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:SACHEVERELL (1638-1691)
, See also:English statesman, son of 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:Sacheverell, a See also:country See also:gentleman, was See also:born in 1638
.
His See also:family had held a See also:good position in See also:Derbyshire and See also:Nottinghamshire since the 12th See also:century, the name appearing as Sent Cheveroll in the See also:roll of See also:Battle See also:Abbey, 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 inherited large estates from his See also:father
.
He was admitted at See also:- GRAY
- GRAY (or GREY), WALTER DE (d. 1255)
- GRAY, ASA (1810-1888)
- GRAY, DAVID (1838-1861)
- GRAY, ELISHA (1835-1901)
- GRAY, HENRY PETERS (1819-18/7)
- GRAY, HORACE (1828–1902)
- GRAY, JOHN DE (d. 1214)
- GRAY, JOHN EDWARD (1800–1875)
- GRAY, PATRICK GRAY, 6TH BARON (d. 1612)
- GRAY, ROBERT (1809-1872)
- GRAY, SIR THOMAS (d. c. 1369)
- GRAY, THOMAS (1716-1771)
Gray's See also:Inn in 1667, and in 167o he was elected member of See also:parliament for Derbyshire
.
He immediately gained a prominent position in the party hostile to the See also:Court, and before he had been six months in the See also:House of See also:Commons he proposed a See also:resolution that all " popish recusants " should be removed from military commands; the See also:motion, enlarged so as to include See also:civil employment, was carried without a See also:division on the 28th of See also:February 1672-1673
.
This resolution was the forerunner of the Test See also:Act, in the preparation of which Sacheverell took an active See also:part, and which caused the break up of the See also:cabal
.
He now took part in nearly every debate in the House of Commons, being recognized as one of the, most able of the leaders of the opposition or country party
.
He strongly opposed 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 policy of affiance with See also:France, advocating a See also:league with the Dutch instead, and the refusal of supplies until the demands of the Commons should be complied with
.
Sacheverell took especial See also:interest in the See also:state of the See also:navy and spoke in many debates on this question
.
In 1677 he carried an address to the king calling upon him to conclude an See also:alliance with the See also:United Provinces against See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis XIV., and when the See also:Speaker adjourned the House by See also:Charles's 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 Sacheverell made an eloquent protest, asserting the right of the House itself to decide the question of its See also:adjournment
.
When parliament met See also:early in 1678 assurances were received from Charles II. that he had arranged the See also:treaties demanded by the Commons; but Sacheverell boldly questioned the king's good faith, and warned the Commons that they were being deceived
.
When the See also:secret treaty with France became known, thus confirming Sacheverell's insight, the latter called for the disbandment of the forces and advocated the refusal of further supplies for military purposes; and in See also:June 1678 he resolutely opposed See also:Lord See also:Danby's proposal to See also:- GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
- GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
- GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
- GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
- GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
- GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
- GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
- GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
- GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
- GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
- GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
- GRANT, U
- GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)
grant £300,000 per annum to Charles II. for See also:life
.
Barillon mentions Sacheverell among the Whig leaders who accepted bribes from Louis XIV., but the See also:evidence against him is not conclusive
.
When See also:Titus See also:Oates began his pretended revelations in 167.8 Sacheverell was among those who most firmly believed in the existence of a Popish See also:plot
.
He was one of the most active investigators of the affair, and one of the managers of the See also:impeachment of the five See also:Catholic peers
.
He also acted for a 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 as chairman of the secret See also:committee of the Commons, and See also:drew up the See also:report on the examination of the Jesuit Coleman, secretary to the duchess of See also:York
.
He was a member of the committee for drafting the articles of impeachment against Danby in 1678, and was appointed one of the managers of the Commons; and in 1679, when the impeachment, interrupted by the See also:dissolution of parliament, was resumed in the new parliament, he spoke strongly against the validity of Danby's plea of See also:pardon by the king
.
