See also:

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

COUNT EDUARD See also:

• FRANZ, ROBERT (1815-1892)

FRANZ See also:

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

JOSEPH VON See also:

• COUNT EDUARD FRANZ JOSEPH VON TAAFFE

TAAFFE  [rith See also:

• VISCOUNT (through O. Fr. viscomte, mod. vicomte, from Low Lat. vice-comes, cf. Portug. visconde, Ital. visconte)

Viscount See also:

• TAAFFE, EDUARD FRANZ JOSEPH VON, COUNT

Taaffe and See also:

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

Baron of See also:

• BALLYMOTE

Ballymote, in the See also:

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

peerage of See also:

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

Ireland] (1833-1895), See also:

• AUSTRIAN

Austrian statesman, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• VIENNA (Ger. Wien; Lat. Vindobona)
• VIENNA, CONGRESS OF (1814-1815)

Vienna on 24th See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1833 . He was the second son of See also:

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

Count See also:

• LUDWIG, KARL FRIEDRICH WILHELM (1816—1895)
• LUDWIG, OTTO (1813-1865)

Ludwig See also:

• PATRICK, SIMON (1626–1707)
• PATRICK, ST

Patrick Taaffe (1791-1855), a distinguished public See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man who was See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister of See also:

• JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

justice in 1848 and 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 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 of See also:

• APPEAL

appeal . As a See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

child Taaffe was one of the chosen companions of the See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young See also:

• ARCHDUKE (Lat. archidux, Ger. Erzherzog)

archduke, afterwards See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor, 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 See also:

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

Joseph . In 1852 he entered the public service; in 1867 he was Statthalter of Upper See also:

• AUSTRIA
• AUSTRIA, LOWER (Ger. Niederosterreich or Osterreich unter der Enns, " Austria below the river Enns ")
• AUSTRIA, UPPER (Ger. Oberosterreich or Osterreich ob der Enns, " Austria above the river Enns ")

Austria, and the emperor offered him the See also:

• POST

post of minister of the interior in Beust's See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration . In See also:

• JUNE

June he became See also:

• VICE

vice-president of the See also:

• MINISTRY

ministry, and at the end of the See also:

• YEAR

year he entered the first ministry of the newly organized Austrian portion of the See also:

• MONARCHY (Fr. monarchic, from Lat. monarchia, Gr. uovapXia, rule of one, µbvos, alone, apXi7, rule)

monarchy . For the next three years he took a very important See also:

• PART

part in the confused See also:

• POLITICAL

political changes, and probably more than any other politician represented the wishes of the emperor . He had entered the ministry as a See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German Liberal, but he soon took an intermediate position between the Liberal See also:

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

majority of the Berger ministry and the party which desired a federalistic See also:

• AMENDMENT (through the O. Fr. amender, to correct, from Lat. mendum, a fault)

amendment of the constitution and which was strongly supported at court . From See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1868 to See also:

• JANUARY

January 187o, after the retirement of See also:

• AUERSPERG, ANTON ALEXANDER, GRAF VON (18(36-1876)

Auersperg, he was president of the See also:

• CABINET

cabinet . In 187o 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 See also:

• BROKE, or BROOKE, ARTHUR (d. 1563)
• BROKE, SIR PHILIP BOWES VERE, BART

broke up on the question of the revision of the constitution: Taaffe with See also:

• POTOCKI, IGNATY (1741–1809)
• POTOCKI, STANISLAW FELIX (1752–1805)

Potocki and Berger wished to make some concessions to the Federalists; the Liberal majority wished to preserve undiminished the authority of the Reichsrath . The two parties presented memoranda to the emperor, each defending their view, and offering their resignation: after some hesitation the emperor accepted the policy of the majority, and Taaffe with his See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends resigned . The Liberals, however, failed to carry on the government, as the representatives of most of the territories refused to appear in the Reichsrath: they resigned, and in the See also:

• MONTH
• MONTH (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Mond, Du. maand, Dan. maaned, &c., and cognate with Lat. mensis, Gr. µi7v, &c., in other branches of the Indo-Germanic family; all ultimately from the root seen in the word for the moon in nearly all those languages

month of See also:

• APRIL

April Potocki and Taaffe returned to 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 . The latter failed, however, in the See also:

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

attempt to come to some under-See also:

• STANDING

standing with the Czechs, and in their turn had to make way for the Clerical and Federalist cabinet of Hohenwart .

