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Bennett Baronets
The Bennett Baronetcy, of Kirklington in the County of Nottingham, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 31 July 1929 for Albert James Bennett. He represented both Mansfield and Nottingham Central in the 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. T .... As of 2021 the title is held by his great-grandson, the fourth Baronet, who succeeded a kinsman in 2012. Bennett baronets, of Kirklington (1929) * Sir Albert James Bennett, 1st Baronet (1872–1945) *Sir Charles Wilfrid Bennett, 2nd Baronet (1898–1952) *Sir Ronald Wilfrid Murdoch Bennett, 3rd Baronet (1930–2012) *Sir Algernon James Bennett, 4th Baronet (born 1962) The heir presumptive is the present holder's cousin Peter Bennett (born 1938). See also * Bennet baronets Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirklington, Nottinghamshire
Kirklington is a village and civil parish in the Newark and Sherwood district of Nottinghamshire, England. The population as of the 2011 census was 400. Kirklington lies on the A617 road between Newark (9½ miles to the east) and Mansfield (10 miles to the west). Kirklington once had a railway station on the Mansfield- Southwell line; it was closed to passenger traffic in 1929 and goods trains in 1964. The former trackbed is now the Southwell Trail footpath. The place-name Kirklington seems to contain an Old English personal name, ''Cyrtla'', + ''tun'' (Old English), an enclosure; a farmstead; a village; an estate.., so 'Cyrtla's farm or settlement'.J. Gover, A. Mawer & F. M. Stenton (eds.), ''Place Names of Nottinghamshire'' (Cambridge, 1940), p.170; A.D.Mills, ''Dictionary of English Place-Names'' (Oxford, 2002), p.209 Notable people *John Boddam-Whetham John Whetham Boddam-Whetham (25 May 1843 – 23 March 1918) was an English naturalist, traveler and first-class cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Of Nottingham
Nottinghamshire (; abbreviated Notts.) is a landlocked county in the East Midlands region of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west. The traditional county town is Nottingham, though the county council is based at County Hall, Nottinghamshire, County Hall in West Bridgford in the borough of Rushcliffe, at a site facing Nottingham over the River Trent. The districts of Nottinghamshire are Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, Ashfield, Bassetlaw District, Bassetlaw, Borough of Broxtowe, Broxtowe, Borough of Gedling, Gedling, Mansfield (district), Mansfield, Newark and Sherwood, and Rushcliffe. The City of Nottingham was administratively part of Nottinghamshire between 1974 and 1998, but is now a Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority, remaining part of Nottinghamshire for ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial purposes. The county saw a minor change in its coverage as Finningley ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baronetage Of The United Kingdom
Baronets are a rank in the British aristocracy. The current Baronetage of the United Kingdom has replaced the earlier but existing Baronetages of England, Nova Scotia, Ireland, and Great Britain. Baronetage of England (1611–1705) James I of England, King James I created the hereditary Order of Baronets in England on 22 May 1611, for the settlement of Ireland. He offered the dignity to 200 gentlemen of good birth, with a clear estate of Pound sterling, £1,000 a year, on condition that each one should pay a sum equivalent to three years' pay to 30 soldiers at 8d per day per man (total – £1,095) into the King's Exchequer. The Baronetage of England comprises all baronetcies created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union 1707, Act of Union in 1707. In that year, the Baronetage of England and the #Baronetage of Nova Scotia (1625–1706), Baronetage of Nova Scotia were replaced by the #Baronetage of Great Britain, Baronetage of Great Britain. The extant baronetcies ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert James Bennett
Sir Albert James Bennett, 1st Baronet JP (17 September 1872 – 14 December 1945) was a politician in the United Kingdom who was elected both as a Liberal Party Member of Parliament (MP) and as a Conservative Party MP. Biography From 1914 to 1919, he was Controller of Propaganda, Central and South America. As a Liberal, in 1918 he unsuccessfully contested the Chippenham constituency in Wiltshire. At the 1922 general election he stood in Mansfield, unseating the Labour MP William Carter. However, he lost the Mansfield seat at the 1923 general election, and in 1924 he was elected as a Conservative in the Nottingham Central seat. He was re-elected in 1929, but resigned from Parliament the following year following bankruptcy. He took possession of Kirklington Hall, Nottinghamshire, in 1920. On 31 July 1929, he was made a baronet, of Kirklington in the county of Nottinghamshire. Family In 1896 he married Caroline Carleton Backus, daughter of American brewing magnate Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mansfield (UK Parliament Constituency)
