See also:

• EARL

EARL OF See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

CHARLES MORDAUNT See also:

• PETERBOROUGH

PETERBOROUGH AND See also:

• MONMOUTH (Welsh Mynwy)
• MONMOUTH, BATTLE OF (1778)
• MONMOUTH, JAMES SCOTT
• MONMOUTH, ROBERT CAREY, 1ST EARL OF (c. 1560-1639)

MONMOUTH (C. 1658-1735)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English soldier and statesman, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born about 1658 . His See also:

• FATHER

father, 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 Mordaunt, was created See also:

• VISCOUNT (through O. Fr. viscomte, mod. vicomte, from Low Lat. vice-comes, cf. Portug. visconde, Ital. visconte)

Viscount Mordaunt of See also:

• AVALON (also written AVALLON, AVOLLON, AVILION and AVELION)

Avalon and See also:

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

Baron Mordaunt of See also:

• REIGATE

Reigate, See also:

• SURREY
• SURREY, EARLDOM OF
• SURREY, HENRY HOWARD, EARL OF (1518?-1547)

Surrey, in 1659;1 his See also:

• MOTHER

mother was See also:

• ELIZABETH
• ELIZABETH (1533-1603)
• ELIZABETH (1596-1662)
• ELIZABETH (1635–1650)
• ELIZABETH [ AMELIE EUGENIE ] (1837—1898)
• ELIZABETH [1lisabeth Philippine Marie Helene of France] (1764—1794)
• ELIZABETH [PAULINE ELIZABETH OTTILIE LOUISE] (1843– )
• ELIZABETH [PETROVNA] (1709-1762), EMPRESS
• ELIZABETH, SAINT (1207-1231)

Elizabeth, the daughter and See also:

• SOLE (Solea)

sole heiress of See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas See also:

• CAREY, HENRY (d. 1743)
• CAREY, HENRY CHARLES (1793-1879)
• CAREY, WILLIAM (1761-1834)

Carey, the second son of See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert Carey, 1st See also:

• EARL

earl of See also:

• MONMOUTH (Welsh Mynwy)
• MONMOUTH, BATTLE OF (1778)
• MONMOUTH, JAMES SCOTT
• MONMOUTH, ROBERT CAREY, 1ST EARL OF (c. 1560-1639)

Monmouth ? He matriculated at See also:

• CHRIST (Gr. X pLQTOS, Anointed)
• CHRIST, WILHELM VON (1831-1906)

Christ See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church, 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, on the nth of See also:

• APRIL

April 1674 . When about sixteen years of See also:

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

age he joined See also:

• SIR

Sir John See also:

• NARBOROUGH, SIR JOHN (d. 1688)

Narborough's See also:

• FLEET

fleet in the Mediterranean, and won his first distinction in arms in the destruction of the See also:

• DEY (an adaptation of the Turk. dai, a maternal uncle)

dey's fleet under the very guns of See also:

• TRIPOLI
• TRIPOLI (Tarabulus el-Gharb, i.e. Tripoli of the West)
• TRIPOLI, or TARABULUS (anc. Tripolis)

Tripoli . His father died on the 5th of See also:

• JUNE

June 1675, and See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles Mordaunt succeeded to the See also:

• PEERAGE
• PEERAGE (Fr. pairage, med. Lat. paragium; M.E. Pere, 0. Fr. per, peer, later pair; Lat. Paris, " equal ")

peerage as Viscount Mordaunt . On his return from the second expedition to See also:

• TANGIER (locally TANJAH)

Tangier he plunged into active See also:

• POLITICAL

political See also:

• LIFE

life as a zealous Whig and an unswerving opponent of the See also:

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

duke of 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 . But his continued hostility to 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 II. forced him to repair to See also:

• HOLLAND
• HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
• HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
• HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
• HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
• HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
• HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
• HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART

Holland in 1686, when he proposed to 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 of See also:

• ORANGE
• ORANGE (Citrus Aurantium)
• ORANGE, HOUSE OF

Orange to invade See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England . The disposition of the See also:

• COLD (in O. Eng. cald and ceald, a word coming ultimately from a root cognate with the Lat. gelu, gelidus, and common in the Teutonic languages, which usually have two distinct forms for the substantive and the adjective, cf. Ger. Kolte, kalt, Dutch koude

cold and cautious William had little in See also:

