See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

LOUIS See also:

• GABRIEL (Heb. SKns, man of God)

GABRIEL See also:

• LOUIS GABRIEL SUCHET

SUCHET  , Duc D'ALBUFERA DA See also:

• VALENCIA
• VALENCIA, or VALENTIA

VALENCIA (1770–1826), See also:

• MARSHAL (med. Lat. marescalcus, from O.H.Ger. marah, horse, and scalc, servant)

marshal of See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, one of the most brilliant of See also:

• NAPOLEON

Napoleon's generals, was the son of a See also:

• SILK

silk manufacturer at See also:

• LYONS
• LYONS (Fr. Lyon)
• LYONS, COUNCILS OF
• LYONS, EDMUND LYONS, BARON (1790-1858)
• LYONS, RICHARD BICKERTON PEMELL LYONS, 1ST EARL (1817–1887)

Lyons, where he was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 2nd 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 1770 . He originally intended to follow his See also:

• FATHER

father's business; but having in 1792 served as volunteer in the See also:

• CAVALRY (Fr. cavalerie, Ger. Kavallerie or Reiterei, derived ultimately from late Lat. caballus, horse)

cavalry of the See also:

• NATIONAL

national guard at Lyons, he manifested military abilities which secured his rapid promotion . As chef de bataillon he was See also:

• PRESENT

present at the See also:

• SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege of See also:

• TOULON

Toulon in 1793, where he took See also:

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

General O'Hara prisoner . During the See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign of 1796 he was severely wounded at Cerea on the 11th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October . In October 1797 he was appointed to the command of a demi-See also:

• BRIGADE (Fr. and Ger. brigade, Ital. brigata, Span. brigada; the English use of the word dates from the early 17th century)

brigade, and his services, under See also:

• JOUBERT, BARTHELEMY CATHERINE (1769–1799)
• JOUBERT, JOSEPH (1754–1824)
• JOUBERT, PETRUS JACOBUS (1834–1900)

Joubert in the See also:

• TIROL (or TYROL 1)

Tirol in that See also:

• YEAR

year, and in See also:

• SWITZERLAND

Switzerland under See also:

• BRUNE, GUILLAUME MARIE ANNE (1763-1815)

Brune in 1797–98, were recognized by his promotion to the See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of general of brigade . He took no See also:

• PART

part in the See also:

• EGYPTIAN

Egyptian campaign, but in See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August was made See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief of the See also:

• STAFF (O. Eng. staef, cf. Du. staf, Ger. Stab, &c.; Icel. stafr meant also a written letter, and O. Eng. stafas, the letters of the alphabet; " stave," one of the thin pieces of wood of which a cask is made, is a doublet)

staff to Brune, and restored the efficiency and discipline of the See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army in See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy . In See also:

• JULY

July 1799 he was made general of See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division and chief of staff to Joubert in Italy, and was in 1800 named by See also:

• MASSENA, ANDRE, or ANDREA

Massena his second in command . His dexterous resistance to the See also:

• SUPERIOR

superior forces of the Austrians with the See also:

• LEFT

left wing of Massena's army, when the right and centre were shut up in See also:

• GENOA (anc. Genua, Ital. Genova, Fr. GPnes)

Genoa, not only prevented the invasion of France from this direction but contributed to the success of Napoleon's See also:

• CROSSING

crossing the See also:

• ALPS

Alps, which culminated in the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of See also:

• MARENGO

Marengo on the r4th of See also:

• JUNE

June . He took a prominent part in the Italian campaign till the See also:

• ARMISTICE (from Lat. arma, arms, and sistere, to stop)

armistice of Treviso . In the See also:

• CAMPAIGNS

campaigns of 1805 and 18o6 he greatly increased his reputation at See also:

• AUSTERLITZ (Czech Slavkov)

Austerlitz, See also:

• SAALFELD

Saalfeld, See also:

• JENA

Jena, See also:

• PULTUSK

Pultusk and Ostrolenka . He obtained the See also:

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

title of See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

count on the 19th of March 18o8, married Mlle- de See also:

• SAINT (lat. sanctus, " holy ")

Saint See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

Joseph, a niece of Joseph See also:

• BONAPARTE

Bonaparte's wife, and soon afterwards was ordered to See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain . Here, after taking part in the siege of See also:

• SARAGOSSA (Zaragoza)
• SARAGOSSA, COUNCILS OF (Concilia Caesarauguslana)

Saragossa, he was named See also:

• COMMANDER

commander of the army of See also:

• ARAGON, or ARRAGON (in Span. Aragon)

Aragon and See also:

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

governor of the See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province, which, by See also:

• WISE, HENRY ALEXANDER (1806-1876)
• WISE, ISAAC MAYER (1819-1900)

wise and (unlike that of most of the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French generals) disinterested See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration no less than by his brilliant valour, he in two years brought into See also:

• COMPLETE

complete submission .

