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Charles Cocks (other)
Charles Cocks may refer to: *Charles Cocks, 1st Baron Somers (1725–1806), British politician; Member of Parliament for Reigate *Charles Cocks (1646–1727) Charles Cocks (1646–1727) was an English Whig politician, MP for Worcester and Droitwich. Cocks was baptised on 9 September 1646, the oldest son of Thomas Cocks of Castleditch, Herefordshire, and his second wife Elizabeth Gower. Cocks' wife M ..., British Member of Parliament for Droitwich and Worcester See also * Charles Cox (other) {{hndis, Cocks, Charles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Cocks, 1st Baron Somers
Charles Cocks, 1st Baron Somers (29 June 1725 – 30 January 1806), known as Sir Charles Cocks, 1st Baronet, from 1772 to 1784, was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1747 to 1784. Life Cocks was the son of John Cocks and his wife Mary Cocks who was his cousin and daughter of Thomas Cocks of Castleditch and was born on 29 June 1725. His paternal grandfather Charles Cocks was the husband of Mary Somers, sister of John Somers, 1st Baron Somers, Lord Chancellor of England. He matriculated at Worcester College, Oxford in 1742 and entered Lincoln's Inn in 1745, where he was called to the bar in 1750. Cocks was elected Member of Parliament for Reigate in the 1747 general election and held the seat until 1784. He was appointed Clerk of Deliveries of the Ordnance from 1758 to 1772 and Clerk of the Ordnance from 1772 to 1782. He succeeded his father in 1771 and the following year was created a baronet of Dumbleton in the County of Gloucester, and on 17 May 1784 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Cocks (1646–1727)
Charles Cocks (1646–1727) was an English Whig politician, MP for Worcester and Droitwich. Cocks was baptised on 9 September 1646, the oldest son of Thomas Cocks of Castleditch, Herefordshire, and his second wife Elizabeth Gower. Cocks' wife Mary was the sister of Lord Somers, the future Lord Chancellor. In 1693 Somers, having been appointed Lord Keeper of the Great Seal, vacated his seat at Worcester. A bitter by-election ensued, contested by the Whig Cocks and the Tory Samuel Swift. Swift was elected by 682 votes to 575, but Cocks petitioned the House of Commons to overturn the result on the grounds of illegal voting practices. The petition was upheld on 7 February 1694, and Cocks took the seat, prompting outrage among the citizens of Worcester. In 1695, instead of standing at Worcester (where Swift was re-elected), Cocks stood at Droitwich, and was elected. He was a supporter of Somers and the Whig Junto. In 1699 Cocks was appointed Clerk of the Patents, an office in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Droitwich (UK Parliament Constituency)
Droitwich was the name of a constituency of the House of Commons of England in 1295, and again from 1554, then of the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1918. It was a parliamentary borough in Worcestershire, represented by two Members of Parliament until 1832, and by one member from 1832 to 1885. The name was then transferred to a county constituency electing one MP from 1885 until 1918. History The borough consisted of three parishes and parts of two others in the town of Droitwich, a market town which for many centuries depended on the salt trade for its prosperity. When Droitwich's right to return MPs (which had been allowed to lapse) was restored in 1554, there was only one salt pit in the borough, and this became the basis of Droitwich's unique franchise: the right to vote was vested solely in those burgesses (members of the corporation) who owned shares in the pit giving ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