• COMMON

common with the fierce and turbulent Mordaunt . His See also:

• PLAN
• PLAN (from Lat. planes, flat)

plan was rejected, though the prudent See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince of Orange deemed it judicious to retain his services . When William sailed to Torbay his friend accompanied him, and when the Dutch prince was safely established on the See also:

• THRONE

throne of England honours without stint were showered upon See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord Mordaunt . He was sworn of the privy See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council on the 14th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1689, on the 8th of April of the same See also:

• YEAR

year appointed first lord of the See also:

• TREASURY

treasury, and a See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day later advanced in the peerage by creation as earl of Monmouth . In less than a year he was out of the treasury, but he still remained by the See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person of his monarch and was with him in his dangerous passage to Holland in See also:

• JANUARY

January 1691 .

He was one of the eighteen peers who signed the protest against the rejection, on the 7th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1692, of the See also:

• MOTION (Lat. motio, from movere, to move)
• MOTION, LAWS OF

motion for the See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment of a See also:

• COMMITTEE (from commute, an Anglo-Fr. past participle of commettre, Lat. committere, to entrust; the modern Fr. equivalent comite is derived from the Eng.)

committee to inquire into the conduct of the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war, and although William had refused his consent to a See also:

• BILL

bill for triennial parliaments in the previous session, Lord Monmouth did not shrink from reintroducing it in December 1693 . This led to a disagreement with the 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, though the final See also:

• BREACH (Mid. Eng. breche, derived from the common Teutonic root brec, which appears in " break," Ger. brechen, &c.)

breach did not take See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place until January 1697, when Monmouth was accused of complicity in Sir John See also:

• FENWICK, SIR JOHN (c. 1645-1697)

Fenwick's See also:

• CONSPIRACY (from Lat. conspirare, literally to breathe together, to agree, combine, and especially to form a secret plot)

conspiracy and of the use of " undutiful words " towards 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 . He was committed to the See also:

• TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

Tower, staying in confinement until the 3oth of 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 1697, and deprived of his employments . Some See also:

• CONSOLATION (Fr. consolation, Lat. consolatio, from consolari, to assuage, comfort, console)

consolation for these troubles came to him on the 19th of June of the same year, when he succeeded to the earldom of See also:

• PETER
• PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
• PETER (PEDRO)
• PETER, EPISTLES OF
• PETER, ST

Peter-See also:

• BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
• BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)

borough, by the See also:

• DEATH

death of his See also:

• UNCLE

uncle See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry Mordaunt, 2nd earl . The four years after his See also:

• RELEASE (O.Fr. reles, variant of relais, from relaisser, to release, let go, Lat. relaxare)

release from the Tower were mainly passed in retirement, but on the See also:

• ACCESSION (from Lat. accedere, to go to, to approach)

accession of See also:

• ANNE (1665-1714)
• ANNE (1693-1740)

Anne he plunged into political life again with avidity . His first See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act was to draw down on himself in February 1702 the censure 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 for the See also:

• PART

part which he took in the See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt to secure the return of his nominee for the borough of See also:

• MALMESBURY
• MALMESBURY, JAMES HARRIS, IST EARL OF (1746-1820)
• MALMESBURY, JAMES HOWARD HARRIS, 3RD EARL OF (1807-1889)

Malmesbury . Through the fear of the See also:

• MINISTRY

ministry that his restless spirit would drive him into opposition to its See also:

• MEASURES

measures if he stayed at See also:

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

home, he was appointed See also:

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

early in 1705 to command an expedition of ' A See also:

• BARONY

barony of Mordaunt by See also:

• WRIT (O. Eng. gewrit, writ, from writan, to write)

writ had existed in the See also:

• FAMILY

family since 1529, and the viscount was the second son of the fifth of these barons, who in 1628 was created earl of See also:

• PETERBOROUGH

Peterborough, the See also:

• ELDER (0. Eng. ellarn; Ger. Holunder; Fr. sureau)
• ELDER (Gr. 1rpev(3iTepos)

elder son Henry being second earl . 2 Cr . 1626 . This peerage became See also:

• EXTINCT

extinct in 1661 on the death of the 2nd earl . English and Dutch troops in See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain . He was created the sole See also:

• COMMANDER

commander of the See also:

• LAND

land forces in April 1705 and See also:

• JOINT (through Fr. from Lat. junctum, jungere, to join)

joint-commander with Sir Cloudesley See also:

• SHOVEL (O.E. scoff, from root of scufan, to shove, push, cf. Ger. Schaufel, also Schiippe, scoop)
• SHOVEL, SIR CLOUDESLEY [or CLOWDISLEY SHOVELL as he seems to have spelt the name himself] (c. 1650-1707)

Shovel of the fleet on the 1st of May, after he had been reinstated a member of the privy council on the 29th of March .

