See also:HUGH See also:MCNEILE (1795-1879)
, See also:Anglican divine, younger son of See also:Alexander See also:McNeile (or McNeill), was See also:born at See also:Ballycastle, Co
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See also:Antrim, on the 15th of See also:July 1795
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He graduated at Trinity See also:College, See also:Dublin, in 181o
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His handsome presence, and his promise of exceptional gifts of See also:oratory, led a wealthy See also:uncle, See also:Major-See also:General See also:Daniel McNeill, to adopt him as his See also:heir; and hewas destined for a See also:parliamentary career
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During a stay at See also:Florence, See also:Hugh McNeile became temporarily intimate with See also:Lord See also:Byron and Madame de See also:Stael
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On returning See also:home, he determined to abandon the prospect of See also:political distinction for the clerical profession, and was disinherited
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In 182o he was ordained, and after holding the curacy of Stranorlar, Co
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See also:Donegal, for two years, was appointed to the living of See also:Albury, See also:Surrey, by 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 See also:Drummond
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See also:Edward See also:Irving endeavoured, not without success at first, to draw McNeile into agreement with his See also:doctrine and aims
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Irving's increasing extravagance, however, soon alienated McNeile
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His See also:preaching now attracted much See also:attention; in See also:London he frequently was heard by large congregations
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In 1834 he accepted the incumbency of St See also:Jude's, See also:Liverpool, where for the next See also:thirty years he wielded See also:great-political as well as ecclesiastical See also:influence
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He repudiated the notion that a clergyman should be debarred from politics, maintaining at a public See also:- MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)
meeting that " See also:God when He made the See also:minister did not unmake the See also:citizen." In 1835 McNeile entered upon a See also:long contest, in which he was eventually successful, with the Liverpool See also:corporation, which had been captured by the Whigs, after the passing of the Municipal Reform See also:Act
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A proposal was carried that the elementary See also:schools under the See also:control of the corporation should be secularized by the introduction of what was known as the Irish See also:National See also:System
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The threatened withdrawal of the See also:Bible as the basis of denominational religious teaching was met by a fierce agitation led by McNeile, who so successfully enlisted public support that before the new system could be introduced every See also:child was provided for in new See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
Church of See also:England schools established by public subscriptions
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At 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 conducted a See also:campaign which gradually reduced the Whig See also:element in the See also:council, till in 1841 it almost entirely disappeared
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To his influence was also attributed the defeat of the Liberal parliamentary candidates in the general See also:election of 1837, followed by a long See also:period of Conservative pre-dominance in Liverpool politics
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McNeile had the Irish Protest-See also:- ANT
- ANT (O. Eng. aemete, from Teutonic a, privative, and maitan, cut or bite off, i.e. " the biter off "; aemete in Middle English became differentiated in dialect use to (mete, then amte, and so ant, and also to emete, whence the synonym " emmet," now only u
ant's horror of Romanism, which he constantly denounced in the See also:pulpit and on the See also:platform; and See also:Macaulay, speaking in the See also:House of See also:Commons on the See also:Maynooth endowment in See also:April 1845, singled him out for attack as the most powerful representative of uncompromising See also:Protestant See also:opinion in the See also:country
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As the Tractarian See also:movement in the Church of England See also:developed, he became one of its most zealous opponents and the most conspicuous See also:leader of the evangelical party
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In 1840 he published a See also:volume of Lectures on the Church of England, and in 1846 (the See also:year after See also:Newman's See also:secession to See also:Rome) The Church and the Churches, in which he maintained with much dialectical skill the evangelical doctrine of the " invisible Church " in opposition to the teaching of Newman and See also:Pusey
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Hugh McNeile was in See also:close sympathy with the philanthropic See also:work as well as the religious views of the 7th See also:earl of See also:Shaftesbury, who more than once tried to persuade Lord See also:Palmerston to raise him to the episcopal See also:bench
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But although Palmerston usually followed the See also:advice of Shaftesbury in the See also:appointment of bishops, he would not consent to the See also:elevation to the House of Lords of so powerful a political opponent as McNeile, whom Lord See also:John See also:- RUSSELL (FAMILY)
- RUSSELL, ISRAEL COOK (1852- )
- RUSSELL, JOHN (1745-1806)
- RUSSELL, JOHN (d. 1494)
