See also:

• SIR

SIR 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:

• STANLEY (FAMILY)
• STANLEY, ARTHUR PENRHYN (18x5–1881)
• STANLEY, EDWARD (1779-1849)
• STANLEY, SIR HENRY MORTON (184o-1904)
• SIR WILLIAM STANLEY (1548-163o)
• STANLEY, THOMAS (1625-1678)

STANLEY (1548-163o)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English soldier and traitor, was the eldest son of See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• ROWLAND, HENRY AUGUSTUS (1848-1901)

Rowland See also:

• STANLEY (FAMILY)
• STANLEY, ARTHUR PENRHYN (18x5–1881)
• STANLEY, EDWARD (1779-1849)
• STANLEY, SIR HENRY MORTON (184o-1904)
• STANLEY, SIR WILLIAM (1548-163o)
• STANLEY, THOMAS (1625-1678)

Stanley (d . 1612) of Hooton, See also:

• CHESHIRE

Cheshire, a member of the famous See also:

• FAMILY

family of that name . As a volunteer under the See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

• ALVA
• ALVA, or ALBA, FERNANDO ALVAREZ DE TOLEDO, DUKE OF, (1508-1583)

Alva he gained his earliest military experiences in the service of See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain; then about 1570 he joined the English forces in See also:

• IRELAND
• IRELAND, CHURCH
• IRELAND, CHURCH OF
• IRELAND, JOHN (1761-1842)
• IRELAND, JOHN (1838- )
• IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY (1777-1835)

Ireland, where he remained for fifteen years, being knighted by Sir 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:

• DRURY, SIR WILLIAM (1527-1579)

Drury See also:

• ILL

ill ,1579 . He was very prominent in the See also:

• GUERRILLA (erroneously written " guerilla," being the diminutive of the Span. guerra, war)

guerrilla warfare against the Irish rebels; he was made See also:

• SHERIFF

sheriff of See also:

• CORK
• CORK (perhaps through Sp. corcha from Lat. cortex, bark, but possibly connected with quercus, oak)
• CORK, RICHARD BOYLE

Cork, and he acted as See also:

• DEPUTY (through the Fr. from a Late Lat. use of deputare, to cut off, allot; putare having the original sense of to trim, prune)

deputy for Sir 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:

• NORRIS
• NORRIS, FRANK (1870—1902)
• NORRIS, HENRY NORRIS
• NORRIS, JOHN (1657-1711)
• NORRIS, SIR JOHN (c. 1547-1597)
• NORRIS, WILLIAM EDWARD (1847– )

Norris, the 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 See also:

• MUNSTER
• MUNSTER, SEBASTIAN (1489-1552)

Munster, where by 300 executions he terrified the inhabitants " that a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man now may travel the whole 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 and none to molest him." Having, says William See also:

• CAMDEN
• CAMDEN, CHARLES PRATT, 1ST EARL (1714-1794)
• CAMDEN, JOHN JEFFREYS PRATT, 2ND EARL
• CAMDEN, WILLIAM (1551-1623)

Camden, " singulari fide et fortitudine in Hibernico hello moruerat," he returned to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England in See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1585, undoubtedly annoyed that his services had not been more generously rewarded . In See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December of this See also:

• YEAR

year, however, he crossed to the See also:

• NETHERLANDS

Netherlands with the English forces, but almost as soon as he reached his destination he was sent to Ireland to collect recruits, of whom he ;enlisted about 1400 . Although a strong See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic, Stanley had hitherto served See also:

• ELIZABETH
• ELIZABETH (1533-1603)
• ELIZABETH (1596-1662)
• ELIZABETH (1635–1650)
• ELIZABETH [ AMELIE EUGENIE ] (1837—1898)
• ELIZABETH [1lisabeth Philippine Marie Helene of France] (1764—1794)
• ELIZABETH [PAULINE ELIZABETH OTTILIE LOUISE] (1843– )
• ELIZABETH [PETROVNA] (1709-1762), EMPRESS
• ELIZABETH, SAINT (1207-1231)

Elizabeth loyally, but lingering in See also:

• LONDON

London on his return from his Irish errand, he seems to have entered into the schemes of the See also:

• JESUITS

Jesuits against the See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

queen, and he was probably aware of See also:

• ANTHONY, SAINT
• ANTHONY, SUSAN BROWNELL (1820-1906)

Anthony See also:

• BABINGTON, ANTHONY (1561–1586)
• BABINGTON, CHURCHILL (1821-1889)

Babington's See also:

• PLOT
• PLOT, ROBERT (164o-1696)

plot . But the 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 for more active and See also:

• PERSONAL

personal treachery had not yet arrived, and with his Irish levies he reached See also:

• HOLLAND
• HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
• HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
• HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
• HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
• HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
• HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
• HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART

Holland in See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August x586, fought gallantly at See also:

• ZUTPHEN, or ZUTFEN

Zutphen and helped Sir William See also:

• PELHAM
• PELHAM, HENRY (1696-1754)
• PELHAM, HENRY FRANCIS (1846-1907)

Pelham to seize See also:

• DEVENTER

Deventer . In spite of some remonstrances, Stanley was made See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of this See also:

• TOWN

town, being given extended See also:

• POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers by See also:

• LEICESTER
• LEICESTER, EARLS OF
• LEICESTER, ROBERT DUDLEY, EARL
• LEICESTER, ROBERT SIDNEY, EARL OF (1563-1626)
• LEICESTER, THOMAS WILLIAM COKE, EARL OF (1754-1842)

Leicester, and his opportunity had now come . In See also:

• JANUARY

January 1587 he surrendered Deventer to the Spaniards, and while most of his men entered the See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish service, he travelled to See also:

• MADRID

Madrid to discuss the projected invasion of England, his See also:

• IDEA (Gr. Ibia, connected with i&eiv, to see; cf. Lat. species from specere, to look at)

idea being to make Ireland the See also:

• BASE

base for this undertaking . These and subsequent plans were ruined by the defeat of the See also:

• ARMADA, THE

Armada, but he made several journeys to Spain, and did not abandon the See also:

• HOPE, ANTHONY
• HOPE, THOMAS (c. 1770-1831)

hope that England might be invaded . In the intervals between his travels he fought under the Spanish See also:

• FLAG (or " FLAGGE," a common Teutonic word in this sense, but apparently first recorded in English)

flag in the Netherlands and in See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France . Later he became governor of Mechlin, and he died at See also:

• GHENT (Flem. Gent, Fr. Gand)

Ghent on the 3rd 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 1630 .

His descendant, William Stanley, was created a See also:

• BARONET

baronet in 1661, the male See also:

• LINE

line of the family becoming See also:

• EXTINCT

extinct when Sir John Stanley-Errington, the 12th baronet, died in 1893 . See R . Bagwell, Ireland under the Tudors (1890), vol. iii.; and J . L . See also:

• MOTLEY
• MOTLEY, JOHN LOTHROP (1814–1897)

Motley, The See also:

• UNITED

United Netherlands (1904), vol. ii .