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Barnaby Backwell
Barnaby Backwell (died 3 October 1754) was the Parliament of England, member of Parliament for Bishop's Castle (UK Parliament constituency), Bishop's Castle, Shropshire, in 1754. Early life Barnaby Backwell was the second but first surviving son of Tyringham Backwell of Tyringham, Buckinghamshire, and Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Francis Child, Lord Mayor of London.BACKWELL, Barnaby (d.1754), of Tyringham, Bucks. The History of Parliament. Retrieved 26 October 2016. He was the grandson of the financier Edward Backwell. Career Backwell was a partner in the bank of Child & Co., Samuel and Francis Child,[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
View Of Twickenham From The Thames
A view is a sight or prospect or the ability to see or be seen from a particular place. View, views or Views may also refer to: Common meanings * View (Buddhism), a charged interpretation of experience which intensely shapes and affects thought, sensation, and action * Graphical projection in a technical drawing or schematic ** Multiview orthographic projection, standardizing 2D images to represent a 3D object * Opinion, a belief about subjective matters * Page view, a visit to a World Wide Web page * Panorama, a wide-angle view * Scenic viewpoint, an elevated location where people can view scenery * World view, the fundamental cognitive orientation of an individual or society encompassing the entirety of the individual or society's knowledge and point-of-view Places * View, Kentucky, an unincorporated community in Crittenden County * View, Texas, an unincorporated community in Taylor County Arts, entertainment, and media Music * View (album), ''View'' (album), the 2003 de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
General Election Of 1754
The 1754 British general election returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 11th Parliament of Great Britain to be summoned, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707. Owing to the extensive corruption and the Duke of Newcastle's personal influence in the pocket boroughs, the government was returned to office with a working majority. The old parties had disappeared almost completely by this stage; anyone with reasonable hopes of achieving office called himself a 'Whig', although the term had lost most of its original meaning. While 'Tory' and 'Whig' were still used to refer to particular political leanings and tendencies, parties in the old sense were no longer relevant except in a small minority of constituencies, such as Oxfordshire, with most elections being fought on local issues and the holders of political power being determined by the shifting allegiance of factions and aristocratic families rather than the stre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
