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 See also:

• WILLIAM HUSKISSON (1770-1830)

HUSKISSON (1770-1830)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English statesman and financier, was descended from an old See also:

• STAFFORDSHIRE

Staffordshire See also:

• FAMILY

family of moderate See also:

• FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

fortune, and was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• BIRCH
• BIRCH (Betula)
• BIRCH, SAMUEL (1813–1885)
• BIRCH, THOMAS (1705-1766)

Birch Moreton, See also:

• WORCESTER
• WORCESTER, EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF
• WORCESTER, JOHN TIPTOFT, EARL OF (1427—1470)
• WORCESTER, WILLIAM (c. 1415-c. 1482)

Worcester-See also:

• SHIRE

shire, on the 11th 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 1770 . Having been placed in his fourteenth See also:

• YEAR

year under the See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge of his maternal See also:

• GREAT

great-See also:

• UNCLE

uncle Dr See also:

• GEM (Lat. gemma, a bud,—from the root gen, meaning " to produce,"—or precious stone; in the latter sense the Greek term is > d>os)
• GEM, ARTIFICIAL

Gem, physician to the English See also:

• EMBASSY

embassy at See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, in 1783 he passed his See also:

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

early years amidst a See also:

• POLITICAL

political See also:

• FERMENTATION

fermentation which led him to take a deep See also:

• INTEREST

interest in politics . Though he approved of the See also:

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

French Revolution, his sympathies were with the more moderate party, and he became a member of the " See also:

• CLUB (connected with " clump ")

club of 1789," instituted to support the new See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of constitutional See also:

• MONARCHY (Fr. monarchic, from Lat. monarchia, Gr. uovapXia, rule of one, µbvos, alone, apXi7, rule)

monarchy in opposition to the anarchical attempts of the See also:

• JACOBINS, THE

Jacobins . He early displayed his mastery of the principles of See also:

• FINANCE

finance by a Discours delivered in See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1790 before this society, in regard to the issue of See also:

• ASSIGNATS (from Lat. assignatus, assigned)

assignats by 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 . The Discours gained him considerable reputation, but as it failed in its purpose he withdrew from the society . In See also:

• JANUARY

January 1743 he was appointed by Dundas to an See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office created to See also:

• DIRECT

direct the See also:

• EXECUTION (from Lat. ex-sequor, exsecutus, follow or carry out)

execution of the Aliens See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act; and in the See also:

• DISCHARGE (adapted from the O. Fr. discharge, modern decharge, from a med. Lat. discargare, to unload, dis- and earn care, to load, cf. " charge ")

discharge of his delicate duties he manifested such ability that in 1795 he was appointed under-secretary at See also:

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

war . In the following year he entered See also:

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

parliament as member for See also:

• MORPETH

Morpeth, but for a considerable See also:

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

period he took scarcely any See also:

• PART

part in the debates . In 1800 he inherited a fortune from Dr Gem . On the retirement of See also:

• PITT, THOMAS (1653-1726)
• PITT, WILLIAM (1759-1806)

Pitt in 18o1 he resigned office, and after contesting See also:

• DOVER
• DOVER, GEORGE JAMES WELBORE
• DOVER, HENRY JERMYN, EARL OF (c. 1636-1708)
• DOVER, ROBERT (1575-1641)

Dover unsuccessfully he withdrew for a 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 into private See also:

• LIFE

life . Having in 1804 been chosen to represent See also:

• LISKEARD

Liskeard, he was on the restoration of the Pitt See also:

• MINISTRY

ministry appointed secretary of the See also:

• TREASURY

treasury, holding office till the See also:

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

dissolution of the ministry after the See also:

• DEATH

death of Pitt in January 18o6 . After being elected for See also:

• HARWICH

Harwich in 1807, he accepted the same office under the See also:

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

duke of See also:

• PORTLAND
• PORTLAND, EARL OF
• PORTLAND, ISLE OF
• PORTLAND, WILLIAM BENTINCK, EARL
• PORTLAND, WILLIAM HENRY CAVENDISH BENTINCK

Portland, but he withdrew from the ministry along with See also:

• CANNING, CHARLES JOHN, EARL (1812-1862)
• CANNING, GEORGE (1770-1827)

Canning in 1809 . In the following year he published a pamphlet on the currency See also:

• SYSTEM

system, which confirmed his reputation as the ablest financier of his time; but his See also:

• FREE

free-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 principles did not See also:

• ACCORD (from Fr. accorder, to agree)

accord with those of his party .

