Alexander Somerville, the Glossary

Table of Contents

1. 10 relations: Anti–Corn Law League, British Army, Canada, Canadian Illustrated News, Free trade, Friedrich Engels, Reform Act 1832, Richard Cobden, Royal Scots Greys, The Condition of the Working Class in England.

2. 19th-century Scottish autobiographers
3. British Auxiliary Legion personnel
4. Royal Scots Greys soldiers

Anti–Corn Law League

The Anti–Corn Law League was a successful political movement in Great Britain aimed at the abolition of the unpopular Corn Laws, which protected landowners’ interests by levying taxes on imported wheat, thus raising the price of bread at a time when factory-owners were trying to cut wages.

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British Army

The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Naval Service and the Royal Air Force.

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Canada

Canada is a country in North America.

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Canadian Illustrated News

The Canadian Illustrated News was a weekly Canadian illustrated magazine published in Montreal from 1869 to 1883.

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Free trade

Free trade is a trade policy that does not restrict imports or exports.

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Friedrich Engels

Friedrich Engels (. Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary.; 28 November 1820 – 5 August 1895) was a German philosopher, political theorist, historian, journalist, and revolutionary socialist.

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Reform Act 1832

The Representation of the People Act 1832 (also known as the Reform Act 1832, Great Reform Act or First Reform Act) was an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom (indexed as 2 & 3 Will. 4. c. 45) that introduced major changes to the electoral system of England and Wales.

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Richard Cobden

Richard Cobden (3 June 1804 – 2 April 1865) was an English Radical and Liberal politician, manufacturer, and a campaigner for free trade and peace.

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Royal Scots Greys

The Royal Scots Greys was a cavalry regiment of the British Army from 1707 until 1971, when they amalgamated with the 3rd Carabiniers (Prince of Wales's Dragoon Guards) to form the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards.

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The Condition of the Working Class in England

The Condition of the Working Class in England (Die Lage der arbeitenden Klasse in England) is an 1845 book by the German philosopher Friedrich Engels, a study of the industrial working class in Victorian England.

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See also

19th-century Scottish autobiographers

• Alexander Carlyle
• Alexander Somerville
• Elizabeth Storie
• Grace Elliott
• James McGrigor
• Janet Bathgate
• Joseph Mitchell (engineer)
• Lady Evelyn Cobbold
• Margaret Oliphant
• Thomas Telford

British Auxiliary Legion personnel

• Alexander Cunningham Robertson
• Alexander Somerville
• Charles Shaw (British Army officer)
• Charles Southwell
• Chartres Brew
• Duncan MacDougall (British Army officer)
• Edward St. John Neale
• Frederick Hardman
• George de Lacy Evans
• Henry Inman (police officer)
• Lothian Sheffield Dickson
• Maurice Charles O'Connell (Australian politician)
• Oliver De Lancey (British Army and Auxiliary Legion officer)
• William Reid (British Army officer)
• William Travers (New Zealand politician)
• William Wakefield

Royal Scots Greys soldiers

• Alexander Somerville
• Alfred Robert Wilkinson
• Arthur Pritchard
• Bill Cross
• Charles Ewart
• Christian Davies
• Henry Ramage
• John Grieve (VC)
• Maurice Roëves
• Robert Hicks Murray
• Tam Dalyell
• Tom Derek Bowden

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Somerville

Also known as Somerville, Alexander.