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  John Cam Hobhouse
John Cam Hobhouse, the son of Sir Benjamin Hobhouse and Charlotte Cam, was born in Bristol on 27th June 1786.
Sir Benjamin Hobhouse had inherited a large fortune from his father and after being elected to the House of Commons obtained the reputation as a social reformer.
John Cam Hobhouse became friendly with the radical M.P., Sir Francis Burdett who encouraged him to became a candidate in the 1819 by-election for Westminster.
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 All words on Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough
Dost Mahommed Khan was quietly dismissed from a prison in Calcutta to the throne in the Bala Hissar, and Ellenborough presided over the painting of the elephants for an unprecedented military spectacle at Ferozepur, on the south bank of the Sutlej.
In vain had Major (afterwards Sir Henry) Rawlinson proved that they were only reproductions of the original gates, to which the Ghazni moulvies clung merely as a source of offerings from the faithful who visited the old conqueror's tomb.
Sir Charles Napier made more than one confession like this: "We have no right to seize Sind, yet we shall do so, and a very advantageous, useful and humane piece of rascality it will be." The battles of Meeanee and Hyderabad followed; and the Indus became a British river from Karachi to Multan.
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 John Hobhouse, 1st Baron Broughton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In 1816 he was with him after his separation from his wife, and contributed notes to the fourth canto of Childe Harold, which was dedicated to him.
His barony died with him, as he had no direct heirs, whilst the baronetcy — under an older and more lenient patent — passed to a more distant relative.
This article incorporates public domain text from: Cousin, John William (1910).
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 thePeerage.com - Person Page 3672
     Sir John Cam Hobhouse, 1st and last Baron Broughton of Broughton-de-Gyfford was born on 27 June 1786 in Redland, Dorset, England.
     Sir John Cam Hobhouse, 1st and last Baron Broughton of Broughton-de-Gyfford was educated in Westminster School, Westminster, London, England.
She married John Henry Loftus, 3rd Marquess of Ely, son of John Loftus, 2nd Marquess of Ely and Anna Maria Dashwood, on 29 October 1844.
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 John Russell, 1st Earl Russell   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (August 18, 1792 - May 28, 1878), known as Lord John Russell before 1861, was a Whig politician who served twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in the mid-nineteenth century.
In this position, Russell continued to lead the more reformist wing of the Whig party, calling, in particular, for religious freedom, and, as Home Secretary in the late 1830s, played a large role in democratizing the government of British cities (other than London).
Sir Charles Wood - Chancellor of the Exchequer
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 BROUGHTON, JOHN CAM HOBHOUSE, BARON (1786-1869) - Encyclopedia Britannica - BROUGHTON, JOHN CAM HOBHOUSE, BARON ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Hobhouse was present at the battle of Dresden in August 1813, and, following the allied army into France, saw Louis XVIII.
In February 1819 Hobhouse was the Radical candidate at a by-election for the representation of the city of Westminster, but he failed to secure election.
Hobhouse shared Byron's enthusiasm for the liberation of Greece; after the poet's death in 1824 he proved his will, and superintended the arrangements for his funeral.
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 John Cam Hobhouse, Baron Broughton --  Encyclopædia Britannica
also called (1831–51) Sir John Cam Hobhouse, 2nd Baronet British politician and literary personage known as the alleged coiner of the phrase “His Majesty's Opposition” (implying the continued loyalty of a major party when out of power) and as a close friend of Lord Byron.
The shape of the contacting surface of the cam is determined by the prescribed motion and the profile of the follower; the latter is usually flat or circular.
In elaborating his conception of sociology, English social scientist Leonard Trelawney Hobhouse drew on his knowledge of several other fields: philosophy, psychology, biology, anthropology, and the history of religion, ethics, and law.
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 Nottinghamshire: history and archaeology | Great Houses of Nottinghamshire: Papplewick
John Walter, of Warwickshire extraction, who died in 1784, leaving two sons, Robert, an officer in the Royal Navy, and John, the younger of whom founded the Times newspaper.
John Walter, to whose energy and ability the Times owes its unrivalled position in the world of newspaper letters, and afterwards by his son, who now represents Berkshire.
Sir George Larpent accepted the Chiltern Hundreds, in other words, resigned his seat, and Mr.
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 Jervis John Earl of St Vincent: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library
John Thadeus Delane, Editor of "The Times": His Life and Correspondence - Vol.
Lord John wrote a very...reminding him of Villafranca...belong to Sir Vincent Cotton, and...join the St.
A Spanish fleet was on the point of escaping a smaller British squadron led by Admiral Sir John Jervis (later, Earl St Vincent) when a lone manoeuvre by Nelson saved the day.
