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Charles Cholmondeley
Charles Cholmondeley (12 January 1685 – 1756) of Vale Royal, Cheshire, was a British landowner and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1710 and 1756. Early life Vale Royal Abbey Cholmondeley was the eldest surviving son of Thomas Cholmondeley of Vale Royal and his second wife, Anne St John, daughter of Sir Walter St John, 3rd Baronet of Battersea and Lydiard Tregoze, Wilts. In 1702 he succeeded his father to the estates at Vale Royal. He was admitted at St. John’s College, Cambridge on 13 October. 1701 and at Middle Temple in August 1709. He married Essex Pitt, daughter of Thomas Pitt (governor) of Stratford Wiltshire on 22 July 1714. Career At the 1710 general election Cholmondeley was elected Tory Member of Parliament for Cheshire in a contest. He was a member of the October Club and listed as a ‘worthy patriot’. He increasingly involved himself in the attempts of Tory back-benchers to influence policy. By 1712, he changed his allegiance fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vale Royal Abbey
Vale Royal Abbey is a former medieval abbey and later country house in Whitegate England. The precise location and boundaries of the abbey are difficult to determine in today's landscape. The original building was founded c. 1270 by the Lord Edward, later Edward I for Cistercian monks. Edward had supposedly taken a vow during a rough sea crossing in the 1260s. Civil wars and political upheaval delayed the build until 1272, the year he inherited the throne. The original site at Darnhall was unsatisfactory, so was moved a few miles north to the Delamere Forest. Edward intended the structure to be on a grand scale—had it been completed it would have been the largest Cistercian monastery in the country—but his ambitions were frustrated by recurring financial difficulties. Early during construction, England became involved in war with Wales. As the treasury was thus in need of resources, Vale Royal lost all of its grants, skilled masons and builders. When work resumed in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earl Of Ormond (Ireland)
The peerage title Earl of Ormond and the related titles Duke of Ormonde and Marquess of Ormonde have a long and complex history. An earldom of Ormond has been created three times in the Peerage of Ireland. History of Ormonde titles The earldom of Ormond was originally created in 1328 for James Butler. For many subsequent years, the earls took significant roles in the government of Ireland, and kept a tradition of loyalty to the English crown and to English custom. Several of the earls also had reputations as scholars. The fifth earl was created Earl of Wiltshire (1449) in the Peerage of England, but he was attainted in 1461 and his peerages were declared forfeit. The earldom of Ormond was restored to his younger brother, John Butler, the sixth earl, in 1476. Thomas, the 7th earl, died without issue in 1515; the ''de facto'', if not indeed the ''de jure'' earl, Piers Butler, a cousin of the 7th Earl, was induced to resign his rights to the title in 1528. This facilitated the n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Crewe (the Elder) (1772–1835) English soldier and landowner
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John Crewe can refer to several people: *John Crew (1603–1670), English barrister and politician *John Crew, 1st Baron Crew (1597/8–1679), English politician and landowner; also known as John Crewe *Sir John Crewe (Utkinton) (1641–1711), English landowner, of Utkinton Hall *John Offley Crewe (1681–1749), English politician and landowner; originally John Offley, he changed his name to Crewe and is also known as John Crewe Offley and John Crewe-Offley * John Crewe (the elder) (1709–1752), English politician and landowner *John Crewe, 1st Baron Crewe (1742–1829), English politician and landowner *John Crewe, 2nd Baron Crewe John Crewe, 2nd Baron Crewe (bap. 1772 – 4 December 1835) was an English soldier and a peer. He formed part of the first British embassy to China, and rose to the rank of General. Becoming estranged from the majority of his family, he spen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton, 3rd Baronet
Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton, 3rd Baronet (2 January 1695 – 27 August 1748) was a politician in Great Britain. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Cheshire from 1727 to 1734 and for Lostwithiel Lostwithiel (; kw, Lostwydhyel) is a civil parish and small town in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom at the head of the estuary of the River Fowey. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 2,739, increasing to 2,899 at the 2011 c ... from 1741 to 1747.History of Parliament Online: Sir Robert II Cotton, First Baronet, of Combermere, Cheshire (c.1635–1712) accessed October 2017. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir George Warburton, 3rd Baronet
Sir George Warburton, 3rd Baronet (1675–1743) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1702 and 1722. Warburton was the eldest son of Sir Peter Warburton, 2nd Baronet and his wife Martha Docwra, daughter of Thomas Docwra of Putteridge, Hertfordshire, and was baptized on 1 June 1675. He succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his father in about 1698. He married Diana Alington, daughter of William Alington, 1st Baron Alington of Wymondley on 18 June 1700. Warburton was elected Member of Parliament for Cheshire at the 1702 general election, but lost the seat in 1705. He was elected again as MP for Cheshire in 1710 and 1713. He was returned again as MP for Cheshire in 1715 and held the seat until 1722. In 1724 he became Freeman of Chester 1724. Warburton died on 23 June 1743. He and his wife had a son and two daughters His son died young and the baronetcy passed to a nephew. His daughter Diana married Sir Richard Grosvenor, 4th Baronet Sir Ric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Member Of Parliament
