LORD, John King, American educator: b. Cincinnati, Ohio, 21 Oct. 1848. He was gradu ated at Dartmouth College in 1868. In 1869 he was made a tutor in Latin in Dartmouth; professor of Latin and rhetoric, 1872-80; pro fessor of oratory and belles-lettres, 1880-82; associate professor, 1882-92, and after 1892 professor of the Latin language and literature. He was acting president of Dartmouth College, 1892-93; and acting president of the faculty in the absence of the president, 1893-1900. He has edited many Latin textbooks and Chase's 'History of Dartmouth (Vol. I, 1891), is the author of an 'Atlas of the Geog raphy and History of the Ancient World' (1902), and has translated Hertzburg's (Ge schichte der Romer in Alterthum' (1902) ; 'His tory of Dartmouth College, 1815-1909' (1913).
LORD (Anglo-Saxon Thliford," for thlif weard,” bread-keeper), English title of honor or dignity, used in different senses. In feudal times the lord was the grantor or proprietor of the land, who retained the ultimate property in it, the use only being granted to the tenant.
Between the superior lord, or lord paramount, and the actual tenant, stood the lord of the manor or mesne lord. Lord is also a mere title of dignity, attached to certain official sta tions, which are sometimes hereditary, but sometimes only official or personal. Of the latter may be cited the lord's justices in Eng land and the judges of the Court of Session in Scotland; lord advocate, the chief law officer of the Crown in Scotland; lord mayor and lord provost, the former applied to the chief magis trate in certain English and Irish cities, and the latter to the corresponding officials in sev eral Scottish cities, as lord advocate, or lord mayor, a title applied to the chief magistrates of 'London, York and Dublin. (See also LORD