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 JOHN RUSSELL, 1ST EARL RUSSELL FACTS AND INFORMATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The_Right_Honourable John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (August_18, 1792 – May_28, 1878), known as Lord John Russell before 1861, was a British Whig and Liberal statesman who served twice as Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom in the mid-19th century.
He was one of the principal leaders of the fight for the Reform_Act_1832, earning the nickname Finality John from his complacently pronouncing the Act a final measure.
In 1834, when the leader of the Commons, Lord Althorp, succeeded to the peerage as Earl_Spencer, Russell became the leader of the Whigs in the Commons, a position he maintained for the rest of the decade, until the Whigs fell from power in 1841.
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 Nottinghamshire: history and archaeology | Great Houses of Nottinghamshire: Chilwell
Investigation and research have shown that the Charltons descended from a John de Charleton, who was M.P. for the City of London as early as 1318, and from that time until the Battle of Bosworth, when Sir Richard Charlton was slain, the family attainted, and their lands confiscated to the Crown, they were large proprietors.
John Cam Hobhouse, and the contest was attended with riot and disorder.
The tumult which had taken place in the earlier part of the year at the bye-election that followed the decease of Sir R. Ferguson, was repeated in the summer, and both on the nomination and polling days the town was a scene of uproar and confusion.
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 AFGHANISTAN AND THE ANGLO-RUSSIAN DISPUTE by THEO. F. RODENBOUGH
Sir Michael Biddulph describes the surroundings: "Kandahar stands on the western side of a plain, which was originally a barren skirt of the mountain.
Sir William McNaghten was murdered by Akbar, at a council in sight of the garrison.
Sir Frederick Roberts, however, made a rapid march from Kabul on Kandahar, and after a successful and decisive battle with the Afghans, completely dispersed the native force, and relieved the beleaguered garrison.
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 Introduction | British History Online
Place also criticizes Sir Francis Burdett (with whom his relations had often been cool) (Footnote 30) with regard to his hesitation in accepting the chairmanship of the National Political Union, but when Burdett accepts and maintains creditable control of the initial public meeting to form the union, he receives no credit from Place.
He criticized John Savage for wishing to prevent the formation of the National Political Union, (Footnote 34) but failed to note subsequently in his narrative that Savage became a council member of the union and worked amicably within it to obtain the passing of the Reform Bill.
In a letter to Hobhouse in November 1830 he wrote that 'the time is not yet come when a radical change can be made either so effectually as to prevent other similar changes, or so beneficially as to answer the purposes of any class of reformers'.
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 Hobby-O - (The Diary of John Cam Hobhouse, edited by Peter Cochran)
Hobhouse is sensitive to the native expression of both pro- and anti-British feelings.
Sir Arthur Wellesley’s victory over Marshal Victor at the battle of Talavera, fought on 27 and 28 July, redeemed his reputation in the eyes of the establishment, and as a result he was made Duke of Wellington.
Hobhouse did, I could not do otherwise than civilly assent, especially as his Lordship’s comfort, at the moment, seemed in some degree dependant on being confirmed in the good opinion he was desirous to entertain of his own courtesy.
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 LDS European Data About Other Hoppes, Etc. Family Locales
Benjamin Hobhouse graduated from Oxford in 1781; became a barrister and politician; married Charlotte Cam of Minehead, Somerset on September 12, 1785; served as a Member of Parliament from 1797-1818; became a baronet in1812; and died on August 15, 1831.
John Cam Hobhouse was born near Bristol, England on June 27, 1786 where he attended the Unitarian grammar school.
Sir John Cam Hobhouse was granted the title Lord Broughton just before he retired from politics in 1852.
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 John Cam Hobhouse, Baron Broughton --  Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust!
Hobhouse and Byron, who had become acquainted at Trinity College, Cambridge, travelled together in Europe in 1809–10 and in 1816–17.
After the enactment of major parliamentary reform in 1832, Hobhouse (2nd baronet from 1831) became increasingly conservative.
Hobhouse served as secretary at war (1832–33), chief secretary for Ireland (1833), first commissioner for woods and forests (1834), and president of the Board of Control for India (1835–41, 1846–52).
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Reginald de Kinnaird, second son of the latter's grandson, Richard de Kinnaird of that ilk, married Marjory, daughter and heiress of Sir John Kirkaldy of Inchture, in the same county, and got with her these lands, in which he was confirmed by charter of Robert III., dated 28th January 1899.
The ninth in direct descent from this Reginald, Sir George Kinnaird of Inchture, a steady loyalist during the civil wars, was knighted by Charles II., in 1661.
In 1813 he accompanied Mr., afterwards Sir John Cam Hobhouse, baronet, (created in 1851 Lord Broughton,) through Sweden, and across the north of Germany to Vienna, and was present at the decisive battle of Culin, in Bohemia, in which the French, under General Vandamme, were beaten by the Prussians and Russians.
