See also:

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

GEORGE See also:

• WALKER, FRANCIS AMASA (1840-1897)
• WALKER, FREDERICK (184o--1875)
• GEORGE WALKER (c. 1618-169o)
• WALKER, HENRY OLIVER (1843— )
• WALKER, HORATIO (1858– )
• WALKER, JOHN (1732—1807)
• WALKER, OBADIAH (1616-1699)
• WALKER, ROBERT (d. c. 1658)
• WALKER, ROBERT JAMES (1801-1869)
• WALKER, SEARS COOK (1805—1853)
• WALKER, THOMAS (1784—1836)
• WALKER, WILLIAM (1824-1860)

WALKER (c. 1618-169o)  , See also:

• HERO (Gr. open)
• HERO, THE YOUNGER

hero of 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:

• LONDONDERRY
• LONDONDERRY, CHARLES WILLIAM STEWART (VANE), 3RD MARQUESS
• LONDONDERRY, EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF
• LONDONDERRY, or DERRY
• LONDONDERRY, ROBERT STEWART, 2ND MARQUESS OF (1769-1822)

Londonderry, was the son of See also:

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

George See also:

• WALKER, FRANCIS AMASA (1840-1897)
• WALKER, FREDERICK (184o--1875)
• WALKER, GEORGE (c. 1618-169o)
• WALKER, HENRY OLIVER (1843— )
• WALKER, HORATIO (1858– )
• WALKER, JOHN (1732—1807)
• WALKER, OBADIAH (1616-1699)
• WALKER, ROBERT (d. c. 1658)
• WALKER, ROBERT JAMES (1801-1869)
• WALKER, SEARS COOK (1805—1853)
• WALKER, THOMAS (1784—1836)
• WALKER, WILLIAM (1824-1860)

Walker, See also:

• RECTOR (Lat. for " ruler," " guide," &c., from regere, " rule ")

rector of Kilmore and See also:

• CHANCELLOR (M. Eng. and Anglo-Fr. canceler, chanceler, Fr. chancelier, Lat. cancellarius)

chancellor of See also:

• ARMAGH

Armagh (d . 1677), and of See also:

• URSULA, ST

Ursula, daughter of 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 See also:

• STANHOPE, EARLS
• STANHOPE, LADY HESTER LUCY (1776-1839)

Stanhope of Melwood, and is said to have been See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in 1618 in See also:

• TYRONE
• TYRONE, EARLS OF

Tyrone . He was educated at See also:

• GLASGOW

Glasgow University, and appointed to the livings of Lessan and Desertlyn, in the See also:

• DIOCESE (formed on Fr. diocese, in place of the Eng. form diocess—current until the 19th century—from Lat. dioecesis, med. Lat. variant diocesis, from Gr. Swucio•tc, " house-keeping," " administration," &miceas, " to keep house," " to govern ")

diocese of Armagh, near Londonderry, in 1669 . In 1674 he obtained that of Donaghmore, which he held with Lessan . At the outbreak of the See also:

• CIVIL

Civil See also:

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

War in See also:

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

Ireland towards the See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close of 1688, Walker, though in See also:

• HOLY

Holy Orders and advanced in years, raised a See also:

• REGIMENT (from Late Latin regimentum, rule, regere, to rule, govern, direct)

regiment and endeavoured to See also:

• CONCERT (through the French from Lat. con-, with, and certare, to strive)

concert See also:

• MEASURES

measures with See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert See also:

• LUNDY
• LUNDY, BENJAMIN (1789-1839)
• LUNDY, ROBERT (fl. 1688)

Lundy, the acting See also:

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

governor of Londonderry, for the See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

defence of See also:

• DUNGANNON

Dungannon . But Lundy, after having sent some troops to his support, ordered their withdrawal and the See also:

• ABANDONMENT (Fr. abandonnement, from abandonner, to abandon, relinquish; abandonner was originally equivalent to mettred banddn, to leave to the jurisdiction, i.e. of another, bandon being from Low Latin bandum, bannum, order, decree, " ban ")

abandonment of the See also:

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

place on the loth 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 168g . On the 17th of March Walker marched with his men to See also:

• STRABANE

Strabane, and subsequently was ordered by Lundy to move to Rash and then to St See also:

• JOHNSTOWN

Johnstown, 5 M. from Londonderry . On the approach of the enemy (See also:

• APRIL

April 13th) Walker rode hastily to Londonderry to inform Lundy, but was unable to convince him of his danger . He returned to his men at See also:

