KARL FREDRIK See also:

• KARL FREDRIK PECHLIN (1720-1796)

PECHLIN (1720-1796)  , See also:

• SWEDISH

Swedish politician and See also:

• DEMAGOGUE (Gr. Srlµaywybs, from iyety, to lead, and Siµos, the people)

demagogue, son of the See also:

• HOLSTEIN
• HOLSTEIN, FRIEDRICH VON (1837–1909)

Holstein See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister at See also:

• STOCKHOLM

Stockholm, was educated in See also:

• SWEDEN
• SWEDEN [Sverige]
• SWEDEN, NORWAY AND

Sweden, and entered the Swedish See also:

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

army . He See also:

• ROSE
• ROSE (Rosa)
• ROSE, GEORGE (1744-1818)
• ROSE, HUGH JAMES (1795—1838)
• ROSE, WILLIAM STEWART (1775-1843)

rose to the See also:

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

rank of 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, but became famous by being the type See also:

• PAR (Lat. par, equal)

par excellence of the corrupt and egoistic Swedish parliamentarian of the final See also:

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

period of the Frihetstiden (see SWEDEN . See also:

• HISTORY

History) ; he received for many years the See also:

• SOBRIQUET

sobriquet of " General of the Riksdag." See also:

• PECHLIN, KARL FREDRIK (1720-1796)

Pechlin first appears prominently in Swedish politics in 176o, when by suddenly changing sides he contrived to See also:

• SAVE, or SAVA (Ger. Sau; Hungarian Szdva; Lat. Savus)

save the " Hats " from See also:

• IMPEACHMENT (O. Fr. empeahement, empeschement, from em pecher or empescher, to hinder, Late Lat. impedicare, to entangle, pedica, fetter, pes, foot)

impeachment . Enraged at being thus excluded from See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power by their former friend, the " Caps " procured Pechlin's See also:

• EXPULSION (Lat. expulsio, from expellere)

expulsion from the two following Riksdags . In 1769 Pechlin sold the " Hats " as he had formerly sold the " Caps, " and was largely instrumental in preventing the projected indispensable reform of the Swedish constitution . During the revolution of 1772 he escaped from Stockholm and kept quietly in the background . In 1786, when the opposition against Gustavus III. was gathering strength, Pechlin reappeared in the Riksdag as one of the leaders of the malcontents, and is said to have been 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 in the pay of the See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian 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 . In 1789 he was one of the deputies whom Gustavus III. kept under See also:

• LOCK (from the O. Eng. loc.; the word appears, in different forms, in many Teutonic languages, but with such various meanings as " hole," Ger. Loch, " lid," Swed. lock, &c.; probably the original was a root meaning " to enclose ")
• LOCK, MATTHIAS

lock and See also:

• KEY
• KEY (in O. Eng. tang; the ultimate origin of the word is unknown; it appears only in Old Frisian kei of other Teutonic languages; until the end of the 17th century the pronunciation was kay, as in other words in O. Eng. ending in aeg; cf. daeg, day; clang
• KEY (the phraseograms being indicated by hyphens)
• KEY, SIR ASTLEY COOPER (1821-1888)
• KEY, THOMAS HEWITT (1799-1875)

key till he had changed the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government into a semi-See also:

• ABSOLUTE (Lat. absolvere, to loose, set free)

absolute See also:

• MONARCHY (Fr. monarchic, from Lat. monarchia, Gr. uovapXia, rule of one, µbvos, alone, apXi7, rule)

monarchy . It is fairly certain that Pechlin was at the bottom of the See also:

• PLOT
• PLOT, ROBERT (164o-1696)

plot for murdering Gustavus in 1792 . On the See also:

• EVE

eve of the assassination (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 16) the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal conspirators met at his 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 to make their final preparations and discuss the See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of government which should be adopted after 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:

• DEATH

death . Pechlin undertook to See also:

• CROWD, CROUTH, CROWTH

crowd the fatal masquerade with accomplices, but took care not to be there personally . He was arrested on the 17th of March, but nothing definite could ever be proved against him .

Nevertheless he was condemned to imprisonment in the fortress of Varberg, where he died four years later . See R . N . See also:

• BAIN, ALEXANDER (1818-1903)
• BAIN, ANDREW GEDDES (1797-1864)

Bain, Gustavus III. and his Contemporaries (See also:

• LONDON

London, 1905) . (R . N .