See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

GEORGE See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• GEORGE STONE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

STONE (1708—1764)  , See also:

• ARCHBISHOP (Lat. archiepiscopus, from Gr. apxceatorcoros)

archbishop of See also:

• ARMAGH

Armagh, was the son of See also:

• ANDREW (Gr. 'AvBp4as, manly)
• ANDREW, JOHN ALBION (1818-1867)

Andrew See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

Stone, a See also:

• LONDON

London banker, and was educated at See also:

• WESTMINSTER
• WESTMINSTER, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• WESTMINSTER, STATUTES OF
• WESTMINSTER, SYNODS OF

Westminster School and See also:

• CHRIST (Gr. X pLQTOS, Anointed)
• CHRIST, WILHELM VON (1831-1906)

Christ 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, 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 . Having taken See also:

• HOLY

holy orders his See also:

• ADVANCEMENT

advancement in the Church was very rapid, mainly through the See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence of his See also:

• BROTHER

brother Andrew . Andrew Stone (1703—1773), who was five years older than See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George, became private secretary to the See also:

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

duke of See also:

• NEWCASTLE
• NEWCASTLE, DUKES OF

Newcastle about 1729, and was for many years on the most intimate and confidential terms both with the duke and with his brother 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:

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

Pelham . In 1734 he was appointed under-secretary of See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state, and he soon gained a position of See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• PERSONAL

personal influence with George II. by whom he was made See also:

• TUTOR (Lat. tutor, guardian, tueri, to watch over, protect)

tutor to See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

Prince George, afterwards George III . On the See also:

• ACCESSION (from Lat. accedere, to go to, to approach)

accession of the latter to the See also:

• THRONE

throne, Andrew Stone was appointed treasurer to 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 See also:

• CHARLOTTE

Charlotte, and attaching himself to 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:

• BUTE
• BUTE, JOHN STUART, 3RD EARL OF (1713-1792)

Bute he became an influential member of the party known as " 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 See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends," whose meetings were frequently held at his 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 . He was, therefore, well able to promote the preferment of his brother George, who went to See also:

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

Ireland as See also:

• CHAPLAIN

chaplain to the duke of See also:

• DORSET, EARLS, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF

Dorset when that nobleman became lord-See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant in 1731 . In 1733 George Stone was made See also:

• DEAN (Lat. decanus, derived from the Gr. 8eaa, ten)
• DEAN, FOREST OF

dean of Ferns, and in the following See also:

• YEAR

year he exchanged this deanery for that of Derry; in 1740 he became See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop of Ferns, in 1743 bishop of See also:

• KILDARE

Kildare, in 1745 bishop of Derry, and in 1747 archbishop of Armagh . During the two years that he occupied the see of Kildare he was also dean of See also:

• CHRISTCHURCH

Christchurch, See also:

• DUBLIN

Dublin . From the moment that he became See also:

• PRIMATE (from Low Lat. primas=one who held the first place, primas partes)

primate of Ireland, Stone proved himself more a politician than an ecclesiastic . " He was said to have been selfish, worldly-minded, ambitious and ostentatious; and he was accused, though very probably falsely, of See also:

• GROSS

gross private See also:

• VICE

vice." 1 His aim was to secure See also:

• POLITICAL

political See also:

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

power, a See also:

• DESIRE

desire which brought him into conflict with See also:

• BOYLE
• BOYLE, JOHN J
• BOYLE, ROBERT (1627-1691)

Boyle, the See also:

• SPEAKER

Speaker of the Irish House of See also:

• COMMONS

Commons, who had organized a formidable opposition to the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government . The duke of Dorset's reappointment to the lord-lieutenancy in 1751, with his son Lord George See also:

• SACKVILLE, GEORGE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1716-1785)
• SACKVILLE, MORTIMER

Sackville as secretary of state for Ireland, strengthened the primate's position and enabled him to See also:

• TRIUMPH (triumphus)

triumph over the popular party on the constitutional question as to the right of the Irish House of Commons to dispose of surplus Irish See also:

• REVENUE
• REVENUE (0. Fr. revenu, from revenir, to return)

revenue, which the government maintained was the See also:

• PROPERTY

property of the See also:

• CROWN

Crown . But when Dorset was replaced by the duke of See also:

• DEVONSHIRE (DEvoN)
• DEVONSHIRE, EARLS AND DUKES OF

Devonshire in 1755, Boyle was raised to the See also:

• PEERAGE
• PEERAGE (Fr. pairage, med. Lat. paragium; M.E. Pere, 0. Fr. per, peer, later pair; Lat. Paris, " equal ")

peerage as See also:

• EARL

earl of See also:

• SHANNON
• SHANNON, CHARLES HAZELWOOD (1865- )
• SHANNON, JAMES JEBUSA (1862- )

Shannon and received a See also:

• PENSION (Lat. pensio, a payment, from pendere, to weigh, to pay)

pension, and other members of the opposition also obtained See also:

• PENSIONS

pensions or places; and the archbishop, finding himself excluded from power, went into opposition to the government in See also:

• ALLIANCE

alliance with 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:

• PONSONBY, JOHN (1713-1789)

Ponsonby .

