See also:

• SIR

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 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)
• SIR GILBERT PARKER (1862— )
• PARKER, SIR HYDE, BART
• PARKER, THEODORE (1810-186o)

PARKER (1862— )  , See also:

• BRITISH

British novelist and politician, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• CAMDEN
• CAMDEN, CHARLES PRATT, 1ST EARL (1714-1794)
• CAMDEN, JOHN JEFFREYS PRATT, 2ND EARL
• CAMDEN, WILLIAM (1551-1623)

Camden See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East, Addington, See also:

• ONTARIO
• ONTARIO, LAKE

Ontario, on the 23rd of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1862, the son of See also:

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

Captain J . 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, R.A . He was educated at See also:

• OTTAWA

Ottawa and at Trinity University, See also:

• TORONTO

Toronto . In 1886 he went to See also:

• AUSTRALIA

Australia, and became for a while See also:

• ASSOCIATE (Lat. associates, from ad, to, and sociare to join)

associate-editor of the See also:

• SYDNEY

Sydney See also:

• MORNING

Morning See also:

• HERALD (O. Fr. heraut, herault; the origin is uncertain, but O.H.G. heren, to call, or hariwald, leader of an army, have been proposed; the Gr. equivalent is Kddpvi : Lat. praeco, caduceator, fetialis)

Herald . He also travelled extensively in the Pacific, and subsequently in See also:

• NORTHERN

northern See also:

• CANADA

Canada; and in the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early 'nineties he began to make a growing reputation in See also:

• LONDON

London as a writer of romantic fiction . The best of his novels are those in which he first took for his subject the See also:

• HISTORY

history and See also:

• LIFE

life of the See also:

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

French Canadians; and his permanent See also:

• LITERARY

literary reputation rests on the See also:

• FINE

fine quality, descriptive and dramatic, of his See also:

• CANADIAN

Canadian stories . See also:

• PIERRE

Pierre and his See also:

• PEOPLE

People (1892) was followed by Mrs Falchion (1893), The Trail of the See also:

• SWORD (0. Eng. sweord; ultimately from an Indo-European root meaning to wound)

Sword (1894), When Valmond came to See also:

• PONTIAC
• PONTIAC (c. 1720-1769)

Pontiac (1895), An Adventurer of the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North (1895), and The Seats of the Mighty (1896, dramatized in 1897) . The See also:

• LANE, EDWARD WILLIAM (1801–1876)
• LANE, JAMES HENRY (1814–1866)

Lane that had no Turning (1goe>) contains some of his best See also:

• WORK

work . In The See also:

• BATTLE

Battle of the Strong (1898) he See also:

• BROKE, or BROOKE, ARTHUR (d. 1563)
• BROKE, SIR PHILIP BOWES VERE, BART

broke new ground, laying his See also:

• SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene in the Channel Islands . His See also:

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

chief later books were The Right of Way (See also:

• TOOL (0. Eng. tdl, generally referred to a root seen in the Goth. taujan, to make, or in the English word " taw," to work or dress leather)

tool), See also:

• DONOVAN, EDWARD (1768–1837)

Donovan See also:

• PASHA

Pasha (1902), The See also:

• LADDER, (0. Eng. hlaeder; of Teutonic origin, cf. Dutch leer, Ger. Leiter; the ultimate origin is in the root seen in " lean," Or. KNiµat)

Ladder of Swords (1904), The Weavers (1907) and Northern See also:

• LIGHTS, CEREMONIAL USE OF

Lights (1909) . In 1895 he married See also:

• MISS

Miss See also:

• VAN

Van Tine of New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York, a wealthy heiress . His Canadian connexion and his experience in Australia and elsewhere.had made him a strong Imperialist in politics, and from that 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 began to devote himself in large measure to a See also:

• POLITICAL

political career .

He still kept up his literary work, but some of the books last mentioned cannot compare with those by which he made his name . He was elected to See also:

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

parliament in 190o (re-elected 1906 and 191o) as Conservative member for See also:

• GRAVESEND

Gravesend and soon made his See also:

• MARK
• MARK, CARL (1858– )
• MARK, GOSPEL OF ST
• MARK, ST

mark in the 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 of See also:

• COMMONS

Commons . He wasknighted in 1902, and in succeeding years continually strengthened his position in the party, particularly by his energetic work on behalf of See also:

• TARIFF (adapted in English from the French; the word comes through the Spanish tarifa, a list or schedule of prices, from the Arabic, ta'rifa, information, an inventory, 'arf, know-ledge)

Tariff Reform and Imperial Preference . If he had given up to public life what at one time seemed to be due to literature, he gave it for See also:

• ENTHUSIASM

enthusiasm in the Imperialist See also:

• MOVEMENT

movement; and with the progress of that cause he came to See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank by 1910 as one of the foremost men in the Unionist party outside those who had held 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 .