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members often have a different title. The terms congressman/congresswoman or deputy are equivalent terms used in other jurisdictions. The term parliamentarian is also sometimes used for members of parliament, but this may also be used to refer to unelected government officials with specific roles in a parliament and other expert advisers on parliamentary procedure such as the Senate Parliamentarian in the United States. The term is also used to the characteristic of performing the duties of a member of a legislature, for example: "The two party leaders often disagreed on issues, but both were excellent parliamentarians and cooperated to get many good things done." Members of parliament typically form parliamentary groups, sometimes called caucuse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Offley-Crewe
John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died c. AD 30), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (lived c. AD 30), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Pop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Langham Booth
Langham Booth (c. 1684 – 12 May 1724) was an English courtier and member of parliament. A younger son of Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington and his wife Mary Langham, in 1705 Booth was elected as a Whig as one of the two Members of Parliament for Cheshire and sat until 1710, in 1707 becoming one of the members of the First Parliament of Great Britain. He was elected again for the parliament of 1715 to 1722.Sir Bernard Burke, ''A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire'' (1883 edition), p. 61 In 1723, Booth was returned as one of the members for Liverpool, but died only a year later, when he was reported to be aged forty.“The representation of Cheshire” in John Parsons Earwaker, ed., ''Local Gleanings: An Archaeological and Historical Magazine'' (1880)pp. 417–418/ref> He was also a Groom of the Bedchamber Groom of the Chamber was a position in the Household of the monarch in early modern England. Other ''Anci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Cholmondeley (1726–1779)
Thomas Cholmondeley (24 June 1726 – 2 June 1779), of Vale Royal, Cheshire was a British landowner and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1756 and 1768. He was elected MP for Cheshire in 1756 and 1761. Biography Cholmondeley was born on 24 June 1726, the third son of Charles Cholmondeley (1685 – 1756) of Vale Royal, Cheshire and Essex Pitt, daughter of Thomas Pitt of Stratford, Wiltshire. He attended Westminster School from 1740 to 1743 and was admitted to St. John’s College, Cambridge in 1743. On 29 October 1764 he married Dorothy Cowper, daughter of Edmund Cowper of Overleigh in Cheshire, by whom he had six sons and three daughters: * Thomas Cholmondeley, 1st Baron Delamere * Charles Cholmondeley * Charles Cholmondeley (6 June 1770–5 December 1846) married on 13 January 1794, Caroline-Elizabeth Smyth (1773–1818), daughter of Nicholas Smyth of Cubley, Shropshire; sister and coheir of Nicholas Owen Smyth Owen of Condover. * Hugh Cholmondeley * F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1754 British General Election
The 1754 British general election returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 11th Parliament of Great Britain to be summoned, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707. Owing to the extensive corruption and the Duke of Newcastle's personal influence in the pocket boroughs, the government was returned to office with a working majority. The old parties had disappeared almost completely by this stage; anyone with reasonable hopes of achieving office called himself a 'Whig', although the term had lost most of its original meaning. While 'Tory' and 'Whig' were still used to refer to particular political leanings and tendencies, parties in the old sense were no longer relevant except in a small minority of constituencies, such as Oxfordshire, with most elections being fought on local issues and the holders of political power being determined by the shifting allegiance of factions and aristocratic families rather than the strengt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1747 British General Election
The 1747 British general election returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 10th Parliament of Great Britain to be summoned, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707. The election saw Henry Pelham's Whig government increase its majority and the Tories continue their decline. By 1747, thirty years of Whig oligarchy and systematic corruption had weakened party ties substantially; despite that Walpole, the main reason for the split that led to the creation of the Patriot Whig faction, had resigned, there were still almost as many Whigs in opposition to the ministry as there were Tories, and the real struggle for power was between various feuding factions of Whig aristocrats rather than between the old parties. The Tories had effectively become an irrelevant group of country gentlemen who had resigned themselves to permanent opposition. Summary of the constituencies See 1796 British general election for details. The constituen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1741 British General Election
The 1741 British general election returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 9th Parliament of Great Britain to be summoned, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707. The election saw support for the government party increase in the quasi-democratic constituencies which were decided by popular vote, but the Whigs lost control of a number of rotten and pocket boroughs, partly as a result of the influence of the Prince of Wales, and were consequently re-elected with the barest of majorities in the Commons, Walpole's supporters only narrowly outnumbering his opponents. Partly as a result of the election, and also due to the crisis created by naval defeats in the war with Spain, Walpole was finally forced out of office on 11 February 1742, after his government was defeated in a motion of no confidence concerning a supposedly rigged by-election. His supporters were then able to reconcile partially with the Patriot Whigs to form a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
