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:

• ARTHUR (Fr. Arius)
• ARTHUR, CHESTER ALAN (1830 – 1886)

ARTHUR See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR WHITE (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

WHITE (1824--1891)  , See also:

• BRITISH

British diplomatist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Pulawy, in See also:

• POLAND (Polish Polska, Ger. Polen), (see POLAND, RUSSIAN, below)
• POLAND, RUSSIAN

Poland, on the 13th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1824 . He was descended on his See also:

• FATHER

father's See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side from an Irish See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic See also:

• FAMILY

family . His See also:

• MOTHER

mother's family, though not of See also:

• POLISH

Polish extraction, owned considerable estates in Poland, where See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

White, though educated at 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 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's See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, Isle of See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

Man, and Trinity College, See also:

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

Cambridge, spent a See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• PART

part of his See also:

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

early days, and thus gained an intimate knowledge of the See also:

• SLAVONIC, OLD

Slavonic See also:

• TONGUES, GIFT OF, or GLOSSOLALIA (yXwova, tongue, aXeiv, speak)

tongues . From 1843 to 1857 he lived in Poland as a 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 See also:

• GENTLEMAN (from Lat. gentilis, " belonging to a race or gens," and " man "; Fr. gentilhomme, Span. gentil hombre, Ital. gentil huomo, in its original and strict signification, a term denoting a man of good family, the Lat. generosus (its invariable transl

gentleman, but in the latter See also:

• YEAR

year he accepted a See also:

• POST

post in the British consulate at See also:

• WARSAW
• WARSAW (Polish Warszawa, Ger. Warschau, Fr. Varsovie)

Warsaw, and had almost at once to perform the duties of acting See also:

• CONSUL
• CONSUL (in Gr. generally ihraros,ashortened form of errpavgybs 8hraeos, i.e. praetor maximus)

consul-See also:

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

general . The insurrection of 1863 gave him an opportunity of showing his immense knowledge of Eastern politics and his See also:

• COMBINATION (Lat. combinare, to combine)

combination of See also:

• DIPLOMATIC

diplomatic tact with resolute determination . He was promoted in 1864 to the post of consul at See also:

• DANZIG, or DANTSIC (Polish Gdansk)

Danzig . The Eastern Question was, however, the great See also:

• PASSION (post-classical Lat. passio, formed from pati, passus, to suffer, endure)

passion of his See also:

• LIFE

life, and in 1895 he succeeded in getting transferred to See also:

• BELGRADE (Servian, Biograd or Beograd, i.e. " White Castle")

Belgrade as consul-general for See also:

• SERVIA

Servia . In 1879 he was made British See also:

• AGENT (from Lat. agere, to act)

Agent at See also:

• BUCHAREST (Bucuresci)

Bucharest . In 1884 he was offered by 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:

• GRANVILLE
• GRANVILLE, GRANVILLE
• GRANVILLE, JOHN CARTERET, EARL (1690-1763)

Granville the choice of the See also:

• LEGATION (Lat. legalio, a sending or mission)

legation at Rio or Buenos Aires, and in 1885 Lord See also:

• SALISBURY
• SALISBURY, EARLS OF
• SALISBURY, ROBERT ARTHUR TALBOT GASCOYNECECIL, 3RD MARQUESS OF (1830-1903)
• SALISBURY, ROBERT CECIL, 1ST EARL OF (c. 1565-1612)
• SALISBURY, THOMAS DE MONTACUTE, 4TH EARL OF (1388-1428)
• SALISBURY, WILLIAM LONGSWORD (or LONGESPEE), EARL OF (d. 1226)

Salisbury, who was then at the See also:

• FOREIGN

Foreign 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, urged him to go to See also:

• PEKING, or PEKIN

Peking, pointing out the increasing importance of that post . White's devoted friend, See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

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

Robert See also:

• MORIER, JAMES (1780-1849)
• MORIER, SIR ROBERT BURNETT DAVID (1826-1893)

Morier, wrote in the same sense . But White, who was already acting as See also:

• AMBASSADOR (also EMBASSADOR, the form sometimes still used in America; from the Fr. ambassadeur, with which compare Ital. ambasciatore and Span. embajador, all variants of the Med. Lat. ambassiator, ambassiator, ambasator, &c., derived from Med. Lat. amba

ambassador ad See also:

• INTERIM

interim at See also:

• CONSTANTINOPLE
• CONSTANTINOPLE, COUNCILS OF

Constantinople, decided to wait; and during this year he rendered one of his most conspicuous services . It was largely owing to his efforts that the See also:

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

war between Servia and See also:

• BULGARIA
• BULGARIA, EASTERN

Bulgaria was prevented from spreading into a universal conflagration, and that the See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

union of Bulgaria and eastern See also:

• RUMELIA, or ROUMELIA (Turkish Rumili, " the land of the Romans," i.e. the East Roman or Byzantine empire)

Rumelia was accepted by the See also:

• POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers .

In the following year he was rewarded with the See also:

• EMBASSY

embassy at Constantinople . He was the first Roman Catholic appointed to a British embassy since the See also:

• REFORMATION
• REFORMATION, THE

Reformation . He pursued consistently the policy of counteracting See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence in the Balkans by erecting a barrier of See also:

• INDEPENDENT

independent states animated with a healthy spirit of See also:

• NATIONAL

national life, and by supporting See also:

• AUSTRIAN

Austrian interests in the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East . To the furtherance of this policy he brought an unrivalled knowledge of all the under-currents of See also:

• ORIENTAL

Oriental intrigue, which his mastery of See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages enabled him to derive not only from the See also:

• NEWSPAPERS

newspapers, of which he was an assiduous reader, but from the obscurest See also:

• SOURCES

sources . His See also:

• BLUFF (a word of uncertain origin; possibly connected with an obsolete Dutch word, blaf, broad)

bluff and straightforward manner, and the knowledge that with him the See also:

• DEED (in O. Eng. dead, from the stem of the verb " to do ")

deed was ready to follow the word, enabled him at once to inspire confidence and to overawe less masterful rivals . The See also:

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

official honours bestowed on him culminated in 1888 with the G.C.B. and a seat on the Privy See also:

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

Council . He was still ambassador at Constantinople when he was attacked by See also:

• INFLUENZA (syn. " grip," la grippe)

influenza during a visit to See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin, where he died on the 28th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1891 .