Mansfield is a constituency created in 1885 represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2017 by Ben Bradley of the Conservative Party, who gained the seat at the 2017 general election, from the Labour Party. This is the first time the seat has been represented by a Conservative since its creation in 1885. The seat is centred on Mansfield in Nottinghamshire. The seat, in recent times, has been considered a relatively marginal seat. The Mansfield council area voted with more than 70% to Leave the European Union in the 2016 referendum. In 2019, the Conservatives received 63.9% of the vote in the formerly safe Labour constituency. Boundaries The constituency covers the towns of Mansfield and Warsop, Nottinghamshire. Latest boundary review The Boundary Commission for England caused changes to constituency to allow for regional and local population changes, noticeably by moving the small town of Market Warsop from Bassetlaw into Mansfield constituency. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nottingham Central (UK Parliament Constituency)
Nottingham Central was a borough constituency in the city of Nottingham. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the February 1974 general election. Boundaries 1918–1950: The County Borough of Nottingham wards of Forest, Market, Robin Hood, St Ann's, and Sherwood. 1950–1955: The County Borough of Nottingham wards of Forest, Market, Robin Hood, St Mary's, and Sherwood, and the Rural District of Nottingham. 1955–1974: The County Borough of Nottingham wards of Forest, Manvers, Market, Radford, and St Ann's, and the Rural District of Nottingham. Members of Parliament Election results Elections in the 1910s Elections in the 1920s Elections 1930–45 Another general election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been mak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Commons Of The United Kingdom
The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the upper house, the House of Lords, it meets in the Palace of Westminster in London, England. The House of Commons is an elected body consisting of 650 members known as members of Parliament (MPs). MPs are elected to represent constituencies by the first-past-the-post system and hold their seats until Parliament is dissolved. The House of Commons of England started to evolve in the 13th and 14th centuries. In 1707 it became the House of Commons of Great Britain after the political union with Scotland, and from 1800 it also became the House of Commons for Ireland after the political union of Great Britain and Ireland. In 1922, the body became the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland after the independence of the Irish Free State. Under the Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949, the Lords' power to reject legislation was reduced to a delaying power. The g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blazon Of Bennett Baronets (1929)
In heraldry and heraldic vexillology, a blazon is a formal description of a coat of arms, flag or similar emblem, from which the reader can reconstruct the appropriate image. The verb ''to blazon'' means to create such a description. The visual depiction of a coat of arms or flag has traditionally had considerable latitude in design, but a verbal blazon specifies the essentially distinctive elements. A coat of arms or flag is therefore primarily defined not by a picture but rather by the wording of its blazon (though in modern usage flags are often additionally and more precisely defined using geometrical specifications). ''Blazon'' is also the specialized language in which a blazon is written, and, as a verb, the act of writing such a description. ''Blazonry'' is the art, craft or practice of creating a blazon. The language employed in ''blazonry'' has its own vocabulary, grammar and syntax, which becomes essential for comprehension when blazoning a complex coat of arms. Ot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bennet Baronets
There have been four baronetcies created for persons with the surname Bennet, two in the Baronetage of England and two in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia. All four creations are extinct. The Bennet Baronetcy, of Bechampton in the County of Buckingham, was created in the Baronetage of England on 17 July 1627 for Simon Bennet. The title became extinct on his death in 1631. Sir Thomas Bennet (died 1627), father of the first Baronet, was Lord Mayor of London from 1603 to 1604. The Bennet Baronetcy, of Babraham in the County of Cambridge, was created in the Baronetage of England on 22 November 1660 for Thomas Bennet. The second Baronet sat as member of parliament for Cambridgeshire. The title became extinct on the death of the third Baronet in 1701. The Bennet Baronetcy, of Grubet in the County of Roxburgh, was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia on 18 November 1670 for William Bennet. The second Baronet was one of the Scottish representatives to the first Parliament of Great B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
