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British political manifesto (1981)
The Limehouse Declaration was a statement issued on 25 January 1981 by four senior British Labour politicians, all MPs or former MPs and Cabinet Ministers:
Limehouse_Declaration
District in Tower Hamlets, London
Limehouse is a district in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in East London. It is 3.9 miles (6.3 km) east of Charing Cross, on the northern bank of
Limehouse
Political party in the United Kingdom (1981–88)
David Owen, Bill Rodgers, and Shirley Williams, who issued the Limehouse Declaration. Owen and Rodgers were sitting Labour Members of Parliament (MPs);
Social_Democratic_Party_(UK)
25 January 1981 which led to the Limehouse Declaration later that day. The premiere production of Limehouse opened at the Donmar Warehouse on 2 March 2017
Limehouse_(play)
British political party
Jenkins, and David Owen, known as the "Gang of Four"—issued the Limehouse Declaration in which they announced their split from Labour. This led to the
Liberal_Democrats_(UK)
Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2015
MPs (past and present) General election manifestos Gang of Four Limehouse Declaration Glee Club (UK politics) The Land (song) Liberator (magazine) National
Nick_Clegg
Topics referred to by the same term
another station in Limehouse Limehouse, Ontario, Canada Limehouse, South Carolina, U.S. Limehouse (horse) (foaled 2001) Limehouse Declaration, 1981, forming
Limehouse_(disambiguation)
Breakaway group from UK Labour party in 1981
Democratic Party. Their first public move was the Limehouse Declaration, named after the house in Limehouse where David Owen lived, and where the group met
Gang_of_Four_(SDP)
British politician (1920–2003)
and Shirley Williams (known as the "Gang of Four") in issuing the Limehouse Declaration. This called for the "realignment of British politics". They then
Roy_Jenkins
British politician (born 1965)
MPs (past and present) General election manifestos Gang of Four Limehouse Declaration Glee Club (UK politics) The Land (song) Liberator (magazine) National
Ed_Davey
Book by Paul Marshall and others
MPs (past and present) General election manifestos Gang of Four Limehouse Declaration Glee Club (UK politics) The Land (song) Liberator (magazine) National
The_Orange_Book
Welsh politician (born 1942)
party's right wing. The breaking point came in January 1981 with the Limehouse Declaration, when four former Labour Cabinet ministers—Roy Jenkins, David Owen
Neil_Kinnock
British politician (born 1970)
MPs (past and present) General election manifestos Gang of Four Limehouse Declaration Glee Club (UK politics) The Land (song) Liberator (magazine) National
Tim_Farron
Wing of the Liberal Democrats in Scotland
MPs (past and present) General election manifestos Gang of Four Limehouse Declaration Glee Club (UK politics) The Land (song) Liberator (magazine) National
Scottish_Liberal_Democrats
Scottish politician (1941–2025)
MPs (past and present) General election manifestos Gang of Four Limehouse Declaration Glee Club (UK politics) The Land (song) Liberator (magazine) National
Menzies_Campbell
British political party (1859–1988)
MPs (past and present) General election manifestos Gang of Four Limehouse Declaration Glee Club (UK politics) The Land (song) Liberator (magazine) National
Liberal_Party_(UK)
British politician (1941–2018)
MPs (past and present) General election manifestos Gang of Four Limehouse Declaration Glee Club (UK politics) The Land (song) Liberator (magazine) National
Paddy_Ashdown
British politician (1959–2015)
MPs (past and present) General election manifestos Gang of Four Limehouse Declaration Glee Club (UK politics) The Land (song) Liberator (magazine) National
Charles_Kennedy
Main offices of the UK Liberal Democrats
MPs (past and present) General election manifestos Gang of Four Limehouse Declaration Glee Club (UK politics) The Land (song) Liberator (magazine) National
Liberal_Democrat_Headquarters
Leadership election in the United Kingdom
MPs (past and present) General election manifestos Gang of Four Limehouse Declaration Glee Club (UK politics) The Land (song) Liberator (magazine) National
2024 Liberal Democrats leadership election
2024_Liberal_Democrats_leadership_election
Scottish politician (born 1938)
MPs (past and present) General election manifestos Gang of Four Limehouse Declaration Glee Club (UK politics) The Land (song) Liberator (magazine) National
David_Steel
British politician (born 1981)
MPs (past and present) General election manifestos Gang of Four Limehouse Declaration Glee Club (UK politics) The Land (song) Liberator (magazine) National
Daisy_Cooper
Trotskyist group in the British Labour Party
Democratic Socialism Lib–Lab pact Formation of SDP Gang of Four Limehouse Declaration Militant tendency The longest suicide note in history Labour Listens
Militant_tendency
