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Clerk Of The Green Cloth
The Clerk of the Green Cloth was a position in the British Royal Household. The clerk acted as secretary of the Board of Green Cloth, and was therefore responsible for organising royal journeys and assisting in the administration of the Royal Household. From the Restoration, there were four clerks (two clerks and two clerks comptrollers). Two additional clerks comptrollers were added in 1761, but one of these was redesignated a clerk in 1762. Remuneration Each clerk had a salary of £500, with lodgings, diet, fees on the signing of contracts and ancient rights of 'Wast, Command and Remaines', i.e., leftover provisions, which was replaced with an allowance of £438 in 1701, increased to £518 in 1761 (making a total of £1018). Each clerk had a clerk or writer, who was paid £50 with other fees and allowances, fixed at £150 in 1761 and converted to a salary of £180 in 1769.'The household below stairs: Clerks of the Green Cloth 1660-1782', ''Office-Holders in Modern Britain: V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Stephen Fox (1627–1716) By John James Baker
Sir Stephen Fox (27 March 1627 – 28 October 1716) of Farley in Wiltshire, of Redlynch Park in Somerset, of Chiswick, Middlesex and of Whitehall, was a royal administrator and courtier to King Charles II, and a politician, who rose from humble origins to become the "richest commoner in the three kingdoms".Ferris He made the foundation of his wealth from his tenure of the newly created office of Paymaster-General of His Majesty's Forces, which he held twice, in 1661–1676 and 1679–1680. He was the principal force of inspiration behind the founding of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, to which he contributed £13,000. Origins Stephen Fox was a younger son of William Fox, of Farley, Wiltshire, a yeoman farmer, by his wife Margaret Pavy, a daughter of Thomas Pavy of Plaitford, Hampshire.Hayton His eldest surviving brother was John Fox (1611–1691), Clerk of the Acatry to King Charles II. Stephen's sister was Jane Fox (1639–1710), who married Nicholas Johnson (died 1682), who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Wroth (Guildford MP)
General Robert Wroth (27 August 1660 –4 February 1720) was a British Army officer and politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons between 1705 and 1720. Wroth was the son of Sir Henry Wroth of Durants, Enfield, Middlesex and joined the British Army in 1685, rising to the rank of Major-general in 1710. He sat as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the borough of Guildford in Surrey for three separate terms. He held the seat from 1705 to 1708, and from October 1710 until his election was overturned on petition in February 1711. He was reelected unopposed at a by-election in 1717 and held the seat until his death in 1720. He held public offices for life as a Clerk of the Green Cloth (from 1715) and a Clerk of the Household (by 1716). He owned the manor of Worplesdon Worplesdon is a village NNW of Guildford in Surrey, England and a large dispersed civil parish that includes the settlements of: Worplesdon itself (including its central church area, Perry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Francis Henry Drake, 5th Baronet
Sir Francis Henry Drake, 5th Baronet (29 August 1723 – 19 February 1794) was an English Master of the Household and Member of Parliament. He was born the eldest son of Sir Francis Drake, 4th Baronet, whom he succeeded in 1740. He was educated at Winchester School (1734–39), Eton College (1740) and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge 1740–44. He then studied law at Lincoln's Inn (1740). He was a Ranger of Dartmoor Forest for life from 1752. He served as a Clerk of the Green Cloth from 1753 to 1770, rising from second clerk comptroller to first clerk and then as Master of the Household from 1771 to his death. He represented Bere Alston as a Member of Parliament from 1747 to 1771 and from 1774 to 1780. He lived at Nutwell Court on the south coast of Devon. He was said by Hoskins (1954) "to have wrecked the fine medieval house with his ''improvements'' demolishing the two-storied gatehouse with great difficulty in 1755-6 and cutting through the timbered roof of the 14th centu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Richard Wrottesley, 7th Baronet
