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Sir and Edward
His son Thomas, aged fifteen when he entered Oxford in 1582, married as his first wife Margaret, sister of Sir Edward Greville.
Sturley wrote to Quiney that Sir Edward `` gave his allowance and liking thereof, and affied unto us his best endeavour, so that his rights be preserved '', and that `` Sir Edward saith we shall not be at any fault for money for prosecuting the cause, for himself will procure it and lay it down for us for the time ''.
He suggested offering half to Sir Edward, fearing lest `` he shall thinke it to good for us and procure it for himselfe, as he served us the last time ''.
He asked Quiney to find out whether the money had been paid and, if not, to send to the lodging of Sir Edward and entreat him to pay what he owed.
Further letters in November mention that Sir Edward paid forty pounds.
When Sir Edward Greville enclosed the town commons on the Bancroft, Quiney and others leveled his hedges on January 21, 1600/1, and were charged with riot by Sir Edward.
Accompanied by `` Master Greene our solicitor '' ( Thomas Greene of the Middle Temple, Shakespeare's `` cousin '' ), Quiney tried to consult Sir Edward Coke, attorney general, and gave money to a clerk and a doorkeeper `` that we might have access to their master for his counsel butt colde nott have him att Leasure by the reason of thees trobles '' ( the Essex rising on February 8 ).
Throughout European history, philosophers such as Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas, among others, contemplated the possibility that souls exist in animals, plants, and people ; however, the currently accepted definition of animism was only developed in the 19th century by Sir Edward Tylor, who created it as " one of anthropology's earliest concepts, if not the first ".
Edward Burnett Tylor | Sir Edward Tylor was responsible for forming the definition of animism currently accepted in anthropology.
The term was taken and redefined by the anthropologist Sir Edward Tylor in his 1871 book Primitive Culture, in which he defined it as " the general doctrine of souls and other spiritual beings in general.
* 1965 – Sir Edward Victor Appleton, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate ( b. 1892 )
In February 1705, Queen Anne, who had made Marlborough a Duke in 1702, granted him the Park of Woodstock and promised a sum of £ 240, 000 to build a suitable house as a gift from a grateful crown in recognition of his victory – a victory which British historian Sir Edward Shepherd Creasy considered one of the pivotal battles in history, writing – " Had it not been for Blenheim, all Europe might at this day suffer under the effect of French conquests resembling those of Alexander in extent and those of the Romans in durability.
Although he presided over a large majority, Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman was overshadowed by his ministers, most notably Herbert Henry Asquith at the Exchequer, Edward Grey at the Foreign Office, Richard Burdon Haldane at the War Office and David Lloyd George at the Board of Trade.
Since the House of Lords no longer had the power to block the bill, the Unionist's Ulster Volunteers led by Sir Edward Carson, launched a campaign of opposition that included the threat of armed resistance in Ulster and the threat of mutiny by army officers in Ireland in 1914 ( see Curragh Incident ).
The current Governor of the Bank of England is Sir Mervyn King, who took over on 30 June 2003 from Sir Edward George.
The other judges were John Toohey QC, a former Justice of the High Court of Australia who had worked on Aboriginal issues ( he replaced New Zealander Sir Edward Somers QC, who retired from the Inquiry in 2000 for personal reasons ), and Mr Justice William Hoyt QC, former Chief Justice of New Brunswick and a member of the Canadian Judicial Council.

Sir and Grey
Sir John Hussey, later Lord Hussey, was her chamberlain from 1530, and his wife, Lady Anne, daughter of George Grey, 2nd Earl of Kent, was one of Mary's attendants.
Kawau Island in the Hauraki Gulf has a colony of three species of wallabies descending from a deliberate introduction by Sir George Grey, a nineteenth century Governor.
The same year he was appointed to succeed Sir Charles Grey, as commander-in-chief of the British forces in the West Indies.
Prime Ministers of the period included: William Pitt the Younger, Lord Grenville, Duke of Portland, Spencer Perceval, Lord Liverpool, George Canning, Lord Goderich, Duke of Wellington, Lord Grey, Lord Melbourne, and Sir Robert Peel.
Many years ago, Mrs. Grey, author of The Gambler's Wife and other novels, was on a visit at Ombersley Court, when Lady Sandys chanced to remark that she wished she could get some very good curry powder, which elicited from Mrs. Grey that she had in her desk an excellent recipe, which her uncle, Sir Charles, Chief Justice of India, had brought thence, and given her.
Sir George Grey, the Governor of Cape Colony from 1854 to 1861, decided that unifying the states of southern Africa would be mutually beneficial.
* Sir Thomas Grey
Elizabeth's first husband was Sir John Grey of Groby whom she married in about 1452.
Her first husband, Sir John Grey of Groby was killed at the Second Battle of St Albans.
In about 1452, she married Sir John Grey of Groby, who was killed at the Second Battle of St Albans in 1461, fighting for the Lancastrian cause, which would become a source of irony as Edward IV was the Yorkist claimant to the throne.
On 30 September 1642 Parliamentarians led by Sir Robert Harley and Henry Grey, 1st Earl of Stamford occupied the city without opposition.
Three years later, on 21 December 1546 he married Mildred Cooke, who was ranked by Ascham with Lady Jane Grey as one of the two most learned ladies in the kingdom, and whose sister, Anne, became the wife of Sir Nicholas ( and later the mother of Sir Francis ) Bacon.
Sir John Grey Gorton, GCMG, AC, CH ( 9 September 191119 May 2002 ), Australian politician, was the 19th Prime Minister of Australia.
Sir John Grey Gorton was born in Melbourne, Victoria, the illegitimate son of Alice Sinn, the daughter of a railway worker, and English orange orchardist John Rose Gorton.
* Henderson, Gerard ( 2000 ), ' Sir John Grey Gorton ,' in Michelle Grattan ( ed.
Governor Sir George Grey, sensible to the pressures, inspired an ordinance of the General Legislative Council under which new Legislative Councils would be established in each province with two-thirds of their members elected on a generous franchise.
* Sir Anthony ( or Antony ) Grey ( d. 1480 ), brother-in-law of Elizabeth Woodville, queen consort of Edward IV
According to an account given to Sir George Grey, an early governor of New Zealand, Hokioi were huge black-and-white predators with a red crest and yellow-green tinged wingtips.
After the Conservative government of Arthur Balfour fell in December 1905 there was some speculation that Asquith and his allies Richard Haldane and Sir Edward Grey would refuse to serve unless Campbell-Bannerman accepted a peerage, which would have left Asquith as the real leader in the House of Commons.
( Chiefly translated from original manuscripts in the library of His Excellency Sir George Grey ) London, Trübner & Co. ( 1864 )
According to an account given to Sir George Grey, an early governor of New Zealand, Hokioi were huge black-and-white predators with a red crest and yellow-green tinged wingtips.