Most senior politician within the Liberal Democrats in the United Kingdom
MPs (past and present) General election manifestos Gang of Four Limehouse Declaration Glee Club (UK politics) The Land (song) Liberator (magazine) National
Leader of the Liberal Democrats
Leader_of_the_Liberal_Democrats
British politician (born 1928)
stroke victims. Rodgers was a main character in Steve Waters's 2017 play Limehouse, which premiered at the Donmar Warehouse; he was portrayed by Paul Chahidi
Bill Rodgers, Baron Rodgers of Quarry Bank
Bill_Rodgers,_Baron_Rodgers_of_Quarry_Bank
Governing body of the UK Liberal Democrats
MPs (past and present) General election manifestos Gang of Four Limehouse Declaration Glee Club (UK politics) The Land (song) Liberator (magazine) National
Federal Board (Liberal Democrats)
Federal_Board_(Liberal_Democrats)
British politician and entrepreneur
'bullsh*t stunts'". newspaper. inews. Retrieved 15 September 2025. "Declaration of result of poll ... North Norfolk" (PDF). North Norfolk District Council
Steff_Aquarone
UK party leader
MPs (past and present) General election manifestos Gang of Four Limehouse Declaration Glee Club (UK politics) The Land (song) Liberator (magazine) National
President of the Liberal Democrats
President_of_the_Liberal_Democrats
British politician and academic (1930–2021)
ISBN 978-0-224-08750-6. Williams was a main character in Steve Waters' 2017 play Limehouse, which premiered at the Donmar Warehouse; she was portrayed by Debra Gillett
Shirley_Williams
Political group in the United Kingdom
changed the system for electing the Labour Party leader, and to the Limehouse Declaration which led to 28 Labour MPs eventually joining the Social Democratic
Labour_Solidarity_Campaign
2010 political agreement in the United Kingdom
MPs (past and present) General election manifestos Gang of Four Limehouse Declaration Glee Club (UK politics) The Land (song) Liberator (magazine) National
Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition agreement
Conservative–Liberal_Democrat_coalition_agreement
Leadership election for a political party in the United Kingdom
MPs (past and present) General election manifestos Gang of Four Limehouse Declaration Glee Club (UK politics) The Land (song) Liberator (magazine) National
2020 Liberal Democrats leadership election
2020_Liberal_Democrats_leadership_election
British politician
MPs (past and present) General election manifestos Gang of Four Limehouse Declaration Glee Club (UK politics) The Land (song) Liberator (magazine) National
Lisa_Smart
President of the Liberal Democrats
MPs (past and present) General election manifestos Gang of Four Limehouse Declaration Glee Club (UK politics) The Land (song) Liberator (magazine) National
Mark_Pack,_Baron_Pack
Frontbench in the British Parliament of the Liberal Democrat Party
MPs (past and present) General election manifestos Gang of Four Limehouse Declaration Glee Club (UK politics) The Land (song) Liberator (magazine) National
Liberal Democrat frontbench team
Liberal_Democrat_frontbench_team
Pressure group within the UK Liberal Democrats
MPs (past and present) General election manifestos Gang of Four Limehouse Declaration Glee Club (UK politics) The Land (song) Liberator (magazine) National
Liberal_Reform
MPs (past and present) General election manifestos Gang of Four Limehouse Declaration Glee Club (UK politics) The Land (song) Liberator (magazine) National
List of United Kingdom Liberal Democrat MPs (2015–2017)
List_of_United_Kingdom_Liberal_Democrat_MPs_(2015–2017)
Democratic Party, outlining their policies in what became known as the Limehouse Declaration. The "Gang of Four" were centrists who defected from the Labour
Centrism_by_country
Youth wing of the British Liberal Democrats
MPs (past and present) General election manifestos Gang of Four Limehouse Declaration Glee Club (UK politics) The Land (song) Liberator (magazine) National
Young_Liberals_(UK)
2024 Liberal Democrat political manifesto
MPs (past and present) General election manifestos Gang of Four Limehouse Declaration Glee Club (UK politics) The Land (song) Liberator (magazine) National
For_a_Fair_Deal
British politician (born 1980)
MPs (past and present) General election manifestos Gang of Four Limehouse Declaration Glee Club (UK politics) The Land (song) Liberator (magazine) National
Jo_Swinson
British politician (1932–2008)
MPs (past and present) General election manifestos Gang of Four Limehouse Declaration Glee Club (UK politics) The Land (song) Liberator (magazine) National
Russell_Johnston
British politician and life peer (1936–2020)
MPs (past and present) General election manifestos Gang of Four Limehouse Declaration Glee Club (UK politics) The Land (song) Liberator (magazine) National
Robert Maclennan, Baron Maclennan of Rogart
Robert_Maclennan,_Baron_Maclennan_of_Rogart
1981–1988 electoral alliance in the UK
MPs (past and present) General election manifestos Gang of Four Limehouse Declaration Glee Club (UK politics) The Land (song) Liberator (magazine) National
