See also:RADICAL (See also:Lat. radix, a See also:root)
, in See also:English politics, a See also:term applied to politicians who See also:desire to make thorough, or See also:radical, changes in the constitution and in the social 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 generally
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Although it had been used in a somewhat similar way during the reign of See also:Charles II., the term Radical, in its See also:political sense, originated about the end of the 18th See also:century, probably owing its existence to Charles 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:Fox, who, in ,1797, declared that " radical reform " was necessary
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The ideas of the first Radicals were borrowed largely from the authors of the See also:French Revolution
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The word was more generally employed during the disturbed See also:period between the See also:close of the See also:Napoleonic See also:wars and the passing of the See also:great Reform See also:Bill of 1832, and was applied to See also:agitators like 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:Hunt and 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 See also:Cobbett
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After the Reform Bill had become See also:law, the See also:advocates of violent See also:change were See also:drawn into the Chartist See also:movement, and the Radicals became less revolutionary both in speech and See also:object
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Thus in 1842 an observer writes:—" The term Radical, once employed as a name of See also:low reproach, has found its way into high places, and is gone forth as the See also:title of a class who See also:glory in their designation." About this 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 many members of See also:Parliament were known as Radicals, among these men being See also:George See also:Grote and See also:Joseph See also:Hume
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The Radicals never formed ' a distinct party in the See also:House of See also:Commons, and subsequently they formed simply the advanced See also:section of the Liberal party
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For a few years in the 19th century the wearing of a See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white See also:hat was looked upon as the distinguishing See also:mark of a Radical, a hat of this See also:colour having been worn by Hunt when addressing meetings
.
See W
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See also:Harris, See also:History of the Radical Party in Parliament (1885); S
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See also:Bamford, Passages in the See also:Life of a Radical (new ed., 1893) ; C
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B
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Roylance See also:Kent, The English Radicals:_ an See also:Historical See also:Sketch (1899)
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