1ST See also:

• EARL

EARL OF See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

CHARLES See also:

• GERARD (c. 1040-1120)
• GERARD (d. I1o8)
• GERARD, ETIENNE MAURICE, COUNT (1773–1852)
• GERARD, FRANCOIS, BARON (1770-1837)
• GERARD, JEAN IGNACE ISIDORE (1803-1847)
• GERARD, JOHN (1545-1612)
• GERARD, or GIRARD, AUDRAN

GERARD See also:

• MACCLESFIELD
• 1ST EARL OF CHARLES GERARD MACCLESFIELD (c. 1618-1694)

MACCLESFIELD (c. 1618-1694)  , eldest son of See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles See also:

• GERARD (c. 1040-1120)
• GERARD (d. I1o8)
• GERARD, ETIENNE MAURICE, COUNT (1773–1852)
• GERARD, FRANCOIS, BARON (1770-1837)
• GERARD, JEAN IGNACE ISIDORE (1803-1847)
• GERARD, JOHN (1545-1612)
• GERARD, or GIRARD, AUDRAN

Gerard, was a member of an old See also:

• LANCASHIRE

Lancashire See also:

• FAMILY

family, his See also:

• GREAT

great-grandfather having been Sir See also:

• GILBERT
• GILBERT (KINGSMILL) ISLANDS
• GILBERT (or GYLBERDE), WILLIAM (1544-1603)
• GILBERT, ALFRED (1854– )
• GILBERT, ANN (1821-1904)
• GILBERT, GROVE KARL (1843– )
• GILBERT, J
• GILBERT, JOHN (1810-1889)
• GILBERT, MARIE DOLORES ELIZA ROSANNA [" LOLA MONTEZ "] (1818-1861)
• GILBERT, NICOLAS JOSEPH LAURENT (1751–1780)
• GILBERT, SIR HUMPHREY (c. 1539-1583)
• GILBERT, SIR JOSEPH HENRY (1817-1901)
• GILBERT, SIR WILLIAM SCHWENK (1836– )

Gilbert Gerard (d . 1593) of See also:

• INCE, WILLIAM

Ince, in that 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, one of the most distinguished See also:

• JUDGES, THE BOOK OF

judges in the reign of 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 . His See also:

• MOTHER

mother was See also:

• PENELOPE

Penelope See also:

• FITTON, MARY (c. 1578-1647)
• FITTON, WILLIAM HENRY (1780-1861)

Fitton of Gawsworth, See also:

• CHESHIRE

Cheshire . Charles Gerard was educated abroad, and in the See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

Low Countries learnt soldiering, in which he showed himself proficient when on the outbreak of the See also:

• CIVIL

Civil See also:

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

War in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England he raised a See also:

• TROOP (an adaptation of Fr. troupe, O. Fr. trope; cf. Ital. troppa, troppa; Med. Lat. truppus; the origin is doubtful; suggestions have been made that it represents a German conception of Latin turba, crowd, or is an adaptation of Norw. tarp, flock)

troop of See also:

• HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse for the 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's service . Gerard commanded a See also:

• BRIGADE (Fr. and Ger. brigade, Ital. brigata, Span. brigada; the English use of the word dates from the early 17th century)

brigade with distinction at Edgehill, and gained further honours at the first See also:

• BATTLE

battle of See also:

• NEWBURY

Newbury and at See also:

• NEWARK
• NEWARK (NEWARK-UPON-TRENT)
• NEWARK, DAVID LESLIE, LORD (1601-1682)

Newark in 1644, for which service he was appointed to the See also:

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

chief command in See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• WALES (Cymru, Gwalia, Cambria)

Wales . Here his operations in 1644 and 1645 were completely successful in reducing the Parliamentarians to subjection; but the severity with which he ravaged 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 made him personally so unpopular that when, after the defeat at See also:

• NASEBY

Naseby in See also:

• JUNE

June 1645, the king endeavoured to raise fresh forces in Wales, he was compelled to remove Gerard from the See also:

