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 [ELLEN] See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• MRS HENRY [ELLEN] WOOD (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

WOOD (1814—1887)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English novelist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• WORCESTER
• WORCESTER, EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF
• WORCESTER, JOHN TIPTOFT, EARL OF (1427—1470)
• WORCESTER, WILLIAM (c. 1415-c. 1482)

Worcester on the 17th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1814 . Her See also:

• MAIDEN, or MAID

maiden name was See also:

• PRICE
• PRICE, BARTHOLOMEW (1818–1898)
• PRICE, BONAMY (1807-1888)
• PRICE, RICHARD (1723-1791)

Price; her See also:

• FATHER

father was a See also:

• GLOVE (O. Eng. glof, perhaps connected with Gothic lofa, the palm of the hand)

glove manufacturer in Worcester . She married 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:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

Wood in 1836, and after her See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage lived for the most See also:

• PART

part in See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, her See also:

• HUSBAND

husband, who died in 1866, being, at the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of a large See also:

• SHIPPING

shipping and banking See also:

• FIRM

firm . In 186o she wrote a See also:

• TEMPERANCE

temperance See also:

• TALE (O.Eng. talu, number, account, story; the word is common to many Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Zahl, number, Erzahlung, narrative, Du. taal, speech, language)

tale, Danesbury 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, which gained a See also:

• PRIZE, or PRIZE OF WAR (Fr. prise, from prendre, to take)

prize of boo offered by the Scottish Temperance See also:

• LEAGUE

League; but before this she had regularly contributed See also:

• ANONYMOUS

anonymous stories to See also:

• PERIODICALS

periodicals . Her first See also:

• GREAT

great success was made with See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East Lynne (1861), which obtained enormous popularity . It was translated into several See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages, and a number of dramatic versions were made . The Channings and Mrs Halliburton's Troubles followed in 1862; Verner's See also:

• PRIDE, THOMAS (d. 1658)

Pride and The See also:

• SHADOW (0. Eng. Schadewe, sceadu; a form of " shade "; connected with Gr. 6-Ore's, darkness)

Shadow of Ashlydyat in 1863; 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 Oakburn's Daughters, See also:

• OSWALD (c. 605—642)
• OSWALD (d. 992)

Oswald Cray and Trevlyn Hold in 1864 . She became proprietor and editor of the See also:

• ARGOSY (a corruption, by transposition of letters, of the name of the seaport Ragusa)

Argosy See also:

• MAGAZINE

magazine in 1867, and the Johnny See also:

• LUDLOW
• LUDLOW, EDMUND (c. 1617-1692)

Ludlow tales, published anonymously there, are the most See also:

• ARTISTIC

artistic of her See also:

• WORKS

works . Among the See also:

• THIRTY

thirty-five novels Mrs Henry Wood produced, the best of those not hitherto mentioned were See also:

• ROLAND
• ROLAND, LEGEND OF

Roland See also:

• YORKE (1757-1834)
• YORKE, CHARLES (1722-1770)

Yorke (1869); Within the See also:

• MAZE

Maze (1872) and Edina (1876) . She continued to edit the Argosy, with the assistance of her son, Mr C . W . Wood, till her See also:

• DEATH

death, which occurred on the zoth of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1887 .

Memorials of Mrs Henry Wood, by her son, were published in 1894 . WOOD, See also:

• SIR

SIR HENRY See also:

• EVELYN, JOHN (1620-1706)

EVELYN (1838— ), See also:

• BRITISH

British 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 See also:

• MARSHAL (med. Lat. marescalcus, from O.H.Ger. marah, horse, and scalc, servant)

marshal, was born at See also:

• BRAINTREE

Braintree, 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 9th of February 1838, the youngest son of 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:

• PAGE
• PAGE, THOMAS NELSON (1853- )
• PAGE, WILLIAM (1811-1885)

Page Wood, See also:

• BART, JEAN (1651-1702)

