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CHATSWORTH , a See also:village of See also:Derbyshire, See also:England, containing a seat belonging to the See also:duke of See also:Devonshire, one of the most splendid private residences in England. Chatsworth See also:House is situated See also:close to the See also:left See also:bank of the See also:river See also:Derwent, 24 M. from See also:Bakewell. It is Ionic in See also:style, built foursquare, and enclosing a large open courtyard, with a See also:fountain in the centre. In front,a beautiful stretch of See also:lawn slopes gradually down to the See also:riverside, and a See also:bridge, from which may best be seen the See also:grand See also:facade .of the See also:building, as it stands out in See also:relief against the wooded See also:ridge of Bunker's See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
Hill. The celebrated gardens are adorned with sculptures by See also:Gabriel See also:Cibber; See also:Sir See also:Joseph See also:Paxton designed the See also:great conservatory, unrivalled in See also:Europe, which covers an See also:acre; and the fountains, which include one with a See also:jet 26o ft. high, are said to be surpassed only by those at See also:Versailles. Within the house there is' a very See also:fine collection of pictures, including the well-known portraits by See also:Reynolds of Georgiana, duchess of Devonshire. Other paintings are asccribed to See also:Holbein, Diirer, See also:Murillo, See also:Jan See also:van See also:Eyck, See also:Dolci, Veronese and See also:Titian. Hung in the See also:gallery of sketches there are some priceless drawings attributed to See also:Michelangelo, Leonardo da See also:Vinci, Raffaelle, See also:Correggio, Titian and other old masters. Statues by See also:Canova, See also:Thorwaldsen, See also:Chantrey and R. J. See also:Wyatt are included among the sculptures. In the See also:state apartments the walls and window-panes are in some cases inlaid with See also:marble or See also:porphyry; the woodcarving, marvellous for its intricacy, See also:- GRACE (Fr. grace, Lat. gratia, from grates, beloved, pleasing; formed from the root cra-, Gr. xav-, cf. xaipw, x6p,ua, Xapts)
- GRACE, WILLIAM GILBERT (1848– )
grace and lightness of effect, is largely the See also:work of See also:Samuel See also:Watson of See also:Heanor (d. 1715). Chatsworth See also:Park is upwards of 11 m. in See also:circuit, and contains many See also:noble See also:forest-trees, the whole being watered by the Derwent, and surrounded by high See also:moors and uplands. Beyond the river, and immediately opposite the house, stands the See also:model village of Edensor, where most of the cottages were built in See also:villa style, with gardens, by See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order of the 6th duke. The See also:parish See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church, restored by the same benefactor, contains an old See also:brass in memory of See also:John See also:Beaton, confidential servant to See also:Mary, See also:queen of Scots, who died in 157o; and in the See also:churchyard are the See also:graves of See also:Lord See also:Frederick See also:Cavendish, murdered in 1882 in See also:Phoenix Park, See also:Dublin, and of Sir Joseph Paxton.
Chatsworth (Chetsvorde, Chetelsvorde, " the See also:court of Chetel ") took its name from Chetel, one of its Saxon owners, who held it of See also:Edward the See also:Confessor. It belonged to the See also:crown and was entrusted by the Conqueror to the custody of See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William Peverell. Chatsworth afterwards belonged for many generations to the See also:family of See also:Leech, and was See also:purchased in the reign of See also:Elizabeth by Sir William Cavendish, See also:husband of the famous Bess of Hardwick. In 1557 he began to build Chatsworth House, and it was completed after his See also:death by his widow, then countess of See also:Shrewsbury. Here Mary, queen of Scots, spent several years of her imprisonment under the care of the See also:earl of Shrewsbury. During the See also:Civil See also:War, Chatsworth was occasionally occupied as a fortress by both parties. It was pulled down, and the See also:present house begun by William, 1st duke of Devonshire in 1688. The little village consists almost exclusively of families employed upon the See also:estate.
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