He arrived at See also:

• LISBON (Lisboa)

Lisbon on the loth of June 1705, sailed for See also:

• BARCELONA

Barcelona (Aug . 1705) on an expedition for the See also:

• CONQUEST

conquest of See also:

• CATALONIA (Cataluna)

Catalonia, and began to besiege that See also:

• TOWN

town . For some See also:

• WEEKS, EDWIN LORD (1849-1903)

weeks the operations were not prosecuted with vigour and Peterborough urged that the fleet should transport the troops to See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy, but the energetic counsels of the See also:

• ARCHDUKE (Lat. archidux, Ger. Erzherzog)

Archduke Charles at last prevailed and by the 14th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell into his hands . On the 24th of January 1706 he entered See also:

• VALENCIA
• VALENCIA, or VALENTIA

Valencia in See also:

• TRIUMPH (triumphus)

triumph, but these movements had weakened the See also:

• GARRISON
• GARRISON, WILLIAM LLOYD (1805-1879)

garrison at Barcelona, which was now besieged by a See also:

• SUPERIOR

superior See also:

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

French force under Tesse . The garrison, commanded by the archduke, defended their positions with See also:

• GREAT

great bravery, but would have been obliged to surrender had not the fleet of Sir John See also:

• LEAKE, WILLIAM MARTIN (1777-186o)

Leake, answering the appeals of Charles but contrary to the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original orders of Peterborough, come to their assistance on the 8th of May, whereupon the French raised the See also:

• SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege on the 11th of May . It is difficult to understand the See also:

• ACTION

action of Peterborough during this See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign, unless on the supposition that he was out of sympathy with the See also:

• MOVEMENT

movement for placing an See also:

• AUSTRIAN

Austrian prince on the throne of Spain . When Charles deter-See also:

• MINED

mined upon uniting with Lord See also:

• GALWAY

Galway's troops and marching to See also:

• MADRID

Madrid, the See also:

• ADVICE (Fr. avis, from Lat. ad, to, and visum, viewed)

advice of Peterborough again hindered his progress . At first he urged an advance by Valencia as supplies had there been collected, then he withdrew this statement; afterwards he delayed for some weeks to join Galway, who was in need of succour, but ultimately reached the See also:

• CAMP (from Lat. campus, field)

camp on the 6th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August . The leaders of the See also:

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

army differed in their views, and Lord Peterborough was recalled to England to explain his conduct (March 1707) . On his return to England in August he allied himself with the Tories, and received his See also:

• REWARD

reward in being contrasted, much to his See also:

• ADVANTAGE

advantage, with the Whig See also:

• VICTOR
• VICTOR, GAIUS JULIUS (4th cent. A.D.)
• VICTOR, SEXTUS AURELIUS

victor of See also:

• BLENHEIM (Ger. Blindheim)

Blenheim and See also:

• MALPLAQUET

Malplaquet: The See also:

• DIFFERENCES, CALCULUS OF (Theory of Finite Differences)

differences between the three peers, Peterborough, Galway and Tyrawley, who had served in Spain, formed the subject of angry debates in the Lords, when the See also:

• MAJORITY (Fr. majorite; Med. Lat. majoritas; Lat. major, greater)

majority declared for Peterborough; after some fiery speeches the See also:

• RESOLUTION

resolution that he had performed many great and eminent services was carried, and votes of thanks were passed to him without any See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division (January and February 1708) . His new See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends were not desirous of detaining him See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long on English See also:

• SOIL

soil, and they sent him on a See also:

• MISSION

mission to See also:

• VIENNA (Ger. Wien; Lat. Vindobona)
• VIENNA, CONGRESS OF (1814-1815)

Vienna, where he characteristically engaged the ministry in pledges of which they disapproved . His resentment at this disagreement was softened by the command of a See also:

• CAVALRY (Fr. cavalerie, Ger. Kavallerie or Reiterei, derived ultimately from late Lat. caballus, horse)

cavalry See also:

• REGIMENT (from Late Latin regimentum, rule, regere, to rule, govern, direct)

regiment, and by his appointment as a See also:

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

Knight of the Garter (Aug .