SDP–Liberal_Alliance
British politician (born 1939)
MPs (past and present) General election manifestos Gang of Four Limehouse Declaration Glee Club (UK politics) The Land (song) Liberator (magazine) National
Ian_Wrigglesworth
Frontbench Team led by Nick Clegg from 2007 to 2010
MPs (past and present) General election manifestos Gang of Four Limehouse Declaration Glee Club (UK politics) The Land (song) Liberator (magazine) National
Frontbench_team_of_Nick_Clegg
British businessman and philanthropist
Party in the 1960s, but was one of the 100 signatories of the 'Limehouse Declaration' in an advertisement in The Guardian on 5 February 1981; he went
David Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Turville
David_Sainsbury,_Baron_Sainsbury_of_Turville
English branch of the Liberal Democrats
MPs (past and present) General election manifestos Gang of Four Limehouse Declaration Glee Club (UK politics) The Land (song) Liberator (magazine) National
English_Liberal_Democrats
Working arrangement in British politics
MPs (past and present) General election manifestos Gang of Four Limehouse Declaration Glee Club (UK politics) The Land (song) Liberator (magazine) National
Lib–Con_pact
Faction within the British Labour Party
As a result, the "Gang of Four" of Labour moderates issued the Limehouse Declaration, stating that they were leaving the Labour Party to establish the
Campaign for Democratic Socialism
Campaign_for_Democratic_Socialism
Association of political parties for elections
Party). The SDP–Liberal Alliance began in 1981, shortly after the Limehouse Declaration. The Alliance contested the 1983 and 1987 elections, and became
Electoral_alliance
UK Parliament constituency (since 2010)
Poplar and Limehouse is a constituency which was first created in 2010. It has been represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019
Poplar_and_Limehouse
Canal in East End of London, England
The Limehouse Cut is a largely straight, broad canal in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in east London which links the lower reaches of the Lee Navigation
Limehouse_Cut
2016 investigation of the UK Labour Party
Democratic Socialism Lib–Lab pact Formation of SDP Gang of Four Limehouse Declaration Militant tendency The longest suicide note in history Labour Listens
Chakrabarti_Inquiry
British sociologist and politician (1915–2002)
names were published alongside the SDP's founding statement, the Limehouse Declaration, that February. Although hitherto largely aloof from the factionalism
Michael Young, Baron Young of Dartington
Michael_Young,_Baron_Young_of_Dartington
English journalist (born 1946)
Democratic Party (SDP) breakaway from Labour in 1981, both signing the Limehouse Declaration. Toynbee stood for the party at the 1983 general election for Lewisham
Polly_Toynbee
UK Liberal Democrat team from 2020
MPs (past and present) General election manifestos Gang of Four Limehouse Declaration Glee Club (UK politics) The Land (song) Liberator (magazine) National
Frontbench_team_of_Ed_Davey
Former Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats
MPs (past and present) General election manifestos Gang of Four Limehouse Declaration Glee Club (UK politics) The Land (song) Liberator (magazine) National
Simon_Hughes
Group within the Liberal Democrats
MPs (past and present) General election manifestos Gang of Four Limehouse Declaration Glee Club (UK politics) The Land (song) Liberator (magazine) National
Beveridge_Group
British Liberal Democrat politician (born 1937)
MPs (past and present) General election manifestos Gang of Four Limehouse Declaration Glee Club (UK politics) The Land (song) Liberator (magazine) National
Navnit Dholakia, Baron Dholakia
Navnit_Dholakia,_Baron_Dholakia
Political party
MPs (past and present) General election manifestos Gang of Four Limehouse Declaration Glee Club (UK politics) The Land (song) Liberator (magazine) National
Social_Liberal_Forum
British politician (born 1938)
"Council for Social Democracy". The announcement became known as the Limehouse Declaration and the four as the "Gang of Four". The council they formed became
David_Owen
UK political party leadership election
MPs (past and present) General election manifestos Gang of Four Limehouse Declaration Glee Club (UK politics) The Land (song) Liberator (magazine) National
2015 Liberal Democrats leadership election
2015_Liberal_Democrats_leadership_election
British politician (born 1943)
MPs (past and present) General election manifestos Gang of Four Limehouse Declaration Glee Club (UK politics) The Land (song) Liberator (magazine) National
Vince_Cable
British politician
MPs (past and present) General election manifestos Gang of Four Limehouse Declaration Glee Club (UK politics) The Land (song) Liberator (magazine) National
Zoe_O'Connell
Group within the Liberal Democrats British political party