Bart . Educated at See also:

• MARLBOROUGH
• MARLBOROUGH, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• MARLBOROUGH, JOHN CHURCHILL, 1ST DUKE OF (1650-1722)

Marlborough, he entered the Royal See also:

• NAVY

Navy in 1852, and served as a See also:

• MIDSHIPMAN

midshipman in the See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian See also:

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

war, being employed on See also:

• SHORE

shore with the See also:

• NAVAL

naval See also:

• BRIGADE (Fr. and Ger. brigade, Ital. brigata, Span. brigada; the English use of the word dates from the early 17th century)

brigade in the See also:

• SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege operations before See also:

• SEVASTOPOL, or SEBASTOPOL

Sevastopol, mentioned in despatches, and severely wounded at the See also:

• ASSAULT (from Lat. ad, to or on, and saltare, to leap)

assault on the See also:

• REDAN

Redan on See also:

• JUNE

June 18, 1855 . Immediately afterwards he See also:

• LEFT

left the navy for the See also:

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

army, becoming a See also:

• CORNET,

cornet in the 13th See also:

• LIGHT

Light Dragoons . Promoted See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant in 1856, he exchanged into the 17th Lancers in 1857, and served in the See also:

• INDIAN

Indian See also:

• MUTINY
• MUTINY (from an old verb " mutine," O. Fr. mutin, meutin, a sedition; cf. mod. Fr. emeute; the original is the Late Lat. mota, commotion, from movere, to move)

Mutiny with distinction as brigade-See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

major of a flying See also:

• COLUMN (Lat. columna)

column, winning the See also:

• VICTORIA
• VICTORIA (or VITTORIA), TOMMASSO LUDOVICO DA (C. I540-C. 1613)
• VICTORIA [ALEXANDRINA VICTORIA]

Victoria See also:

• CROSS

Cross . In 1861 he became See also:

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

captain, in 1862 See also:

• BREVET (a diminutive of the Fr. bref)

brevet-major, exchanging about 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 into the 73rd Highlanders (See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

Black See also:

• WATCH (in O. Eng. wcecce, a keeping guard or watching, from wacian, to guard, watch, wacan, to wake)

Watch), but returned to the See also:

• CAVALRY (Fr. cavalerie, Ger. Kavallerie or Reiterei, derived ultimately from late Lat. caballus, horse)

cavalry three years later . Having meantime served as an aide-de-See also:

• CAMP (from Lat. campus, field)

camp at See also:

• DUBLIN

Dublin, he was next employed on the See also:

• STAFF (O. Eng. staef, cf. Du. staf, Ger. Stab, &c.; Icel. stafr meant also a written letter, and O. Eng. stafas, the letters of the alphabet; " stave," one of the thin pieces of wood of which a cask is made, is a doublet)

staff at See also:

• ALDERSHOT

Aldershot until 1871, when he was appointed to the 90th (now 2nd Scottish Rifles) as a regimental major . In 1867 he had married the Hon . See also:

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

Mary Pauline See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South-well, See also:

• SISTER

sister of the 4th Lord See also:

• SOUTHWELL
• SOUTHWELL, ROBERT (c. 1561-1595)

Southwell . In 1873 he was promoted brevet lieutenant-See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

colonel, and in 1874 served in the See also:

• ASHANTI

Ashanti War (brevet-colonel); in 1874—1878 he was again on the staff at Aldershot, and in See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1878 he became regimental lieutenant-colonel, the 9oth being at that time in South See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa engaged in the Kaffir War . In January 1879 he was in command of the left column of the army that crossed the Zulu frontier, and shortly afterwards he received the See also:

• LOCAL

local See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of brigadier-See also:

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

general . Under him served Colonel Redvers See also:

• BULLER, CHARLES (1806–1848)
• BULLER, SIR REDVERS HENRY (1839-1908)

Buller and also the See also:

• BOER

Boer See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader, Piet Uys, who See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell at Inhlobana., but the re-See also:

• PULSE

pulse at that See also:

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

place was more than counterbalanced by the successful See also:

• BATTLE

battle of Kambula .