3 and 4, 1713) . With the accession of See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George I . Lord Peterborough's See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence was gone . Worn out with suffering, he died at Lisbon on the 25th of October 1735 . His remains were brought to England, and buried at Turvey in See also:

• BEDFORDSHIRE [abbreviated Beds]

Bedfordshire on the 21st of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November . Lord Peterborough was See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short in stature and spare in See also:

• HABIT (through the French from Lat. habitus, from habere, to have, hold, or, in a reflective sense, to be in a certain condition; in many of the English senses the French use habitude, not habit)

habit of See also:

• BODY

body . His activity knew no See also:

• BOUNDS, BEATING THE

bounds . He was said to have seen more See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

kings and postilions than any See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man in See also:

• EUROPE

Europe, and the whole point of See also:

• SWIFT
• SWIFT, JONATHAN (1667—1745)

Swift's lines on " Mordauto " consisted in a description of the See also:

• SPEED, JOHN (1552–1629)

speed with which he hastened from See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital to capital . He was eloquent in debate and intrepid in war, but his influence in the See also:

• SENATE (Lat. senatus, from root sen-, as in senex, old; the root is the Sanskrit sana, cf. Gr. 'vos; the same element appears in senor, seigneur, seneschal)

senate was ruined through his inconsistency, and his vigour in the See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

field was wasted through his want of See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

union with his colleagues . His first wife, Carey, daughter of Sir See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

Alexander See also:

• FRASER
• FRASER, ALEXANDER CAMPBELL (1819– )
• FRASER, JAMES (1818-1885)
• FRASER, JAMES BAILLIE (1783--1856)
• FRASER, SIR WILLIAM AUGUSTUS

Fraser of Dores, See also:

• KINCARDINESHIRE, or THE MEARNS

Kincardineshire, died on the 13th of May 1709, and was buried at Turvey . Some years later (1722) he secretly married Anastasia See also:

• ROBINSON, EDWARD (1794–1863)
• ROBINSON, HENRY CRABB (1777–1867)
• ROBINSON, JOHN (1575–1625)
• ROBINSON, JOHN (1650-1723)
• ROBINSON, JOHN THOMAS ROMNEY (1792–1882)
• ROBINSON, MARY [" Perdita "] (1758–1800)
• ROBINSON, SIR JOHN BEVERLEY, BART
• ROBINSON, SIR JOSEPH BENJAMIN (1845– )
• ROBINSON, THEODORE (1852-1896)

Robinson (c . 1695-1755), a famous dramatic See also:

• SINGER, SIMEON (1846-1906)

singer (from 1714) of great beauty and sweetness of disposition, daughter of Thomas Robinson (d .

1722), a portrait painter; but she was at first unrecognized as his wife, and lived apart from him (regarded merely as his See also:

• MISTRESS

mistress) with her two sisters at See also:

• PARSON

Parson's See also:

• GREEN, A
• GREEN, ALEXANDER HENRY (1832—1896)
• GREEN, DUFF (1791—1875)
• GREEN, JOHN RICHARD (1837—1883)
• GREEN, MATTHEW (1696-1737)
• GREEN, THOMAS HILL (1836-1882)
• GREEN, VALENTINE (1739–1813)
• GREEN, WILLIAM HENRY (.1825–1900)

Green . She remained on the operatic See also:

• STAGE (Fr. 6/age; from Lat. stare, to stand)

stage, till 1724 . It was only a few months before his death that (after a second See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage ceremony) she was introduced to society as the countess of Peterborough . He had a son John (1681–171o) who predeceased him, and was therefore succeeded in the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title by his See also:

• GRANDSON (Ger. Grandsee)

grandson Charles (1710–1779), whose son Charles Henry (1758–1814), 5th earl, died unmarried, the honours becoming extinct, except for the barony of Mordaunt, which passed to a See also:

• COLLATERAL (from Med. Lat. collateralis,—cum, with, and latus, lateris, side,—side by side, hence parallel or additional)

collateral See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch and fell into See also:

• ABEYANCE (O. Fr. abeance, " gaping")

abeyance in 1836 .