• LIFFORD

Lifford, where, on the 14th, he took See also:

• PART

part in a See also:

• BRUSH (from Fr. brosse, which, like the English word, means both the undergrowth of a wood and the instrument; if the word in both these meanings is ultimately the same, then the origin is from a bundle of brushwood used as a brush or broom, but this is h
• BRUSH, GEORGE DE FOREST (1855– )

brush with the enemy, afterwards following the See also:

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

retreat of the See also:

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

army to Londonderry . The See also:

• TOWN

town was in See also:

• GREAT

great confusion, and Walker found the See also:

• GATES, HORATIO (1728-1806)

gates shut against him and his regiment . He was forced to pass the See also:

• NIGHT

night outside, and only entered the next See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day " with much difficulty and some violence upon the Centry." Immediately on his arrival he urged Lundy to take the See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

field and refused the demand to disband his own soldiers . On the 17th of April Lundy determined to give up the town to 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, and called a See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council from which Walker and others were especially excluded; but the next day 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 and his troops, who had advanced to receive the surrender, were fired upon from the walls contrary to Lundy's orders, and the arrival of See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

Captain See also:

• ADAM
• ADAM (or ADAN) DE LE HALE (died c. 1288)
• ADAM, ALEXANDER (1741–1809)
• ADAM, JULIETTE (1836– )
• ADAM, LAMBERT SIGISBERT (1700-1759)
• ADAM, MELCHIOR (d. 1622)
• ADAM, PAUL (1862– )
• ADAM, ROBERT (1728—1792)
• ADAM, SIR FREDERICK (1781-1853)
• ADAM, WILLIAM (1751-1839)

Adam See also:

• MURRAY
• MURRAY (or MORAY), EARLS OF
• MURRAY (or MORAY), JAMES STUART, EARL OF (c. 1531-1570)
• MURRAY (or MORAY), SIR ROBERT (c. 1600-1673)
• MURRAY, ALEXANDER STUART (1841-1904)
• MURRAY, DAVID (1849– )
• MURRAY, EUSTACE CLARE GRENVILLE (1824–1881)
• MURRAY, JAMES (c. 1719-1794)
• MURRAY, JOHN
• MURRAY, JOHN (1778–1820)
• MURRAY, LINDLEY (1745–1826)
• MURRAY, LORD GEORGE (1694–1760)
• MURRAY, SIR JAMES AUGUSTUS HENRY (1837– )
• MURRAY, SIR JOHN (1841– )

Murray with 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 See also:

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

horse saved the situation .

Lundy was deprived of all See also:

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

power, and was allowed to See also:

• ESCAPE (in mid. Eng. eschape or escape, from the O. Fr. eschapper, modern echapper, and escaper, low Lat. escapium, from ex, out of, and cappa, cape, cloak; cf. for the sense development the Gr. iichueoOat, literally to put off one's clothes, hence to sli

escape in disguise from the town . On the 19th of April Walker and See also:

• BAKER, HENRY (1698-1774)
• BAKER, SIR BENJAMIN (1840-1907)
• BAKER, SIR RICHARD (1568-1644/5)
• BAKER, SIR SAMUEL WHITE (1821-1893)
• BAKER, THOMAS (1656-1740)
• BAKER, VALENTINE [BAKER PASHA] (1827-1887)

Baker were chosen See also:

• JOINT (through Fr. from Lat. junctum, jungere, to join)

joint-See also:

• GOVERNORS

governors . Walker commanded fifteen companies, amounting to 90o men, and to him was also entrusted the supervision of the See also:

• COMMISSARIAT

commissariat . He showed great See also:

• ENERGY (from the Gr. ivipyela; iv, in, ipyov, work)

energy, courage and resource throughout the siege, and led several successful sallies . Meanwhile his duties as a clergyman were not neglected . The Nonconformists were allowed the use of the See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral on See also:

• SUNDAY

Sunday afternoons, but in the See also:

• MORNING

morning Walker preached . Those few of his sermons which remain, though See also:

• SIMPLE

simple in their See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language, are eloquent and inspiring . Meanwhile he had to contend with jealousies and suspicions within the town; but he succeeded in dispelling all misgivings and in reaffirming his See also:

• CREDIT (Lat. credere, to believe)

credit with the See also:

• GARRISON
• GARRISON, WILLIAM LLOYD (1805-1879)

garrison . At the close of the siege, which lasted 150 days, the town was at the last extremity; but at length, on the 3oth of See also:

• JULY

July, Walker preached the last of the sermons by which he had helped to inspire its defence . An See also:

• HOUR

hour afterwards the See also:

• SHIPS

ships were seen approaching, and the town was relieved . As regards the See also:

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

general course of the war the importance of the successful resistance at Londonderry can hardly be exaggerated . It was the first open See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act of hostility in Ireland against James, and the disaster to his arms not only embarrassed his See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign in Ireland but prevented the expeditions to See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland and See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, and Walker's 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 it was abundantly recognized .

