Argon ( αργος, Greek meaning " inactive ", in reference to its chemical inactivity ) was suspected to be present in air by Henry Cavendish in 1785 but was not isolated until 1894 by Lord Rayleigh and Sir William Ramsay in Scotland in an experiment in which they removed all of the oxygen, carbon dioxide, water and nitrogen from a sample of clean air.

More recent researchers, in particular Ronald Willis and Joy Munns have studied the tour in detail and concluded that the presentation was made after a private cricket match played over Christmas 1882 when the English team were guests of Sir William Clarke, at his property " Rupertswood ", in Sunbury, Victoria.

George Stubbs, William Blake, John Martin, Francisco Goya, Sir Thomas Lawrence, John Constable, Eugène Delacroix, Sir Edwin landseer, Caspar David Friedrich, JMW Turner

* Sir William Buell Richards ( Chief Justice ) – September 30, 1875

* Sir William Johnstone Ritchie – September 30, 1875

After his arrival, Hasan Ali Shah wrote to Sir William Macnaghten, discussing his plans to seize and govern Herat on behalf of the British.

* 1305 – Sir William Wallace is executed for high treason at Smithfield in London.

* 1881 – 1910 Sir William Christie

* 1661 – Sir William Brereton, 1st Baronet, English soldier and politician ( b. 1604 )

Of these only Henrietta Temple ( based on his affair with Henrietta Sykes, wife of Sir Francis William Sykes, 3rd Bt ) was a true success.

After defeating the Army of Sir William Waller at the Battle of Cropredy Bridge, King Charles marched west in pursuit of the Parliamentarian army of the Earl of Essex, who was invading the Royalist stronghold of Cornwall.

Under Sir William Balfour, they broke through the Royalist lines on the night of 31 August, eventually reaching Plymouth 30 miles to the east.

Sir William Harcourt, a prominent Liberal politician in the Victorian era, said this about liberalism in 1872:

* Sir William Vernon Harcourt 1894 – 1898

The French army also comprised a contingent of Scots commanded by Sir William Douglas.

Striking southwards in the hope of collecting information about French movements, Nelson's ships stopped at Elba and Naples, where the British ambassador Sir William Hamilton reported that the French fleet had passed Sicily in the direction of Malta.

On his return to Naples, Nelson was greeted with a triumphal procession led by King Ferdinand IV and Sir William Hamilton and was introduced for only the third time to Sir William's wife Emma, Lady Hamilton, who fainted violently at the meeting, and apparently took several weeks to recover from her injuries.

A house at Balmoral was built by Sir William Drummond in 1390.

The predominance of natural history, books and manuscripts began to lessen when in 1772 the Museum acquired its first antiquities of note ; Sir William Hamilton's collection of Greek vases.

The museum ’ s first notable addition towards its collection of antiquities, since its foundation, was by Sir William Hamilton ( 1730 – 1803 ), British Ambassador to Naples, who sold his collection of Greek and Roman artefacts to the museum in 1784 together with a number of other antiquities and natural history specimens.

The earliest Mesopotamian objects to enter the collection were purchased by the British Museum in 1772 from Sir William Hamilton.

Beginning in April 1915, Herbert ordered his subordinates cease calling him " Sir ", and to address him only by the pseudonym " Captain William McBride.

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 William Orpen ( 1878 – 1931 ) lived in a house called " Oriel " on Grove Avenue, just off Mount Merrion Avenue.

Lord Robert Cecil by Sir William Orpen

Returning to Paris, in 1919 he worked as the chauffeur for the famous Irish war artist, Sir William Orpen.

* Sir William Orpen ( 1878 – 1931 ), Irish portrait painter, lived at 8 South Bolton Gardens.

For example, Walter Frederick Osborne developed his open air painting in France whereas Sir William Orpen studied in London.

Major Sir William Newenham Montague Orpen, KBE, RA, RHA ( 27 November 1878 – 29 September 1931 ) was an Irish portrait painter, who worked mainly in London.

Like Sir John Lavery, Orpen was an official war painter of the First World War.

Lord Dudley, Lady Dudley ( founder of the Dudley Nurses ) and Sir William Orpen also spent time in this house.

