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Wentworth, Sir John
(Encyclopedia) Wentworth, Sir John, 1737–1820, colonial governor of New Hampshire, b. Portsmouth, N.H. On the forced resignation of his uncle, Benning Wentworth, he was commissioned (Aug., 1766) to…Wentworth, Thomas
(Encyclopedia) Wentworth, Thomas: see Strafford, Thomas Wentworth, 1st earl of.Roscommon, Wentworth Dillon, 4th earl of
(Encyclopedia) Roscommon, Wentworth Dillon, 4th earl ofRoscommon, Wentworth Dillon, 4th earl ofrŏskŏmˈən [key], 1633?–1685, English poet and scholar, b. Ireland. He was one of the first to praise…Higginson, Thomas Wentworth
(Encyclopedia) Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823–1911, American author, b. Cambridge, Mass. A Unitarian minister, he was a leader in the abolitionist movement and was a member of a group that backed…Dilke, Sir Charles Wentworth
(Encyclopedia) Dilke, Sir Charles WentworthDilke, Sir Charles Wentworthdĭlk [key], 1843–1911, British statesman. A radical leader in the Liberal party, he helped pass the parliamentary Reform Acts of…Wentworth, William Charles
(Encyclopedia) Wentworth, William Charles, 1793?–1872, Australian statesman. His exploration (1813) of the Blue Mts. in Australia revealed vast pasturelands in the western part of the continent. In…Strafford, Thomas Wentworth, 1st earl of
(Encyclopedia) Strafford, Thomas Wentworth, 1st earl of, 1593–1641, English statesman. Regularly elected to Parliament from 1614 on, he became one of the critics of George Villiers, 1st duke of…boulder, in geology
(Encyclopedia) boulder, large rock fragment formed by detachment from its parent consolidated rock by weathering and erosion. In engineering and geology, especially in the United States, the term is…New Hampshire Grants
(Encyclopedia) New Hampshire Grants, early name (1749–77) for Vermont, given because most of the early settlers came in under land grants from Benning Wentworth, the colonial governor of New…Rockingham, Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2d marquess of
(Encyclopedia) Rockingham, Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2d marquess ofRockingham, Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2d marquess ofrŏkˈĭng-əm [key], 1730–82, British statesman. In the early years of the reign of…Trending
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