• LOCAL

local command . Gerard was, however, retained in command of the king's guard during Charles's 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 from Wales to See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford, and thence to See also:

• HEREFORD

Hereford and See also:

• CHESTER
• CHESTER, EARLS OF

Chester in See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1645; and having been severely wounded at See also:

• ROWTON, MONTAGUE WILLIAM

Rowton See also:

• HEATH
• HEATH, BENJAMIN (1704-1766)
• HEATH, WILLIAM (1737—1814)

Heath on the 23rd of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September, he reached Newark with Charles on the 4th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October . On the 8th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1645 he was created See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

Baron Gerard of See also:

• BRANDON

Brandon in the county of See also:

• SUFFOLK
• SUFFOLK, CHARLES BRANDON, 1ST DUKE OF (c. 1484–'545)
• SUFFOLK, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• SUFFOLK, THOMAS HOWARD, 1ST EARL OF (1561-1626)
• SUFFOLK, WILLIAM DE LA POLE

Suffolk; but about the same 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 he appears to have forfeited Charles's favour by having attached himself to the party of See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

Prince See also:

• RUPERT (1352—1410)
• RUPERT (HRODBERT), ST
• RUPERT, PRINCE, COUNT PALATINE OF THE RHINE AND DUKE OF BAVARIA (1619—1682)

Rupert, with whom after the surrender of Oxford Gerard probably went abroad . He remained on the See also:

• CONTINENT (from Lat. continere, "to hold together "; hence " connected," " continuous ")

Continent throughout the whole See also:

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

period of the See also:

• COMMON

Common-See also:

• WEALTH

wealth, sometimes in See also:

• PERSONAL

personal attendance on Charles- II., at others serving in the See also:

• WARS

wars under See also:

• TURENNE, HENRI DE LA TOUR

Turenne, and constantly en-gaged in plots and intrigues . For one of these, an alleged See also:

• DESIGN (Fr. desiin, drawing; Lat. designare, to mark out)

design on the See also:

• LIFE

life of See also:

• CROMWELL, HENRY (1628-1674)
• CROMWELL, OLIVER (1599-1658)
• CROMWELL, RICHARD (1626–1712)
• CROMWELL, THOMAS, EARL OF

Cromwell, his See also:

• COUSIN (Fr. cousin, Ital. cugino, Late Lat. cosinus, perhaps a popular and familiar abbreviation of consobrinus, which has the same sense in classical Latin)
• COUSIN, JEAN (1500-1590)
• COUSIN, VICTOR (1792–1867)

cousin See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

Colonel See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John Gerard was executed in the See also:

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

Tower in See also:

• JULY

July 1654 . At the Restoration Gerard rode at the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of the king's life-See also:

• GUARDS, AND HOUSEHOLD TROOPS

guards in his triumphal entry into See also:

• LONDON

London; his forfeited estates were restored, and he received lucrative offices and See also:

• PENSIONS

pensions . In 1668 he retired from the command of the king's guard to make See also:

• ROOM

room for the dukeof See also:

• MONMOUTH (Welsh Mynwy)
• MONMOUTH, BATTLE OF (1778)
• MONMOUTH, JAMES SCOTT
• MONMOUTH, ROBERT CAREY, 1ST EARL OF (c. 1560-1639)

Monmouth, receiving, according to See also:

• PEPYS, SAMUEL (1633-1703)

Pepys, the sum of £12,000 as solatium .

