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:WINDHAM (1750-1810)
, See also:English politician, came from an See also:ancient See also:family See also:long See also:resident at Felbrigg, near See also:Cromer in See also:Norfolk
.
His See also:father, See also:Colonel 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:Windham (1717—1761) ,was an adventurous soldier with a See also:taste for See also:languages, both ancient and See also:modern; his son was See also:born in See also:Golden Square, See also:London, on the 3rd of May 1750
.
He went to See also:Eton, which he quitted in 1766 for the university of See also:Glasgow, where he acquired the taste for See also:mathematics which always distinguished him
.
In 1767 he matriculated as See also:gentleman commoner at University See also:College, 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, where he remained until 1771
.
He never took the degree of B.A., but qualified as M.A. on the 7th of See also:October 1782, and received the degree of D.C.L. on the 3rd of See also:July 1793
.
He made a tour in See also:Norway in 1773 and visited See also:Switzerland and See also:Italy between 1778 and 1780
.
His See also:maiden speech on the See also:political See also:platform was delivered at See also:Norwich on the 28th of See also:January 1778, when he vehemently opposed the See also:prosecution of the See also:American See also:war
.
His entrance into public See also:life took See also:place in See also:April 1783, when he went to See also:Ireland as See also:chief secretary to See also:Lord See also:Northington, the lord-See also:lieutenant in the See also:coalition See also:ministry of See also:Fox and Lord See also:North
.
Windham was his own keenest critic, his distrust in his own See also:powers and his disappointment at his own achievements being conspicuous on every See also:page of his See also:Diary
.
Sickness compelled his return to See also:England See also:early in July 1783, and he resigned his position in See also:August; but See also:change of See also:scene and See also:constant exercise restored him to See also:health before the end of that See also:year
.
In April 1784 he was returned to See also:parliament as member for Norwich by a See also:majority of 64 votes, thus scoring one of the few triumphs attained by the adherents of the coalition See also:cabinet
.
This seat he retained until 1802, when he was beaten on See also:account of his hostility to the See also:peace of that year
.
Though he strenuously opposed all proposals for See also:parliamentary reform, to which most of the Whigs were deeply committed, Windham remained in See also:alliance with that party until after the outbreak of the See also:French Revolution, when he and several of his chief See also:allies joined See also:Pitt
.
The place of secretary-at-war was conferred upon him in July 1794, and he was at the same 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 created a privy councillor. and admitted to a seat in the cabinet
.
Windham discharged the duties of his 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 with unflagging zeal, his efforts being particularly directed towards ameliorating the See also:condition of the inferior grades of the See also:army
.
In the autumn of
1794 he was despatched to the See also:duke of See also:York's See also:camp in See also:Flanders with the views of his ministerial colleagues, but their See also:advice could not counteract the military incapacity of the royal duke
.
When Pitt was frustrated in his intention of freeing the See also:Roman Catholics from their political disabilities, Windham, who in religious matters always inclined to liberal opinions, was one of the ministers who retired from office in See also:February 18os
.
He was a constant opponent of all negotiations for peace with See also:France, preferring to prosecute the See also:campaign at whatever cost until some decisive victory had been gained, and the temporary peace of See also:Amiens, which was carried through under Addington's See also:administration, did not meet with his approval
.
When he was ousted from the See also:representation of Norwich in See also:June 1802, a seat for the See also:pocket See also:- BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
- BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)
borough of St Mauves in See also:Cornwall was found for him
.
He declined a place in Pitt's new cabinet (May 1804) on the ground that the exclusion of Fox prevented the formation of an administration sufficiently strong in parliament and the See also:country to See also:cope with the dangers which threatened the safety of the nation, and he offered a See also:general opposition to the See also:measures which the See also:prime See also:minister proposed
.
On Pitt's See also:death in January 18o6 the ministry of " All the Talents " was formed under the leadership of Lord See also:Grenville, and Windham accepted the See also:seals as secretary of See also:state for war and the colonies
.
Fox's death necessitated several See also:official changes; and a See also:peerage was proposed for Windham, but he declined the proffered See also:honour, and remained in office as long as the ministry existed
.
A general elect See also:ion took place in See also:November 18o6 and Windham was elected for the See also:county of Norfolk; but the See also:election was declared void on See also:petition, and he was compelled to sit for the borough of New See also:Romney, for which he had also been elected
.
In 1807, when parliament was dissolved under the See also:influence of the " No Popery " cry of See also:Spencer See also:Perceval, a seat was found for Windham at Higham See also:Ferrers
.
See also:Liberty of religious See also:opinion he uniformly supported at all periods of his life, and with equal consistency he opposed all outbreaks of religious fanaticism; hence with these convictions in his mind few of the domestic measures of the new ministers met with his approbation
.
Moreover, he disapproved of the expedition to the See also:Scheldt, and thought the charges brought against the Duke of York, as See also:commander-in-chief, required his retirement from office
.
At the same time he actively opposed the See also:bill of See also:Sir See also:Samuel See also:Romilly, his colleague on most political questions, for reducing the number of offences visited with the See also:punishment of death
.
In July 18oq he received a See also:blow on the See also:hip whilst rendering assistance at a See also:fire, which he thought little of at the time; but a See also:tumour subsequently formed on the spot and an operation became necessary
.
This brought on a See also:fever, and Windham rapidly sank
.
He died on the 4th of June 18io, and was buried in the family vault at Felbrigg
.
His speeches were published in three volumes in i8o6, with a memoir by See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas See also:Amyot, his private secretary while he was in office in i8o6, and his Diary was edited by Mrs See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry See also:Baring in 1866
.
The passages in the latter See also:work relative to Dr See also:- JOHNSON, ANDREW
- JOHNSON, ANDREW (1808–1875)
- JOHNSON, BENJAMIN (c. 1665-1742)
- JOHNSON, EASTMAN (1824–1906)
- JOHNSON, REVERDY (1796–1876)
- JOHNSON, RICHARD (1573–1659 ?)
- JOHNSON, RICHARD MENTOR (1781–1850)
- JOHNSON, SAMUEL (1709-1784)
- JOHNSON, SIR THOMAS (1664-1729)
- JOHNSON, SIR WILLIAM (1715–1774)
- JOHNSON, THOMAS
Johnson's declining days have been of considerable use to the later editors of See also:Boswell
.
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