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:

• CORNELIUS
• CORNELIUS, CARL AUGUST PETER (1824-1874)
• CORNELIUS, PETER VON (1784–1867)

CORNELIUS See also:

• VAN

VAN See also:

• HORNE, GEORGE (1730-1792)
• HORNE, RICHARD HENRY, or HENGIST (1803–1884)
• HORNE, THOMAS HARTWELL (178o-1862)

HORNE (1843- )  , See also:

• CANADIAN

Canadian financier, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in Will See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county, See also:

• ILLINOIS

Illinois, U.S.A., on the 3rd of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1843, of Dutch descent . He was educated in the See also:

• COMMON

common See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools of the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state, and in 1857 began See also:

• WORK

work as 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 boy in a railway station . His ability and force brought him to the front, and he See also:

• ROSE
• ROSE (Rosa)
• ROSE, GEORGE (1744-1818)
• ROSE, HUGH JAMES (1795—1838)
• ROSE, WILLIAM STEWART (1775-1843)

rose till in ,881 he was appointed See also:

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

general manager of the Canadian Pacific railway . For the successful completion of this See also:

• GREAT

great road his strong will and See also:

• MENTAL

mental grasp were largely responsible, and he it was who not only controlled but steadily extended its operations during the lean years which followed . In 1884 he became See also:

• VICE

vice-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:

• LINE

line, in 1888 president, and in 1899 chairman of the See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

board of See also:

• DIRECTORS

directors . From 1885 onward he was more and more associated with every See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of Canadian See also:

• MERCANTILE (or COMMERCIAL) AGENCIES

mercantile and See also:

• FINANCIAL

financial See also:

• LIFE

life, and as a publicist gave shrewd expression to his views on See also:

• POLITICAL

political and economic questions . After the See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish-See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

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

War (1898) he became one of the See also:

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

chief promoters of railway and See also:

• INDUSTRIAL

industrial enterprise in See also:

• CUBA (the aboriginal name)

Cuba . In May 1894 he was knighted by 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:

• VICTORIA
• VICTORIA (or VITTORIA), TOMMASSO LUDOVICO DA (C. I540-C. 1613)
• VICTORIA [ALEXANDRINA VICTORIA]

Victoria in See also:

• ACKNOWLEDGMENT (from the old acknow, a compound of on- and know, to know by the senses, which passed through the forms oknow, aknow and acknow; acknowledge is formed on analogy of " knowledge ")

acknowledgment of his distinguished public services . He was also known as a See also:

• PATRON

patron of See also:

• ART

art and literature and an See also:

• AMATEUR (Lat. amator, lover)

amateur painter of no little merit .