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WILLIAM (1747-1828).-Historian, was _b._ in London, and _ed._ at Eton and Camb. As tutor to various young men of family he travelled much on the Continent, and _pub._ accounts of his journeys. His chief historical work is his _Memoirs of the House of Austria_ (1807), and he also wrote lives of Walpole, Marlborough, and others. He had access to valuable original sources, and his books, though somewhat heavy, are on the whole trustworthy, notwithstanding a decided Whig bias. He was a clergyman, and _d._ Archdeacon of Wilts.