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:TORRENS TORRENS
M'CULLAGH (1813-1894), See also:English politician and social reformer, son of 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 M`Cullagh (whose wife's See also:maiden name, See also:Torrens, he assumed in 1863), was See also:born near See also:Dublin on the 13th of See also:October 1813
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He was called to the See also:bar, and in 1835 became assistant See also:commissioner on the See also:special See also:commission on Irish poor-See also:relief, which resulted in the See also:extension of the workhouse See also:system in See also:Ireland in 1838
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In the 'forties he joined the See also:Anti-See also:Corn See also:Law See also:League,
and in 1846 published his See also:Industrial See also:History of See also:Free Nations
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In 1847 he was elected to See also:parliament for See also:Dundalk, and sat till 1852
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In 1857 he was elected as a Liberal for See also:Yarmouth and from 1865 to 1885 he represented See also:Finsbury
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Torrens was a well known See also:man in See also:political See also:life, and devoted himself mainly to social questions in parliament
.
It was an See also:amendment of his to the See also:Education See also:Bill of 187o which established the See also:London School See also:Board, and his Artisans' Dwellings Bill in 1868 facilitated the clearing away of slums by See also:local authorities
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He published several books, and his Twenty Years in Parliament (1893) and History of Cabinets (1894) contain useful material
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He died in London on the 26th of See also:April 1894
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