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Arnold Nesbitt (MP)
Arnold Nesbitt (c. 1721–1779), was a British merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1753 and 1779 . Nesbitt was the son of Thomas Nesbitt of Lismore, County Cavan and his wife Jane. He was apprenticed to his uncle Albert Nesbitt, a London merchant, and became his partner and heir. His uncle died on 12 January 1753 and Nesbit inherited his business, his estate at Icklesham and his political connections with the Pelham family. Lord Sandwich allowed Nesbitt to take over his uncle's seat as Member of Parliament for Mitchell at a by-election in 1753 and was prepared to support him again in 1754 but Henry and James Pelham insisted upon his standing then at Winchelsea. He married Susanna Thrale, daughter of Ralph Thrale MP on 28 November 1758. At this time he had several government contracts and worked in close partnership with James and George Colebrooke. These contracts included ones for money remittances to America in 1756, and for victualling troops at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Commons
The House of Commons is the name for the elected lower house of the bicameral parliaments of the United Kingdom and Canada. In both of these countries, the Commons holds much more legislative power than the nominally upper house of parliament. The leader of the majority party in the House of Commons by convention becomes the prime minister. Other parliaments have also had a lower house called a "House of Commons". History and naming The House of Commons of the Kingdom of England evolved from an undivided parliament to serve as the voice of the tax-paying subjects of the counties and of the boroughs. Knights of the shire, elected from each county, were usually landowners, while the borough members were often from the merchant classes. These members represented subjects of the Crown who were not Lords Temporal or Spiritual, who themselves sat in the House of Lords. The House of Commons gained its name because it represented communities (''communes''). Since the 19th century, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Clive
Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive, (29 September 1725 – 22 November 1774), also known as Clive of India, was the first British Governor of the Bengal Presidency. Clive has been widely credited for laying the foundation of the British East India Company rule in Bengal. He began as a writer (the term used then in India for an office clerk) for the East India Company (EIC) in 1744 and established Company rule in Bengal by winning the Battle of Plassey in 1757. In return for supporting the Nawab Mir Jafar as ruler of Bengal, Clive was granted a jagir of £30,000 () per year which was the rent the EIC would otherwise pay to the Nawab for their tax-farming concession. When Clive left India he had a fortune of £180,000 () which he remitted through the Dutch East India Company. Blocking impending French mastery of India, Clive improvised a 1751 military expedition that ultimately enabled the EIC to adopt the French strategy of indirect rule via puppet government. Hired ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Dewar (MP)
John Dewar (c. 1746–1795) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1776 to 1780. Dewar was the eldest son of George Dewar of Antigua and his wife Christina Panton daughter of John Panton of Basseterre, St. Kitts. His father returned from the West Indies, and purchased an estate at Doles, near Enham, Hampshire. Dewar married Caroline Vernon, daughter of James Vernon of Hilton Park, Staffordshire on 27 August 1766. Dewar stood for Parliament at Cricklade at the 1774 general election but dropped out during the poll. A vacancy at Cricklade arose in December 1774, and he put himself forward again at the by-election. The process then dragged on for over a year, mainly due to the partiality of the returning officer. At the first by-election the returning officer closed the poll early and sent in a double return. The election was declared void by the House of Commons. At the second by-election in February 1775 the returning officer disqualified 108 of Dewar†... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Peach
