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Hereditary Genius
Wilberforce, William, continued—
[S.] Robert, Archdeacon; Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford; subsequently became
Roman Catholic.
[S.] Henry William; scholar, Oxford, 1830. Subsequently became Roman Catholic.
SUPPLEMENTARY LIST OF GREAT STATESMEN
OF VARIOUS PERIODS AND COUNTRIES.
Adams, John (1735-1826), the second President of the United States. Educated for
the law, where he soon gained great reputation and practice; was an active
politician aet. 30; took a prominent part in effecting the independence of his
country.
S. John Quincey Adams, sixth President of the United States; previously minister
in Berlin, Russia, and Vienna.
P. Charles Francis Adams, the recent and well-known American minister in
London; author of “Life of John Adams.”
Arteveldt, James Van (1345?); brewer of Ghent; popular leader in the revolt of
Flanders; exercised sovereign power for nine years.
S. Philip Van Arteveldt. See below.
Arteveldt, Philip Van (1382?); leader of the popular party, long subsequently to his
father's death. He was well educated and wealthy, and had kept aloof from
politics till aet. 42, when he was dragged into them by the popular party, and
hailed their captain by acclamation. He led the Flemish bravely against the
French, but was finally defeated and slain.
F. James Van Arteveldt. See above.
Burleigh, Earl. See CECIL.
Cecil, William; created Lord Burleigh; statesman (Elizabeth); Lord Treasurer. “The
ablest minister of an able reign.”
Was Secretary, or chief Minister, during
almost the whole of Queen Elizabeth's long reign of forty-five years. He was
distinguished at Cambridge for his power of work and for his very regular
habits. Married for his second wife the daughter of Sir Anthony Cooke,
director of the studies of Edward VI., and sister of Lady Bacon, the mother of
the great Lord Bacon, and had by her—
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