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Caleb Banks
Caleb Banks (18 September 1659 – 13 September 1696) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1685 and 1696. Biography Banks was the son of Sir John Banks, 1st Baronet and his wife Elizabeth Dethick, daughter of Sir John Dethick. He was educated at Queens' College, Cambridge and admitted at Gray's Inn in February 1675. He was a pupil of John Locke who accompanied him in France his travels in France from 1677 to 1679. Banks stood unsuccessfully for parliament at Winchelsea in 1679 when he was under age. He was a captain of the militia for Kent and a Deputy Lieutenant for the county from 1683 with a short interruption in 1688. Banks was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Queenborough in 1685 and for Maidstone in 1689. In 1689 he became a J.P. and a commissioner for assessment. In 1691 he was elected MP for Rochester until 1695, and was an assistant warden of Rochester Bridge Rochester Bridge in Rochester, Medway was for centuries the lowest f ... [...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] |
John Godwin (d
John Godwin may refer to: Politicians * John Godwin (died ?1547), MP for Wells * John Godwin (by 1507–56 or later), MP for Wells *John Venimore Godwin (1814–?), photographer and mayor of Bradford, 1865–1866 Sportspeople * John Godwin (baseball) (1877–1956), American baseball player * John Godwin (rower) (born 1904), British rowing coxswain Others *John Godwin (Royal Navy officer) Temporary Lieutenant John Godwin, RNVR (13 December 1919 – 2 February 1945) was a British naval officer. Born and brought up in Argentina, he took part in a raid named Operation Checkmate on Axis shipping near Haugesund, north of Stavanger, N ... (1919–1945), British Naval Reserve officer during World War II * John Godwin (architect), Nigerian British architect See also * John Goodwin (other) {{human name disambiguation, Godwin, John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English MPs 1685–1687
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Members Of Gray's Inn
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Deputy Lieutenants Of Kent
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Alumni Of Queens' College, Cambridge
Alumni (singular: alumnus (masculine) or alumna (feminine)) are former students of a school, college, or university who have either attended or graduated in some fashion from the institution. The feminine plural alumnae is sometimes used for groups of women. The word is Latin and means "one who is being (or has been) nourished". The term is not synonymous with "graduate"; one can be an alumnus without graduating (Burt Reynolds, alumnus but not graduate of Florida State, is an example). The term is sometimes used to refer to a former employee or member of an organization, contributor, or inmate. Etymology The Latin noun ''alumnus'' means "foster son" or "pupil". It is derived from PIE ''*h₂el-'' (grow, nourish), and it is a variant of the Latin verb ''alere'' "to nourish".Merriam-Webster: alumnus .. Separate, but from the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1696 Deaths
Events January–March * January 21 – The Recoinage Act, passed by the Parliament of England to pull counterfeit silver coins out of circulation, becomes law.James E. Thorold Rogers, ''The First Nine Years of the Bank of England'' (Clarendon Press, 1887 p. 41 * January 27 – In England, the ship HMS ''Royal Sovereign'' (formerly ''HMS Sovereign of the Seas'', 1638) catches fire and burns at Chatham, after 57 years of service. * January 31 – In the Netherlands, undertakers revolt after funeral reforms in Amsterdam. * January – Colley Cibber's play ''Love's Last Shift'' is first performed in London. * February 8 (January 29 old style) – Peter the Great who had jointly reigned since 1682 with his mentally-ill older half-brother, Tsar Ivan V, becomes the sole Tsar of Russia when Ivan dies at the age of 29. * February 15 – A plot to ambush and assassinate King William III of England in order to restore King James and the House of Stuar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1659 Births
Events January–March * January 14 – In the Battle of the Lines of Elvas, fought near the small city of Elvas in Portugal during the Portuguese Restoration War, the Spanish Army under the command of Luis Méndez de Haro suffers heavy casualties, with over 11,000 of its nearly 16,000 soldiers killed, wounded or taken prisoner; the smaller Portuguese force of 10,500 troops, commanded by André de Albuquerque Ribafria (who is killed in the battle) suffers less than 900 casualties. * January 24 – Pierre Corneille's ''Oedipe'' premieres in Paris. * January 27 – The third and final session of the Parliament of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland is opened by Lord Protector Richard Cromwell, with Chaloner Chute as the Speaker of the House of Commons, with 567 members. "Cromwell's Other House", which replaced the House of Lords during the last years of the Protectorate, opens on the same day, with Richard Cromwell as its speaker. * Jan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas King (d