MPs (past and present) General election manifestos Gang of Four Limehouse Declaration Glee Club (UK politics) The Land (song) Liberator (magazine) National
LGBT+_Liberal_Democrats
British internal political party contest
MPs (past and present) General election manifestos Gang of Four Limehouse Declaration Glee Club (UK politics) The Land (song) Liberator (magazine) National
2017 Liberal Democrats leadership election
2017_Liberal_Democrats_leadership_election
Political party in Northern Ireland
MPs (past and present) General election manifestos Gang of Four Limehouse Declaration Glee Club (UK politics) The Land (song) Liberator (magazine) National
Northern Ireland Liberal Democrats
Northern_Ireland_Liberal_Democrats
British politician (born 1949)
MPs (past and present) General election manifestos Gang of Four Limehouse Declaration Glee Club (UK politics) The Land (song) Liberator (magazine) National
Catherine_Bearder
MPs (past and present) General election manifestos Gang of Four Limehouse Declaration Glee Club (UK politics) The Land (song) Liberator (magazine) National
2006 Liberal Democrats leadership election
2006_Liberal_Democrats_leadership_election
MPs (past and present) General election manifestos Gang of Four Limehouse Declaration Glee Club (UK politics) The Land (song) Liberator (magazine) National
1999 Liberal Democrats leadership election
1999_Liberal_Democrats_leadership_election
British Liberal Democrat politician, Former Deputy Leader of the House of Lords
MPs (past and present) General election manifestos Gang of Four Limehouse Declaration Glee Club (UK politics) The Land (song) Liberator (magazine) National
Tom_McNally,_Baron_McNally
Political coalition in England
MPs (past and present) General election manifestos Gang of Four Limehouse Declaration Glee Club (UK politics) The Land (song) Liberator (magazine) National
Liberal Democrat–Green Party alliance
Liberal_Democrat–Green_Party_alliance
Associated organisation of the Liberal Democrats
MPs (past and present) General election manifestos Gang of Four Limehouse Declaration Glee Club (UK politics) The Land (song) Liberator (magazine) National
Liberal Democrat Friends of Israel
Liberal_Democrat_Friends_of_Israel
British politician (born 1955)
MPs (past and present) General election manifestos Gang of Four Limehouse Declaration Glee Club (UK politics) The Land (song) Liberator (magazine) National
Sal_Brinton
Welsh branch of the Liberal Democrats
MPs (past and present) General election manifestos Gang of Four Limehouse Declaration Glee Club (UK politics) The Land (song) Liberator (magazine) National
Welsh_Liberal_Democrats
UK political party leadership election
MPs (past and present) General election manifestos Gang of Four Limehouse Declaration Glee Club (UK politics) The Land (song) Liberator (magazine) National
2007 Liberal Democrats leadership election
2007_Liberal_Democrats_leadership_election
British, internal, political party contest
MPs (past and present) General election manifestos Gang of Four Limehouse Declaration Glee Club (UK politics) The Land (song) Liberator (magazine) National
2019 Liberal Democrats leadership election
2019_Liberal_Democrats_leadership_election
Protest song
MPs (past and present) General election manifestos Gang of Four Limehouse Declaration Glee Club (UK politics) The Land (song) Liberator (magazine) National
The_Land_(song)
British Liberal Democrat politician (1945–2020)
MPs (past and present) General election manifestos Gang of Four Limehouse Declaration Glee Club (UK politics) The Land (song) Liberator (magazine) National
Diana Maddock, Baroness Maddock
Diana_Maddock,_Baroness_Maddock
London gentlemen's club
Liberalism', or Political Members, who sign the same declaration, plus an additional declaration that they are a Liberal in their politics, in exchange
National_Liberal_Club
Political office
MPs (past and present) General election manifestos Gang of Four Limehouse Declaration Glee Club (UK politics) The Land (song) Liberator (magazine) National
Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats
Deputy_Leader_of_the_Liberal_Democrats
unions, 30% Labour MPs and 30% constituencies. 25 January – The Limehouse Declaration: four right-wing Labour MPs, Shirley Williams, Roy Jenkins, Bill
1981_in_the_United_Kingdom
MPs (past and present) General election manifestos Gang of Four Limehouse Declaration Glee Club (UK politics) The Land (song) Liberator (magazine) National
Leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords
Leader_of_the_Liberal_Democrats_in_the_House_of_Lords
Working arrangement in British politics
MPs (past and present) General election manifestos Gang of Four Limehouse Declaration Glee Club (UK politics) The Land (song) Liberator (magazine) National
Lib–Lab_pact
MPs (past and present) General election manifestos Gang of Four Limehouse Declaration Glee Club (UK politics) The Land (song) Liberator (magazine) National
Liberal Democrat Foreign Affairs spokesperson
