Wallace

SIR WILLIAM, (wol'lis,) a Scottish patriot, was B. in Renfrewshire, of a noble family, in 1270. He, for years,waged a succe ful partisan war against the English; defeated them at Stirling, 1297;was; routed by Edward I. at Falkirk, 1298; and, being betrayed into the hands ofhis enemies, was executed by them in London, 1305. Wallace, WILLIAM VINCENT, an English composer, B. 1815. His operas of Mar it an a, The Amber Witch, Matilda of Hungary, and Lurline, are works of sterling merit and standard popularity. D. 1865. [s. 947]