See also:SIR See also:FRANCIS See also:PALGRAVE (1788-1861)
, See also:English historian, was the son of See also:Meyer See also:Cohen, a Jewish stockbroker, and was See also:born in See also:London in See also:July 1788
.
He was educated privately and was so precocious a boy as to translate a Latin version of the See also:Battle of the Frogs and Mice into See also:French in 1796, which was published by his See also:father in 1797
.
In 1803 See also:Palgrave was articled
to a See also:firm of solicitors, but was called to the See also:bar at the See also:Middle See also:Temple in 1827
.
On his See also:marriage in 1823 with See also:Elizabeth, daughter of See also:Dawson See also:Turner of See also:Great See also:Yarmouth, he had become a See also:Christian, and had changed his name to Palgrave, the See also:maiden name of his wife's See also:mother
.
His See also:work as a See also:barrister was chiefly concerned with See also:pedigree cases before the See also:House of Lords
.
He edited for the See also:Record See also:Commission See also:Parliamentary Writs (London, 1827—1834); Rotuli curiae regis (London, 1835); The antient kalendars and inventories of the See also:treasury of his See also:majesty's See also:exchequer (London, 1836); and Documents and records illustrating the See also:history of See also:Scotland (London, 1837), which contains an elaborate introduction
.
In 1831 he published his History of See also:England, Anglo-Saxon See also:Period, later See also:editions of which were published as History of the Anglo-See also:Saxons; in 1832, his Rise and Progress of the English See also:Commonwealth, pronounced by See also:Freeman a " memorable See also:book "; and in 1834 his See also:Essay upon the See also:original authority of 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 See also:council
.
In 1832 he was knighted, and after serving as one of the municipal corporations commissioners, became See also:deputy-keeper of the public records in 1838, holding 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 until his See also:death at See also:Hampstead on the 6th of July 1861
.
Palgrave's most important work is his History of See also:Normandy and England, which appeared in four volumes (London 1851-1864), and deals with the history of the two countries down to 11os
.
He also wrote Truths and See also:Fictions of the Middle Ages (London, 1837, and again 1844); The See also:Lord and the See also:Vassal (London, 1844); and Handbook for Travellers in See also:Northern See also:Italy (London, 1842, and subsequent editions)
.
Palgrave's four sons were: See also:Francis Turner Palgrave (q.v.), sometime See also:professor of See also:poetry at 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; 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:Gifford See also:Pal-See also:grave; See also:Sir See also:Robert Harry See also:Inglis Palgrave (b
.
1827), an authority upon banking and See also:economics generally; and Sir Reginald Francis See also:Douce Palgrave
.
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