At the See also:

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

close of the war Sir Evelyn Wood, who received the K.C.B. for his services, was appointed to command the See also:

• CHATHAM
• CHATHAM, WILLIAM PITT

Chatham See also:

• DISTRICT

district . But in January 1881 he was again in South Africa with the local rank of major-general, and after Sir G . P . See also:

• COLLEY, SIR GEORGE POMEROY (1835-1881)

Colley's death at See also:

• MAJUBA (properly AMAJUBA, Zulu for "the hill of doves")

Majuba it fell to his See also:

• LOT
• LOT (Lat. Oltis)

lot to negotiate the See also:

• ARMISTICE (from Lat. arma, arms, and sistere, to stop)

armistice with General See also:

• JOUBERT, BARTHELEMY CATHERINE (1769–1799)
• JOUBERT, JOSEPH (1754–1824)
• JOUBERT, PETRUS JACOBUS (1834–1900)

Joubert . Remaining in See also:

• NATAL

Natal until February 1882, he then returned to the Chatham command, having meantime been promoted substantive major-general . In 1882 he was made a G.C.M.G. and commanded a brigade in the See also:

• EGYPTIAN

Egyptian expedition . He remained in See also:

• EGYPT

Egypt for six years . From 1883 to 1885 he was See also:

• SIRDAR, or SARDAR (Persian sardar, meaning a leader or joint; and the bones of the fore-arm are about equally developed, officer)

Sirdar of the Egyptian army, which he reorganized and in fact created . During the See also:

• NILE
• NILE, BATTLE OF THE
• NILE, SOBAT

Nile operations of 1884—85 he commanded the forces on the See also:

• LINE

line of communication of Lord See also:

• WOLSELEY, GARNET JOSEPH WOLSELEY, VISCOUNT (1833- )

Wolseley's army . In 1880 he returned to an English command, and two years later (January 1889), with the local rank of lieutenant-general, he was appointed to the Aldershot command . He became lieutenant-general in 1891, and was given the G.C.B. at the close of his See also:

• TENURE (Fr. tenure, from Lat. tenere, to hold)

tenure of the command, when he went to the War 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 as quartermaster-general . Four years afterwards he became See also:

• ADJUTANT (from Lat. adjutare, to aid)

adjutant-general .

He was promoted full general in 1895 . He commanded the II . Army See also:

• CORPS (pronounced as in French, from which it is taken, being a late spelling of tors, from Lat. corpus, a body; cf. " corpse ")

Corps and See also:

• SOUTHERN

Southern Command from 190f to 1904, being promoted field marshal on the 8th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1903 . In 1907 he became colonel of the Royal See also:

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

Horse See also:

• GUARDS, AND HOUSEHOLD TROOPS

Guards . After retiring from active service he took a leading part, as See also:

• CHAIR (in. Mid. Eng. chcere, through O. Fr. chaire or chaiere, from Lat. cathedra, later caledra, Gr. xaOi3pa, seat, cf. "cathedral"; the modern Fr. form chaise, a chair, has been adopted in English with a particular meaning as a form of carriage; chaire

chair-See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man of the Association for the See also:

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

City of See also:

• LONDON

London, in the organization of the Territorial Force . Sir Evelyn Wood published several works, perhaps the best known of which to the soldier are Achievements of Cavalry (1897) and Cavalry in the See also:

• WATERLOO

Waterloo See also:

• CAMPAIGN

Campaign (1896) . He also wrote The See also:

• CRIMEA (ancient Tauris or Tauric Chersonese, called by the Russians by the Tatar name Krym or Crim)

Crimea in 1854 and in'894; an autobiography, From Midshipman to Field Marshal; and The Revolt in Hindostan .