- RUSSELL, JOHN RUSSELL, 1ST EARL (1792-1878)
- RUSSELL, JOHN SCOTT (1808–1882)
- RUSSELL, LORD WILLIAM (1639–1683)
- RUSSELL, SIR WILLIAM HOWARD
- RUSSELL, THOMAS (1762-1788)
- RUSSELL, WILLIAM CLARK (1844– )
Russell had accused of frustrating for thirty years the See also:education policy of the Liberal party
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In 186o he was appointed a See also:canon of See also:Chester; and in 1868 Disraeli appointed him See also:dean of See also:Ripon
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This preferment he resigned in 1875, and he lived in retirement at See also:Bournemouth till his See also:death on the 28th of See also:January 1879
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McNeile married, in 1822, See also:Anne, daughter of 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:Magee, See also:archbishop of Dublin, and aunt of William See also:Connor Magee, archbishop of See also:York, by whom he had a large See also:family
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Although a vehement controversialist, Hugh McNeile was a See also:man of See also:simple and sincere piety of See also:character
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See also:Sir Edward Russell, an opponent alike of his religious and his political opinions, bears See also:witness to the deep spirituality of his teaching, and describes him as an absolutely unique See also:personality
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" He made himself leader of the Liverpool See also:people, and always led with See also:calm and See also:majesty in the most excited times
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His eloquence was See also:grave, flowing, emphatic—had a dignity in delivery, a perfection of elocution, that only John See also:Bright equalled in the latter See also:half of the,
McNeile's See also:voice was See also:adoption of the Federal constitution of 1787, as a member of public oratory
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His the See also:faction led by Willie See also:- JONES
- JONES, ALFRED GILPIN (1824-1906)
- JONES, EBENEZER (182o-186o)
- JONES, ERNEST CHARLES (1819-1869)
- JONES, HENRY (1831-1899)
- JONES, HENRY ARTHUR (1851- )
- JONES, INIGO (1573-1651)
- JONES, JOHN (c. 1800-1882)
- JONES, MICHAEL (d. 1649)
- JONES, OWEN (1741-1814)
- JONES, OWEN (1809-1874)
- JONES, RICHARD (179o-1855)
- JONES, SIR ALFRED LEWIS (1845-1909)
- JONES, SIR WILLIAM (1746-1794)
- JONES, THOMAS RUPERT (1819– )
- JONES, WILLIAM (1726-1800)
Jones (1731-1801) of See also:Halifax, See also:North ruled an Carolina, but later withdrew his opposition
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In See also:Congress he denounced See also:- HAMILTON
- HAMILTON (GRAND or ASHUANIPI)
- HAMILTON, ALEXANDER (1757-1804)
- HAMILTON, ANTHONY, or ANTOINE (1646-1720)
- HAMILTON, ELIZABETH (1758–1816)
- HAMILTON, EMMA, LADY (c. 1765-1815)
- HAMILTON, JAMES (1769-1831)
- HAMILTON, JAMES HAMILTON, 1ST DUKE OF (1606-1649)
- HAMILTON, JOHN (c. 1511–1571)
- HAMILTON, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
- HAMILTON, PATRICK (1504-1528)
- HAMILTON, ROBERT (1743-1829)
- HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM
- HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM (1730-1803)
- HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM ROWAN (1805-1865)
- HAMILTON, THOMAS (1789-1842)
- HAMILTON, WILLIAM (1704-1754)
- HAMILTON, WILLIAM GERARD (1729-1796)
Hamilton's See also:financial policy, opposed the See also:Jay Treaty (1795) and the See also:Alien and See also:Sedition Acts, and advocated a continuance of the See also:French See also:alliance of 1778
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His party came into See also:power in 1801, and he was See also:Speaker of the house from See also:December 18oi to See also:October 1807
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At first he was in See also:accord with See also:Jefferson's See also:administration; he approved the See also:Louisiana See also:Purchase, and as See also:early as 1803 advocated the purchase of See also:Florida
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For a number of years, however, he was politically allied with John See also:Randolph.' As speaker, in spite of strong opposition, he kept Randolph at the See also:head of the important See also:committee on Ways and Means from 1801 to 1806; and in 1805-1808, with Randolph and See also:Joseph H
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See also:Nicholson (1770-1817) of See also:Maryland, he was a leader of the See also:group of about ten See also:independents, called the " Quids," who strongly criticized Jefferson and opposed the presidential candidature of See also:Madison
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By 1809, however, See also:Macon was again in accord with his party, and during the next two years he was one of the most influential of its leaders
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In December 1809 he introduced resolutions which combined the ideas of See also:- PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
Peter Early (1773-1817) of See also:Georgia, See also:David R
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See also:Williams (1976-1830) of See also:South Carolina, and See also:Samuel W
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See also:Dana (1757-1830) of See also:Connecticut with his own
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The resolutions recommended the See also:complete exclusion of See also:foreign See also:war vessels from See also:United States ports and the suppression of illegal See also:trade carried on by foreign merchants under the See also:American See also:flag
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The substance of these resolutions was embodied in the " Macon See also:Bill, No
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1," which passed the House but was defeated in the See also:Senate
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On the 7th of April 1810 Macon reported from committee the " Macon Bill, No
.