He annihilated the army of See also:

• BLAKE, EDWARD (1833– )
• BLAKE, ROBERT (1599-1657)
• BLAKE, WILLIAM (1757-1827)

Blake at Maria on the 14th of June 1809, and on the 22nd of See also:

• APRIL

April 1810 defeated O'Donnell at See also:

• LERIDA

Lerida . After being made marshal of France (July 8, 1811) he in 1812 achieved the See also:

• CONQUEST

conquest of Valencia, for which he was rewarded with the title of duc d'Albuf era da Valencia (1812) . When the See also:

• TIDE (O. Eng. lid, cf. Ger. Zeit, time or season, connected with root of Sanskrit a-diti, endless)

tide set against the French See also:

• SUCHET, LOUIS GABRIEL

Suchet defended his conquests step by step till compelled to retire into France, after which he took part in See also:

• SOULT, NICOLAS JEAN DE DIEU

Soult's defensive campaign . By See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis XVIII. he was on the 4th of June made a peer of France, but, having during the See also:

• HUNDRED

Hundred Days commanded one of Napoleon's armies on the Alpine frontier, he was deprived of his See also:

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

peerage on the 24th of July 1815 . He died near See also:

• MARSEILLES

Marseilles on the 3rd of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1826 . Suchet wrote Menwires dealing with the See also:

• PENINSULAR

Peninsular See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War, which were left by the marshal in anunfinished See also:

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

condition, and the two volumes and See also:

• ATLAS

atlas appeared in 1829–1834 under the editorship of his former chief staff officer, See also:

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

Baron St Cyr-Nogues . See C . H . Barault-Roullon, Le Marechal Suchet (See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, 1854) ; Choumara, Considerations militaires sur See also:

• LES

les memoires du Marechal Suchet (Paris, 1840), a controversial See also:

• WORK

work on the last events of the Peninsular War, inspired, it is supposed, by Soult ; and See also:

• LIEUTENANT

Lieutenant-General Lamarque's obituary See also:

• NOTICE

notice in the Spectateur militaire (1826) . See also bibliography in See also:

• ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

article PENINSULAR WAR . SU-CHOW . There are in See also:

• CHINA

China three cities of this name which deserve mention .

1 . Su-chow-Fu, in the province of Kiang-su, formerly one of the largest cities in the See also:

• WORLD

world, and in 1907 credited still with a See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population of 500,000, on the See also:

• GRAND

Grand See also:

• CANAL
• CANAL (from Lat. canalis, " channel " and " kennel " being doublets of the word)

Canal, 55 M . W.N.W. of See also:

• SHANGHAI

Shanghai, with which it is connected by railway . The site is practically a cluster of islands to the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east of See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

Lake Tai-hu . The walls are about ro m. in circumference and there are four large suburbs . Its silk manufactures are represented by a greater variety of goods than are produced anywhere else in the See also:

• EMPIRE

empire; and the publication of cheap See also:

• EDITIONS

editions of the See also:

• CHINESE, JAPANESE AND

Chinese See also:

• CLASSICS

classics is carried to See also:

• GREAT

great perfection . There is a Chinese See also:

• PROVERB (Lat. proverbium, from pro, forth, publicly, verbum, word; the Greek equivalent is irapolµia, from 7rapa, alongside, and oiµos, way, road, i.e. a wayside saying; Ger. Sprichwort)

proverb to the effect that to be perfectly happy a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man ought to be born in Su-chow, live in See also:

• CANTON
• CANTON (borrowed from the Ital. cantone, a corner or angle)
• CANTON (more correctly KWANG-CHOW Fu)
• CANTON, JOHN (1718-1772)

Canton and See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

die in See also:

• LIEN

Lien-chow . The nine-storeyed See also:

• PAGODA (Port. pagode, a word introduced in the 16th century by the early Portuguese adventurers in India, reproducing phonetically some native word, possibly Pers. but-kadah, a house for an idol, or some form of Sansk. bhagavat, divine, holy)

pagoda of the See also:

• NORTHERN

northern See also:

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

temple is one of the finest in 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 . In 186o Su-chow was captured by the T'aip'ings, and when in 1863 it was recovered by General See also:

• GORDON
• GORDON, ADAM LINDSAY (1833—1870)
• GORDON, ALEXANDER (c. 1692—c. 1754)
• GORDON, CHARLES GEORGE (1833-'885)
• GORDON, LEON
• GORDON, LORD GEORGE (1751-1793)
• GORDON, PATRICK (1635–1699)
• GORDON, SIR JOHN WATSON (1788—1864)

Gordon the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city was almost a heap of ruins . It has since largely recovered its prosperity, and besides 7000 silk looms has See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

cotton See also:

• MILLS, JOHN (d. 1736)
• MILLS, ROGER QUARLES (1832– )

mills and an important See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade in See also:

• RICE (Greek 6p6 a, Latin oryza, French riz, Italian riso, Spanish arroz, derived from the Arabic)
• RICE, EDMUND IGNATIUS (1762-1844)
• RICE, JAMES (1843-1882)

rice . Of the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original splendour of the See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place some See also:

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

idea may be gathered from the beautiful See also:

• PLAN
• PLAN (from Lat. planes, flat)

plan on a slab of See also:

• MARBLE (from Lat. marmor, Gr. pApµapos, shining stone)

marble preserved since 1247 in the temple of See also:

• CONFUCIUS [K'ung tsze] (550 or 551-478 B.C.)

Confucius and reproduced in See also:

• YULE
• YULE, SIR HENRY (182o-1889)

Yule's Marco See also:

• POLO (Tibetan pulu, ball)
• POLO, GASPAR GIL (?153o-1591)
• POLO, MARCO (c. 1254-1324)

Polo, vol. i . Su-chow was founded in 484 by Ho-lu-Wang, whose See also:

• GRAVE

grave is covered by the artificial " See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

Hill of the See also:

• TIGER
• TIGER (Felis tigris)

Tiger " in the vicinity of the See also:

• TOWN

town .

The See also:

• LITERARY

literary and poetic designation of Su-chow is Ku-su, from the great See also:

• TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

tower of Ku-su-tai, built by Ho-lu-Wang . Su-chow was opened to See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign trade by the See also:

• JAPANESE

Japanese treaty of 1895 . A Chinese and See also:

• EUROPEAN

European school was opened in 19oo . 2 . Su-chow, formerly Tsiu-tsuan-tsiun, a See also:

• FREE

free city in the province of Kan-suh, in 390 48' N., just within the extreme See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north-See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west See also:

• ANGLE (from the Lat. angulus, a corner, a diminutive, of which the primitive form, angus, does not occur in Latin; cognate are the Lat. angere, to compress into a bend or to strangle, and the Gr. ayKOS, a bend; both connected with the Aryan root ank-, to

angle of the Great See also:

• WALL (O. Eng. weal, weall, Mid. Eng. wal, wane, adapted from Lat. vallum, rampart; the original O. Eng. word for a wall was wag or tenth)
• WALL, RICHARD (1694-1778)

Wall, near the See also:

• GATE

gate of See also:

• JADE
• JADE, or JAHDE

jade . It is the great centre of the See also:

• RHUBARB

rhubarb trade . Completely destroyed in the great See also:

• MAHOMMEDAN

Mahommedan or Dungan insurrection (1865–72), it was recovered by the Chinese in 1873 and has been rebuilt . 3 . Su-chow, a commercial town situated in the province of Sze-ch'uen at the junction of the See also:

• MIN

Min See also:

• RIVER

River with the Yang-tse-Kiang, in 28° 46' 50" N . Population (1907) about 50,000 . SUCKLING, See also:

• SIR

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 (1609–1642), See also:

• ENGLISH

English poet, was born at Whitton, in the See also:

