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Banastre Maynard, 3rd Baron Maynard
Banastre Maynard, 3rd Baron Maynard (c. 1642 – 3 March 1718) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1663 to 1679. He succeeded to the peerage as Baron Maynard in 1699. Life Maynard was the second eldest son of William Maynard, 2nd Baron Maynard of Estaines and his first wife Dorothy Banastre, daughter of Sir Robert Banastre of Passenham, Northamptonshire. He travelled abroad in France, Italy, Germany and the Netherlands from 1660 to 1662. In 1663 he was elected Member of Parliament for Essex in a by-election to the Cavalier Parliament. He was commissioner for assessment for Essex from 1663 to 1680 and commissioner for recusants in 1675. He was a J.P. from April 1688 to his death and was commissioner for assessment for Essex again from 1689 to 1690. He succeeded to the peerage as Baron Maynard on the death of his father on 3 February 1699. Family Maynard married Lady Elizabeth Grey, daughter of Henry Grey, 10th Earl of Kent and had eight sons an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Commons Of England
The House of Commons of England was the lower house of the Parliament of England (which incorporated Wales) from its development in the 14th century to the union of England and Scotland in 1707, when it was replaced by the House of Commons of Great Britain after the 1707 Act of Union was passed in both the English and Scottish parliaments at the time. In 1801, with the union of Great Britain and Republic of Ireland, Ireland, that house was in turn replaced by the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. Origins The Parliament of England developed from the Magnum Concilium that advised the English monarch in medieval times. This royal council, meeting for short periods, included ecclesiastics, noblemen, and representatives of the county, counties (known as "knights of the shire"). The chief duty of the council was to approve taxes proposed by the Crown. In many cases, however, the council demanded the redress of the people's grievances before proceeding to vote on taxation. Thus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Maynard, 1st Viscount Maynard
Charles Maynard, 1st Viscount Maynard (c. 1690 – 30 June 1775), styled Charles Maynard between 1699 and 1745 and known as The Lord Maynard between 1745 and 1766, was a British peer. He served as Lord-Lieutenant of Suffolk between 1763 and 1769. Maynard was the son of Banastre Maynard, 3rd Baron Maynard, and Lady Elizabeth de Grey, daughter of Henry Grey, 10th Earl of Kent. He succeeded his elder brother in the barony in 1745. In 1763 he was appointed Lord-Lieutenant of Suffolk, a post he held until 1769. In 1766 he was created Baron Maynard, of Much Easton in the County of Essex, and Viscount Maynard, of Easton Lodge Easton Lodge was a Victorian Gothic style stately home in Little Easton and north-west from Great Dunmow, Essex, England. Once famous for its weekend society gatherings frequented by the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII), it was one of man ... in the County of Essex, with remainder to his kinsman, Sir Charles Maynard, 5th Baronet, of Walthamstow. Lord Mayna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barons Maynard
Baron is a rank of nobility or title of honour, often hereditary, in various European countries, either current or historical. The female equivalent is baroness. Typically, the title denotes an aristocrat who ranks higher than a lord or knight, but lower than a viscount or count. Often, barons hold their fief – their lands and income – directly from the monarch. Barons are less often the vassals of other nobles. In many kingdoms, they were entitled to wear a smaller form of a crown called a ''coronet''. The term originates from the Latin term , via Old French. The use of the title ''baron'' came to England via the Norman Conquest of 1066, then the Normans brought the title to Scotland and Italy. It later spread to Scandinavia and Slavic lands. Etymology The word '' baron'' comes from the Old French , from a Late Latin "man; servant, soldier, mercenary" (so used in Salic law; Alemannic law has in the same sense). The scholar Isidore of Seville in the 7th century ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1718 Deaths