Samuel Peach (1725–1790) was a London merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1775 to 1776. Peach was the son of John Peach of Chalford, Gloucestershire and his wife Sarah Small of Minchinhampton. He became a silk merchant in London, and also became a partner in the banking firm of Peach, Fowler and Co. He married Christina Cox, daughter of Howard Cox of Bristol and Virginia on 9 December 1756. From 1773 to 1774 he was a Director of the East India Company. His brother-in-law was the famous astronomer James Bradley. In December 1774 there was a vacant Parliamentary seat at Cricklade and Peach stood at the by-election on the interest of Arnold Nesbitt. The process then dragged on for over a year, mainly due to the partiality of the returning officer towards Peach. At the first by-election the returning officer closed the poll early and sent in a double return. The election was declared void by the House of Commons. At the second by-election in February 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Earle (MP)
William Earle (1728–1774) was a British office holder and politician who sat in the House of Commons briefly in 1774. Earle was the third son of Rev. Thomas Earle, vicar of Malmesbury and his second wife Grace, and was baptized on 24 April 1728. He married his first wife Katherine in about 1749. Earle was deputy steward of Malmesbury under Henry Fox from September 1750 to September 1762 and under him received a number of official posts, mainly for life. In 1752 he was appointed Inspector of baggage in the port of London, in 1755 Commissary of Musters in South Britain and in April 1761 Steward of Chelsea Hospital. He was appointed receiver of land tax for North Wiltshire in 1761, dismissed in May 1765 and restored in November 1765. He married secondly Anne Estcourt, daughter of Edmund Estcourt of Burton Hill, Malmesbury on 18 December 1766. Anne was heiress of Grange Farm, Malmesbury which came to Earle. Earle was frustrated in his wish to stand at Malmesbury but eventua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Wolfran Cornwall
Charles Wolfran Cornwall (15 June 1735 – 2 January 1789) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1768 to 1789. He was Speaker of the House of Commons from 1780 to 1789. Origins and early life Charles Wolfran Cornwall was born on 15 June 1735, the only son of Jacobs Cornwall and Elizabeth Forder, and baptised at St Thomas' church in Winchester ten days later. His parents were second cousins, both being great-grandchildren of Humphrey Cornewall, and he was given the names of two other family members: his paternal grandfather Admiral Charles Cornewall and his maternal great-grandfather Captain Wolfran Cornewall. Jacobs Cornwall died the following year, on 8 August 1736. Despite the naval associations of his namesakes, young Charles Wolfran was raised for a career in the law. He began his education at Winchester in 1748, going on to New College, Oxford. before starting a legal training at Lincoln's Inn in 1755. In 1756, his uncle Sir Robert de Cornwall d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Nedham (British Politician)
William Nedham (c. 1740–1806) was an Irish and British politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1774 and 1790. Nedham was the third son of Robert Nedham MP and his wife Catherine Pitt, daughter of Robert Pitt MP of Boconnoc, Cornwall. His family had long established connections in Jamaica, but he and his father never lived there. He was educated at Eton College from 1756 to 1761 and was admitted at Trinity Hall, Cambridge on 31 January 1762. He was also admitted at the Inner Temple on 2 May 1758. He was awarded MA in 1766. In 1767, he succeeded his brother and had property at Howbery Park, Oxfordshire, Edwinstone, Nottinghamshire and Symonds Place, Waresley Park, Huntingdonshire. Nedham was a member of the Parliament of Ireland for Newry (Parliament of Ireland constituency), Newry from 1767 to 1776. He was returned as Member of Parliament for Winchelsea (UK Parliament constituency), Winchelsea on the Nesbitt interest at a by-election on 13 August 1774, but Parliam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Fletcher (MP)
Robert Fletcher may refer to: *Robert Fletcher (writer), 16th-century English verse writer *Robert Fletcher (East India Company officer) (c. 1738–1776) * Robert Fletcher (priest) (1850–1917), Archdeacon of Blackburn *Robert Fletcher (politician) (1863–1918), New Zealand politician of the Liberal Party *Robert Virgil Fletcher (1869–1960), justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi * Horace Fletcher (footballer) or Robert Fletcher (1876–1931), English football forward * Robert Fletcher (poet) (1885–1972), uncredited lyricist to Cole Porter's "Don't Fence Me In" *Robert Fletcher (costume designer) Robert Fletcher (August 23, 1922 – April 5, 2021) was an American costume and set designer. He was best known for designing costumes for major ballet and opera companies in addition to films, television specials, and New York stage plays. Person ... (1922–2021), costume and set designer * Robert Emmett Fletcher (1911–2013) Farmer who helped interned Japanese during WWII * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Damer, 2nd Earl Of Dorchester
