See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

THOMAS 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:

• KENNEDY
• KENNEDY, BENJAMIN HALL (1804-1889)
• THOMAS FRANCIS KENNEDY (1788-1879)
• KENNEDY, WALTER (c. 1460–c. 1508)

KENNEDY (1788-1879)  , Scottish politician, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born near See also:

• AYR

Ayr in 1788 . He studied for the See also:

• BAR
• BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
• BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
• BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
• BAR, THE

bar and became See also:

• ADVOCATE (Lat. advocatus, from advocare, to summon, especially in law to call in the aid of a counsel or witness, and so generally to summon to one's assistance)

advocate in 1811 . Having been elected M.P. for the Ayr burghs in 1818, he devoted the greater See also:

• PART

part of his See also:

• LIFE

life to the promotion of Liberal reforms . In 182o he married the only daughter of See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• SAMUEL

Samuel See also:

• ROMILLY, JOHN ROMILLY, 1ST BARON (1802-1874)
• ROMILLY, SIR SAMUEL (1757-1818)

Romilly . He was greatly assisted by 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:

• COCKBURN, ALICIA, or ALISON (1713-1994)
• COCKBURN, HENRY THOMAS (1779–1854)
• COCKBURN, SIR ALEXANDER JAMES EDMUND
• COCKBURN, SIR GEORGE

Cockburn, then Mr He,11ry Cockburn, and a See also:

• VOLUME

volume of See also:

• CORRESPONDENCE
• CORRESPONDENCE (from med. scholastic Lat. correspondentia, corrcspondere, compounded of Lat. cum, with, and respond ere, to answer; cf. Fr. correspondance)

correspondence published by See also:

• KENNEDY
• KENNEDY, BENJAMIN HALL (1804-1889)
• KENNEDY, THOMAS FRANCIS (1788-1879)
• KENNEDY, WALTER (c. 1460–c. 1508)

Kennedy in 1874 forms a curious and interesting See also:

• RECORD (Lat. recordari, to recall to mind, from cor, heart or mind)

record of the consultations of the two See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends on See also:

• MEASURES

measures which they regarded as requisite for the See also:

• POLITICAL

political regeneration of their native 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 . One of the first measures to which he directed his See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention was the withdrawal of the See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power of nominating juries from the See also:

• JUDGES, THE BOOK OF

judges, and the imparting of a right of See also:

• PEREMPTORY

peremptory See also:

• CHALLENGE (O. Fr. chalonge, calenge, &c., from Lat. calumnia, originally meaning trickery, from calvi, to deceive, hence a false accusation, a " calumny ")

challenge to prisoners . Among other subjects were the improvement of the See also:

• PARISH (Gr. irapouda, district, neighbourhood; 7r&poucos, one dwelling near or beside, from crap&, OtKOS, house; Lat. paroecur, Late Lat. parochia; cf. Fr. paroisse)

parish See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools, of pauper See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration, and of several of the corrupt forms of legal See also:

• PROCEDURE (Fr. procedure, from Lat. procedere, to go for-ward)

procedure which then prevailed . In the construction of the Scottish Reform See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act Kennedy took a prominent part; indeed he and Lord Cockburn may almost be regarded as its authors . After the See also:

• ACCESSION (from Lat. accedere, to go to, to approach)

accession of the Whigs to 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 in 1832 he held various important offices in the See also:

• MINISTRY

ministry, and most of the measures of reform for See also:

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

Scotland, such as See also:

• BURGH [BOURKE, BURKE]
• BURGH, HUBERT DE (d. 1243)

burgh reform, the improvements in the 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 of See also:

• ENTAIL (from Fr. tailler, to cut; the old derivation from tales haeredes is now abandoned)

entail, and the reform of the See also:

• SHERIFF

sheriff courts, owed much to his sagacity and See also:

• ENERGY (from the Gr. ivipyela; iv, in, ipyov, work)

energy . In 1837 he went to See also:

• IRELAND
• IRELAND, CHURCH
• IRELAND, CHURCH OF
• IRELAND, JOHN (1761-1842)
• IRELAND, JOHN (1838- )
• IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY (1777-1835)

Ireland as pay-See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master of See also:

• CIVIL

civil services, and set himself to the promotion of various measures of reform . Kennedy retired from office in 1854, but continued to take keen See also:

• INTEREST

interest in political affairs, and up to his See also:

• DEATH

death in 1879 took a See also:

• GREAT

great part in both 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 parish business . He had a stern love of See also:

• JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

justice, and a determined hatred of everything savouring of jobbery or dishonesty .