These two, afterwards joined by the primate's old See also:

• RIVAL

rival Lord Shannon, and usually supported by the earl of Kildare, regained See also:

• CONTROL (Fr. contrdle, older form contre rolle, from Med. Lat. contra-rotulus, a counter roll or copy of a document used to check the original; there is no instance in English of the use of " control " in this, its literal, meaning)

control of affairs in 1758, during the viceroyalty of the duke of See also:

• BEDFORD

Bedford . In the same year Stone wrote a remarkable See also:

• LETTER (through Fr. lettre from Lat. littera or litera, letter of the alphabet; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)

letter, preserved in the Bedford See also:

• CORRESPONDENCE
• CORRESPONDENCE (from med. scholastic Lat. correspondentia, corrcspondere, compounded of Lat. cum, with, and respond ere, to answer; cf. Fr. correspondance)

Correspondence (ii . 357), in which he speaks very despondingly of the material See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition of Ireland and the See also:

• DISTRESS

distress of the See also:

• PEOPLE

people . The archbishop was one of the " undertakers " who controlled the Irish House of Commons, and although he did not regain the almost dictatorial power he had exercised at an earlier See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period, which had suggested a comparison between him and See also:

• CARDINAL (Lat. cardinalis)

Cardinal See also:

• WOLSEY, THOMAS (c. 1475–1530)

Wolsey, he continued to enjoy a prominent See also:

• SHARE (O. Eng. scearu, chiefly in compounds, e.g. land-scearu, a share of land, from sceran to cut; cf. " shear" )

share in the See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration of Ireland until his See also:

• DEATH

death, which occurred in London on the loth of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1764 . Although this "much-abused See also:

• PRELATE (Lat. praelatus, set above, from praefero, prefer)

prelate," as See also:

• LECKY, WILLIAM EDWARD HARTPOLE (1838–1903)

Lecky calls him, was a See also:

• FIRM

firm supporter of the See also:

• ENGLISH

English government in Ireland, he was far from being a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man of tyrannical or intolerant disposition . It was due to his influence that in the See also:

• ANTI, or CAMPA

anti-tithe disturbances in See also:

• ULSTER
• ULSTER, EARLS OF

Ulster in 1763 the government acted with conspicuous moderation, and that the See also:

• MOVEMENT

movement was suppressed with very little bloodshed; he constantly favoured a policy of conciliation to-wards the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman Catholics, whose See also:

• LOYALTY

loyalty he defended at W E . H . Lecky, Hist. of Ireland in the Eighteenth See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

Century (1892), i . 462.different periods of his career both in his speeches in the Irish House of Lords and in his correspondence with ministers in London . Archbishop Stone, who never married, was a man of remarkably handsome See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance; and his See also:

• MANNERS, CHARLES (1857– )

manners were " eminently seductive and insinuating." See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

Richard See also:

• CUMBERLAND
• CUMBERLAND, DUKES AND EARLS OF
• CUMBERLAND, RICHARD (1632-1718)
• CUMBERLAND, RICHARD (1732-1811)
• CUMBERLAND, WILLIAM AUGUSTUS

Cumberland, who was struck by the " See also:

• POLISH

Polish magnificence " of the primate, speaks in the highest terms of his courage, tact, and qualities as a popular See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader . See also:

• HORACE [QuINTus HORATIUS FLACCUS] (65-8 B.C.)

Horace See also:

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

Walpole, who gives an unfavourable picture of his private See also:

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

character, acknowledges that Stone possessed " abilities seldom to be matched "; and he had the distinction of being mentioned by See also:

• DAVID
• DAVID (a Hebrew name meaning probably beloved 1)
• DAVID, FELICIEN (1810—1876)
• DAVID, GERARD [GHEERAERT DAVIT], (?=1523)
• DAVID, PIERRE JEAN (1789–1856)
• DAVID, ST (Dewi, Sant)

David See also:

• HUME, ALEXANDER (c. 1557-1609)
• HUME, DAVID (1711-1776)
• HUME, JOSEPH (1777-1855)

Hume as one of the only two men of See also:

• MARK
• MARK, CARL (1858– )
• MARK, GOSPEL OF ST
• MARK, ST

mark who had perceived merit in that author's See also:

• HISTORY

History of See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England on its first appearance . He was himself the author of several volumes of sermons which were published during his lifetime .

See Richard See also:

• MANT, RICHARD (1776–1848)

Mant, History of the Church of Ireland, vol. ii . (London, 1840) ; J . A . See also:

• FROUDE, JAMES ANTHONY (1818-1894)

Froude, The English in Ireland in the Eighteenth Century (3 vols., London, 1872–1874) ; W . E . H . Lecky, History of Ireland in the Eighteenth Century (5 vols., London, 1892) ; J . R . 'Flanagan, Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great See also:

• SEAL
• SEAL, FUR
• SEAL, HAIR

Seal of Ireland (2 vols., London, 1870),; Richard Cumberland, See also:

• MEMOIRS

Memoirs (London, 1806) ; F . See also:

• HARDY, ALEXANDRE (1569?-1631)
• HARDY, SIR THOMAS DUFFUS (1804-1878)
• HARDY, SIR THOMAS MASTERMAN
• HARDY, THOMAS (1840- )

Hardy, Memoirs of the earl of See also:

• CHARLEMONT, JAMES CAULFEILD, 1ST EARL

Charlemont (2 vols., 2nd. ed., London, 1812) ; Horace Walpole, Memoirs of the Reign of George II . (3 vols., London, 1846) ; Bedford Correspondence (3 vols., London, 1842—1846) ; Correspondence of See also:

• CHATHAM
• CHATHAM, WILLIAM PITT

Chatham (4 vols., London, 1838—18 0) . (R .

J .