2," which had been See also:drawn by John See also:- TAYLOR
- TAYLOR, ANN (1782-1866)
- TAYLOR, BAYARD (1825–1878)
- TAYLOR, BROOK (1685–1731)
- TAYLOR, ISAAC (1787-1865)
- TAYLOR, ISAAC (1829-1901)
- TAYLOR, JEREMY (1613-1667)
- TAYLOR, JOHN (158o-1653)
- TAYLOR, JOHN (1704-1766)
- TAYLOR, JOSEPH (c. 1586-c. 1653)
- TAYLOR, MICHAEL ANGELO (1757–1834)
- TAYLOR, NATHANIEL WILLIAM (1786-1858)
- TAYLOR, PHILIP MEADOWS (1808–1876)
- TAYLOR, ROWLAND (d. 1555)
- TAYLOR, SIR HENRY (1800-1886)
- TAYLOR, THOMAS (1758-1835)
- TAYLOR, TOM (1817-1880)
- TAYLOR, WILLIAM (1765-1836)
- TAYLOR, ZACHARY (1784-1850)
Taylor (1770-1832) of South Carolina, and was not actively supported by him
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This measure (amended) became See also:law on the 1st of May, and provided for the See also:repeal of the Non-Intercourse Act of 1809, authorized the See also:president, " in See also:case either Great See also:Britain or See also:France shall before the 3rd See also:day of See also:March next so revoke or modify her edicts as that they shall cease to violate the neutral See also:commerce of the United States," to revive non-intercourse against the other, and prohibited See also:British and French vessels of war from entering American See also:waters
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In 1812 Macon voted for the See also:declaration of war against Great Britain, and later was chairman of the Congressional committee which made a See also:report (July 1813) condemning Great Britain's conduct of the war
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He opposed the See also:Bank Act of 1816, the " See also:internal improvements " policy of See also:Calhoun (in the early See also:part of his career) and See also:Clay, and the See also:Missouri See also:Compromise, his speech against the last being especially able
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In 1824 Macon received the electoral See also:vote of See also:Virginia for the See also:vice-See also:presidency, and in 1826-1828 was president See also:pro tempore of the Senate
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He was president of the North Carolina constitutional See also:convention in 1835, and was an elector on the See also:Van Buren See also:ticket in 1836
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He died at his home, See also:Buck Springs, See also:Warren See also:county, North Carolina, on the 29th of See also:June 1837
.
See William E
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See also:Dodd, The See also:Life of Nathaniel Macon (See also:Raleigh, N.C., 1903) ; E
.
M
.
See also:- WILSON, ALEXANDER (1766-1813)
- WILSON, HENRY (1812–1875)
- WILSON, HORACE HAYMAN (1786–1860)
- WILSON, JAMES (1742—1798)
- WILSON, JAMES (1835— )
- WILSON, JAMES HARRISON (1837– )
- WILSON, JOHN (1627-1696)
- WILSON, JOHN (178 1854)
- WILSON, ROBERT (d. 1600)
- WILSON, SIR DANIEL (1816–1892)
- WILSON, SIR ROBERT THOMAS (1777—1849)
- WILSON, SIR WILLIAM JAMES ERASMUS
- WILSON, THOMAS (1663-1755)
- WILSON, THOMAS (c. 1525-1581)
- WILSON, WOODROW (1856— )
Wilson, The Congressional Career of Nathaniel Macon (See also:Chapel See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
Hill, N.C., 1900)
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19th See also:century
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Its See also:fire was See also:solemn force. probably the finest See also:organ ever heard in
See also:action was as graceful as it was expressive
.
He See also:audience."
See J
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A
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See also:Picton, Memorials of Liverpool, vol. i
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(1873) ; Sir Edward Russell, " The Religious Life of Liverpool," in the See also:Sunday See also:Magazine (June 1905); See also:Charles See also:Bullock, Hugh McNeile and See also:Reformation Truth
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