He sailed for Scotland and England on the 9th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August, and was everywhere welcomed with immense public See also:

• ENTHUSIASM

enthusiasm . On the 29th of August he was graciously received at See also:

• HAMPTON
• HAMPTON, WADE (1818-1902)

Hampton 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 by 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 and See also:

• MARY
• MARY (1457-1482)
• MARY (1496-1533)
• MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS

Mary, before whom he had with See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good sense refused to appear in his military See also:

• COSTUME
• COSTUME (through the Fr. costume, from Ital. costume, Late Lat. costuma, a contracted form of Lat. consuetudinem, ace. of consuetudo, custom, habit, manner, &c.)

costume, and delivered to them the See also:

• PETITION (Lat. for " seeking " or " praying ")

petition from Londonderry . William presented him with £5000, part of which he appears to have given to the widow of Baker, his See also:

• FELLOW

fellow-governor, who died during the siege . Shortly afterwards he was nominated 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 Londonderry, but as Bishop See also:

• HOPKINS, EDWARD WASHBURN (1857— )
• HOPKINS, ESEK (1718-18oz)
• HOPKINS, MARK (1802—1887)
• HOPKINS, SAMUEL (1721–1803)
• HOPKINS, WILLIAM (1793–1866)

Hopkins, whom it was determined to remove, only died three See also:

• WEEKS, EDWIN LORD (1849-1903)

weeks before Walker, the latter was never consecrated . Walker succeeded in obtaining a See also:

• GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
• GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
• GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
• GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
• GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
• GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
• GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
• GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
• GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
• GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
• GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
• GRANT, U
• GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)

grant of £1200 for Londonderry from the See also:

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

city companies, and on the 18th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November his petition to the 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 of See also:

• COMMONS

Commons for See also:

• RELIEF

relief for the widows, orphans, See also:

• CLERGY (M.E. clergie, O. Fr. clergie, from Low Lat. form clericia [Skean, by assimilation with O. Fr. clergie, Fr. clerge,from Low Lat. clericatus)
• CLERGY, BENEFIT OF

clergy and dissenting ministers was read, and the king was asked to distribute £1o,000 among them (House of Commons See also:

• JOURNALS

Journals, vol. x. p . 288) . On the following day Walker was called in, received the thanks of the House, and made a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short and dignified reply . On the 8th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October he had been granted the degree of D.D. at See also:

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

Cambridge in his See also:

• ABSENCE (Lat. absentia)

absence, and on his return See also:

• JOURNEY (through O. Fr. jornee or journee, mod. Fr. journee, from med. Lat. diurnata, Lat. diurnus, of or belonging to dies, day)

journey to Ireland he received the same diploma at 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 (Feb . 169o) . Walker met William on his arrival in Ireland on the r4th of See also:

• JUNE

June 1690 at See also:

• BELFAST

Belfast, and followed his army . He was See also:

• PRESENT

present at the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of the See also:

• BOYNE

Boyne on the 1st of July, but in what capacity, whether as spectator, as combatant or as See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister to tend the wounded, is uncertain.' He was shot through the See also:

• BODY

body at the passage of the See also:

• RIVER

river, according to one See also:

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

account, while he was going to the aid of the wounded See also:

• SCHOMBERG (originally SCHONBERG), FRIEDRICH HERMANN (Or FREDERIC ARMAND), DUKE OF (c. 1615—1690)

Schomberg (G . See also:

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

Story, A True .

