See also:ROBERT CARR See also:SOMERSET (or See also:KER), See also:EARL OF (e. 1590-1645)
, Scottish politician, the date of whose See also:birth is unrecorded, was a younger son of See also:Sir 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:Ker of Ferniehurst by his second wife, See also:Janet, See also:sister of Sir See also:Walter See also:Scott of See also:Buccleuch
.
He accompanied 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 I. as See also:page to See also:England, but being then discharged from the royal service, sought 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 to make his See also:fortune in See also:France
.
Returning to England he happened to break his See also:arm at a tilting match, at which James was See also:present, and was recognized by 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
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Entirely devoid of all high intellectual qualities, Carr was endowed with See also:good looks, excellent See also:spirits, and considerable See also:personal accomplishments
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These advantages were sufficient for James, who knighted the See also:young See also:man and at once took him into favour
.
In 1607 an opportunity enabled the king to confer upon him a more substantial See also:mark of his See also:affection
.
Sir W
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See also:Raleigh had through his See also:- ATTAINDER (from the O. Fr. ataindre, ateindre, to attain, i.e. to strike, accuse, condemn; Lat. attingere, tangere, to touch; the meaning has been greatly affected by the confusion with Fr. taindre, teindre, to taint, stain, Lat. tingere, to dye)
attainder forfeited his See also:life-See also:interest in the See also:manor of See also:Sherborne, but he had previously executed a See also:conveyance by which the See also:property was to pass on his deatn to his
eldest son
.
This document was, unfortunately, rendered See also:worth-less by a flaw which gave the king eventual See also:possession of the property
.
Acting on See also:Salisbury's See also:suggestion, James resolved to confer the manor on Carr
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The See also:case was argued at See also:law, and See also:judgment was in 1609 given for the See also:Crown
.
See also:Lady Raleigh received some See also:compensation, apparently inadequate, and Carr at once entered on possession
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His See also:influence was already such that in 16ro he persuaded the king to dissolve the See also:parliament, which had shown signs of attacking the Scottish favourites
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On the 25th of See also:March r611 he was created See also:Viscount See also:Rochester, and subsequently a privy councillor, while on See also:Lord Salisbury's See also:death in 1612 he began to See also:act as the king's secretary
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On the 3rd of See also:November 1613 he was advanced to the earldom of See also:Somerset, on the 23rd of See also:December was appointed treasurer of See also:Scotland, and in 1614 lord See also:- CHAMBERLAIN (0. Fr. chamberlain, chamberlenc, Mod. Fr. chambellan, from O. H. Ger. Chamarling, Chamarlinc, whence also the Med. Lat. cambellanus, camerlingus, camerlengus; Ital. camerlingo; Span. camerlengo, compounded of 0. H. Ger. Chamara, Kamara [Lat.
- CHAMBERLAIN, JOSEPH (1836— )
- CHAMBERLAIN, JOSHUA LAWRENCE (1828– )
- CHAMBERLAIN, SIR NEVILLE BOWLES (1820-1902)
chamberlain
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He supported the See also:earl of See also:Northampton and the See also:Spanish party in opposition to the old tried advisers of the king, such as Lord-See also:Chancellor See also:Ellesmere, who were endeavouring to maintain the See also:union with the Protestants abroad, and who now in 1614 pushed forward another See also:candidate for the king's favour
.
Somerset, whose See also:head was turned by the sudden rise to See also:power and influence, became jealous and peevish, and feeling his position insecure, obtained in 1615 from the king a full See also:pardon, to which, however, the chancellor refused to put the See also:Great See also:Seal
.
He still, however, retained the king's favour, and might possibly have remained in power for some time longer but for the See also:discovery of the See also:murder of Sir Thomas See also:Overbury
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Before 16o9, while still only Sir See also:Robert Carr, Somerset had begun an intrigue with Lady See also:Essex
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Supported by the king, the latter obtained a See also:decree of nullity of See also:marriage against Lord Essex in See also:September 1613, and in December she married the earl of Somerset
.
Ten days before the See also:court gave judgment, Sir Thomas Overbury, who apparently knew facts concerning Lady Essex which would have been fatal to her success, and had been imprisoned in the See also:Tower, was poisoned
.
No See also:idea seems to have been entertained at the time that Lady Essex and her future See also:husband were implicated
.
The See also:crime, however, was not disclosed till September 16 5
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See also:Coke and See also:- BACON
- BACON (through the O. Fr. bacon, Low Lat. baco, from a Teutonic word cognate with " back," e.g. O. H. Ger. pacho, M. H. Ger. backe, buttock, flitch of bacon)
- BACON, FRANCIS (BARON VERULAM, VISCOUNT ST ALBANS) (1561-1626)
- BACON, JOHN (1740–1799)
- BACON, LEONARD (1802–1881)
- BACON, ROGER (c. 1214-c. 1294)
- BACON, SIR NICHOLAS (1509-1579)
Bacon were set to unravel the See also:plot
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After four of the See also:principal agents had been convicted and punished, the earl and countess were brought to trial
.
The latter confessed, and of her See also:guilt there can be no doubt
.
Somerset's See also:share is far more difficult to discover, and probably will never be fully known
.
The See also:evidence against him rested on See also:mere presumption, and he consistently declared himself See also:innocent
.
Probabilities are on the whole in favour of the See also:hypothesis that he was not more than an See also:accessory after the fact
.
James, who had been threatened by Somerset with damaging disclosures, let matters take their course, and both earl and countess were found guilty
.
The See also:sentence was not carried into effect against either See also:culprit
.
The countess was pardoned immediately, but both remained in the Tower till See also:January 1622
.
The earl appears to have refused to buy forgiveness by concessions, and it was not till 1624 that he obtained his pardon
.
He only once more emerged into public view when in 163o he was prosecuted in the See also:Star Chamber for communicating a See also:paper of Sir Robert See also:Dudley's to the earl of See also:Clare, recommending the See also:establishment of arbitrary See also:government
.
He died in See also:July 1645, leaving one daughter, See also:Anne, the See also:sole issue of his See also:ill-fated marriage, afterwards wife of the 1st See also:duke of See also:Bedford
.
See the See also:article by S
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R
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See also:Gardiner in See also:Diet
.
Nat
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Biog., with authorities there cited, and the same author's See also:History of England; See also:State Trials I I
.
; Life and Letters of Bacon, ed. by See also:Spedding; Studies in Eng
.
Hirt., by See also:Gairdner and Spedding
.
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