Liberal_Democrat_Foreign_Affairs_spokesperson
British politician (born 1947)
articles." He was an instrumental part of the team that wrote the Limehouse Declaration, and joined the Social Democratic Party (SDP) upon its foundation
Matthew Oakeshott, Baron Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay
Matthew_Oakeshott,_Baron_Oakeshott_of_Seagrove_Bay
Change in an electoral system
decades. With the rise of the SDP-Liberal Alliance following 1981's Limehouse Declaration, Britain gained a popular third-party bloc that supported significant
Electoral_reform
British politician
MPs (past and present) General election manifestos Gang of Four Limehouse Declaration Glee Club (UK politics) The Land (song) Liberator (magazine) National
Alan_Beith
MPs (past and present) General election manifestos Gang of Four Limehouse Declaration Glee Club (UK politics) The Land (song) Liberator (magazine) National
List_of_Liberal_Democrat_MPs
Biannual British political party conference
MPs (past and present) General election manifestos Gang of Four Limehouse Declaration Glee Club (UK politics) The Land (song) Liberator (magazine) National
Liberal_Democrat_Conference
British politician (1914–1985)
an advertisement in The Guardian on 5 February in support of the Limehouse Declaration. However, he did not announce his membership of the Social Democratic
George Brown, Baron George-Brown
George_Brown,_Baron_George-Brown
MPs (past and present) General election manifestos Gang of Four Limehouse Declaration Glee Club (UK politics) The Land (song) Liberator (magazine) National
List of United Kingdom Liberal Democrat MPs (2019–2024)
List_of_United_Kingdom_Liberal_Democrat_MPs_(2019–2024)
Spokesperson for the United Kingdom Liberal Democrats
MPs (past and present) General election manifestos Gang of Four Limehouse Declaration Glee Club (UK politics) The Land (song) Liberator (magazine) National
Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson
Liberal_Democrat_Treasury_spokesperson
British Liberal Democrat politician
MPs (past and present) General election manifestos Gang of Four Limehouse Declaration Glee Club (UK politics) The Land (song) Liberator (magazine) National
Rosalind Scott, Baroness Scott of Needham Market
Rosalind_Scott,_Baroness_Scott_of_Needham_Market
Organisation interested in the history of the Liberal Democrats
MPs (past and present) General election manifestos Gang of Four Limehouse Declaration Glee Club (UK politics) The Land (song) Liberator (magazine) National
Liberal Democrat History Group
Liberal_Democrat_History_Group
MPs (past and present) General election manifestos Gang of Four Limehouse Declaration Glee Club (UK politics) The Land (song) Liberator (magazine) National
List of Liberal Party and Liberal Democrats (UK) general election manifestos
List_of_Liberal_Party_and_Liberal_Democrats_(UK)_general_election_manifestos
British politician (1907–2004)
MPs (past and present) General election manifestos Gang of Four Limehouse Declaration Glee Club (UK politics) The Land (song) Liberator (magazine) National
Jack_Diamond,_Baron_Diamond
UK political party official
MPs (past and present) General election manifestos Gang of Four Limehouse Declaration Glee Club (UK politics) The Land (song) Liberator (magazine) National
Chief Whip of the Liberal Democrats
Chief_Whip_of_the_Liberal_Democrats
MPs (past and present) General election manifestos Gang of Four Limehouse Declaration Glee Club (UK politics) The Land (song) Liberator (magazine) National
Frontbench_team_of_Jo_Swinson
LIMEHOUSE DECLARATION
LIMEHOUSE DECLARATION
Surname or Lastname
English (Kent)
English (Kent) : apparently a habitational name from a lost or unidentified place, possibly so named from Old English gÄra ‘triangular piece of land’ + hÄm ‘homestead’.Born in England, John Gorham emigrated to MA and in 1643 married Desire Howland, daughter of John Howland, who came to America on the Mayflower. His descendant Nathaniel (1738–96) was born in Charlestown, MA, and was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the Middle English personal name Hann + the hypocoristic suffix -cok, which was commonly added to personal names (see Cocke).Dutch : from Middle Dutch hanecoc ‘winkle’, ‘periwinkle’ (a type of shellfish), probably a metonymic occupational name for someone who gathered and sold shellfish.Thomas Hancock, the uncle of Declaration of Independence signatory John Hancock (1736/7–93), was among the foremost of 18th-century American businessmen. He was a descendant of Nathaniel Hancock, who was known to have been in Cambridge, MA, as early as 1634. Born in Braintree, MA, John Hancock was president of the Second Continental Congress and the first governor of the state of MA.