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 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 See also:PYE (1745-1813)
, See also:English poet See also:laureate, was See also:born in See also:London on the loth of See also:February 1745, and educated at Magdalen See also:College, 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
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His See also:father, a See also:Berkshire See also:land-owner, died in 1766, leaving him a See also:legacy of See also:debt amounting to £5o,000, and the burning of his See also:home at See also:Great See also:Faringdon further increased his difficulties
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In 1784 he was elected M.P. for Berkshire
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He was obliged to sell the paternal See also:estate, and, retiring from See also:Parliament in 1790, became a See also:police See also:magistrate for See also:Westminster
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Although he had no command of See also:language and was destitute of poetic feeling, his ambition was to obtain recognition as a poet, and he publi§hed many volumes of See also:verse
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Of all he wrote his See also:prose See also:Summary of the Duties of a See also:Justice of the See also:Peace out of Sessions (1808) is most worthy of See also:record
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He was made poet laureate in 1790, perhaps as a See also:reward for his faithful support of See also:Pitt in the See also:House of See also:Commons
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The See also:appointment was looked on as ridiculous, and his birthday odes were a continual source of contempt
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His most elaborate poem was an epic, See also:Alfred ("Sol)
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He was the first poet laureate to receive a fixed See also:salary of £27 instead of the historic tierce of See also:Canary See also:wine
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He died at Pinner, See also:Middlesex, on the If th of See also:August 1813
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