* Portrait of Rich at work by Sir William Orpen

* Caricature of Rich with Orpen on his knee by Sir William Orpen

* 1912 Group Portrait of the Café Royal Set by Sir William Orpen with William Nicholson, Orpen, Mrs St George, Walter Sickert, James Pryde, Alfred W Rich, Augustus John and George Moore

It was as the last character in Love for Love that Sir Joshua Reynolds painted his best portrait of her.

During his lifetime, Scott's portrait was painted by Sir Edwin Landseer and fellow-Scots Sir Henry Raeburn and James Eckford Lauder.

Many portraits were painted of Somerset Maugham, including that by Graham Sutherland in the Tate Gallery, and several by Sir Gerald Kelly.

Sir Joseph Banks ( center ), together with Omai ( left ) and Daniel Solander, as painted by William Parry, ca.

1714, the year of his succession, as painted by Godfrey Kneller | Sir Godfrey Kneller.

Although Holbein did not work for the king during this visit, he painted the portraits of courtiers such as Sir Henry Guildford and his wife Lady Mary, and of Anne Lovell, recently identified as the subject of Lady with a Squirrel and a Starling.

The Princess of Wales, painted by Godfrey Kneller | Sir Godfrey Kneller in 1716

He also painted Mary, Queen of Scots, Sir Nicholas Bacon, Sir Francis Walsingham, Lord High Admiral Howard.

Cornelis Tromp, 1629 – 1691 by Sir Peter Lely, painted c. 1675.

In order to make the Lincoln chapter house appear similar to the Westminster Chapter House, murals were painted on a special layer over the existing wall, and elsewhere polystyrene replicas of Sir Isaac Newton's tomb and other Abbey monuments were set up.

Sir William Kirkcaldy of Grange, painted by Jean Clouet

Sir William Drury, painted by an unknown artist

When his portrait was painted by Sir William Boxall in 1848, the young Whistler exclaimed that the portrait was " very much like me and a very fine picture.

The Grill Room 1876 – 81 was designed by Sir Edward Poynter, the lower part of the walls consist of blue and white tiles with various figures and foliage enclosed by wood panelling, above there are large tiled scenes with figures depicting the four seasons and the twelve months these were painted by ladies from the Art School then based in the museum, the windows are also stained glass, there is an elaborate cast iron grill still in place.

Chill October ( Collection of Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber ), was the first of the large-scale Scottish Landscapes Millais painted periodically throughout his later career.

In the parish church of St. Nicholas can be found the ornate tomb of Sir William Paston ; the remains of medieval painted screens ; a telescopic Gothic font canopy ; a unique Royal Arms Board ; an ancient iron bound chest ; and many other ancient artifacts.

In his pocket-book her name as “ Miss Angelica ” or “ Miss Angel ” appears frequently ; and in 1766 he painted her, a compliment which she returned by her Portrait of Sir Joshua Reynolds.

The difference between them is said to have been widened by Burke ’ s growing intimacy with Sir Joshua Reynolds, and by Barry ’ s jealousy of the fame and fortune of his rival “ in a humbler walk of the art .” About the same time he painted a pair of classical subjects, Mercury inventing the lyre, and Narcissus, the last suggested to him by Burke.

Warren Hastings, during his time in England, as painted by Joshua Reynolds | Sir Joshua Reynolds in 1767 – 68.

His major works include The Chinese Convert ( 1687 ); a series of four portraits of Isaac Newton painted at various junctures of the latter's life ; a series of ten reigning European monarchs, including King Louis XIV of France ; over 40 " Kit-cat portraits " of members of the Kit-Cat Club ; and ten " beauties " of the court of William III, to match a similar series of ten beauties of the court of Charles II painted by his predecessor as court painter, Sir Peter Lely.

The Madonna and Saints ( which passed from the Duchatel collection to the Louvre ), the Virgin and Child ( painted for Sir John Donne and now at the National Gallery, London ), and the four attributed portraits in the Uffizi Gallery of Florence ( including the Portrait of Folco Portinari ), show that his work was widely appreciated in the 16th century.

The Duchess of Leinster painted by Joshua Reynolds | Sir Joshua Reynolds in the 1770s.