Sir Richard Wrottesley, 7th Baronet (19 June 1721 – 20 July 1769) of Wrottesley Hall in Staffordshire, was a Member of Parliament, Anglican clergyman and Dean of Worcester. Biography He was born a younger son of Sir John Wrottesley, 4th Bt., MP, by Frances, the daughter of the Hon. John Grey, MP of Enville and educated at Winchester School (1736–38) and St. John's College, Oxford (1739), later transferring to Queens' College, Cambridge. He succeeded his elder brother Sir Walter Wrottesley as baronet in 1732. It is said that when Bonny Prince Charlie was marching south through England during the course of his rebellion, Sir Richard, a regular duellist, armed his tenants and gathered his servants to do battle but he reportedly never got further than a local inn, The Bull at Codsall, where his small team of men spent a convivial week. He became M.P. for Tavistock in December 1747, holding the seat until 1754. He was appointed a Clerk of the Green Cloth from 1749 to 1754. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Carey (politician)
Walter Carey (also spelt 'Cary') FRS (17 October 1685 – 27 April 1757), of West Sheen, Surrey, was a British administrator and politician who sat in the House of Commons for 35 years from 1722 to 1757. Carey was the eldest son of Walter Carey of Everton, Bedfordshire and his wife Annabella Halford, daughter of Sir William Halford. He matriculated at New College, Oxford on 14 December 1704, aged 18 and was awarded B.A. in 1708, and created M.A. on 15 September 1730. He succeeded his father in 1714. Cary was an extraordinary Clerk of the Privy Council from 1717 to 1729 and Clerk of the Privy Council in ordinary from 1729 to his death. He was surveyor general to the Prince of Wales (1723–25), Warden of the Mint (1725–27) and a Lord of Trade (1727–30). He was a Member of Parliament in the Parliament of Great Britain for Helston from 1722 to 1727 and for Dartmouth from 1727 to 1757. He was also a Member of the Parliament of Ireland for Clogher from 1731 to 1757 and Chief ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Bristow (1712–1776)
Robert Bristow (1712 – 9 December 1776) of Micheldever in Hampshire was an English politician. His father Robert (1687–1737) and his grandfather Robert (1662–1706), as well as his uncle John had all been Members of Parliament. Bristow was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Winchelsea from 1738 to 1741, and for New Shoreham from 1747 to 1761. He was appointed a Clerk of the Green Cloth The Clerk of the Green Cloth was a position in the British Royal Household. The clerk acted as secretary of the Board of Green Cloth, and was therefore responsible for organising royal journeys and assisting in the administration of the Royal ... from 1738 to 1740. He married twice and had a son and 4 daughters. References 1712 births 1776 deaths People from the City of Winchester Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies British MPs 1734–1741 British MPs 1741–1747 British MPs 1747–1754 British MPs 1754–1761 British MPs 1761– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Thomas Hales, 3rd Baronet
Sir Thomas Hales, 3rd Baronet ( – October 1762), of Beakesbourne in Kent, was an English courtier and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons for 37 years between 1722 and 1762. Hales was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Hales, 2nd Baronet, of Brymore, and his wife Mary Pym, daughter of Sir Charles Pym, 1st Baronet of Brymore. He matriculated at Oriel College, Oxford in 1711 and was admitted at the Inner Temple. He succeeded his father as 3rd Baronet on 7 January 1748. Hales entered Parliament at the 1722 British general election as Whig Member of Parliament for Minehead, being a member of the Duke of Dorset's faction and supporting the Walpole and Pelham governments. He subsequently also represented Camelford, Grampound, Hythe and East Grinstead, being an MP for most of the last forty years of his life. The only break in his Parliamentary career came in 1741: at the notoriously corrupt rotten borough of Grampound, his opponents had contrived a disagreement over who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Thomas Wynn, 1st Baronet
