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Christopher Wyvill
Christopher Wyvill may refer to: * Christopher Wyvill (reformer) (1740–1822), English cleric, landowner and political reformer * Christopher Wyvill (Royal Navy officer) (1792–1863), Royal Navy admiral * Christopher Wyvill (priest) (dies 1710), Anglican priest * Sir Christopher Wyvill, 3rd Baronet (1614–1681), English politician {{hndis, Wyvill, Christopher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Wyvill (reformer)
Christopher Wyvill (1740–1822) was an English cleric and landowner, a political Radicalism (historical), reformer who inspired the formation of the ''Yorkshire Association'' movement in 1779. The American Revolutionary War had forced the government of Lord North to increase taxation. Frustrated with government profligacy, Wyvill and the gentry of Yorkshire called for a package of 'economical reforms': cuts in government spending and sinecure, patronage, annual parliaments and an increase in the number of county seats in parliament. Wyvill's cause was taken up by the Rockingham Whigs, Rockingham Whig opposition, culminating in the carrying of Dunning's motion in 1780. Some moderate reforms were implemented by the Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, Rockingham-led administration of 1782. William Pitt the Younger raised a number of issues surrounding parliamentary reform in opposition to the Fox-North Coalition in 1783, but his William Pitt the Younger#Early pol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Wyvill (Royal Navy Officer)
Rear Admiral Christopher Wyvill (6 May 1792 – 29 January 1863) was a senior Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief, Africa from 1849 to 1853. Naval career Wyvill joined the Royal Navy on 25 October 1805. He saw action at Grabusa in 1828 during the Greek War of Independence. Promoted to captain on 22 February 1832, he was given command of the sixth-rate, , in 1841 and went on to serve as Commander-in-Chief, Africa from 1849 to 1853 and Superintendent of the Chatham Dockyard from 1854 to 1856. He was promoted to Rear-Admiral of the Red Rear-Admiral of the Red was a senior rank of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom, immediately outranked by the rank Vice-Admiral of the Blue (see order of precedence below). Royal Navy officers currently holding the ranks of commodore, rear adm ... on 8 November 1860. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wyvill, Christopher Royal Navy rear admirals 1792 births 1863 deaths ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Wyvill (priest)
Christopher Wyvill, D.D. was an eminent Anglican priest in the first half of the 18th century. The seventh son of Sir Christopher Wyvill, 3rd Baronet, M.P. for Richmond, he was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900, John Venn/John Archibald Venn Cambridge University Press" target="_blank" class="mw-redirect" title="(10 volumes 1922 to 1953) Part I. 1209–1751 Vol. iv. Saal – Zuinglius (1927) p484">(10 volumes 1922 to 1953) Part I. 1209–1751 Vol. iv. Saal – Zuinglius (1927) p484/ref> He was ordained in 1678. He was a Canon of York York is a cathedral city in North Yorkshire, England, with Roman Britain, Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers River Ouse, Yorkshire, Ouse and River Foss, Foss. It has many historic buildings and other structures, such as a Yor ... from 1700 until his death in J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