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived by a willow tree, Middle English wythe (Old English wiððe).American bearers of the surname Wythe trace their ancestry to Thomas Wythe, who emigrated from England to VA in 1680. One of his descendants was the statesman and jurist George Wythe (1726–1806), mentor of Thomas Jefferson and one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Hillary.William Ellery, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, was born in Newport, RI, in 1727.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of the places, for example in Cheshire, County Durham, Hertfordshire, Norfolk, Shropshire, Warwickshire, Wiltshire, Worcestershire, and North and West Yorkshire, so called from Old English stocc ‘tree trunk’ or stoc ‘dependent settlement’ + tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’. It is not possible to distinguish between the two first elements on the basis of early forms.A family of this name were established in America by an English Quaker, Richard Stockton, in 1656. He bought large tracts of land around Princeton, NJ, and founded an estate on which his great-grandson, Richard Stockton (1730–81), a leading colonial lawyer and one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, was born.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name for someone from Woolcot in Somerset, possibly so named from Middle English wolle ‘spring’, ‘stream’ + cot ‘cottage’, ‘shelter’.Henry Wolcott (1578–1655), clothier, came from Tolland, Somerset, England, and settled in Windsor, CT, in 1636. His grandson Roger (1679–1767) was colonial governor of CT; his great-grandson Oliver (1726–1797) was a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : from Maurice, an Old French personal name introduced to Britain by the Normans, Latin Mauritius, a derivative of Maurus (see Moore). This was the name of several early Christian saints. In some cases it may be a nickname of the same derivation for someone with a swarthy complexion.Irish : Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Muirghis, a variant of Ó Muirgheasa (see Morrissey).Welsh : Anglicized form of the Welsh personal name Meurig (from Latin Mauritius), which was gradually superseded in Wales by Morus, Morys, a derivative of the Anglo-Norman French form of the name (see 1).German : variant of Moritz.Americanized form of any of various like-sounding Jewish surnames (see Morse).Morris was the name of an extensive and powerful family in colonial North America, whose members played a leading part in the emergence of the nation. They were descended from Richard Morris (d. 1672), who fought in Oliver Cromwell’s army and then became a merchant in Barbados. His son Lewis (1671–1746) established the “manor†of Morrisania in NY. His grandson, Lewis (1726–98), third owner of that manor, was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Two other grandsons, Richard and Gouverneur, were also key figures in the Revolution. Their half-brother Staats Morris (1728–1800) was a general in the British army who was appointed governor of Quebec.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a sheepshearer or someone who used shears to trim the surface of finished cloth and remove excess nap, from Middle English shereman ‘shearer’.Americanized spelling of German Schuermann.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : occupational name for a tailor, from Yiddish sher ‘scissors’ + man ‘man’.Roger Sherman (1722–93), the only man to sign all three documents at the foundation of the American republic (the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the U.S. Constitution), was born in Newton, MA, a descendant of Capt. John Sherman, who had emigrated in about 1636 to MA from Dedham, Essex, England, where his father was a farmer, following his brother Edmund, who had emigrated two years earlier. A descendant of Edmund Sherman was the U.S. general William Tecumseh Sherman (1820–91), who led the Union march through GA. He was born in Lancaster, OH, the son of a judge; his middle name was bestowed in honor of a Shawnee chieftain.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of the numerous places called Walton. The first element in these names was variously Old English walh ‘foreigner’, ‘Briton’, genitive plural wala (see Wallace), w(e)ald ‘forest’, w(e)all ‘wall’, or wæll(a) ‘spring’, ‘stream’.George Walton (1741–1804) signed the Declaration of Independence. He was born in Prince Edward Co., VA, whither his grandfather had emigrated from England in 1682. He moved to Savannah, GA, and became governor of GA and a prominent jurist.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from Jeffrey.The third U.S. president, author of the Declaration of Independence, and VA statesman Thomas Jefferson relates in his memoirs a family tradition that he was descended from Welsh stock on his father’s side, while noting the relative infrequency of the name Jefferson in Wales. It is a characteristically northern English name. A Jefferson was among the burgesses who attended the first representative assembly at Jamestown, VA, in 1619.