• PARISH (Gr. irapouda, district, neighbourhood; 7r&poucos, one dwelling near or beside, from crap&, OtKOS, house; Lat. paroecur, Late Lat. parochia; cf. Fr. paroisse)

parish of See also:

• TWICKENHAM

Twickenham, See also:

• MIDDLESEX
• MIDDLESEX, LIONEL CRANFIELD, 1ST EARL OF (1575-1645)

Middlesex, and baptized there on the loth of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 5609 . His father, Sir John Suckling (1569–1627), had been knighted by 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. and was successively See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master of See also:

• REQUESTS, COURT OF

requests, See also:

• COMPTROLLER

comptroller of the See also:

• HOUSEHOLD, ROYAL

household and secretary of See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state .

He sat in the first and second parliaments of 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 I.'s reign, and was made a privy councillor . During his career he amassed a considerable See also:

• FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

fortune, of which the poet became master at the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of eighteen . He was sent to Trinity See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge, in 1623, and was entered at See also:

• GRAY
• GRAY (or GREY), WALTER DE (d. 1255)
• GRAY, ASA (1810-1888)
• GRAY, DAVID (1838-1861)
• GRAY, ELISHA (1835-1901)
• GRAY, HENRY PETERS (1819-18/7)
• GRAY, HORACE (1828–1902)
• GRAY, JOHN DE (d. 1214)
• GRAY, JOHN EDWARD (1800–1875)
• GRAY, PATRICK GRAY, 6TH BARON (d. 1612)
• GRAY, ROBERT (1809-1872)
• GRAY, SIR THOMAS (d. c. 1369)
• GRAY, THOMAS (1716-1771)

Gray's See also:

• INN

Inn in 1627 . He was intimate with 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:

• CAREW, GEORGE (d. about 1613)
• CAREW, RICHARD (1555–1620)
• CAREW, THOMAS (1595–1645?)

Carew, See also:

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

Richard See also:

• LOVELACE, RICHARD (1618-1658)

Lovelace, Thomas See also:

• NABBES, THOMAS (b. 16o5)

Nabbes and especially with John See also:

• HALES, JOHN (1584-1656)
• HALES, or HAYLES, JOHN (d. 1571)
• HALES, STEPHEN (1677-1761)

Hales and 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:

• DAVENANT (or D'AVENANT), SIR WILLIAM (1606-1668)
• DAVENANT, CHARLES (1656-1714)

Davenant, who furnished John See also:

• AUBREY, JOHN (1626-1697)

Aubrey with See also:

• INFORMATION (from Lat. informare, to give shape or form to, to represent, describe)

information about his friend . In 1628 he left See also:

• LONDON

London to travel in France and Italy, returning, however, before the autumn of 163o, when he was knighted . In 1631 he volunteered for the force raised by the See also:

• MARQUESS (1760-1842)
• MARQUESS, or MARQUIS (Fr. marquis, Ital. marchese; from med. Lat. marchio, marchisus, i.e. comes marchiae, " count of the March ")

marquess of See also:

• HAMILTON
• HAMILTON (GRAND or ASHUANIPI)
• HAMILTON, ALEXANDER (1757-1804)
• HAMILTON, ANTHONY, or ANTOINE (1646-1720)
• HAMILTON, ELIZABETH (1758–1816)
• HAMILTON, EMMA, LADY (c. 1765-1815)
• HAMILTON, JAMES (1769-1831)
• HAMILTON, JAMES HAMILTON, 1ST DUKE OF (1606-1649)
• HAMILTON, JOHN (c. 1511–1571)
• HAMILTON, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• HAMILTON, PATRICK (1504-1528)
• HAMILTON, ROBERT (1743-1829)
• HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM
• HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM (1730-1803)
• HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM ROWAN (1805-1865)
• HAMILTON, THOMAS (1789-1842)
• HAMILTON, WILLIAM (1704-1754)
• HAMILTON, WILLIAM GERARD (1729-1796)

Hamilton to serve under Gustavus See also:

• ADOLPHUS, JOHN LEYCESTER (1795-1862)

Adolphus in See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany . He was back at See also:

• WHITEHALL

Whitehall in May 1632; but during his See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short service he had been present at the battle of See also:

• BREITENFELD

Breitenfeld and in many sieges . He was See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand-some, See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich and generous; his happy See also:

• GIFT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. die Gift, gift, das Gift, poison, formed from the Teut. stem gab-, to give, cf. Dutch geven, Ger. geben; in O. Eng. the word appears with initial y, the guttural of later English is due to Scandinavian influence)

gift in See also:

• VERSE (from Lat. versus, literally a line or furrow drawn by turning the plough, from vertere, and afterwards signifying an arrangement of syllables into feet)

verse was only one of many accomplishments, but it commended him especially to Charles I. and his 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 . He says of himself (" A Sessions of the Poets ") that he " prized See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

black eyes or a lucky See also:

• HIT

hit at See also:

• BOWLS

bowls above all the trophies of wit." He was the best card-player and tha best bowler at See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court . Aubrey says that he invented the See also:

• GAME

game of See also:

• CRIBBAGE

cribbage, and relates that his sisters came weeping to the See also:

• BOWLING (Lat. bulla, a globe, through O. Fr. boule, ball)

bowling See also:

• GREEN, A
• GREEN, ALEXANDER HENRY (1832—1896)
• GREEN, DUFF (1791—1875)
• GREEN, JOHN RICHARD (1837—1883)
• GREEN, MATTHEW (1696-1737)
• GREEN, THOMAS HILL (1836-1882)
• GREEN, VALENTINE (1739–1813)
• GREEN, WILLIAM HENRY (.1825–1900)

green at Piccadilly to dissuade him from See also:

• PLAY

play, fearing that he would lose their portions . In 1634 great See also:

• SCANDAL

scandal was caused in his old circle by a beating which he received at the hands of Sir John See also:

• DIGBY, KENELM HENRY (1800-188o)
• DIGBY, SIR EVERARD (1578-1606)
• DIGBY, SIR KENELM (1603-1665)

Digby, a See also:

• RIVAL

rival suitor for the hand of the daughter of Sir John See also:

• WILLOUGHBY

Willoughby; and it has been suggested that this incident, which is narrated at length in a 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 (Nov . 1o, 1634) from See also:

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

George Garrard 1 to See also:

• STRAFFORD, EARLS OF
• STRAFFORD, THOMAS WENTWORTH, EARL

Strafford, had something to do with his beginning to seek more serious society .

In 1635 he retired to his country estates in obedience to the See also:

• PROCLAMATION (Lat. proclamare, to make public by announcement)

proclamation of the loth of June 1632 enforced by the See also:

• STAR

Star Chamber 2 against absentee landlordism, and employed his leisure in literary pursuits . In 1637 " A Sessions of the Poets " was circulated in MS., and about the same 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 he wrote a See also:

• TRACT (from Lat. tractare, to treat of a matter, through Provencal tractat and Ital. trattato)

tract on Socinianism entitled An See also:

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

Account of See also:

• RELIGION
• RELIGION, FOLKLORE, CUSTOM

Religion by See also:

• REASON (Lat. ratio, through French raison)

Reason (pr . 1646) . As a dramatist Suckling is noteworthy as having applied to See also:

• REGULAR

regular See also:

• DRAMA (literally "action," from Gr. Snail, act or do)

drama the accessories already used in the See also:

• PRODUCTION (Lat. productionem, from producere, to pro-duce)

production of masques . His Aglaura (pr . 1638) was produced at his own expense with elaborate scenery . Even the See also:

• LACE (corresponding to Ital. merletto, trina; Genoese Pizzo; Ger. spitzen; Fr. dentelle; Dutch kanten; Span. encaje; the English word owes something to the Fr. lassis or laces, but both are connected with the earlier Lat. laqueus; early French laces were

lace on the actors' coats was of real See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold and See also:

• SILVER

silver . The play, in spite of its felicity of diction, lacks dramatic See also:

• INTEREST

interest, and the See also:

• CRITICISM
• CRITICISM (from the Gr. KpiTrlS, a judge, Kpivew, to decide, to give an authoritative opinion)

criticism of Richard See also:

• FLECKNOE, RICHARD (c. 1600-1678?)

