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 See also:

• JOHN SOMERS SOMERS (or SOMMERS), BARON (1651–1716)

SOMERS SOMERS (or See also:

• SOMMERS, WILLIAM (d. 156o)

SOMMERS), See also:

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

BARON (1651–1716)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English 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 See also:

• CHANCELLOR (M. Eng. and Anglo-Fr. canceler, chanceler, Fr. chancelier, Lat. cancellarius)

chancellor, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 4th 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 165r, near See also:

• WORCESTER
• WORCESTER, EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF
• WORCESTER, JOHN TIPTOFT, EARL OF (1427—1470)
• WORCESTER, WILLIAM (c. 1415-c. 1482)

Worcester, the eldest son of 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 See also:

• SOMERS, JOHN SOMERS (or SOMMERS), BARON (1651–1716)

Somers, an See also:

• ATTORNEY (from O. Fr. atorne, a person appointed to act for another, from atourner, legal Lat. attornare, attorn, literally to turn over to another or commit business to another)

attorney in large practice in that See also:

• TOWN

town, who had formerly fought on the See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of the See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

Parliament, and of See also:

• CATHERINE
• CATHERINE, SAINT

Catherine Ceaverne of See also:

• SHROPSHIRE (SALOP)

Shropshire . After being at school at Worcester he was entered as a See also:

• GENTLEMAN (from Lat. gentilis, " belonging to a race or gens," and " man "; Fr. gentilhomme, Span. gentil hombre, Ital. gentil huomo, in its original and strict signification, a term denoting a man of good family, the Lat. generosus (its invariable transl

gentleman commoner at Trinity See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

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

Oxford, and afterwards studied See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law under See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• FRANCIS
• FRANCIS (FRarrcols) OF SALES, ST (1567-1622)
• FRANCIS (Lat. Franciscus, Ital. Francesco, Span. Francisco, Fr. Francois, Ger. Franz)
• FRANCIS, SIR PHILIP (174o-1818)

Francis Winnington, who became See also:

• SOLICITOR

solicitor-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general, and joined the See also:

• MIDDLE

Middle See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

Temple . He appears, in addition to his legal studies, to have written several poems and See also:

• PAMPHLETS

pamphlets . He soon became intimate with the leaders of the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country party, especially with See also:

• ESSEX
• ESSEX, ARTHUR CAPEL
• ESSEX, EARLS OF
• ESSEX, KINGDOM OF
• ESSEX, ROBERT DEVEREUX
• ESSEX, ROBERT DEVEREUX, 2ND2 EARL OF (1566-1601)
• ESSEX, WALTER DEVEREUX, IST2 EARL OF (1541–1576)

Essex, 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:

• 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, and Algernon See also:

• SIDNEY
• SIDNEY (or SYDNEY), ALGERNON (1622-1683)
• SIDNEY, SIR HENRY (1529-1586)
• SIDNEY, SIR PHILIP (1554-1586)

Sidney, but never entered into their plans so far as to commit himself beyond recall, He was the author of the See also:

• HISTORY

History of the See also:

• SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

Succession of the See also:

• CROWN

Crown of See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, collected out of Records, &c., and was reputed to have written the Just and Modest Vindication of the Two Last Parliaments, which was put forward as the See also:

• ANSWER (derived from and, against, and the same root as swear)

answer to of See also:

• POLITICAL

political opponents; but his connexion in 1699 .with the notorious See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

Captain William See also:

• KIDD, JOHN (1775-1851)
• KIDD, THOMAS (1770-185o)
• KIDD, WILLIAM

Kidd, to the cost of whose expedition Somers had given £1000, afforded an opportunity; the See also:

• VOTE

vote of censure, however, proposed upon him in 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 giving Kidd a See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission under the See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• SEAL
• SEAL, FUR
• SEAL, HAIR

seal was rejected by 199 to 131 . The attack was renewed shortly on the ground of his having accepted grants of Crown See also:

• PROPERTY

property to the amount of 1600 a See also:

• YEAR

year, but was again defeated . On the subject of the Irish forfeitures a third attack was made in 1700, a See also:

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

motion being brought forward to See also:

• REQUEST, LETTERS OF

request 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 to remove Somers from his counsels and presence for ever; but this again was rejected by a large See also:

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

majority . In consequence, however, of the incessant agitation William now requested Somers to resign; this he refused to do, but gave up the See also:

• SEALS

seals to William's messenger . In 1701 he was impeached by the Commons on See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of the See also:

• PART

part he had taken in the negotiations See also:

• RELATING

relating to the See also:

• PARTITION

Partition Treaty in 1698, and defended himself most ably before the house, answering the charges seriatim . The See also:

• IMPEACHMENT (O. Fr. empeahement, empeschement, from em pecher or empescher, to hinder, Late Lat. impedicare, to entangle, pedica, fetter, pes, foot)

impeachment was voted and sent up to the Lords, but was there dismissed . On the See also:

• DEATH

death of the king Somers retired almost entirely into private See also:

• LIFE

life . He was See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of the Royal Society from 1699 to 1704 . He was, however, active in 1702 in opposing the Occasional Conformity See also:

• BILL

Bill, and in 1706 was one of the managers of the See also:

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

union with See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland .

In the same year he carried a bill regulating and improving the proceedings of the law courts . He was made president of the See also:

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

council in 1708 upon the return of the Whigs to See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power, and retained 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 until their downfall in 1710 . He died on the 26th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1716 . Somers was never married, but See also:

• LEFT

left two sisters, of whom the eldest, See also:

• MARY
• MARY (1457-1482)
• MARY (1496-1533)
• MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS

Mary, married 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 Cocks, whose See also:

• GRANDSON (Ger. Grandsee)

grandson, Sir Charles Cocks, See also:

• HART, ALBERT BUSHNELL (1854– )
• HART, CHARLES (d. 1683)
• HART, ERNEST ABRAHAM (1835–1898)
• HART, SIR ROBERT
• HART, WILLIAM (1823–1894)

hart., became the second Lord Somers in 1784, the See also:

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

title subsequently descending in this See also:

• LINE

line . For a contemporary See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character of Somers See also:

• ADDISON, JOSEPH (1672-1719)

Addison's See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper in the Freeholder See also:

• FUR (connected with O. Fr. forre, a sheath or case; so " an outer covering ")

fur the 14th of May 1716 should be referred to; and there is in See also:

• MACAULAY, THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY, BARON (1800-1859)

Macaulay's History (iv . 53) an eloquent and worthy See also:

• TRIBUTE (Lat. tributurn, a stated payment, contribution)

tribute to his stainless character and comprehensive learning . A See also:

• CATALOGUE (a Fr. adaptation of the Gr. KaraXoyos, a register, from Karalyety, to enrol or pick out)

catalogue of his publications will be found in See also:

• WALPOLE, HORATIO
• WALPOLE, SIR SPENCER (1839-1907)

Walpole's Royal and See also:

• NOBLE, SIR ANDREW (1832- )

Noble Authors . (0 .