. . See also:

• HISTORY

History of the Affairs in Ireland, p . 82), and died almost immediately . His remains, or what were supposed to be such, were afterwards transferred from the battlefield and buried in his own 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 at Donaghmore, where a See also:

• MONUMENT (Lat. monumentum or monumentum; from monere, to advise, bring to mind, remind; the German equivalent is Denkmal)

monument and inscription were placed to his memory . A more conspicuous memorial was erected in Londonderry itself . Walker married See also:

• ISABELLA (1451-15o4)
• ISABELLA, ISABEAU

Isabella See also:

• MAXWELL
• MAXWELL, JAMES CLERK (1831–1879)

Maxwell of Finnebrogue, and See also:

• LEFT

left several sons, four of whom during his lifetime were in the king's service, and from one of whom at least there are descendants at the present day . While in See also:

• LONDON

London Walker had published A True Account of the Siege of Londonderry (1689), dedicated to the king, which went through several See also:

• EDITIONS

editions and was translated for perusal abroad . This pamphlet, and the ovations received by Walker in London, excited fierce jealousies, which had been subdued in the hour of peril, but which were now formulated in the Narrative (1698) of John See also:

• MACKENZIE
• MACKENZIE, ALEXANDER (1822-1892)
• MACKENZIE, HENRY (1745-1831)
• MACKENZIE, SIR ALEXANDER (c. 1755-1820)
• MACKENZIE, SIR ALEXANDER CAMPBELL (1847— )
• MACKENZIE, SIR GEORGE (1636-1691)
• MACKENZIE, SIR MORELL (1837-1892)
• MACKENZIE, WILLIAM LYON (1795-1861)

Mackenzie, a dissenting minister who had been present during the siege . Walker was charged with having taken too much credit to himself, and of having passed over the services and names of the nonconformists . See also:

• BASE

Base insinuations were added and it was declared that Walker had never even held the See also:

• POST

post of governor . These accusations fall by the See also:

• WEIGHT

weight of their own exaggeration . On the other See also:

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

hand, Walker's Account, though doubtless incomplete, is written with candour and simplicity and is See also:

• FREE

free from any See also:

• TOUCH (derived through Fr. toucher from a common Teutonic and Indo-Germanic root, cf. " tug," " tuck," O. H. Ger. zucchen, to twitch or draw)

touch of egotistical self-consciousness; and both this See also:

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

tract and his subsequent Vindication (1689) are greatly See also:

• SUPERIOR

superior, in their dignity and See also:

• RESTRAINT (from " to restrain," Lat. restringere, to hold back, prevent)

restraint, to the See also:

• PAMPHLETS

pamphlets of his opponents .

His See also:

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

character was See also:

• PROOF (in M. Eng. preove, proeve, preve, &°c., from O. Fr . prueve, proeve, &c., mod. preuve, Late. Lat. proba, probate, to prove, to test the goodness of anything, probus, good)

proof against the perils which attend a sudden rise to fame and popularity, and his " modesty " is especially observed by several ' See also:

• LUTTRELL, HENRY (c. 1765–1851)

Luttrell writes in his See also:

• DIARY

diary, vol . 2, p . 17 (Feb . 20, 1689-169o), " Mr Walker of Londonderry has taken his leave of the king to go to Ireland on some See also:

• SPECIAL

special command," and again, vol . 2, p . 44 (May 19, 169o), " Letters from Ireland say that Dr Walker, See also:

• LATE

late governor of Londonderry, had a regiment of See also:

• FOOT

foot given him," but there appears to be no See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official See also:

• RECORD (Lat. recordari, to recall to mind, from cor, heart or mind)

record of his having received a See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission at this 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.of his contemporaries . There exists also too much See also:

• POSITIVE (or PORTABLE) ORGAN

positive and See also:

• INDEPENDENT

independent See also:

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

evidence to permit any doubt whatever as to the greatness of Walker's services . See also:

• BURNET
• BURNET, GILBERT (1643-1715)
• BURNET, THOMAS (1635-1715)

Burnet, in a passage which was not included in his published history perhaps because of the controversy, says: " There was a minister in the place, Dr Walker, who acted a very See also:

• NOBLE, SIR ANDREW (1832- )

noble part in 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 and defence of the town; he was but a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man of See also:

• ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary parts, but they were suited to his See also:

• WORK

work, for he did wonders in this siege " (Harleian See also:

• MSS

MSS., 6584 f, 292 b, printed by H . C . Foxcroft . Supplement to Burnet's Hist. of His Own Times, 1902, p . 321) .

In the Siege of Derry (1893) the Rev . See also:

• PHILIP
• PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
• PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
• PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
• PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)

Philip Dwyer has collected the most essential facts and materials See also:

• RELATING

relating to Walker and the siege, and has reprinted in his See also:

• VOLUME

volume Walker's True Account and Vindication, together with Walker's sermons, various other documents and valuable notes .