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Engraved armorial bookplate of the British statesman, Sir John Cam Hobhouse, Baron Broughton (1786-1869).
Hobhouse was a great friend of Byron and acted as "best man" at his wedding.
Hobhouse probably used this book (along with easy access to a Ducal library) while he was writing the notes for the Fourth Canto of "Childe Harold", which Byron afterwards dedicated to him.
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Sir John had the crowd well in hand till old Frankies`s turn came to give the electors a touch of Westminster tactics.
Among the many sneers thrown out by the old baronet was one he hurled at Sir John relative to his "arrogant assumptions" as Lord of the Manor or as landowner.
William Hale, at the Swan, Alex Wilkins, at the Seven Stars, John Dory, at the Bell, Hunt, at the Royal Oak, were among the stoutest advocates of Methuen.
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 William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Melbourne was Prime Minister when Queen Victoria came to the throne (June 1837).
Over the next four years Melbourne trained her in the art of politics and the two became friends: Victoria was quoted as saying she considered him like a father (her own had died when she was only eight months old), and Melbourne's grown son had died recently.
Lord John Russell - Secretary of State for the Home Department
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 Lord John Russell, 1st Earl Russell Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
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Lord John Russell links here, which might also refer to John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford.
When the Whigs came to power in 1830 in Earl Grey's government, Russell entered the government as Paymaster of the Forces, and was soon elevated to the Cabinet.
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 John Russell, 1st Earl Russell   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Lord John Russell - First Lord of the Treasury
February, 1866 - Lord Ripon succeeds Sir Charles Wood as Secretary for India.
Lord Hartington succeeds Ripon as Secretary for War.
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 Hobby-O - (The Diary of John Cam Hobhouse, edited by Peter Cochran)
John Smythe Davies’ diary elucidates: “Salsette’s Boats landed the corps[e] of Old Burucchi the Greek Pilot to bury him.
The Rt Honble Lord Byron Sir Jno Cam Hobhouse their two Albanian Soldiers and Servants and small officers scouring the country for the funeral Piles of the old warriors Achylles, Patroclus, Pompey Tracing the Ancient Rivers Schamander Simois and loading themselves with relics.
John Smythe Davies records, “Salsette weigh’d and attempted but fail’d to stem the current between the Castles of Abydos and Cestos.
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 ipedia.com: Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
In February, 1852, following the collapse of the Whig government of Lord John Russell, Derby formed a minority government, whose most prominent member was Disraeli as Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Sir John Pakington - Secretary of State for War and the Colonies
September 1858 - The office of President of the Board of Control is abolished and replaced by that of Secretary of State for India.
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 ALI PASHA - LoveToKnow Article on ALI PASHA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
His services to the allies received their reward.
Still bent on obtaining Parga, he sent a special mission to London, backed by a letter from Sir Robert Listen, the British ambassador at Constantinople, calling the attention of the government to the pasha's supereminent qualities " and his services against the French.
After some hesitation it was decided to evacuate Parga and hand it over to the Ottoman government, i.e.
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 Edney: Mapping an Empire: Bibliography
Reprint in Colonel Sir George Everest CB FRS: Proceedings of the Bicentenary Conference at the Royal Geographical Society, 8th November 1990, 34-50 (London: Royal Geographical Society and Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, 1990).
The core of this is a letter, Colin Mackenzie to Sir Alexander Johnstone, 1 Feb 1817, published in Asiatic Journal 13 (Mar-Apr 1822): 242-49 and 313-25; The East India Military Calendar; containing the Services of General and Field Officers of the Indian Army, edited by John Philippart, 3 vols.
Lesch, John E. "Systematics and the Geometrical Spirit." In The Quantifying Spirit in the Eighteenth Century, edited by Tore Frängsmyr, J. Heilbron, and Robin E. Rider, 73-111.
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 John Buchan, Baron Tweedsmuir --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia
Buchan is credited with establishing the weather map as the basis of weather forecasting as a result of his tracing, in 1868, the path of a...
British army officer, mountaineer, and explorer who led the expedition on which Edmund (later Sir Edmund) Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reached the summit of Mount Everest, the highest mountain (29,035 feet [8,850 metres]) in the world.
English jurist and politician who defended the radical John Wilkes against charges of seditious and obscene libel (1763–64) and who is also important as the author of a resolution in Parliament (April 6, 1780) condemning George III for his support of Lord North's government despite the unpopularity of its policies during the American Revolution (1775–83).
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 Sir John Cam Hobhouse   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Lord Broughton served as president of the board of control for India from 1835 to 1841 and again from 1846 to 1852.
During the early establishment of the indenture system Sir Hobhouse was not opposed to the scheme, and had replied to Gladestone that the Indian Government would not interfere with his plans.
Image from: Vincent, E.R. Byron, Hobhouse, and Foscolo.
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