Thomas King or Tom King may refer to: Politicians * Thomas King (died 1688), English merchant and politician * Thomas King (died 1725), Member of Parliament for Queenborough, son of the above * Thomas Butler King (1800–1864), American politician from Georgia * Thomas King (New Zealand politician) (1821–1893), New Zealand politician * Thomas King (Australian politician) (1833–1886), South Australian Minister of Education from 1878 to 1881 * Thomas King (Canadian politician) (1879–1972), merchant, farmer and politician in British Columbia, Canada * Thomas King (novelist) (born 1943), Canadian writer and broadcast presenter * Thomas R. King (fl. 1943–44), Chairman of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin * Tom King, Baron King of Bridgwater (born 1933), British Conservative politician * Tom King (Mississippi politician) (born 1947), Mississippi Transportation Commissioner, former state senator Sports * Thomas King (boxer) (1835–1888), English boxer, Heavyweight Champion of Eng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cloudesley Shovell
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Cloudesley Shovell (c. November 1650 – 22 or 23 October 1707) was an English naval officer. As a junior officer he saw action at the Battle of Solebay and then at the Battle of Texel during the Third Anglo-Dutch War. As a captain he fought at the Battle of Bantry Bay during the Williamite War in Ireland. As a flag officer Shovell commanded a division at the Battle of Barfleur during the Nine Years' War, and during the battle distinguished himself by being the first to break through the enemy's line. Along with Admiral Henry Killigrew and Admiral Ralph Delaval, Shovell was put in joint command of the fleet shortly afterwards. During the War of the Spanish Succession, Shovell commanded a squadron which served under Admiral George Rooke at the capture of Gibraltar and the Battle of Málaga. Working in conjunction with a landing force under the Earl of Peterborough, his forces undertook the siege and capture of Barcelona. He was appointed commander-in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Clerke (c
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Francis Clerke may refer to: *Francis Clerke (lawyer) (fl. 1594), English lawyer *Francis Clerke (politician, died 1686) (c. 1624–1686), English politician, MP for Rochester *Francis Clerke (politician, died 1715) (c. 1655–1715), English politician, MP for Oxfordshire *Francis Clerke (politician, died 1691) (c. 1665–1691), English politician, MP for Rochester *Sir Francis Clerke, 6th Baronet (1682–1769), of the Clerke baronets, Gentleman Usher *Sir Francis Clerke, 7th Baronet (1748–1778), aide-de-camp to General John Burgoyne, killed at Saratoga See also *Francis Clark (other) *Frank Clarke (other) Frank Clarke is the name of: Politicians * Frank G. Clarke (1850–1901), American politician and lawyer * Frank Clarke (Victorian politician) (1879–1955), Australian politician * Frank Clarke (British politician) (Frank Edward Clarke, 1886– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Williamson (English Politician)
Sir Joseph Williamson, PRS (25 July 1633 – 3 October 1701) was an English civil servant, diplomat and politician who sat in the House of Commons of England variously between 1665 and 1701 and in the Irish House of Commons between 1692 and 1699. He was Secretary of State for the Northern Department from 1674 to 1679. Early life Williamson was born at Bridekirk, near Cockermouth in Cumberland, where his father, also called Joseph, was vicar. His father died when he was very young, and his mother remarried the Reverend John Ardery. His relatively humble origins were often referred to unkindly in later life by his enemies, especially after he married into the aristocracy. He was educated at St. Bees School, Westminster School and Queen's College, Oxford, of which he became a fellow. Early career In 1660 he entered the service of the Secretary of State for the Southern Department, Sir Edward Nicholas, retaining his position under the succeeding secretary, Sir Henry Bennet, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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