See also:

• BENJAMIN
• BENJAMIN, JUDAHPHILIP (1811-1884)

BENJAMIN See also:

• BENJAMIN WAUGH (1839-1908)
• WAUGH, EDWIN (1817-1890)

WAUGH (1839-1908)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English social reformer, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• SETTLE
• SETTLE, ELKANAH (1648–1724)

Settle, See also:

• YORKSHIRE

Yorkshire, on the loth of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1839 . He passed the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early years of his See also:

• LIFE

life in business, but in 1865 entered the congregational See also:

• MINISTRY

ministry . Settling at See also:

• GREENWICH

Greenwich he threw himself with ardour into the See also:

• WORK

work of social reform, devoting himself especially to the cause of the See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children . He. served on the See also:

• LONDON

London School See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

Board from 187o to 1876 . In 1884 he was responsible for the See also:

• ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment of the London society for the prevention of See also:

• CRUELTY (through the O. Fr. crualte, mod. cruaute, from the Lat. crudelitas)

cruelty to children, which four years later was established on a See also:

• NATIONAL

national basis . He was elected its honorary secretary, and it was largely owing to See also:

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

information obtained by him that the Criminal See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

Law See also:

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

Amendment See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act of 1885 was passed, while by his See also:

• PERSONAL

personal effort he secured the insertion of a clause giving magistrates See also:

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

power to take the See also:

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

evidence of children too 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 to understand the nature of an See also:

• OATH (0. Eng. ddh)

oath . In 1889 he saw the work accomplished by his society (of which he had been made director the same See also:

• YEAR

year) recognized by the passing of an act for the prevention of cruelty to children, the first stepping-See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone to the act of 1908 (see CHILDREN, LAW See also:

• RELATING

RELATING TO) . In 1895 a See also:

• CHARTER (Lat. charta, carta, from Gr. Xap-rns, originally for papyrus, material for writing, thence transferred to paper and from this material to the document, in O. Eng. boc, book)

charter of See also:

• INCORPORATION (from Lat. incorporare, to form into a body)

incorporation was conferred on the society, but in 1897 it was the See also:

• OBJECT

object of a serious attack on its See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration . An inquiry was demanded by See also:

• WAUGH, BENJAMIN (1839-1908)
• WAUGH, EDWIN (1817-1890)

Waugh, and the See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission of inquiry, which included See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• HERSCHELL, FARRER HERSCHELL, 1ST BARON (1837-1899)

Herschell and others, completely vindicated thesociety and its director . Waugh had given up See also:

• PASTORAL (from Lat. pastor, a shepherd)

pastoral work in 1887 to devote his whole 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 to the society, and he retained his See also:

• POST

post as director until 1905, when the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state of his See also:

• HEALTH

health compelled his retirement . He remained consulting director until his See also:

• DEATH

death at Westcliff, near Southend, See also:

• ESSEX
• ESSEX, ARTHUR CAPEL
• ESSEX, EARLS OF
• ESSEX, KINGDOM OF
• ESSEX, ROBERT DEVEREUX
• ESSEX, ROBERT DEVEREUX, 2ND2 EARL OF (1566-1601)
• ESSEX, WALTER DEVEREUX, IST2 EARL OF (1541–1576)

Essex, on the 11th 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 1908 . Waugh edited the See also:

• SUNDAY

Sunday See also:

• MAGAZINE

Magazine from 1874 to 1896, but he had otherwise little leisure for See also:

• LITERARY

literary work .

His The See also:

• GAOL, or JAIL

Gaol See also:

• CRADLE (of uncertain etymology, possibly connected with " crate " and " creel," i.e. basket; the derivation from a Celtic word, with a sense of rocking, is scouted by the New English Dictionary)

Cradle, who rocks it ? (1873) was a plea for the abolition of juvenile imprisonment .