EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF See also:

• HUNTLY
• EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF HUNTLY

HUNTLY  . This Scottish See also:

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

title, in the See also:

• GORDON
• GORDON, ADAM LINDSAY (1833—1870)
• GORDON, ALEXANDER (c. 1692—c. 1754)
• GORDON, CHARLES GEORGE (1833-'885)
• GORDON, LEON
• GORDON, LORD GEORGE (1751-1793)
• GORDON, PATRICK (1635–1699)
• GORDON, SIR JOHN WATSON (1788—1864)

Gordon See also:

• FAMILY

family, See also:

• DATES

dates as to the earldom from 1449, See also:

• HUNTLY
• HUNTLY, EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF

HUNTLY-See also:

• HUNYADI, LASZLO (1433—1457)

HUNYADI, JANOS 955 of the See also:

• STEEL, FLORA ANNIE (1847– )

steel then available for his products seriously hampered him, he began to experiment in steel-manufacture, first at See also:

• DONCASTER

Doncaster, and subsequently at See also:

• HANDSWORTH

Handsworth, near See also:

• SHEFFIELD
• SHEFFIELD, JOHN BAKER HOLROYD, 1ST EARL

Sheffield, whither he removed in 1740 to secure cheaper See also:

• FUEL (O. Fr. feuaile, popular Lat. focalia, from focus, hearth, fire)

fuel for his furnaces . After several years' trials he at last produced a satisfactory See also:

• CAST (from the verb meaning " to throw "; the word is Scand. in origin, cf. Dan. kaste, and Swed. kasta; " cast " in Middle Eng. took the place of the A.S. weor pan, cf. Ger. werf en)

cast steel, purer and harder than any steel then in use . The Sheffield See also:

• CUTLERY (Fr. coutellerie, from the Lat. cultellus, a little knife)

cutlery manufacturers, however, refused to buy it, on the ground that it was too hard, and for a See also:

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

long 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 See also:

• HUNTSMAN, BENJAMIN (1704-1776)

Huntsman exported his whole output to See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France . The growing competition of imported See also:

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

French cutlery made from Huntsman's cast-steel at length alarmed the Sheffield cutlers, who, after vainly endeavouring to get the exportation of the steel prohibited by the See also:

• BRITISH

British 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, were compelled in self-See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

defence to use it . Huntsman had not patented his See also:

• PROCESS

process, and its See also:

• SECRET (Lat. secretum, hidden, concealed)

secret was discovered by a Sheffield ironfounder, who, according to a popular See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story, obtained ad-See also:

• MISSION

mission to Huntsman's See also:

• WORKS

works in the disguise of a See also:

• TRAMP

tramp . See also:

• BENJAMIN
• BENJAMIN, JUDAHPHILIP (1811-1884)

Benjamin Huntsman died in 1776, his business being subsequently greatly See also:

• DEVELOPED

developed by his son, 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 Huntsman (1733-1809) . See See also:

• SMILES, SAMUEL (1812-1904)

Smiles, See also:

• INDUSTRIAL

Industrial See also:

• BIOGRAPHY (from the Gr. (3ios, life, and yp&4 , writing)

Biography (1879) .