Sir Thomas Wynn, 1st Baronet (1677–1749) was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1713 to 1749. Personal life Wynn was born in March 1677, the eldest son of Griffith Wynn of Bodvean and his wife Catherine Vaughan, daughter of William Vaughan of Corsygedol, Merioneth. He married Frances Glynn in 1700, she was a daughter of John Glynn of Glynnllivon (1644–69) & Elizabeth, and granddaughter of Sir Hugh Owen, 1st Baronet. Wynn died on 13 April 1749. He had one son and four daughters. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son John. Political career Wynn was three when he succeeded his father in 1680. In 1712 he became the Sheriff of Caernarvonshire and at the 1713 general election he was returned unopposed as Member of Parliament for Caernarvon Boroughs. He was appointed equerry to the Prince of Wales in 1714 and occupied the post until 1724. He was returned unopposed for Caernarvon in 1715 and in 1722. In 1724 he became Clerk of the Household to the P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Thomas Reade, 4th Baronet
Sir Thomas Reade, 4th Baronet, (c.1684 - 1752) of Shipton Court, Oxfordshire was a British courtier and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons for 34 years from 1713 to 1747. Reade was the second son of Sir Edward Reade, 2nd Baronet, of Shipton Court, and his wife Elizabeth Harby, daughter of Edward Harby of Adstone, Northamptonshire. He was the elder brother of Lieutenant-general George Reade. He succeeded to the baronetcy and Shipton Court on the death of his elder brother, Sir Winwood Reade, 3rd Baronet, on 30 June 1692. He married Jane Mary Dutton, the daughter of Sir Ralph Dutton, 1st Baronet, MP of Sherborne, Gloucestershire, on 29 October 1719. Reade first stood for Parliament at a by-election for Oxfordshire in February 1710 and was heavily defeated. At the 1713 general election, he was elected Member of Parliament for Cricklade. Reade was returned unopposed at Cricklade at the 1715 general election, but faced contests at the succeeding general election ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Sutton (soldier)
Richard Sutton (16 January 1674 – 23 July 1737), of Scofton, Nottinghamshire, was British Army officer who fought in the War of Spanish Succession, and a politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1708 and 1737. He was primarily a Whig, but on occasion voted as a Tory. Biography Sutton was the second son of Robert Sutton of Averham, Nottinghamshire and his wife Katherine Sherborne, daughter of Rev. William Sherborne, DD, of Pembridge, Herefordshire. His elder brother was the diplomat Robert Sutton. Sutton was appointed ensign in Viscount Castleton's Regiment of Foot on 1 April 1690 and served in Ireland and in Flanders under King William III. He was afterwards promoted to major in the 8th Regiment of Foot, with which he served at the battles of Schellenberg and Blenheim in 1704, at the forcing of the French lines at Helixem in 1705, and at the Battle of Ramillies in 1706. Being afterwards promoted to the lieutenant-colonelcy, he commanded the regiment at the battle of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Bristow (1687–1737)
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Robert Bristow may refer to: * Robert Bristow (1662–1706), MP for Winchelsea 1698–1701 * Robert Bristow (1688–1737), MP for Winchelsea 1708–37 * Robert Bristow (1712–1776), MP for Winchelsea 1738–41, New Shoreham 1747–61 * Robert Bristow (engineer) (1880–1966), British harbour engineer best known for development of the port of Kochi in India * Robert O'Neil Bristow (1926–2018), American novelist See also * Bristow (surname) Bristow is a surname, derived from the earlier name of the city of Bristol. Notable people with the surname include: *Abraham Bristow (c. 1771 – 1846), British mariner * Alan Bristow (1923-2009), British helicopter entrepreneur, founder of Brist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giles Earle (MP)
Giles Earle (1678 – 20 August 1758), was a British Army officer and politician who sat in the House of Commons for 32 years from 1715 to 1747. He had a reputation as a wit. Early life Earle came from a family resident at Eastcourt, Crudwell, near Malmesbury, Wiltshire. He was the sixth son of Sir Thomas Earle, MP and mayor of Bristol, and his wife Elizabeth Ellinor Jackson, daughter of Joseph Jackson. He was admitted at Middle Temple in 1692. He was the brother of Joseph Earle. Earle's father bequeathed him the lands of Crudwell in 1696. He married Elizabeth Lowther, widow of William Lowther and daughter of Sir William Rawlinson, serjeant-at-law, by licence dated 20 May 1702. He joined the army and was a captain in the 33rd Foot in 1702, and captain in the Royal Horse Guards from 1711 to 1717. He served under John, the second duke of Argyll, who was distinguished both in war and in politics. Earle was commissary of musters in Spain in 1711 and commissary-general of provisio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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