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borough, an area of settlement endowed with certain privileges and the right of local self‐government, usually confirmed by royal charter. The origins of the practice are Norman French. More than 170 boroughs were established in medieval Ireland. By 1615, 81 returned members to the Irish... Read more
Paul Kane Paul Kane
Paul Kane 1810-71, Canadian painter, b. Ireland. Kane went to Toronto as a child. He studied art in the United States (1836-41) and in Europe (1841-45). After his return to Canada (1845) he made an extended journey into the Hudson's Bay Company territories of W Canada, traveling by snowshoe,... Read more
Sir Walter Raleigh Sir Walter Raleigh
Sir Walter Raleigh , 1554?-1618, English soldier, explorer, courtier, and man of letters. Early Life As a youth Raleigh served (1569) as a volunteer in the Huguenot army in France. In 1572 he was listed as an undergraduate at Oxford, where he may have studied before going to France, and his name... Read more
Carol II Carol II
Carol II 1893-1953, king of Romania, son of King Ferdinand and Queen Marie . While crown prince, he contracted a morganatic marriage with Zizi Labrino but divorced her to marry (1921) Princess Helen of Greece. He soon formed a liaison with Magda Lupescu , with whom he lived in Paris after being... Read more
Robert Devereux 2d earl of Essex Robert Devereux 2d earl of Essex
Robert Devereux Essex, 2d earl of , 1567-1601, English courtier and favorite of Queen Elizabeth I . Succeeding to the earldom on the death (1576) of his father, he came under the guardianship of Lord Burghley and soon won favor at court. He distinguished himself in action while serving (1585-86)... Read more
convention of Kilkenny convention of Kilkenny
Kilkenny, convention of, 1341. The English crown was too preoccupied with Wales and Scotland in the reign of Edward I, and too insecure in the reign of Edward II, to give much attention to the government of the English Pale in Ireland. Edward III was forced to pay attention in 1341 by a... Read more
Sir Humphrey Gilbert Sir Humphrey Gilbert
Sir Humphrey Gilbert 1537?-1583, English soldier, navigator, and explorer; half brother of Sir Walter Raleigh . Knighted (1570) for his service in the campaigns in Ireland, he later (1572) served in the Netherlands. Convinced of the existence of a Northwest Passage , he explained his theories in... Read more
Mavourneen Mavourneen
Mavourneen (1891), a play by George H. Jessop and Horace Townsend. [14th Street Theatre, 102 perf.] Terence Dwyer ( W. J. Scanlan) rescues his beloved Kate ( Grace Thorne) from abductors, only to have her mean sister, Lady Caroline Dwyer ( Helen Tracy), contrive to separate the pair and have... Read more
Piers Gaveston Piers Gaveston
Piers Gaveston , d. 1312, favorite of Edward II of England. Son of a Gascon knight at the court of Edward I, he was a boyhood playmate of the future Edward II and acquired great influence over him. Edward I exiled him (1307), but he returned on his friend's accession later in the year. He was made... Read more
Great Contract Great Contract
Great Contract, 1610. By the time James I ascended the throne of England the royal finances had been undermined by inflation. In 1610, therefore, Lord Treasurer Robert Cecil proposed that Parliament should vote the king a regular annual income. In return, the crown would abandon its deeply... Read more

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