Events January – March * January 7 – In India, Sufi rebel leader Shah Inayat Shaheed from Sindh who had led attacks against the Mughal Empire, is beheaded days after being tricked into meeting with the Mughals to discuss peace. * January 17 – Jeremias III reclaims his role as the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, chief leader within the Eastern Orthodox Church, 16 days after the Metropolitan Cyril IV of Pruoza had engineered an election to become the Patriarch. * February 14 – The reign of Victor Amadeus over the principality of Anhalt-Bernburg (now within the state of Saxony-Anhalt in northeastern Germany) ends after 61 years and 7 months. He had ascended the throne on September 22, 1656. He is succeeded by his son Karl Frederick. * February 21 – Manuel II (Mpanzu a Nimi) becomes the new monarch of the Kingdom of Kongo (located in western Africa at present day Angola) when King Pedro IV (Nusamu a Mvemba) dies after a r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1642 Births
Year 164 ( CLXIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Macrinus and Celsus (or, less frequently, year 917 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 164 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Marcus Aurelius gives his daughter Lucilla in marriage to his co-emperor Lucius Verus. * Avidius Cassius, one of Lucius Verus' generals, crosses the Euphrates and invades Parthia. * Ctesiphon is captured by the Romans, but returns to the Parthians after the end of the war. * The Antonine Wall in Scotland is abandoned by the Romans. * Seleucia on the Tigris is destroyed. Births * Bruttia Crispina, Roman empress (d. 191) * Ge Xuan (or Xiaoxian), Chinese Taoist (d. 244) * Yu Fan Yu Fan (, , ; 164–233), court ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baron Maynard
Baron is a rank of nobility or title of honour, often hereditary, in various European countries, either current or historical. The female equivalent is baroness. Typically, the title denotes an aristocrat who ranks higher than a lord or knight, but lower than a viscount or count. Often, barons hold their fief – their lands and income – directly from the monarch. Barons are less often the vassals of other nobles. In many kingdoms, they were entitled to wear a smaller form of a crown called a ''coronet''. The term originates from the Latin term , via Old French. The use of the title ''baron'' came to England via the Norman Conquest of 1066, then the Normans brought the title to Scotland and Italy. It later spread to Scandinavia and Slavic lands. Etymology The word '' baron'' comes from the Old French , from a Late Latin "man; servant, soldier, mercenary" (so used in Salic law; Alemannic law has in the same sense). The scholar Isidore of Seville in the 7th century ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Mildmay (of Graces)
Henry Mildmay (25 November 1619 – 3 December 1692) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1654 and 1692. He fought in the Parliamentary army in the English Civil War. Biography Mildmay was the eldest son of Sir Henry Mildmay of Graces, Little Baddow and his second wife Amy Gurdon, daughter of Brampton Gurdon of Assington, Suffolk. He was educated at Felsted School under Martin Holbeach and entered Gray's Inn in 1632. His father died in 1639 and he succeeded to the estate at Little Baddow. He was captain of horse in the Parliamentary army in 1642 and was a colonel in 1643. Also in 1643 he was commissioner for levying money for Essex, commissioner for defence for the eastern association and commissioner for execution of ordinances. He was commissioner for militia for Middlesex in 1644 and commissioner for assessment for Essex from 1644 to 1652. In 1645 he was commissioner for new model ordinance for Essex 1645, commissioner for de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eliab Harvey (died 1699)
Admiral Sir Eliab Harvey (5 December 1758 – 20 February 1830) was an eccentric and hot-tempered officer of the Royal Navy during the French Revolutionary and the Napoleonic Wars who was as distinguished for his gambling and dueling as for his military record. Although Harvey was a significant naval figure for over twenty years, his martial reputation was largely based on his experiences at the Battle of Trafalgar, when he took his ship HMS ''Temeraire'' into the thick of the action. Harvey used ''Temeraire'' to force the surrender of two French ships of the line and later created his family motto from the names of his opponents in the engagement; "Redoutable et Fougueux". In his civilian life, Harvey pursued political interests and spent three spells as a Member of Parliament for Maldon and later Essex. During this period he was also knighted. However, Harvey was not a peaceable man and his life both in and out of the Navy was frequently punctuated by disputes with fellow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Benjamin Ayloffe, 2nd Baronet
