CONKLING, ROSCOE (1829-1888)

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CONKLING, ROSCOE (1829-1888) , American lawyer and political leader, was born in Albany, New

York

YORK
YORK (HOUSE OF)
YORK, EDMUND OF
LANGLEY
- LANGLEY, SAMUEL PIERPONT (1834-1906)
, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
YORK, EDWARD
YORK, FREDERICK
AUGUSTUS
- AUGUSTUS (a name 1 derived from Lat. augeo, increase, i.e. venerable, majestic, Gr. Ee0avr6s)
, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

, on the 3oth of October 1829. He was the son of Alfred Conkling (1789-1874), who was a representative in Congress from New

York

YORK
YORK (HOUSE OF)
YORK, EDMUND OF
LANGLEY
- LANGLEY, SAMUEL PIERPONT (1834-1906)
, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
YORK, EDWARD
YORK, FREDERICK
AUGUSTUS
- AUGUSTUS (a name 1 derived from Lat. augeo, increase, i.e. venerable, majestic, Gr. Ee0avr6s)
, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

in 18211823, a Federal district judge in 18251852, and U.S. minister to Mexico in 18521853. Roscoe Conkling was admitted to the bar at Utica, New York, in 1850, was appointed district-attorney of

Oneida

ONEIDA
ONEIDA (a corruption of their proper name Oneyotka-ono, " people of the stone," in allusion to the Oneida stone, a granite boulder near their former
village
- VILLAGE
, which was held sacred by them)

county in the same year, and soon attained success in the practice of his profession. At first a Whig, he joined the Republican party at its formation, and was a Republican representative in Congress from 1859 to 1863. He refused to follow the financial policy of his party in 1862, and delivered a notable speech against the passage of the Legal Tender Act, which made a certain class of treasury notes receivable for all public and private debts. In this opposition he was joined by his brother,
and was thanked by parliament. In 1886 the duke went to India and commanded the Bombay army until 189o, when he returned home. He commanded the southern district from 1890 to 1893, and that of Aldershot from 1893 to 1898. On the departure of Lord Roberts for South Africa the duke succeeded him as

commander

COMMANDER

-in-

chief

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

of the forces in Ireland, 9th of January 1900. On attaining his majority in 1871 an

annuity

ANNUITY (from Lat. annus, a year)

of 15,000 was granted to Prince Arthur by parliament, and in 1874 he was created duke of Connaught and Strathearn and

earl

EARL

of Sussex. On the 13th of March 1879 he married Princess Louise Marguerite of Prussia, third daughter of Prince Frederick Charles, and received an additional

annuity

ANNUITY (from Lat. annus, a year)

of 1o,000. The duke and duchess represented Queen Victoria at the coronation of the tsar Nicholas II. at Moscow in 1896. On the reorganization of the war office and the higher commands in 1904, the duke was appointed to the new office of inspector-general to the forces, from which he retired in 1907, being then given the new post of

commander

COMMANDER

-in-

chief

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

in the Mediterranean, stationed at Malta, which he held until 1909.

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