William Horne (British Politician)
Sir William Horne (1774 – 13 July 1860) was a British barrister and Liberal Party (UK), Liberal politician. Background and education The son of the Reverend Thomas Horne of Chiswick, Horne studied law at Lincoln's Inn, being Call to the Bar, called to the Bar in 1798. Legal and political career In 1812 United Kingdom general election, 1812 Horne was elected as a Whig (British political party), Whig Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament for Helston (UK Parliament constituency), Helston in Cornwall. He only served as the town's MP for a single term, and was unseated at the next election in 1818 United Kingdom general election, 1818. On losing his seat, he returned to the law, becoming a queen's counsel, king's counsel and bencher of Lincoln's Inn. He distinguished himself in the courts of chancery, and was briefly attorney-general to Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, Queen Adelaide. On 26 November 1830 Horne was appointed Solicitor-General for England and Wales ...
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The House Of Commons, 1833 By Sir George Hayter
''The'' () is a grammatical Article (grammar), article in English language, English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the Most common words in English, most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant s ...
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