Sir Benjamin Ayloffe, 2nd Baronet (29 August 1592 – March 1662) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1661 to 1662. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War. Biography Ayloffe was the second son of Sir William Ayloffe, 1st Baronet and his first wife Catharine, daughter and coheir to John Sterne, of Melbourn, Cambridgeshire. His elder brother William died within the lifetime of his father so Ayloffe inherited the estates and the baronetcy on his father's death in 1627. At the outbreak of the English Civil War King Charles I appointed Ayloffe High Sheriff of Essex. Consequently, he was imprisoned by Parliament, his estates being sequestrated and himself obliged to sell that of Brittains. He was fined, 29 May 1649, £2,000, increased to £3,000. In 1661 Ayloffe was elected Member of Parliament for Essex in the Cavalier Parliament. He died in 1662 and was buried at Braxted. Family Ayloffe married three times. Firstly, abo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Bramston (died 1700)
Sir John Bramston, the younger (September 1611 – 4 February 1700), was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1679. The son of Sir John Bramston, the elder and his first wife Bridget Moundeford, daughter of Thomas Moundeford, he was educated at Wadham College, Oxford, and called to bar at Middle Temple in 1635. In 1660 he was elected to the Convention Parliament for the county of Essex and again in the Cavalier Parliament of 1661 (a year he was also knighted ( KB)). He frequently acted as chairman of committees of the whole House of Commons of England and was returned to parliament for Maldon in 1679 and 1685. He left an autobiography (published in 1845). Early life Bramston, the son of Sir John Bramston and Bridget, daughter of Thomas Moundeford, M.D., of London, was born in September 1611, at Whitechapel, Middlesex, in a house which for several generations had been in possession of the family. His mother died at thirty-six; her son wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir William Lowther, 1st Baronet, Of Swillington
Sir William Lowther, 1st Baronet (8 June 1663 – 6 March 1729) was an English landowner from Swillington, West Yorkshire, and a baronet in the Baronetage of Great Britain. He was the eldest son of Sir William Lowther by his wife, Catherine Harrison.Cokayne, George Edward (1906) Complete Baronetage'. Volume V. Exeter: W. Pollard & Co. . p. 25 He was educated in Yorkshire at Barwick-in-Elmet School, before being admitted to Christ's College, Cambridge, on 17 May 1681. Eighteen months later, on 14 December 1682, he was admitted to Gray's Inn, one of the professional bodies for English lawyers. In 1691, he married Hon. Amabella Maynard (d. 1734), daughter of Banastre Maynard, 3rd Baron Maynard, and had five children: * Sir William Lowther, 2nd Baronet (c. 1694 – 1763) *Henry Lowther, MD, of Newcastle (d. 1743) *John Lowther, governor of Surat, no issue and two daughters, Amabella and Jane, who both died unmarried.Burke, John; Burke, Bernard Burke (1844) A Genealogical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grey Maynard, 5th Baron Maynard
Grey (more common in British English) or gray (more common in American English) is an intermediate color between black and white. It is a neutral or achromatic color, meaning literally that it is "without color", because it can be composed of black and white. It is the color of a cloud-covered sky, of ash and of lead. The first recorded use of ''grey'' as a color name in the English language was in 700 CE.Maerz and Paul ''A Dictionary of Color'' New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 196 ''Grey'' is the dominant spelling in European and Commonwealth English, while ''gray'' has been the preferred spelling in American English; both spellings are valid in both varieties of English. In Europe and North America, surveys show that grey is the color most commonly associated with neutrality, conformity, boredom, uncertainty, old age, indifference, and modesty. Only one percent of respondents chose it as their favorite color. Etymology ''Grey'' comes from the Middle English or , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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