George Damer, 2nd Earl of Dorchester, PC, PC (Ire) (28 March 1746 – 7 March 1808), styled Viscount Milton between 1792 and 1798, was a British politician. He served as Chief Secretary for Ireland between 1794 and 1795. Background Dorchester was the second son of Joseph Damer, 1st Earl of Dorchester. He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he took his MA in 1767. Political career Lord Dorchester sat as Member of Parliament for Cricklade between 1768 and 1774, for Anstruther Burghs between 1778 and 1780, for Dorchester between 1780 and 1790 and for Malton between 1792 and 1798. He also represented Naas in the Irish House of Commons between 1795 and 1798 and served under William Pitt the Younger as Chief Secretary for Ireland between 1794 and 1795. He was sworn of the British Privy Council in 1794 and of the Irish Privy Council in 1795. He succeeded his father in the earldom on 12 January 1798, his elder brother having committed suicide in 1776, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Gore (MP)
Thomas Gore (c. 1694–1777) of Dunstan Park, Berkshire, was a British politician who sat in the British House of Commons, House of Commons between 1722 and 1768. Early life Gore was the third son of William Gore (Lord Mayor of London), Sir William Gore Lord Mayor of London and his wife, Elizabeth Hampton. He was admitted at Inner Temple in 1711, and matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford on 4 June 1714, aged 19. He married Mary Humfreys, twice-widowed daughter of Sir William Humfreys, 1st Baronet of London on 15 September 1748. Her former husbands were William Ball Waring, and John Honywood. Career Gore stood for Parliament at Cricklade (UK Parliament constituency), Cricklade at a by-election in 1721 when he was unsuccessful, but was returned as Tory Member of Parliament for Cricklade on the interest of his elder brother, William, at the 1722 British general election, 1722 general election. He lost his seat at Cricklade, being defeated at the 1727 British general election, 17 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Rawlinson Earle
William Rawlinson Earle (7 April 1702 - 10 August 1774), of Eastcourt House, Crudwell, near Malmesbury, Wiltshire, was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons for 40 years between 1727 and 1768. Earle was the eldest son of Giles Earle and his wife Elizabeth Rawlinson, daughter of Sir William Rawlinson of Hendon House, Middlesex and widow of John Lowther of Lowther, Westmorland. He married, with £20,000, Susannah White, daughter of William White of Somerford, Wiltshire on 4 January 1731. Earle was returned unopposed as Member of Parliament for Malmesbury together with his father at the 1727 British general election. He was a strong government supporter, and was appointed Clerk of deliveries to the Ordnance in 1732. He was returned unopposed again with his father at the 1734 general election and was promoted to Clerk of the Ordnance in 1740. At the 1741 British general election he was returned unopposed again with his father for Malmesbury and after the fall of Wal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Orby Hunter
Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (other) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the Apostle * Thomas (bishop of the East Angles) (fl. 640s–650s), medieval Bishop of the East Angles * Thomas (Archdeacon of Barnstaple) (fl. 1203), Archdeacon of Barnstaple * Thomas, Count of Perche (1195–1217), Count of Perche * Thomas (bishop of Finland) (1248), first known Bishop of Finland * Thomas, Earl of Mar (1330–1377), 14th-century Earl, Aberdeen, Scotland Geography Places in the United States * Thomas, Illinois * Thomas, Indiana * Thomas, Oklahoma * Thomas, Oregon * Thomas, South Dakota * Thomas, Virginia * Thomas, Washington * Thomas, West Virginia * Thomas County (other) * Thomas Township (other) Elsewhere * Thomas Glacier (Greenland) Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Thomas'' (Burton novel) 1969 novel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