Flecknoe (Short Discourse of the English See also:

• STAGE (Fr. 6/age; from Lat. stare, to stand)

Stage),3 that it seemed " full of See also:

• FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers, but rather See also:

• STUCK, FRANZ (1863— )

stuck in than growing there," is not altogether unjustified . The Goblins (1638, pr . 1646) has some reminiscences of The See also:

• TEMPEST, MARIE (1866– )

Tempest; Brennoralt, or the Discontented See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

Colonel (1639, pr . 1646) is a See also:

• SATIRE (Lat. satira, satura; see below)

satire on the Scots, who are the Lithuanian rebels of the play; a See also:

• FOURTH

fourth play, The Sad One, was left unfinished owing to the outbreak of the See also:

• CIVIL

Civil War . Suckling raised a See also:

• TROOP (an adaptation of Fr. troupe, O. Fr. trope; cf. Ital. troppa, troppa; Med. Lat. truppus; the origin is doubtful; suggestions have been made that it represents a German conception of Latin turba, crowd, or is an adaptation of Norw. tarp, flock)

troop of a hundred See also:

• HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse, at a cost of £12,000, and accompanied Charles on the Scottish expedition of 1639 .

He shared in the See also:

• EARL

earl of 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's See also:

• RETREAT (O. Fr. retrete, mod. retraite, from Lat. retrahere, to draw back)

retreat before See also:

• DUNS

Duns, and was ridiculed in an amusing ballad (pr . 1656), in Musarum deliciae, " on Sir John Suckling'e most war-like preparations for the Scottish war."4 He was elected as member for Bramber for the opening session (164o) of the See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

Long See also:

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

Parliament; and in that See also:

• WINTER, JOHN STRANGE
• WINTER, PETER (c. 1755-1825)

winter he See also:

• DREW
• DREW, SAMUEL (1765-1833)

drew up a letter addressed to 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 Jermyn, afterwards earl of St Albans, advising 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 disconcert the opposition leaders by making more See also:

• CON

con-cessions than they asked for . In May of the following year he was implicated in an See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt to See also:

• RESCUE (in Middle Eng. rescous, from O. Fr. recousse, Low Lat. rescussa, from reexcussa,reexcutere, to shake off again, re, again, ex, off, quatere, to shake)

rescue Strafford from the Tower and to bring in French troops to the king's aid . The See also:

• PLOT
• PLOT, ROBERT (164o-1696)

plot was exposed by the See also:

• EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence of Colonel George See also:

• GORING, GEORGE GORING, LORD (1608-1657)

Goring, and Suckling fled beyond the seas . The circumstances of his short See also:

• EXILE (Lat. exsilium or exilium, from exsul or exul, which is derived from ex, out of, and the root sal, to go, seen in salire, to leap, consul, &c.; the connexion with solum, soil, country is now generally considered wrong)

exile are obscure . He was certainly in Paris in the summer of 1641 . One pamphlet related a See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story of his elopement with a See also:

• LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

lady to Spain, where he See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell into the hands of the See also:

• INQUISITION, THE (Lat. inquisitio, an inquiry)

Inquisition . The manner of his See also:

• DEATH

death is uncertain, but Aubrey's statement that he put an end to his See also:

• LIFE

life by See also:

• POISON

poison in May or June 1642 in fear of poverty is generally accepted . Suckling's reputation as a poet depends on his See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

minor pieces . Utley have wit and See also:

• FANCY (a shortened form, dating from the 15th century, of " fantasy," which is derived through the O. Fr. fantasie, modern fantaisie. from the Latinized form of the Gr. cbavraoia, Oavrai'ecv, Oat Pais, to show)

fancy, and at times exquisite felicity of expression . " Easy, natural Suckling," Millamant's comment in See also:

• CONGREVE, RICHARD (1818-1899)
• CONGREVE, SIR WILLIAM
• CONGREVE, WILLIAM (167o-1729)

Congreve's Way of the World (See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act Iv., sc. i.) is a just See also:

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

tribute to their spontaneous quality . Among the best known of them are the " See also:

• BALLADE

Ballade upon a See also:

• WEDDING

Wedding," on the occasion of the See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage of See also:

• ROGER (d. 1139)
• ROGER (d. 1181)

Roger See also:

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

Boyle, afterwards earl of See also:

• ORRERY
• ORRERY, ROGER BOYLE, 1ST EARL OF (1621-1679)

Orrery, and Lady See also:

• MARGARET
• MARGARET (1283–1290)
• MARGARET (1353-1412)
• MARGARET (1489–1541)
• MARGARET, ST (c. 1045–1093)
• MARGARET, ST (SANCTA MARGARITA)

Margaret See also:

• HOWARD (FAMILY)
• HOWARD, CATHERINE (d. 1542)
• HOWARD, JOHN (1726-1790)
• HOWARD, LORD WILLIAM (1563–1640)
• HOWARD, OLIVER OTIS (1830-19o9)
• HOWARD, SIR ROBERT (1626–1698)

Howard, " I prithee, send me back my See also:

• HEART
• HEART, LUNG

heart, " Out upon it, I have loved three whole days together," and " Why so See also:

• PALE (through Fr. pal, from Lat. palms, a stake, for paglus, from the stem pag- of pangere, to fix; " pole " is from the same original source)

pale and wan, fond See also:

• LOVER, SAMUEL (1797-1868)

lover?" from Aglaura .

" A 'iessions of the Poets," describing a See also:

• MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)

meeting of the con-temporary versifiers under the See also:

• PRESIDENCY

presidency of See also:

• APOLLO (Gr. 'A2r6XXwv,'Airkkhwv)

Apollo to decide who should See also:

• WEAR

wear the See also:

• LAUREL

laurel See also:

• WREATH (O. Eng. wry, from wriian, to twist)

wreath, is the prototype of many later satires . A collection of Suckling's poems was first published in 1646 as Fragmenta aurea, the so-called Selections (1836) published by the ' Strafford's Letters and Despatches (1739), 1 . 336 . 2 For an account of the proceedings see See also:

• HISTORICAL

Historical Collections, ed. by See also:

• RUSHWORTH, JOHN (c. 1612-1690)

Rushworth (168o), 2nd pt., pp . 288-293 . ' Reprinted in Eng . Drama and Stage, ed . W . C . See also:

• HAZLITT, WILLIAM (1778-1830)

Hazlitt; See also:

• ROXBURGHE, EARLS AND DUKES OF

Roxburghe Library (1869), p . 277 . ' Attributed by Aubrey to Sir John Mennis (1599-1671) .

See also a See also:

• SONG

song printed in the tract, Vox borealis (Hari . Misc. iii . 235) . Rev . See also:

• ALFRED

Alfred Inigo Suckling, author of the See also:

• HISTORY

History and Antiquities of See also:

• SUFFOLK
• SUFFOLK, CHARLES BRANDON, 1ST DUKE OF (c. 1484–'545)
• SUFFOLK, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• SUFFOLK, THOMAS HOWARD, 1ST EARL OF (1561-1626)
• SUFFOLK, WILLIAM DE LA POLE

Suffolk (1846-1848) with See also:

• MEMOIRS

Memoirs based on original authorities and a portrait after See also:

• VAN

Van Dyck, is really a complete edition of his See also:

• WORKS

works, of which W . C . Hazlitt's edition (1874; revised ed., 1892) is little more than a reprint with some additions . The Poems and Songs of Sir John Suckling, edited by John Gray and decorated with woodcut border and See also:

• INITIALS (Lat. initialis, of or belonging to a beginning, initium)

initials by Charles Ricketts, was artistically printed at the Ballantyne See also:

• PRESS (through Fr. presse from Lat. pressare, frequentative of premere, to crush, squeeze, press)

Press in 1896 . In r910 Suckling's works in See also:

• PROSE

prose and verse were edited by A . Hamilton See also:

• THOMPSON
• THOMPSON, FRANCIS (1860-1907)
• THOMPSON, LAUNT (1833-1894)
• THOMPSON, SIR HENRY, BART
• THOMPSON, SIR JOHN SPARROW (1844-1894)
• THOMPSON, THOMAS PERONNET (1783-1869)
• THOMPSON, WILLIAM HEPWORTH (18ro–1886)

Thompson . For anecdotes of Suckling's life see John Aubrey's Brief Lives (See also:

• CLARENDON, CONSTITUTIONS OF
• CLARENDON, EDWARD HYDE, 1ST EARL OF (1609-1674)
• CLARENDON, GEORGE WILLIAM FREDERICK VILLIERS, 4TH EARL OF (in the Villiers line) (1800-r87o)
• CLARENDON, HENRY HYDE

Clarendon Press ed., ii . 242) .