On the 23rd of July 1679 Gerard was created See also:

• EARL

earl of See also:

• MACCLESFIELD
• MACCLESFIELD, CHARLES GERARD, 1ST EARL OF (c. 1618-1694)

Macclesfield and See also:

• VISCOUNT (through O. Fr. viscomte, mod. vicomte, from Low Lat. vice-comes, cf. Portug. visconde, Ital. visconte)

Viscount Brandon . A few months later he entered into relations with Monmouth, and co-operated with See also:

• SHAFTESBURY
• SHAFTESBURY, ANTHONY ASHLEY COOPER, 1ST EARL OF (1621-1683)
• SHAFTESBURY, ANTHONY ASHLEY COOPER, 7TH EARL OF (1801–1885)
• SHAFTESBURY, ANTHONYASHLEY COOPER, 3RD EARL OF (1671-1713)

Shaftesbury in protesting against the rejection of the Exclusion See also:

• BILL

Bill . In September 1685, a See also:

• PROCLAMATION (Lat. proclamare, to make public by announcement)

proclamation having been issued for his See also:

• ARREST (Fr. arrester, arreeter, to stop or stay)

arrest, Macclesfield escaped abroad, and was outlawed . He returned with 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 of See also:

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

Orange in 1688, and commanded his See also:

• BODY

body-guard in the march from See also:

• DEVONSHIRE (DEvoN)
• DEVONSHIRE, EARLS AND DUKES OF

Devonshire to London . By William he was made a privy councillor, and 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:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant of Wales and three western counties . Macclesfield died on the 7th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1694 . By his See also:

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

French wife he See also:

• LEFT

left two sons and two daughters . His eldest son CHARLES, 2nd earl of Macclesfield (c . 1659-1701), was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France and was naturalized in England by See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act of See also:

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

parliament in 1677 . Like his See also:

• FATHER

father he was concerned in the intrigues of the See also:

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

duke of Monmouth; in 1685 he was sentenced to See also:

• DEATH

death for being a party to the See also:

• RYE

Rye 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 See also:

• PLOT
• PLOT, ROBERT (164o-1696)

plot, but was pardoned by the king . In 168g he was elected member of parliament for Lancashire, which he represented till 1694, when he succeeded to his father's See also:

• PEERAGE
• PEERAGE (Fr. pairage, med. Lat. paragium; M.E. Pere, 0. Fr. per, peer, later pair; Lat. Paris, " equal ")

peerage . Having become a See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

major-See also:

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

general in the same See also:

• YEAR

year, Macclesfield saw some service abroad; and in 1701 he was selected first See also:

• COMMISSIONER

commissioner for the See also:

• INVESTITURE (Late Lat. investitura)

investiture of the elector of See also:

• HANOVER
• HANOVER (Ger. Hannover)

Hanover (afterwards King See also:

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

George I.) with the See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order of the Garter, on which occasion he also was charged to See also:

• PRESENT

present a copy of the Act of See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

Settlement to the See also:

• DOWAGER (from the Old Fr. douagiere, mod. douairiere)

dowager electress See also:

• SOPHIA (1630-1714)

Sophia .

He died on the 5th of November 1701, leaving no legitimate See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children . In March 1698 Macclesfield was divorced from his wife See also:

• ANNA
• ANNA (Hindustani ana)
• ANNA, BALDASARRE

Anna, daughter of Sir See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

Richard See also:

• MASON, FRANCIS (1799—1874)
• MASON, GEORGE (1725—1792)
• MASON, GEORGE HEMMING (1818–1872)
• MASON, JAMES MURRAY (1798-1871)
• MASON, JOHN (1586-1635)
• MASON, JOHN YOUNG (1799-1859)
• MASON, LOWELL (1792—1872)
• MASON, SIR JOHN (1503–1566)
• MASON, SIR JOSIAH (1795-1881)
• MASON, WILLIAM (1725—1797)

Mason of See also:

• SUTTON
• SUTTON, SIR RICHARD (d. c. 1524)
• SUTTON, THOMAS (c. 1532—1611)

Sutton, by act of parliament, the first occasion on which a See also:

• DIVORCE

divorce was so granted without a previous See also:

• DECREE (from the past participle, decretus, of Lat. decernere)

decree of an ecclesiastical See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court . The countess was the mother of two children, who were known by the name of See also:

