See also:

• SPENCER
• SPENCER, HERBERT (1820-1903)
• SPENCER, JOHN CHARLES SPENCER, 3RD EARL (1782-1845)
• SPENCER, JOHNPOYNTZ SPENCER
• SPENCER, WILLIAM ROBERT (1769-1834)

SPENCER See also:

• PERCEVAL, or PERCYVELLE (Ger. Parzival, Fr. Perlesvaus, Welsh, Peredur)
• SPENCER PERCEVAL (1762-1812)

PERCEVAL (1762-1812)  , See also:

• PRIME, PRIMER AND PRIMING

prime See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister of See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England from 18o9 to 1812, second son of See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John, and See also:

• EARL

earl of See also:

• EGMONT (EGMOND), LAMORAL, COUNT OF
• EGMONT, EARLS OF

Egmont, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• AUDLEY, or AUDELEY, SIR JAMES (c. 1316-1386)
• AUDLEY, THOMAS AUDLEY, BARON (c. 1488-1544)

Audley Square, See also:

• LONDON

London, on the 1st of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1762 . He was educated at See also:

• HARROW

Harrow and at Trinity See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge, and was called to the See also:

• BAR
• BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
• BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
• BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
• BAR, THE

bar at See also:

• LINCOLN
• LINCOLN, ABRAHAM (1809-1865)
• LINCOLN, EARLS OF

Lincoln's See also:

• INN

Inn in 1786 . A very able speech in connexion with a famous See also:

• FORGERY (derived through the French from Latin fabricare, to construct)

forgery See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case having See also:

• DRAWN

drawn See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention to his talents, his success was 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 rapid, he was soon regarded as the leading counsel on the Midland See also:

• CIRCUIT (Lat. circuitus, from circum, round, and ire, to go)

circuit, and in 1796 became a K.C . Entering See also:

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

parliament for See also:

• NORTHAMPTON
• NORTHAMPTON, ASSIZE OF
• NORTHAMPTON, EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF

Northampton in See also:

• APRIL

April of that See also:

• YEAR

year, he distinguished himself by his speeches in support of the See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration of See also:

• PITT, THOMAS (1653-1726)
• PITT, WILLIAM (1759-1806)

Pitt . In 1801, on the formation of the Addington administration, he was appointed See also:

• SOLICITOR

solicitor-See also:

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

general, and in 1802 he became See also:

• ATTORNEY (from O. Fr. atorne, a person appointed to act for another, from atourner, legal Lat. attornare, attorn, literally to turn over to another or commit business to another)

attorney-general . An ardent opponent of See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic Emancipation, he delivered in 1807 a speech on the subject which helped to give the deathblow to the See also:

• GRENVILLE (or GRANVILLE), SIR RICHARD (r600-1658)
• GRENVILLE (or GREYNVILE), SIR RICHARD (c. 1541-1591)
• GRENVILLE, GEORGE (1712-1770)
• GRENVILLE, SIR BEVIL (1596-1643)
• GRENVILLE, WILLIAM WYNDHAM GRENVILLE, BARON (1759-1834)

Grenville administration, upon which he became See also:

• CHANCELLOR (M. Eng. and Anglo-Fr. canceler, chanceler, Fr. chancelier, Lat. cancellarius)

chancellor of the See also:

• EXCHEQUER

exchequer under the See also:

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

duke of See also:

• PORTLAND
• PORTLAND, EARL OF
• PORTLAND, ISLE OF
• PORTLAND, WILLIAM BENTINCK, EARL
• PORTLAND, WILLIAM HENRY CAVENDISH BENTINCK

Portland, whom in 1809 he succeeded in the premiership . Notwithstanding that he had the assistance in the See also:

• CABINET

cabinet of no statesman of the first See also:

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

rank, he succeeded in retaining 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 till he was shot by a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man named See also:

• BELLINGHAM
• BELLINGHAM, SIR EDWARD (d. 1549)

Bellingham, a bankrupt with a grievance, who had vainly applied to him for redress, in the See also:

• LOBBY

lobby of 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 on the 11th of May 1812 . Bellingham was certainly insane, but the plea was set aside and he was hanged . See also:

• PERCEVAL, or PERCYVELLE (Ger. Parzival, Fr. Perlesvaus, Welsh, Peredur)
• PERCEVAL, SPENCER (1762-1812)

Perceval was a vigorous debater, specially excelling in replies, in which his thorough mastery of all the details of his subject gave him a See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• ADVANTAGE

advantage . He married in 1790 and had six sons and six daughters; one of the latter married See also:

• SPENCER
• SPENCER, HERBERT (1820-1903)
• SPENCER, JOHN CHARLES SPENCER, 3RD EARL (1782-1845)
• SPENCER, JOHNPOYNTZ SPENCER
• SPENCER, WILLIAM ROBERT (1769-1834)

Spencer Horatio See also:

• WALPOLE, HORATIO
• WALPOLE, SIR SPENCER (1839-1907)

Walpole (d . 1898), See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home secretary, and their son See also:

• SIR

Sir Spencer Walpole, the well-known historian, published an excellent See also:

• BIOGRAPHY (from the Gr. (3ios, life, and yp&4 , writing)

biography of Perceval in 1874 . See also P .

Treherne, Spencer Perceval (19o9) .