Taaffe now became Statthalter of See also:

• TIROL (or TYROL 1)

Tirol, but once more on the break-down of the Liberal government in 1879 he was called to office . At first he attempted to carry on the government without See also:

• CHANGE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. cambium, cambiare, to barter; the ultimate derivation is probably from the root which appears in the Gr. «a urmu', to bend)

change of principles, but he soon found it necessary to come to an understanding with the Feudal and Federal parties, and he was responsible for the conduct of the negotiations which in the elections of this year gave a majority to the different See also:

• GROUPS
• GROUPS, THEORY

groups of the See also:

• NATIONAL

National and Clerical opposition . In See also:

• JULY

July he became minister president: at first he still continued to govern with the Liberals, but this was soon made impossible, and he was obliged to turn for support to the Conservatives . It was his See also:

• GREAT

great achievement that he persuaded the Czechs to abandon the policy of abstention and to take part in the See also:

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

parliament . It was on the support of them, the Poles, and the Clericals that his majority depended . His avowed intention was to unite the nationalities of Austria: Germans and Slays were, as he said, equally integral parts of Austria; neither must be oppressed; both must unite to See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form an Austrian parliament . Notwithstanding the growing opposition of the German Liberals, who refused to accept the equality of the nationalities, he kept his position for thirteen years . Not a great creative statesman, he had singular capacity for managing men; a very poor orator, he had in private intercourse an urbanity and quickness of See also:

• HUMOUR (Latin humor)

humour which showed his Irish ancestry . For the See also:

• HISTORY

history of his administration see AUSTRIA-See also:

• HUNGARY
• HUNGARY (Hungarian Magyarorszdg)

HUNGARY, History (Sec . II . " Austria Proper ") . Beneath an apparent cynicism and frivolity Taaffe hid a strong feeling of patriotism to his 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 See also:

• LOYALTY

loyalty to the emperor .

It was no small service to both that for so See also:

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

long, during very See also:

• CRITICAL (in alphabetical order of authors)

critical years in See also:

• EUROPEAN

European history, he maintained See also:

• HARMONY (Gr. dpµovia, a concord of musical sounds, dpA'ew to join; &plan midi (sc. TeXvil)

harmony between the two parts of the monarchy and preserved constitutional government in Austria . The necessities of the See also:

• PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary situation compelled him sometimes to go farther in 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 the demands of the Conservatives and Czechs than he would probably have wished, but he was essentially an opportunist:_ in no way a party man, he recognized that the government must be carried on, and he cared little by the aid of what party the necessary majority was maintained . In '893 he was defeated on a proposal for the revision of the See also:

• FRANCHISE (from 0. Fr. franchise, freedom, franc, free)

franchise, and resigned . He retired into private See also:

• LIFE

life, and died two years later at his country See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence, Ellerschau, in Bohemia, on 29th See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1895 . By the See also:

• DEATH

death of his See also:

• ELDER (0. Eng. ellarn; Ger. Holunder; Fr. sureau)
• ELDER (Gr. 1rpev(3iTepos)

elder See also:

• BROTHER

brother 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 (1823-1873), a See also:

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

colonel in the Austrian See also:

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

army, Taaffe succeeded to the Austrian and Irish titles . He married in 1862 Countess Irma Tsaky, by whom he See also:

• LEFT

left four daughters and one son, 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 . The See also:

• FAMILY

family history presents points of unusual See also:

• INTEREST

interest . From the 13th See also:

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

century the Taaffes had been one of the leading families in the See also:

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

north of Ireland . In 1628 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 Taaffe was raised to the peerage as Baron Bally-mote and Viscount Taaffe of Corven .