• SAVAGE
• SAVAGE, MINOT JUDSON (1841– )
• SAVAGE, RICHARD (d. 1743)

Savage, and whose reputed father was Richard Savage, 4th Earl See also:

• RIVERS
• RIVERS, ANTHONY WOODVILLE, or WYDEVILLE, 2ND EARL (c. 1442—1483)
• RIVERS, EARL
• RIVERS, RICHARD SAVAGE, 4TH EARL (c. 1660—1712)

Rivers (d . 1712) . The poet Richard Savage (q.v.) claimed that he was the younger of these children . The divorced countess married Colonel See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry Brett about the year 1700, and died at the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of eighty-five in 1753 . Her daughter Anna Margaretta Brett was a See also:

• MISTRESS

mistress of George I . The 2nd earl of Macclesfield was succeeded by his See also:

• BROTHER

brother Fitton Gerard, 3rd earl (c . 1665—1702), on whose death without heirs the See also:

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

title became See also:

• EXTINCT

extinct in See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1702 . In 1721 the title of earl of Macclesfield was revived in favour of 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:

• PARKER, JOHN HENRY (1806-1884)
• PARKER, JOSEPH (183o-1902)
• PARKER, MARTIN (c. 1600-c. 1656)
• PARKER, MATTHEW (1504-1575)
• PARKER, SAMUEL (164o-1688)
• PARKER, SIR GILBERT (1862— )
• PARKER, SIR HYDE, BART
• PARKER, THEODORE (1810-186o)

PARKER (c . 1666—1732) . The son of Thomas Parker, an See also:

• ATTORNEY (from O. Fr. atorne, a person appointed to act for another, from atourner, legal Lat. attornare, attorn, literally to turn over to another or commit business to another)

attorney at See also:

• LEEK

Leek, See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young Parker was a student at Trinity See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge, and became a See also:

• BARRISTER

barrister in 1691 .

In 1705 he was elected member of parliament for See also:

• DERBY
• DERBY, EARLS OF

Derby, and having gained some reputation in his profession, he took a leading See also:

• PART

part in the proceedings against See also:

• SACHEVERELL, HENRY (1674-1724)
• SACHEVERELL, W
• SACHEVERELL, WILLIAM (1638-1691)

Sacheverell in 1710 . In the same year he was appointed lord chief See also:

• JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

justice of the See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

queen's See also:

• BENCH (an O.E. and Eng. form of a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Bank, Dan. baenk and the Eng. doublet " bank ")

bench, but he refused to become lord See also:

• CHANCELLOR (M. Eng. and Anglo-Fr. canceler, chanceler, Fr. chancelier, Lat. cancellarius)

chancellor in the following year; however he accepted this 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 1718, two years after he had been made Baron Parker of Macclesfield by George I., who held him in high esteem . In 1721 he was created Viscount Parker and earl of Macclesfield, but when serious charges of corruption were brought against him he resigned his position as lord chancellor in 1725 . In the same year Macclesfield was impeached, and although he made a very able See also:

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

defence he was found guilty by the House of Lords . His See also:

• SENTENCE (Lat. sententia, a way of thinking, opinion, judgment; vote, sentire, to feel, think)

sentence was a See also:

• FINE

fine of £30,000 and imprisonment until this was paid . He was confined in the Tower of London for six See also:

• WEEKS, EDWIN LORD (1849-1903)

weeks, and after his See also:

• RELEASE (O.Fr. reles, variant of relais, from relaisser, to release, let go, Lat. relaxare)

release he took no further part in public affairs . The earl, who built a See also:

• GRAMMAR (from Lat. grammatica, sc. ars; Gr. ypaµ)

grammar school at Leek, died in London on the 28th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1732 . Macclesfield's only son, GEORGE, (c . 1697—1764) 2nd earl of Macclesfield of this See also:

• LINE

line, was celebrated as an astronomer . As Viscount Parker he was member of parliament for Walling-See also:

• FORD, EDWARD ONSLOW
• FORD, JOHN (r586–c.1640)
• FORD, RICHARD (1796-1858)
• FORD, THOMAS (b. c. 158o)

ford from 1722 to 1727, but his interests were not in politics . In 1722 he became a See also:

• FELLOW

fellow of the Royal Society, and he spent most of his time in astronomical observations at his See also:

• OXFORDSHIRE (or OxoN)

Oxfordshire seat, Shirburn See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

Castle, which had been bought by his father in 1716; here he built an See also:

• OBSERVATORY

observatory and a chemical laboratory . The earl was very prominent in effecting the See also:

• CHANGE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. cambium, cambiare, to barter; the ultimate derivation is probably from the root which appears in the Gr. «a urmu', to bend)

change from the oldto the new See also:

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

style of See also:

• DATES

dates, which came into operation in 1752 .

His See also:

• ACTION

action in this See also:

• MATTER

matter, however, was somewhat unpopular, as the See also:

• OPINION (Lat. opinio, from opinari, to think)

opinion was fairly general that he had robbed the See also:

• PEOPLE

people of eleven days . From 1752 until his death on the 17th of March 1764 Macclesfield was 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 Royal Society, and he made some observations on the great See also:

• EARTHQUAKE

earthquake of 1755 . His successor was his son Thomas (1723-1795), from whom the present earl is descended . For the earls of the Gerard family see Lord See also:

• CLARENDON, CONSTITUTIONS OF
• CLARENDON, EDWARD HYDE, 1ST EARL OF (1609-1674)
• CLARENDON, GEORGE WILLIAM FREDERICK VILLIERS, 4TH EARL OF (in the Villiers line) (1800-r87o)
• CLARENDON, HENRY HYDE

Clarendon, See also:

• HISTORY

History of the See also:

• REBELLION

Rebellion, ed. by W . D . Macray; E . B . G . See also:

• WARBURTON, BARTHOLOMEW ELLIOTT GEORGE (1810-1852)
• WARBURTON, COLONEL SIR ROBERT (1842–1899)
• WARBURTON, WILLIAM (1698–1779)

Warburton, See also:

• MEMOIRS

Memoirs of Prince Rupert and the Cavaliers (3 vols., 1849) ; See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

State Papers of John See also:

• THURLOE, JOHN (1616—1668)

Thurloe (7 See also:

• VOLE

Vole., 1742) ; 1 . R . See also:

• PHILLIPS
• PHILLIPS, ADELAIDE (1833-1882)
• PHILLIPS, EDWARD (163o-1696)
• PHILLIPS, JOHN (1800—1874)
• PHILLIPS, SAMUEL (1814—1854)
• PHILLIPS, STEPHEN (1868– )
• PHILLIPS, THOMAS (1770-1845)
• PHILLIPS, WENDELL (1811-1884)

Phillips, Memoirs of the Civil Waf in Wales and the See also:

• MARCHES, THE (It. Le Marche)

Marches, 1642—49 (2 vols., 1874); and the duke of See also:

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

Manchester, Court and Society from Elizabeth to See also:

• ANNE (1665-1714)
• ANNE (1693-1740)

Anne (2. vols., 1864) . For Lord Chancellor Macclesfield, see Lord See also:

• CAMPBELL, ALEXANDER (1788–1866)
• CAMPBELL, BEATRICE STELLA (Mrs PATRICK CAMPBELL) (1865– )
• CAMPBELL, GEORGE (1719–1796)
• CAMPBELL, JOHN
• CAMPBELL, JOHN (1708-1775)
• CAMPBELL, JOHN CAMPBELL, BARON (1779-1861)
• CAMPBELL, JOHN FRANCIS
• CAMPBELL, LEWIS (1830-1908)
• CAMPBELL, REGINALD JOHN (1867— )
• CAMPBELL, THOMAS (1777—1844)

Campbell, Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great See also:

• SEAL
• SEAL, FUR
• SEAL, HAIR

Seal (1845—1869) .