See also:SIR See also:ALBERT See also:WOODS (1816-1904)
, See also:English See also:herald, son of See also: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:Woods, Garter 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-of-arms from 1838 to his See also:death in 1842, was See also:born on the 16th of See also:April 1816
.
In 1838 he became a member of the See also:chapter of the Heralds' See also:College, of which he was appointed registrar in 1866
.
In 1869 he was knighted and became Garter king-of-arms
.
In this capacity he was entrusted
' The expression See also:Picus martins was by old writers used in a very See also:general sense for all birds that climbed trees, not only woodpeckers, but for the See also:nuthatch and See also:- TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
- TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )
tree-creeper (qq.v.) as well
.
The See also:adjective martins loses all its significance if it be removed from Picus, as some even respectable authorities have separated it.with many See also:missions to convey the See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order to See also:foreign sovereigns; he was also registrar from 1878 of the orders of the See also:Star of See also:India and of the See also:Indian See also:Empire; and from 1869 was king-of-arms of the order of St See also:Michael and St See also:George
.
He officiated at the coronations both of See also:Queen See also:Victoria and of King See also:Edward VII., and his authority on questions of See also:precedence was unique
.
His later distinctions were K.C.B
.
(1897), K.C.M.G
.
(1899) and G.C.V.O
.
(1903)
.
He died on the 7th of See also:January 1904
.
End of Article: