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(Encyclopedia) Borromeo, Charles: see Charles Borromeo, Saint. ...

(Encyclopedia) Trench, Richard Chenevix, 1807–86, Irish clergyman and author, b. Dublin. He was dean of Westminster, 1856–63, and Protestant archbishop of Dublin, 1863–84. His many theological writings were ec...

(Encyclopedia) Montagu, Charles: see Halifax, Charles Montagu, earl of. ...

(Encyclopedia) Colbert, Charles: see Croissy, Charles Colbert, marquis de. ...

(Encyclopedia) Wesley, Charles, 1707–88, English Methodist preacher and hymn writer. As a student at Oxford he devoted himself to systematic study and to the regular practice of religious duties; he and companions...

(Encyclopedia) Charles Albert, 1798–1849, king of Sardinia (1831–49, see Savoy, house of). Because he had not been entirely unsympathetic to the revolutionary movement of 1821 in Sardinia, Charles Albert develop...

(Encyclopedia) Mordaunt, Charles: see Peterborough, Charles Mordaunt, 3d earl of. ...

(Encyclopedia) Neville, Charles: see Westmorland, Charles Neville, 6th earl of. ...

(Encyclopedia) Brandon, Charles: see Suffolk, Charles Brandon, 1st duke of. ...

(Encyclopedia) Wilson, Richard, 1713?–1782, British landscape painter, b. Wales. He studied in London and achieved success as a portrait painter, but after a visit to Italy (c.1750–1756) he devoted himself to la...