Sir and replied
" Groucho replied, " Sir, if my wife looked like that, I wouldn't need any help thinking of insults!
Wren, who was not so tall, replied that " they were high enough ", at which the king crouched down until he was on a level with his Surveyor and strutted about saying, " Ay, Ay, Sir Christopher, I think they are high enough.
Bacon's innocence having been admitted, he was restored to favour, and replied to a writing by Sir Anthony Browne, who had again asserted the rights of the house of Suffolk to which Lady Catherine belonged.
To which, Sir Robert replied ; Sure Sir, you have slept since I saw you ; and, this is the result of some melancholy dream, which I desire you to forget, for you are now awake.
In a famous exchange with John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, where the latter exclaimed, " Sir, I do not know whether you will die on the gallows or of the pox ," Wilkes is reported to have replied, " That depends, my lord, on whether I embrace your lordship's principles or your mistress.
The First Sea Lord, Admiral Sir Roger Blackhouse, replied that Britain's continental commitment might not be a limited liability.
When Cao Cao inquired the reason, Guan Yu replied, " Sir, I'm very grateful to you for the steed because with it, I can reach my sworn brother in a shorter period of time if I ever know where he is.
According to Fuller, Mildmay, on coming to court, after the college was opened was addressed by the Queen with the words: " Sir Walter, I hear you have erected a puritan foundation ", to which Mildmay replied: " No, madam ; far be it from me to countenance anything contrary to your established laws ; but I have set an acorn, which when it becomes an oak, God alone knows what will be the fruit thereof ".
Gosson replied to his various opponents in 1582 by his Playes Confuted in Five Actions, dedicated to Sir Francis Walsingham.
To his inquiry who he was, Morton replied, ‘ I am that old man, the Bishop of Durham, in spite of all your votes ;’ asked where he was going, his answer was, ‘ To London, to live there a little while, and then to die .’ Ultimately Sir Christopher invited him to his house at Easton Mauduit, ten miles from Northampton.
Naguib said, " Sir, we were forced to do what we did ," to which Farouk replied, " Yes, I know.
" Sir Colin's aide John Scott is said to have replied, " Aye, Sir Colin.
In August 1913, the Governor – General of Nigeria, Sir Frederick Lugard wrote to Harcourt, then Secretary of State for the Colonies, " in the absence of any convenient local name, I would respectfully ask your permission to call this Port Harcourt ", to which the Secretary of State replied, " It gives me pleasure to accede to your suggestion that my name should be associated with the new Port.
One visitor refused to remove his " even if the King were present " but Lambert replied that " Then by G ——, Sir, you must instantly quit this room, as I do not consider it a mark of respect due to myself, but to the ladies and gentlemen who honor me with their company.
Another interested spectator claimed that since his entrance fee was paying for Lambert's clothing, he had the right to know about it ; Lambert replied " Sir, if I knew what part of my next coat your shilling would pay for, I can assure you I would cut out the piece ".
Sir Syed replied that he was bringing these matters to the attention of the British for the good of his own people, of his country, and of the government itself.
Sir Syed replied that he had only had 500 copies printed, the majority of which he had sent to England, one had been given to the government of India, and the remaining copies were still in his possession.
When urged by Sir Evelyn Baring ( Lord Cromer ) early in 1883 to abandon some of the more distant parts of the Sudan, he replied with characteristic light-heartedness: " Nous en causerons plus tard ; d ' abord nous allons donner une bonne raclée à ce monsieur " ( We'll talk about that later, first we're going to give this gentleman ( i. e. the Mahdi ) a good thrashing ).
Charles took opportunity in the lull to dispatch his Secretary of War, Sir Edward Walker, to parley with Waller with a message of grace and pardon, but the Parliamentarian replied that he had no power to treat.
Ever stoic, Popham replied that at his age, death would be “ but cutting off a few years .” However, he was rescued and rowed to safety by Sir Ferdinando Gorges ( 1565 – 1647 ).
The Court was told that Mrs Cripps told Sir Bernard: " You have damaged my car, and he replied " Good, I'm glad '.
After fellow military historian Sir John Keegan demanded to know why those who opposed the Iraq War wanted Saddam Hussein to remain in power, Barnett replied that " America, Britain, the Middle East and the wider world would be vastly better off in terms of peace and stability if Saddam were still gripping Iraq, and we were still gripping Saddam as we had been from 1991 to 2003 ".

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