LOCKERBIE  , a municipal and See also:

• POLICE (Fr. police, government, civil administration, a police force, Gr. sroXumeia, constitution, condition of a state, roars, city, state)

police See also:

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

burgh of See also:

• DUMFRIESSHIRE

Dumfriesshire, See also:

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

Scotland, in the See also:

• DISTRICT

district of Annandale, 141 m . E.N.E. of See also:

• DUMFRIES (Gaelic, " the fort in the copse ")

Dumfries by the Caledonian railway . Pop . (19o1) 2358 . It has See also:

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

long been famous for its See also:

• CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle and See also:

• SHEEP
• SHEEP (from the Anglo-Saxon sceap, a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages; e.g. the German Schaf)

sheep sales, but more particularly for the See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August See also:

• LAMB (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Lamm)
• LAMB, CHARLES (1775–1834)

lamb See also:

• FAIR

fair, the largest in Scotland, at which as many as 126,000 See also:

• LAMBS

lambs have been sold . The See also:

• TOWN

town See also:

• HALL
• HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
• HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
• HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
• HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
• HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
• HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
• HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
• HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
• HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
• HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
• HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
• HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
• HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
• HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
• HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
• HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
• HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)

hall and See also:

• EASTON

Easton See also:

• INSTITUTE (from Lat. instituere, to establish or set up)

institute are in the Scottish Baronial See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style . The police station is partly accommodated in an See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient square See also:

• TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

tower, once the stronghold of the Johnstones, for a long See also:

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

period the ruling See also:

• FAMILY

family under whose See also:

• PROTECTION

protection the town gradually See also:

• GREW, NEHEMIAH (1641-1712)

grew up . At Dryfe Sands, about 2 M. to the W., a bloody encounter took See also:

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

place in 1593 between the Johnstones and Maxwells . The Maxwells were pursued into Lockerbie and almost exterminated; hence " Lockerbie Lick " became a proverbial expression, signifying an overwhelming defeat . LOCKER-LAMPSON, See also:

• FREDERICK
• FREDERICK (Mod. Ger. Friedrich; Ital. Federigo; Fr. Frederic and Federic; M.H.G. Friderich; O.H.G. Fridurih, " king or lord of peace," from O.H.G. fridu, A.S. frith, " peace," and rfh " rich," " a ruler," for derivation of which see HENRY)

FREDERICK (1821-1895), See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man of letters, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born, on the 29th of May 1821, at See also:

• GREENWICH

Greenwich See also:

• HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

Hospital . His See also:

• FATHER

father, who was See also:

• CIVIL

Civil See also:

• COMMISSIONER

Commissioner of the Hospital, was See also:

• EDWARD

Edward See also:

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

Hawke Locker, youngest son of that See also:

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

Captain 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 Locker who gave See also:

• NELSON
• NELSON, HORATIO NELSON, VISCOUNT (1758-1805)
• NELSON, ROBERT (s656-1715)

Nelson the memorable See also:

• ADVICE (Fr. avis, from Lat. ad, to, and visum, viewed)

advice " to See also:

• LAY

lay a Frenchman See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close, and See also:

• BEAT (a word common in various forms to the Teutonic languages; it is connected with the similar Romanic words derived from the Late Lat. battere)

beat him." His See also:

• MOTHER

mother, Eleanor See also:

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

Mary See also:

• ELIZABETH
• ELIZABETH (1533-1603)
• ELIZABETH (1596-1662)
• ELIZABETH (1635–1650)
• ELIZABETH [ AMELIE EUGENIE ] (1837—1898)
• ELIZABETH [1lisabeth Philippine Marie Helene of France] (1764—1794)
• ELIZABETH [PAULINE ELIZABETH OTTILIE LOUISE] (1843– )
• ELIZABETH [PETROVNA] (1709-1762), EMPRESS
• ELIZABETH, SAINT (1207-1231)

Elizabeth See also:

• BOUCHER, FRANCOIS (1703-1770)
• BOUCHER, JONATHAN (1738-1804)

Boucher, was a daughter of the Rev . See also:

• JONATHAN
• JONATHAN (Heb. " Yah [weh] gives ")

Jonathan Boucher, See also:

• VICAR (Lat. vicarius, substitute)

vicar of See also:

• EPSOM

Epsom and friend of See also:

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

George Washing-ton .

After a desultory See also:

• EDUCATION

education, Frederick Locker began See also:

• LIFE

life in a colonial See also:

• BROKER (according to the New English Dictionary, from Lat. brocca, spit, spike, broccare, to broach "—another Eng. form of the same word; hence O. Fr. vendre d broche, to retail, e.g. wine, from the tap, and thus the general sense of dealing; see also for

broker's 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 . Soon deserting this uncongenial calling, he obtained a clerkship in See also:

• SOMERSET, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• SOMERSET, EDMUND BEAUFORT, DUKE OF (c. 1404–1455)
• SOMERSET, EDWARD SEYMOUR, DUKE OF (c. 1506–1552)
• SOMERSET, LORD ROBERT EDWARD HENRY (1776-1842)
• SOMERSET, ROBERT CARR (or KER), EARL OF (e. 1590-1645)

Somerset 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, whence he was transferred 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:

• HADDINGTON
• HADDINGTON, EARL OF

Haddington's private office at the See also:

• ADMIRALTY, HIGH COURT OF

Admiralty . Here he became See also:

• DEPUTY (through the Fr. from a Late Lat. use of deputare, to cut off, allot; putare having the original sense of to trim, prune)

deputy-reader and precis writer . In 185o he married See also:

• LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

Lady See also:

• CHARLOTTE

Charlotte See also:

• BRUCE
• BRUCE, ALEXANDER BALMAIN (1831-1899)
• BRUCE, JAMES (1930-1794)
• BRUCE, MICHAEL (1746-1767)

Bruce, daughter of the Lord See also:

• ELGIN

Elgin who brought the famous See also:

• MARBLES

marbles to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, and. See also:

• SISTER

sister of Lady See also:

• AUGUSTA

Augusta See also:

• STANLEY (FAMILY)
• STANLEY, ARTHUR PENRHYN (18x5–1881)
• STANLEY, EDWARD (1779-1849)
• STANLEY, SIR HENRY MORTON (184o-1904)
• STANLEY, SIR WILLIAM (1548-163o)
• STANLEY, THOMAS (1625-1678)

Stanley . After his See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage he See also:

• LEFT

left the Civil Service, in consequence of See also:

• ILL

ill-See also:

• HEALTH

health . In 1857 he published See also:

• LONDON

London Lyrics, a slender See also:

• VOLUME

volume of 90 pages, which, with subsequent extensions, constitutes his poetical See also:

• LEGACY (Lat. legatum)

legacy . See also:

• LYRA (" The Harp ")

Lyra Elegantiarum (1867), an See also:

• ANTHOLOGY

anthology of See also:

• LIGHT

light and See also:

• FAMILIAR (through the Fr. familier, from Lat. familiaris, of or belonging to the familia, family)

familiar 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, and Patchwork (1879), a See also:

• BOOK

book of extracts, were his only other publications . In 1872 Lady Charlotte Locker died . Two years later Locker married See also:

• MISS

Miss Hannah Jane Lampson, the only daughter of See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• CURTIS, GEORGE TICKNOR (1812-1894)
• CURTIS, GEORGE WILLIAM (1824-1892)

Curtis See also:

• MIRANDA, FRANCESCO (c. 1754-1816)

Miranda Lampson, See also:

• BART, JEAN (1651-1702)

Bart., of Rowfant, See also:

• SUSSEX
• SUSSEX, EARLS OF
• SUSSEX, KINGDOM OF (SO Seaxe, i.e. the South Saxons)
• SUSSEX, THOMAS RADCLYFFE [or RATCLYFFE], 3RD EARL OF (c. 1525-1583)

Sussex, and in 1885 took his wife's surname . At Rowfant he died on the 3oth of May 1895 . Chronic ill-health debarred Locker from any active See also:

• PART

part in life, but it did not prevent his delighting a wide circle of See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends by his gifts as a See also:

• HOST

host and raconteur, and from accumulating many treasures as a connoisseur . His books are catalogued in the volume called the Rowfant Library (1886), to which an appendix (1900) was added, after his See also:

• DEATH

death, under the superintendence of his eldest son .

As'a poet, Locker belongs to the See also:

• CHOIR (0. Fr. cuer from Lat. chorus; pronounced quire, and until the end of the 17th century so spelt, the spelling being altered to agree with the Fr. chceur)

choir who See also:

• DEAL

deal with the See also:

• GAY, JOHN (1685-1732)
• GAY, MARIE FRANCOISE SOPHIE (1776-1852)
• GAY, WALTER (1856– )

gay rather than the See also:

• GRAVE

grave in verse—with the polished and witty rather than the lofty or emotional . His See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

• TASTE (from Lat. taxare, to touch sharply; tangere, to touch)

taste kept him as far from the broadly comic on the one See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side as his See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind See also:

• HEART
• HEART, LUNG

heart saved him from the purely cynical on the other . To something of See also:

• PRIOR (from Lat. prior—former, and hence superior, through O. Fr. priour)
• PRIOR, MATTHEW (1664-1721)

Prior, of See also:

• PRAED, WINTHROP MACKWORTH (1802–1839)

Praed and of See also:

• HOOD,
• HOOD, JOHN BELL (1831–1879)
• HOOD, SAMUEL HOOD, VISCOUNT (1724–1816)
• HOOD, SIR SAMUEL (1762-1814)
• HOOD, THOMAS (1799-1845)
• HOOD, TOM (1835–1874)

Hood he added qualities of his own which See also:

• LENT (0. Eng. lenclen, " spring," M. Eng. lenten, lente, lent; cf. Dut. lente, Ger. Lenz, " spring," 0. H. Ger. lenzin, lengizin, lenzo, probably from the same root as " long " and referring to " the lengthening days ")

lent his See also:

• WORK

work distinction—a distinction in no See also:

• WISE, HENRY ALEXANDER (1806-1876)
• WISE, ISAAC MAYER (1819-1900)

wise diminished by his unwearied endeavour after directness and simplicity . A See also:

• POSTHUMOUS

posthumous volume of See also:

• MEMOIRS

Memoirs, entitled My Confidences (1896), and edited by his son-in-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, Mr See also:

• AUGUSTINE, SAINT (354-430)
• AUGUSTINE, SAINT (d. c.613)

Augustine See also:

• BIRRELL, AUGUSTINE (1850- )

Birrell, gives an interesting, See also:

• IDEA (Gr. Ibia, connected with i&eiv, to see; cf. Lat. species from specere, to look at)

idea of his See also:

• PERSONALITY (from Lat. persona, originally an actor's mask, from personare,1 to sound through)

personality and a too modest estimate of his gifts as a poet . (A .