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Ambrose Goddard (born 1779)
Ambrose Goddard (9 October 1779 – 29 November 1854) was a British landowner, business director and politician. The son of Ambrose Goddard, Member of Parliament for Wiltshire, Goddard became chair of the Wilts and Berks Canal Company, and served as a deputy lieutenant of Wiltshire. From 1819 to 1820, he was High Sheriff of Wiltshire. At the 1837 general election, Goddard stood in Cricklade for the Conservative Party, winning a seat. He stood down at the 1841 general election. Goddard's oldest son, Ambrose Goddard, also became a politician. See also * Goddard family The Goddard family were a prominent landed family chiefly living in the northern region of the English counties of Wiltshire and Hampshire and the western part of Berkshire, between the Tudor period and the early 20th century. The Goddard family ... of Wiltshire, Hampshire and Berkshire References {{DEFAULTSORT:Goddard, Ambrose 1779 births 1854 deaths Conservative Party (UK) MPs for Engli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ambrose Goddard
Ambrose Goddard (c. 1727–1815) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1772 to 1806. Goddard was the third son of Ambrose Goddard and his wife Elizabeth Awdry, daughter of Ambrose Awdry of Seend, Wiltshire. He was educated at Winchester College from 1743 to 1745. He settled in Lisbon where he was in merchant activities and was agent for the Post Office there until 1772. On death of his elder brother in 1770, he succeeded to the family inheritance and returned to Wiltshire. He married Sarah Williams, daughter of Rev. Thomas Williams of Pilrowth, Carmarthenshire on 16 August 1776. Goddard was returned as Member of Parliament for Wiltshire at a by-election on 21 August 1772 after a hard-fought and expensive contest. He was returned unopposed in 1774 and 1780. In 1784 he was a member of the St. Alban's Tavern group who tried to bring Fox and Pitt together. He held the seat until 1806. Goddard died on 19 June 1815. He and his wife Sarah had three sons and s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Member Of Parliament (United Kingdom)
In the United Kingdom, a member of Parliament (MP) is an individual elected to serve in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Electoral system All 650 members of the UK House of Commons are elected using the first-past-the-post voting system in single member constituencies across the whole of the United Kingdom, where each constituency has its own single representative. Elections All MP positions become simultaneously vacant for elections held on a five-year cycle, or when a snap election is called. The Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 set out that ordinary general elections are held on the first Thursday in May, every five years. The Act was repealed in 2022. With approval from Parliament, both the 2017 and 2019 general elections were held earlier than the schedule set by the Act. If a vacancy arises at another time, due to death or resignation, then a constituency vacancy may be filled by a by-election. Under the Representation of the People Act 198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
High Sheriffs Of Wiltshire
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UK MPs 1837–1841
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Conservative Party (UK) MPs For English Constituencies
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1854 Deaths
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1779 Births
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Henry Thomas Howard
Henry Thomas Howard (16 January 1808 – 29 January 1851) was a British soldier and politician. The second son of Thomas Howard, 16th Earl of Suffolk, he was educated at Charterhouse School. On 21 July 1825, he purchased a commission as an ensign in the 58th Regiment of Foot. He later became a lieutenant, and purchased an unattached captaincy on 9 November 1830. He was returned as member of parliament for Cricklade in 1841. On 24 June 1845, he married Georgiana Maria, daughter of Sir John Guise, 3rd Baronet Sir John Guise, 3rd Baronet (c. 1677–1732) of Elmore Court, Gloucestershire was a British landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1705 and 1727. Guise was the only son of Sir John Guise, 2nd Baronet and his wife Eliza ..., at Rendcomb Park, Gloucestershire. He died in 1851 at Beauchamp, Gloucestershire. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Howard, Henry Thomas 1808 births 1851 deaths 58th Regiment of Foot officers Henry Thoma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Gordon (MP)
Robert Gordon (1786–1864) was a British landowner and politician. Life He was the only son of William Gordon, a West Indies planter, of Auchendolly in Kirkcudbrightshire, and his wife Anna Nash, daughter of Stephen Nash of Bristol, and was educated at Eton College from 1799 to 1803. He entered Lincoln's Inn in 1803, and matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford in 1804, graduating B.A. in 1808 and M.A. in 1824. Gordon succeeded his father in 1802, inheriting the West Indies plantation, and estates in Sherborne, Dorset and Cricklade, Wiltshire. He was a cornet (1805) and lieutenant (1808) in the Dorset yeomanry and a captain in the Wiltshire yeomanry (1816). Appointed High Sheriff of Gloucestershire for 1811–12, Gordon served as MP for Wareham from 1812 to 1818. He was then MP for Cricklade from 1818 to 1837 and for New Windsor from 1837 to 1841. He was a commissioner to the Board of Control from 1832 to 1833 and joint secretary from 1833 to 1834 and from 1835 to 1839. He was F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Neeld
Sir John Neeld, 1st Baronet (1805–1891) was Member of Parliament for Cricklade between 1835 and 1859, and Chippenham, Wiltshire, England between 1865 and 1868. Early life and career Neeld was one of five sons of Joseph Neeld (1754–1828) and his wife Mary (née Bond) (1765–1857), of Hendon, Middlesex. He was educated at Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he took a B.A. in 1827 and an M.A. three years later. In 1840 he was a founder member of the Conservative Club and in 1845 married Lady Eliza Harriet Dickson, setting up home in London. The same year he was appointed to the office of Gentleman of the Privy Chamber to Queen Victoria, for which service he was created 1st Baronet Neeld and became entitled to the style "Sir John Neeld" on 20 April 1859. In 1852 he was offered the position of Junior Lord of the Treasury by Lord Derby, but refused. Neeld became a major landowner in Wiltshire, having inherited from his brother Joseph in 1856; in 1872 he was Hig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goddard Family
The Goddard family were a prominent landed family chiefly living in the northern region of the English counties of Wiltshire and Hampshire and the western part of Berkshire, between the Tudor period and the early 20th century. The Goddard family were established at manors in Upper Upham, near Aldbourne, and at Clyffe Pypard (both in Wiltshire) from at least the late 15th century. From 1563 until 1927, the family were lords of the manor of Swindon, living on the Goddard Estate at the house known as The Lawns. Other important manors included Ogbourne St George in Wiltshire, Standen at Hungerford in Berkshire and Stargroves at East Woodhay in Hampshire. Wiltshire Goddards Upper Upham The manor of Upper Upham, in Aldbourne parish south-east of Swindon, was held by Lacock Abbey from the 13th century until the dissolution, then in 1540 was purchased by John Goddard (died 1557). His grandson Richard (died 1614) built a substantial house there in 1599. The estate was sold by his des ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wiltshire (UK Parliament Constituency)
Wiltshire was a constituency of the House of Commons of England from 1290 to 1707, of the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832. It was represented by two Members of Parliament (MPs), elected by the bloc vote system. History Boundaries The constituency consisted of the whole historic county of Wiltshire. (Although Wiltshire contained a number of boroughs each of which elected two Members in their own right, the boroughs were not excluded from the county constituency, and owning property within a borough could confer a vote at the county election.) Medieval and Tudor period In medieval times, the custom in Wiltshire as elsewhere was for Members called knights of the shire to be elected at the county court by the suitors to the court, which meant the small number of nobles and other landowners who were tenants in chief of the Crown. Such county elections were held on the same day as the election ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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