In 1812 he was returned for See also:

• CHICHESTER

Chichester . When in 18r4 he re-entered the public service, it was only as See also:

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

chief See also:

• COMMISSIONER

commissioner of See also:

• WOODS, LEONARD (1774-1854)
• WOODS, SIR ALBERT (1816-1904)

woods- and forests, but his See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence was from this time very great in the commercial and See also:

• FINANCIAL

financial legislation of the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country . He took a prominent part in the See also:

• CORN (a common Teutonic word; cf. Lat. granum, seed, grain)
• CORN (fromm Lat. corms, horn)

corn-See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law debates of 1814 and 1815; and in 1819 he presented a memorandum to 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:

• LIVERPOOL
• LIVERPOOL, EARLS
• LIVERPOOL, EARLS OF

Liverpool advocating a largereduction in the unfunded See also:

• DEBT (Lat. debitum, a thing owed)

debt, and explaining a method See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell the resumption of See also:

• CASH

cash payments, which was embodied in the act passed the same year . In 1821 he was a member of the 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 appointed to inquire into the causes of the agricultural See also:

• DISTRESS

distress then prevailing, and the proposed relaxation of the corn See also:

• LAWS

laws embodied in the 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 was understood to have been chiefly due to his strenuous advocacy . In 1823 he was appointed 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:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

board of trade and treasurer of the See also:

• NAVY

navy, and shortly afterwards he received a seat in the See also:

• CABINET

cabinet . In the same year he was returned for Liverpool as successor to Canning, and as the only See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man who could reconcile the Tory merchants to a free trade policy . Among the more important legislative changes with which he was principally connected were a reform of the See also:

• NAVIGATION (from Lat. navis, ship, and agere, to move)

Navigation Acts, admitting other nations to a full equality and See also:

• RECIPROCITY (Lat. reciprocus, returning back the same way, alternating, probably from re back and pro forward)

reciprocity of See also:

• SHIPPING

shipping duties; the See also:

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

repeal of the labour laws; the introduction of a new sinking fund; the reduction of the duties on manufactures and on the importation of See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign goods, and the repeal of the See also:

• QUARANTINE (Fr. quarantaine, a period of forty days 1)

quarantine duties . In accordance with his See also:

• SUGGESTION

suggestion Canning in 1827 introduced a measure on the corn laws proposing the See also:

• ADOPTION (Lat. adoptio, for adoptalio, from adoptare, to choose for oneself)

adoption of a sliding See also:

• SCALE
• SCALE (1) A

scale to regulate the amount of See also:

• DUTY (from " due," that which is owing, O. Fr. deu, dil, past participle of devoir; Lat. debere, debitum; cf. " debt ")

duty . A misapprehension between See also:

• HUSKISSON, WILLIAM (1770-1830)

Huskisson and the duke of See also:

• WELLINGTON
• WELLINGTON, ARTHUR WELLESLEY, 1ST DUKE OF (1769-1852)

Wellington led to the duke proposing an See also:

• AMENDMENT (through the O. Fr. amender, to correct, from Lat. mendum, a fault)

amendment, the success of which caused the See also:

• ABANDONMENT (Fr. abandonnement, from abandonner, to abandon, relinquish; abandonner was originally equivalent to mettred banddn, to leave to the jurisdiction, i.e. of another, bandon being from Low Latin bandum, bannum, order, decree, " ban ")

abandonment of the measure by the government . After the death of Canning in the same year Huskisson accepted the secretaryship of the colonies under Lord Goderich, an office which he continued to hold in the new cabinet formed by the duke of Wellington in the following year . After succeeding with great difficulty in inducing the cabinet to agree to a See also:

• COMPROMISE (pronounced compromize; through Fr. from Lat. compromittere)

compromise on the corn laws, Huskisson finally resigned office in May 1829 on See also:

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

account of a difference with his colleagues in regard to the disfranchisement of See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East See also:

• RETFORD (officially EAST RETFORD)

Retford . On the 15th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September of the following year he was accidentally killed by a See also:

• LOCOMOTIVE

locomotive See also:

• ENGINE
• ENGINE (Lat. ingenium)

engine while See also:

• PRESENT

present at the opening of the Liverpool and See also:

• MANCHESTER
• MANCHESTER (popularly Manchester-by-the-Sea)
• MANCHESTER, EARLS AND DUKES OF

Manchester railway .

See the Life of Huskisson, by J . See also:

• WRIGHT, CARROLL DAVIDSON (1840-1909)
• WRIGHT, CHAUNCEY (1830-1875)
• WRIGHT, JOSEPH (1734-1797)
• WRIGHT, SILAS (1795-1847)
• WRIGHT, THOMAS (1809–1884)
• WRIGHT, THOMAS (1810—1877)
• WRIGHT, WILLIAM ALDIS (1836– )

Wright (See also:

• LONDON

London, 1831) .