The allegations made in Sacheverell's report on the examination of Coleman prompted the country party to demand' the exclusion of 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:duke of York, from the See also:succession to the See also:throne, the first See also:suggestion of the famous Exclusion See also:Bill being made by Sacheverell on the 4th of See also:November 1678 in a debate—" the greatest that ever was in Parliament," as it was pronounced by contemporaries—raised by Lord See also:- RUSSELL (FAMILY)
- RUSSELL, ISRAEL COOK (1852- )
- RUSSELL, JOHN (1745-1806)
- RUSSELL, JOHN (d. 1494)
- RUSSELL, JOHN RUSSELL, 1ST EARL (1792-1878)
- RUSSELL, JOHN SCOTT (1808–1882)
- RUSSELL, LORD WILLIAM (1639–1683)
- RUSSELL, SIR WILLIAM HOWARD
- RUSSELL, THOMAS (1762-1788)
- RUSSELL, WILLIAM CLARK (1844– )
Russell with the See also:object of removing the duke from the King's See also:Council
.
He vigorously promoted the bill in the House of Commons and opposed granting supplies till it should pass
.
When Charles offered an alternative See also:- SCHEME (Lat. schema, Gr. oxfjya, figure, form, from the root axe, seen in exeiv, to have, hold, to be of such shape, form, &c.)
scheme (1679) for limiting the See also:powers of a Catholic See also:sovereign, Sacheverell made a See also:great speech in which he pointed out the
insufficiency of the king's terms for securing the object desired by the Whigs
.
In the conflict between the Petitioners and the See also:Abhorrers he supported the former, and on the 27th of See also:October 168o brought forward a motion asserting the right of petitioning the king to summon parliament, and proposed the impeachment of See also:Chief See also:Justice See also:North as the author of the See also:proclamation against tumultuous petitioning
.
Sacheverell was one of the managers on behalf of the Commons at the trial of Lord See also:Stafford in-
See also:West-See also:minster See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
Hall; but took no further part in public affairs till after the elections of See also:March 1681, when he was returned unopposed for Derbyshire
.
He was prosecuted for See also:riot in connexion with the surrender of the See also:charter .of See also:Nottingham in 1682, being tried before Chief Justice See also:Jeffreys, who fined him 500 marks
.
At the See also:general See also:election following the See also:death of Charles II. in 1685 Sacheverell lost his seat, and for the next four years he lived in retirement on his estates
.
In the See also:convention parliament summoned by the See also:prince of See also:Orange, in which he sat for Heytes See also:bury, he spoke in favour of a See also:radical resettlement of the constitution, and served on a committee, of which See also:Somers was chairman, for See also:drawing up a new constitution in the See also:form of the See also:Declaration of Right; and he was one of the representatives of' the Commons In their See also:conference with fhe peers on the question of declaring the throne vacant
.
William III. appointed Sacheverell a lord of the See also:admiralty, but he resigned the 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 after a few months
.
He procured the omission of Lord Jeffreys's name, from the Act of See also:Indemnity
.
In 1690 he moved a famous See also:amendment to the See also:Corporation Bill, proposing the addition of a clause-the purport of which was misrepresented by See also:Macaulay—for disqualifying for office for seven years municipal functionaries who in 'See also:defiance of the See also:majority of their colleagues had surrendered their charters to the See also:Crown
.
A celebrated debate on this question took See also:place in the House of Commons in See also:January 169o; but the evident intention of the Whigs to perpetuate their own ascendancy by tampering with the See also:franchise contributed largely to the Tory reaction which resulted in the defeat of the Whigs in the elections. of that See also:year
.
Sacheverell was elected member for Nottingham-See also:shire; but he died on the 9th of October 1691, before taking his seat
.
In the See also:judgment of Speaker See also:Onslow, Sacheverell was the "ablest parliament See also:man " of the reign of Charles II
.
He was one of the earliest of English See also:parliamentary orators; his speeches greatly impressed his contemporaries, and in a later See also:generation, as Macaulay observes, they were " a favourite theme of old men who lived to see the conflicts of- See also:Walpole and Pulteney." Though his fame has become dimmed in comparison with that of See also:Shaftesbury, Russell and See also:Sidney, he was not less conspicuous in the parliamentary proceedings of Charles II.'s reign, and he See also:left a more permanent See also:mark than any of them on the constitutional changes of the See also:period
.
Sacheverell was twice .married
.
His first wife was See also:Mary, daughter of William See also:Staunton of Staunton; and his 'second was Jane, daughter of See also:Sir See also:John See also:Newton
.
His eldest son See also:Robert represented the 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 of Nottingham in six parliaments and died in 1714
.
The family became See also:extinct in 1724
.
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