Surname or Lastname
English (mainly Kent and Sussex)
English (mainly Kent and Sussex) : from the Middle English personal name Pain(e), Payn(e) (Old French Paien, from Latin Paganus), introduced to Britain by the Normans. The Latin name is a derivative of pagus ‘outlying village’, and meant at first a person who lived in the country (as opposed to Urbanus ‘city dweller’), then a civilian as opposed to a soldier, and eventually a heathen (one not enrolled in the army of Christ). This remained a popular name throughout the Middle Ages, but it died out in the 16th century.Thomas Payne, who was a freeman of the Plymouth Colony in 1639, was the founder of a large American family, which included Robert Treat Paine (1731–1814), one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. The author of the republican treatise The Rights of Man, Thomas Paine (1737–1809), left England for North America in the mid 1770s, where he became involved in the movement that led to independence. His pamphlet of 1776, Common Sense, influenced the Declaration of Independence and furnished some of the arguments justifying it.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : patronymic from the medieval personal name Nel or Neal, Anglo-Scandinavian forms of the Gaelic name Niall (see Neill). This was adopted by the Scandinavians in the form Njal and was introduced into northern England and East Anglia by them, rather than being taken directly from Gaelic.Americanized spelling of the like-sounding Scandinavian names Nilsen, Nielsen, and Nilsson.The Nelson name was an important one in 18th-century VA, starting with Thomas ‘Scotch Tom’ Nelson, who emigrated to VA at the close of the 17th century from Penrith, Cumbria, where the Nelsons were numerous. Scotch Tom settled about 1700 at Yorktown, VA, where he became a successful merchant and landholder. His son was sheriff and a member of the VA Council, and his grandson, Thomas Nelson (1738–89), a signer of the Declaration of Independence, was governor of VA.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for a person with red hair or a ruddy complexion, from Middle English re(a)d ‘red’.English : topographic name for someone who lived in a clearing, from an unattested Old English rīed, r̄d ‘woodland clearing’.English : Read in Lancashire, the name of which is a contracted form of Old English rǣghēafod, from rǣge ‘female roe deer’, ‘she-goat’ + hēafod ‘head(land)’; Rede in Suffolk, so called from Old English hrēod ‘reeds’; or Reed in Hertfordshire, so called from an Old English ryhð ‘brushwood’.English : A family called Read were established in America in the early 18th century by John Read, who was born in Dublin, sixth in descent from Sir Thomas Read of Berkshire, England. His son, George Read (1733–98), was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, and as a lawyer helped frame the Constitution.
Surname or Lastname
Irish
Irish : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Loingsigh ‘descendant of Loingseach’, a personal name meaning ‘mariner’ (from long ‘ship’). This is now a common surname in Ireland but of different local origins, for example chieftain families in counties Antrim and Tipperary, while in Ulster and Connacht there were families called Ó Loingseacháin who later shortened their name to Ó Loingsigh and also Anglicized it as Lynch.Irish (Anglo-Norman) : Anglicized form of Gaelic Linseach, itself a Gaelicized form of Anglo-Norman French de Lench, the version found in old records. This seems to be a local name, but its origin is unknown. One family of bearers of this name was of Norman origin, but became one of the most important tribes of Galway.English : topographic name for someone who lived on a slope or hillside, Old English hlinc, or perhaps a habitational name from Lynch in Dorset or Somerset or Linch in Sussex, all named with this word.This name was brought independently from Ireland to North America by many bearers. Jonack Lynch emigrated from Ireland to SC shortly after the first settlement of that colony in 1670. His grandson Thomas Lynch, born in 1727 in Berkeley Co., SC, was a member of both Continental Congresses, and his great-grandson, also called Thomas Lynch, born 1749 in Winyaw, SC, was a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived among rushes, from Middle English rush (a collective singular, Old English rysc), or perhaps an occupational name for someone who wove mats, baskets, and other articles out of rushes.Irish : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Ruis ‘descendant of Ros’, a personal name perhaps derived from ros ‘wood’. In Connacht it has also been used as a translation of Ó Luachra (see Loughrey).Irish : Anglicized form (translation) of Gaelic Ó Fuada, ‘descendant of Fuada’ a personal name meaning ‘hasty’, ‘rushing’ (see Foody).Altered spelling of German Rüsch or Rusch (see Rusch) or Rosch.Benjamin Rush (1745–1813), a physician and signer of the Declaration of Independence, was born in the PA farming community of Byberry. He was descended from John Rush, a yeoman from Oxfordshire, England, who came to Byberry in 1683.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of several places so called, named with the genitive plural huntena of Old English hunta ‘hunter’ + tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’ or dūn ‘hill’ (the forms in -ton and -don having become inextricably confused). A number of bearers of this name may well derive it from Huntingdon, now in Cambridgeshire (formerly the county seat of the old county of Huntingdonshire), which is named from the genitive case of Old English hunta ‘huntsman’, perhaps used as a personal name, + dūn ‘hill’.A prominent American family of this name were founded by Simon Huntington, who himself never saw the New World, for he died in 1633 on the voyage to Boston, where his widow settled with her children. Their descendants include Jabez Huntington (1719–86), a wealthy West Indies trader, and Samuel Huntington (1731–96), who was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. Collis Potter Huntington (1821–1900) was an American railway magnate. Beginning with little education or money, he made a huge fortune, some of which he left to his nephew, Henry Huntington (1850–1927), who used the money to establish the Huntington library and art gallery in CA.