3RD See also:EARL See also:JOHN See also:CHARLES See also:SPENCER SPENCER (1782-1845)
, See also:English statesman, better known by the See also:courtesy See also:title of See also:Lord Althorp, which he See also:bore during his See also:father's lifetime, was the son of See also:George See also:John, 2nd See also:Earl (1758–1834), See also:grandson of John (1734–1783), created 1st Earl See also:Spencer in 1765, and See also:great-grandson of See also:Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of See also:Sunderland
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His father served in the ministries of See also:Pitt, See also:Fox and See also:Grenville, and was first lord of the See also:admiralty from 1794–1801; and his See also:interest in literature was shown in his See also:attention to the Althorp library, inherited from the 3rd Earl of Sunder-See also:land, which he See also:developed into the finest private library in See also:Europe; his wife, the eldest daughter of the 1st Earl See also:Lucan, was conspicuous in See also:London society for her gaiety and brightness
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Their eldest son, John Charles, was See also:born at Spencer See also:House, London, on the 30th of May 1782
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In 1800 he took up his See also:residence at Trinity See also:College, See also:Cambridge, and for some 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 applied himself energetically to mathematical studies; but he spent most of his time in See also:hunting and racing
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Almost immediately after taking his degree in 1802, he set out on a See also:continental tour, which was cut See also:short, after he had passed some months in the See also:chief cities in See also:Italy, by the renewal of See also:war
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Through the See also:influence of Pitt's See also:government he was returned to See also:parliament for 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 See also:Okehampton in See also:Devonshire in See also:April 1804, and, although he vacated his seat in See also:February 18o6, to contest the university of Cambridge against Lord 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:Petty and Lord See also:Palmerston (when he was hopelessly beaten), he was elected in the same See also:month for St Albans, and appointed a lord of the See also:treasury
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At the See also:general See also:election in See also:November 18o6, he was elected for See also:Northamptonshire, and he continued to sit for the See also:county until he succeeded to the See also:peerage
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His tastes were then, as ever, for See also:country See also:life, but his indignation at the See also:duke of See also:York's conduct at the See also:Horse See also:Guards led him to move a See also:resolution of the House of See also:Commons in 1809 for the duke's removal frorn his See also:post
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For the next few years after this speech Lord Althorp occasionally spoke in debate and always on the See also:side of Liberalism, but from 1813 to 1818 he was only rarely in the House of Commons
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His See also:absence was partly due to a feeling that it was hopeless to struggle against the will of the Tory See also:ministry, but more particularly to his See also:marriage on the 14th of April 1814, to See also:Esther, only daughter of See also:Richard Acklom of Wiseton 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, Northamptonshire, who died in childbirth 1818
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In 1819, on his return to See also:political life after her See also:death, and for many years after that date he pressed upon the attention of the house the See also:necessity of establishing a more efficient See also:bankruptcy See also:court, and of expediting the recovery of small debts; and he saw both these reforms accomplished before 1825
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During the greater See also:part of the reign of George IV. the Whigs lost their legitimate influence in the See also:state from their want of cohesion, but this defect was soon remedied in 1830 when Lord Althorp was chosen their See also:leader in the See also:lower house, and his capacity for the position was proved by experience
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When Lord See also:Grey's See also:administration was formed at the See also:close of the See also:year the chancellorship of the See also:exchequer combined with the leadership of the House of Commons was entrusted to Lord Althorp, and to him more than to any other See also:man, with the exception of the See also:prime See also:minister and the lord See also:chancellor, may be attributed the success of the government See also:measures
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The See also:budget, it is true, was a failure, but this misfortune was soon forgotten in the struggles over the Reform See also:Bill
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The See also:consideration of the preliminaries of this measure was assigned to four ministers, two in the See also:cabinet and two outside that See also:body; but their proposals were, after careful examination, approved or rejected by Lord Grey and Lord Althorp before they were brought under the See also:notice of the cabinet
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When the Bill was ready for introduction to the House of Commons its principles were expounded by Lord John 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; but from the commencement of the protracted discussion over its details he had the assistance of Lord Althorp, and after some
See also:weeks of incessant toil, which the physique of Lord John Russell could not sustain any longer, the whole responsibility was See also:cast on Lord Althorp
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To. combat the objections of three such pertinacious opponents as See also:Croker, Sugden and Wetherell required both skill and courage, and in Lord Althorp these qualities were found
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On one evening he made as many As.twenty speeches
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The Reform Bill was carried at last, and popular See also:instinct was right in assigning to the leader of the house a See also:credit only second to that earned by Lord John Russell
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After the See also:dissolution of 1833 the Whigs returned to. See also:power with augmented See also:numbers; but See also:differences soon showed themselves among both leaders and followers, and their See also:majority crumbled away
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Their position was strengthened for a time by triumphantly carrying a new poor See also:law bill; and even their keenest critics would not allow that, had the Whig propositions on See also:tithes and See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church rates been carried into effect, many years of passionate controversy would have been spared
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The ministry of Lord Grey was shattered to pieces by difficulties over an Irish See also:coercion bill
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Although Lord See also:Melbourne became premier (See also:July 14,
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1834), the fortunes,of the ministry rested on Lord Althorp's presence in the House of Commons
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The death of the 2nd Earl Spencer in November 1834, called his son to the upper house, 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 IV. took See also:advantage of this event to summon a Tory cabinet to his side
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The new Lord Spencer abandoned the cares of 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 and returned to country life with unalloyed delight
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Henceforth See also:agriculture, not politics, was his See also:principal interest
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He was the first See also:president of the Royal Agricultural Society (founded 1838), and a notable See also:cattle-breeder
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Often as he was urged by his political See also:friends to come to their assistance, he rarely quitted the peaceful pleasures which he loved
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He died at Wiseton on the 1st of See also:October 1845, being succeeded as 4th Earl, in See also:default of issue, by his See also:brother See also:Frederick (d
.
1857)
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He had held, as a statesman, a remarkable position
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The Whigs required, to carry the Reform Bill, a leader of unstained See also:character, one to whom party spirit could not attach the suspicion of greed of office, and against Lord Althorp malevolence was powerless
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No stronger See also:- PROOF (in M. Eng. preove, proeve, preve, &°c., from O. Fr . prueve, proeve, &c., mod. preuve, Late. Lat. proba, probate, to prove, to test the goodness of anything, probus, good)
proof of his pre-See also:eminence could be given than the oft-quoted saying of Lord See also:Hardinge that one of Croker's ablest speeches was demolished by the See also:simple statement of Lord Althorp that he had collected some figures which entirely refuted it, but had lost them
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The See also:trust which the_house put in him then was never wanting
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