See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

JOSEPH See also:

• SIR JOSEPH PAXTON (1801-1865)

PAXTON (1801-1865)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English architect and ornamental gardener, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born of humble parents at See also:

• MILTON
• MILTON, JOHN (1608–1674)

Milton See also:

• BRYANT, WILLIAM CULLEN (1794-1878)

Bryant, near See also:

• WOBURN

Woburn, See also:

• BEDFORDSHIRE [abbreviated Beds]

Bedfordshire, on the 3rd of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 18or, and was educated at the See also:

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

grammar school of that See also:

• TOWN

town . Having served his See also:

• APPRENTICESHIP (from Fr. apprendre, to learn)

apprenticeship as gardener from the See also:

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

age of fifteen, and himself constructed a large See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

lake when gardener to Battlesden in 1822, he was in 1823 employed in the See also:

• ARBORETUM

arboretum at See also:

• CHISWICK

Chiswick, the seat of the See also:

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

duke of See also:

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

Devonshire, and eventually became See also:

• SUPERINTENDENT

superintendent of the duke's gardens and grounds at See also:

• CHATSWORTH

Chatsworth, and manager of his See also:

• DERBYSHIRE

Derbyshire estates . In 1836 he began to erect a See also:

• GRAND

grand conservatory 300 ft. in length, which was finished in 1840, and formed the See also:

• MODEL (0. Fr. modelle, mod. modele; It. modello, pattern, mould; from Lat. modus, measure, standard)

model for the See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

• EXHIBITION

Exhibition See also:

• BUILDING

building of 1851 . In this See also:

• YEAR

year See also:

• PAXTON, SIR JOSEPH (1801-1865)

Paxton received the See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of See also:

• KNIGHTHOOD

knighthood . Perhaps his most interesting See also:

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

design was that for the See also:

• MANSION (through O. Fr. mansion, mod. maison, from Lat. mansio, dwelling-place, stage on a journey; manere, to remain)

mansion of See also:

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

Baron See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James de See also:

• ROTHSCHILD

Rothschild at Ferrieres in See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, but he designed many other important buildings . His versatility was shown in his organization of the See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

Army See also:

• WORKS

Works See also:

• CORPS (pronounced as in French, from which it is taken, being a late spelling of tors, from Lat. corpus, a body; cf. " corpse ")

Corps which served in the See also:

• CRIMEA (ancient Tauris or Tauric Chersonese, called by the Russians by the Tatar name Krym or Crim)

Crimea, his excellent capacity as a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man of business in railway management, and his enterprising experiments in floriculture . In 1854 he was chosen M.P. for See also:

• COVENTRY, SIR JOHN (d. 1682)
• COVENTRY, SIR WILLIAM (c. 1628-1686)
• COVENTRY, THOMAS COVENTRY, 1ST BARON (2578–1640)

Coventry, which he continued to represent in the Liberal See also:

• INTEREST

interest till his See also:

• DEATH

death at See also:

• SYDENHAM
• SYDENHAM, CHARLES EDWARD
• SYDENHAM, THOMAS (1624-1689)

Sydenham on the 8th of See also:

• JUNE

June 1865 . Paxton was elected in 1826 a See also:

• FELLOW

fellow of the Horticultural Society . In the following year he married Sarah Bown . In 1833 he became a fellow of the Linnean Society, and in 1844 he was made a See also:

• KNIGHT, CHARLES (1791-1873)
• KNIGHT, DANIEL RIDGWAY (1845– )
• KNIGHT, JOHN BUXTON (1843–1908)

knight of 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 St See also:

• VLADIMIR
• VLADIMIR, ST (c. 956-1015)

Vladimir by the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor of See also:

• RUSSIA
• RUSSIA (Rossiya)

Russia . He was the author of several contributions to the literature of See also:

• HORTICULTURE
• HORTICULTURE (Lat. hortus, a garden)

horticulture, including a See also:

• PRACTICAL

Practical See also:

• TREATISE

Treatise on the Culture of the See also:

• DAHLIA

Dahlia (1838), and a See also:

• POCKET

Pocket Botanical See also:

• DICTIONARY

Dictionary (1st ed., 1840) . He also edited the Cottage See also:

• CALENDAR

Calendar, the Horticultural See also:

• REGISTER

Register and the Botanical See also:

• MAGAZINE

Magazine .

PAYMASTER-See also:

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

GENERAL, in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, a public officer and a member of the See also:

• MINISTRY

ministry for the 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 being . The 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 was, by statutes passed in 1835 and 1848, consolidated with other offices through which moneys voted by See also:

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

parliament were previously paid . The paymaster-general is appointed by sign See also:

• MANUAL

manual See also:

• WARRANT (Med. Lat. warantum; O. Fr. garant, warant, derived from O.H.G. root represented in modern German bygewdhren)

warrant, he is unpaid, and does not require to offer himself for re-See also:

• ELECTION
• ELECTION (from Lat. eligere, to pick out)

election on See also:

• ACCEPTANCE (Lat. acceptare, frequentative form of accipere, to receive)

acceptance of office . The See also:

• MONEY

money appropriated by parliament for the various services of 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 is placed by order of the See also:

• TREASURY

Treasury to the See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of the paymaster-general, and a communication to that effect made to the See also:

• COMPTROLLER

comptroller and auditor-general . The paymaster-general then makes all payments required by the various departments in accordance with the See also:

• PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary See also:

• VOTE

vote . The duties of the office are carried out by a permanent See also:

• STAFF (O. Eng. staef, cf. Du. staf, Ger. Stab, &c.; Icel. stafr meant also a written letter, and O. Eng. stafas, the letters of the alphabet; " stave," one of the thin pieces of wood of which a cask is made, is a doublet)

staff, headed by an assistant paymaster-general, acting on See also:

• POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers granted by the paymaster-general .