A secret association in Indiana, U.S.A., formed originally as a vigilance society, which later was guilty of many outrages.
Who Who Ministry.
The ministry formed by Lord Derby in 1852. Many of its members were new to office, and the story goes that the Duke of Wellington, who was very deaf, was being told by Lord Derby the names of his colleagues. At each unfamiliar name, the Duke kept ejaculating, Who? Who?
Wild Geese.
The name given to the Irishmen recruited by France for service in the Irish Brigade during the eighteenth century.
Wills, Statute of.
A statute passed in 1540, providing that land held in fee simple might be devised by will. This right had been greatly restricted by the Plantagenet legislation.
William the Silent.
The sobriquet of William, Prince of Orange (1533-84).