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a pet form of Clement.George Clymer (1739–1813), a signer of the Declaration of Independence and of the Constitution, was a prosperous and well-connected Philadelphia merchant. His grandfather, Richard Clymer, came to Philadelphia in 1705 from Bristol, England.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Limehouse in Greater London, named in Old English as ‘(the) lime-kilns’, from lÄ«m ‘lime’ + Äst ‘oast’, ‘kiln’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : of uncertain origin, perhaps, as Reaney suggests, from a pet form of the Old English personal name Wippa, or perhaps a topographic name for someone who lived by a whipple tree, whatever that may have been. Chaucer lists whippletree (probably a kind of dogwood) along with maple, thorn, beech, hazel, and yew.Matthew Whipple came from England to Ipswich, MA, in about 1638. His descendent William Whipple (1730–85) born in Kittery, ME, was a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : occupational name for a stonemason, Middle English, Old French mas(s)on. Compare Machen. Stonemasonry was a hugely important craft in the Middle Ages.Italian (Veneto) : from a short form of Masone.French : from a regional variant of maison ‘house’.George Mason (1725–92), the American colonial statesman who framed the VA Bill of Rights and Constitution, which was used as a model by Thomas Jefferson when drafting the Declaration of Independence, was a VA planter, fourth in descent from George Mason (?1629–?86), a royalist soldier of the English Civil War who had received land grants in VA. As well as being prominent in the affairs of VA, the family also produced the first governor of MI.
LIMEHOUSE DECLARATION
LIMEHOUSE DECLARATION
Girl/Female
Arabic
Water Lily
Girl/Female
Arabic
Jasmine Flower
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Alive; Existence
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Pretty
Boy/Male
African, Hindu, Indian
Frog
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Tamil
Prayer Ceremony
Male
Croatian
, distant battle.
Girl/Female
Hindu
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Beginning-less
Girl/Female
Indian
Goddess Durga, Chief of the Goddess, Devee
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v. i.
To make a solemn declaration under oath or affirmation, for the purpose of establishing, or making proof of, some fact to a court; to give testimony in a cause depending before a tribunal.
n.
The expression of an intention to inflict evil or injury on another; the declaration of an evil, loss, or pain to come; menace; threatening; denunciation.
n.
ny declaration of thoughts.
n.
A dog used in hunting the wild boar; a leamer.
v.
The legal declaration of a person's mind as to the manner in which he would have his property or estate disposed of after his death; the written instrument, legally executed, by which a man makes disposition of his estate, to take effect after his death; testament; devise. See the Note under Testament, 1.
n.
The act of declaring, or publicly announcing; explicit asserting; undisguised token of a ground or side taken on any subject; proclamation; exposition; as, the declaration of an opinion; a declaration of war, etc.
n.
Conformable to fact; in accordance with the actual state of things; correct; not false, erroneous, inaccurate, or the like; as, a true relation or narration; a true history; a declaration is true when it states the facts.
n.
A disagreement or difference between two parts of the same legal proceeding, which, to be effectual, ought to agree, -- as between the writ and the declaration, or between the allegation and the proof.
n.
A limehound; a limmer.
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Language considered as implying the faith or authority of the person who utters it; statement; affirmation; declaration; promise.
n.
That which is said; a declaration; a statement, especially a proverbial one; an aphorism; a proverb.
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A solemn declaration or affirmation made for the purpose of establishing or proving some fact.
n.
Speech; words or declarations only; -- opposed to thoughts or actions.
conj.
Considering that; it being the case that; since; -- used to introduce a preamble which is the basis of declarations, affirmations, commands, requests, or like, that follow.
n.
A limehound; a leamer.
n.
Affirmation; declaration; as, these doctrines are supported by the uniform testimony of the fathers; the belief of past facts must depend on the evidence of human testimony, or the testimony of historians.
v. i.
To make a solemn declaration, verbal or written, to establish some fact; to give testimony for the purpose of communicating to others a knowledge of something not known to them.
n.
The document or instrument containing such statement or proclamation; as, the Declaration of Independence (now preserved in Washington).
v. t.
To have just and adequate ideas of; to apprehended the meaning or intention of; to have knowledge of; to comprehend; to know; as, to understand a problem in Euclid; to understand a proposition or a declaration; the court understands the advocate or his argument; to understand the sacred oracles; to understand a nod or a wink.
n.
A dog held in a leam; a bloodhound; a limehound.