a charge or trust is committed)

commissary-See also:

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

general . In 1802, on the See also:

• EVE

eve 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:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

Lake's Mahratta See also:

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

war, his chemical knowledge enabled him to render a See also:

• SIGNAL

signal service to the See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration by making available a large quantity of See also:

• GUNPOWDER

gunpowder which See also:

• DAMP

damp had spoiled . In ,8o8, on the restoration of See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace, he resigned all his See also:

• CIVIL

civil appointments, and returned See also:

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

home in the See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of a See also:

• FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

fortune of 40,000 . Between 18o8 and 1811 he travelled much both in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England and the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south of See also:

• EUROPE

Europe, and in 1812 published a See also:

• BLANK (from the Fr. blanc, white)

blank See also:

• VERSE (from Lat. versus, literally a line or furrow drawn by turning the plough, from vertere, and afterwards signifying an arrangement of syllables into feet)

verse See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation of the Inferno . In 1812 he See also:

• PURCHASED

purchased a seat in See also:

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

parliament for See also:

• WEYMOUTH

Weymouth and voted as a Tory . When upon the See also:

• DISSOLUTION (from Lat. dissolvere, to break up into parts)

dissolution of parliament the See also:

• PATRON

patron refused to return him he brought an See also:

• ACTION

action and re-covered See also:

• PART

part of his See also:

• MONEY

money . Six years elapsed before he again entered the 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, and during that See also:

• INTERVAL

interval he had made the acquaintance and imbibed the doctrines 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 See also:

• MILL
• MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
• MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
• MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
• MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)

Mill and the philosophical reformers of the school of See also:

• BENTHAM, GEORGE (1800-1884)
• BENTHAM, JEREMY (1748-1832)

Bentham . He had joined his efforts to those of See also:

• FRANCIS
• FRANCIS (FRarrcols) OF SALES, ST (1567-1622)
• FRANCIS (Lat. Franciscus, Ital. Francesco, Span. Francisco, Fr. Francois, Ger. Franz)
• FRANCIS, SIR PHILIP (174o-1818)

Francis See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

Place, of See also:

• WESTMINSTER
• WESTMINSTER, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• WESTMINSTER, STATUTES OF
• WESTMINSTER, SYNODS OF

Westminster, and other philanthropists, to relieve and improve the See also:

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

condition of the working classes, labouring especially to establish See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools for them on the Lancasterian See also:

• SYSTEM

system, and promoting the formation of savings See also:

• BANKS, GEORGE LINNAEUS (1821-1881)
• BANKS, NATHANIEL PRENTISS (1816–1894)
• BANKS, SIR JOSEPH
• BANKS, THOMAS (1735-1805)

banks . In 1818, soon after his See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage with See also:

• MISS

Miss See also:

• BURNLEY

Burnley, the daughter of an See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East India director, he was returned to parliament as member for the Border burghs . He was afterwards successively elected for See also:

• MIDDLESEX
• MIDDLESEX, LIONEL CRANFIELD, 1ST EARL OF (1575-1645)

Middlesex (183o), See also:

• KILKENNY
• KILKENNY, STATUTE OF

Kilkenny (1837) and for the Montrose burghs (1842), in the service of which See also:

• CONSTITUENCY (from " constituent," that which forms a necessary part of a thing; Lat. constituere, to create)

constituency he died . From the date of his re-entering the House See also:

• HUME, ALEXANDER (c. 1557-1609)
• HUME, DAVID (1711-1776)
• HUME, JOSEPH (1777-1855)

Hume became the self-elected See also:

• GUARDIAN

guardian of the public See also:

• PURSE (Late Lat. bursa, adapted from Gr. Gupta, hide, skin; possibly O. Eng. pusa, bag, has influenced the change from b to p)

purse, by challenging and bringing to a See also:

• DIRECT

direct See also:

• VOTE

vote every single See also:

• ITEM (a Latin adverb meaning " also," " likewise ")

item of public See also:

• EXPENDITURE

expenditure .

In 1820 he secured the See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment of a See also:

• COMMITTEE (from commute, an Anglo-Fr. past participle of commettre, Lat. committere, to entrust; the modern Fr. equivalent comite is derived from the Eng.)

committee to See also:

• REPORT (O.Fr. report or raport, modern rapport, from O.Fr. reporter, mod. rap porter, Lat. reportare, to bring back, in poetical use only, of bringing back an account, news, &c.)

report on the expense of See also:

• COLLECTING

collecting the See also:

• REVENUE
• REVENUE (0. Fr. revenu, from revenir, to return)

revenue . He was incessantly on his legs in committee, and became a name for an opposition bandog who gave chancellors of the See also:

• EXCHEQUER

exchequer no peace . He undoubtedly exercised a check on extravagance, and he did real service by helping to abolish the sinking fund . It was he who caused the word " See also:

• RETRENCHMENT (Fr. retrenchemen.t, an old form of retranchement, from retrancher, to cut down, cut short)

retrenchment " to be added to the See also:

• RADICAL (Lat. radix, a root)

Radical See also:

• PROGRAMME, or PROGRAM

programme " peace and reform." He carried on a successful warfare against the old See also:

• COMBINATION (Lat. combinare, to combine)

combination See also:

• LAWS

laws that hampered workmen and favoured masters; he brought about the See also:

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

repeal of the laws prohibiting the export of machinery and of the See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act preventing workmen from going abroad . He constantly See also:

• PRO

pro-tested against flogging in the See also:

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

army, the See also:

• IMPRESSMENT

impressment of sailors and imprisonment for See also:

• DEBT (Lat. debitum, a thing owed)

debt . He took up the question of See also:

• LIGHT

light-houses and harbours; in the former he secured greater efficiency, in the latter he prevented useless expenditure . Apart from his pertinacious fight for See also:

• ECONOMY

economy Hume was not always fortunate in his See also:

• POLITICAL

political activity . He was conspicuous in the agitation raised by the so-called See also:

• ORANGE
• ORANGE (Citrus Aurantium)
• ORANGE, HOUSE OF

Orange See also:

• PLOT
• PLOT, ROBERT (164o-1696)

plot to set aside 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:

• 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 IV. in favour of the See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

• CUMBERLAND
• CUMBERLAND, DUKES AND EARLS OF
• CUMBERLAND, RICHARD (1632-1718)
• CUMBERLAND, RICHARD (1732-1811)
• CUMBERLAND, WILLIAM AUGUSTUS

Cumberland (1835 and 1836) . His action as trustee for the notorious See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• LOAN (adapted from the Scandinavian form of a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Swed. Mn, Icel. lan, Dut. leen; the O.E. laen appears in " lend," the ultimate source is seen in the root of Gr. Xeiaecv and Lat. linquere, to leave)

Loan in 1824 was at least not delicate, and was the ground of charges of downright dishonesty . He died on the 2oth of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1855• A Memorial of Hume was published by his son See also:

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

Joseph Burnley Hume (See also:

• LONDON

London, 1855) .