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Charles Egerton (MP For Brackley)
Charles Egerton (12 March 1654 – 11 December 1717), of Marchington, Staffordshire, was an English aristocrat and Whig politician who sat in the English and British Houses of Commons between 1695 and 1711. The fourth son of John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgwater and his wife Lady Elizabeth Cavendish, daughter of William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle, he was admitted at the Middle Temple in 1673 and at Lincoln's Inn in 1678. Egerton married Elizabeth Murray, the daughter and heiress of Henry Murray, Groom of the Bedchamber to Charles I, and widow of Randolph Egerton, of Betley, Staffordshire on 30 April 1691. His brother, Sir William Egerton, was also a lawyer. Egerton was returned as Member of Parliament for Brackley, Northamptonshire, on the family interest at the 1695 English general election. He voted for fixing the price of guineas at 22 shillings in March 1695, and voted for the attainder of Sir John Fenwick on 25 November 1696. At the 1698 English general elec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egerton Family COA (Dukes Of Bridgewater, Dukes Of Sutherland)
Egerton may refer to: People * Egerton (name), a list of people with either the surname or the given name * Egerton family, a British aristocratic family * George Egerton, pen name of Mary Dunne Bright (1859–1945), Australian-born writer Places * Egerton, Cheshire, England * Egerton, Greater Manchester, England * Egerton, Kent, England * Egerton, Nova Scotia, Canada * Egerton, Southgate, Ontario, Canada Other uses * Baron Egerton, a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom created in 1859 * Egerton University, Njoro, near Nakuru, Kenya * ''Egerton'' (tug), a number of tugs with this name See also * Egerton Collection, a notable collection of manuscripts in the British Library * Egerton Gospel The Egerton Gospel (British Library Egerton Papyrus 2) refers to a collection of three papyrus fragments of a codex of a previously unknown gospel, found in Egypt and sold to the British Museum in 1934; the physical fragments are now dated to th ..., fragments of an unknown Gospel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1698 English General Election
After the conclusion of the 1698 English general election the government led by the Whig Junto believed it had held its ground against the opposition. Over the previous few years, divisions had emerged within the Whig party between the 'court' supporters of the junto and the 'country' faction, who disliked the royal prerogative, were concerned about governmental corruption, and opposed a standing army. Some contests were therefore between candidates representing 'court' and 'country', rather than Whig and Tory. The Whigs made gains in the counties and in small boroughs, but not in the larger urban constituencies. After Parliament was dissolved on 7 July 1698, voting began on 19 July 1698 and continued until 10 August, with an order directing the new House of Commons to meet on 24 August 1698.''Members of Parliament Return to Two Orders of the Honourable the House of Commons. Parliaments of England, 1213-1702'' (House of Commons, 1878) pp. 589-595 Increasingly, however, the Tories ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British General Election
This is a list of United Kingdom general elections (elections for the UK House of Commons) since the first in 1802. The members of the 1801–1802 Parliament had been elected to the former Parliament of Great Britain and Parliament of Ireland, before being co-opted to serve in the first Parliament of the United Kingdom, so that Parliament is not included in the table below. There have been 57 general elections held in the UK up to and including the December 2019 election. Election results In 1801, the right to vote in the United Kingdom was severely restricted. Universal suffrage, on an equal basis for men and women over the age of 21, was established in 1928. Before 1918, general elections did not occur on a single day and polling was spread over several weeks. The majority figure given is for the difference between the number of MPs elected at the general election from the party (or parties) of the government, as opposed to all other parties (some of which may have been g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Sidney, 6th Earl Of Leicester
John Sidney, 6th Earl of Leicester KB (14 February 168027 September 1737) was an English soldier, peer, landowner, and courtier, and from 1705 to 1737 was Earl of Leicester, with a seat in the House of Lords. Life Leicester was born at his family seat of Penshurst Place in Kent. He was one of the five sons of Robert Sidney, 4th Earl of Leicester (1649–1702) by Lady Elizabeth Egerton (1653–1709), the daughter of John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater. Before inheriting the title and estates, Leicester was Lieutenant Colonel of the 1st Regiment of Foot Guards, 1702 to 1705, then briefly a member of the English House of Commons as one of the two members for Brackley, sitting as a Whig, and later in 1705 succeeded his brother, Philip Sidney, as Earl of Leicester. He was a Lord of the Bedchamber, 1717 to 1727, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, 1717 to 1728, Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard, 1725 to 1731, Lord Lieutenant of Kent from 1724 until his death, a Privy Councillor and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John James (died 1718)
John James may refer to: Entertainment * John Wells James (1873–1951), American artist * John James (writer) (1923–1993), British writer of historical novels * John James (British poet) (1939–2018), British poet * John James (guitarist) (born 1947), Welsh fingerstyle guitarist * John James (actor) (born 1956), American television actor * John James (American poet) (born 1987) * John James (Canadian musician) (active 1980s–2016), Canadian dance musician * John James (active 1986–1997), Australian musician formerly associated with the band Newsboys Politics * John James (MP for Wallingford), 1364–1378, Member of Parliament (MP) for Wallingford * John James (14th-century MP), MP for Melcombe Regis * John James (died 1601), MP for St Ives and Newcastle-under-Lyme * John James (Parliamentarian) (died 1681), English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1653 for Worcestershire * John James (died 1718), MP for Brackley * John James (Wisconsin politician) (fl. 1850 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir John Aubrey, 2nd Baronet
Sir John Aubrey, 2nd Baronet (c. 1650 – 15 September 1700) was an English politician. He was the only surviving son of Sir John Aubrey, 1st Baronet, and his wife Mary South, daughter of Sir Richard South. Aubrey matriculated from Jesus College, Oxford, in 1668, and was called to the bar by the Middle Temple in 1672. He succeeded his father as baronet in 1679, and was High Sheriff of Glamorganshire in 1685. Aubrey was Member of Parliament (MP) for Brackley from 1698 to his death in 1700. On 1 March 1678, he married firstly Margaret Lowther, daughter of Sir John Lowther, 1st Baronet in St James's in London. By 1691, he married secondly Mary Jephson, daughter of William Lewis and widow of William Jephson. Aubrey died at Boarstall in Buckinghamshire after a fall from his horse and was buried at the old family home Llantrithyd in Glamorgan. His only son John John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Blencowe
John George Blencowe (28 February 1817 – 28 April 1900) was a British Liberal Party politician. Family Blencowe was the son of Robert Willis Blencowe and Charlotte Elizabeth Poole. He married Frances Campion, daughter of William John Campion (the younger) and Frances Read Kemp, in July 1857. Together they had eight children: * Robert Campion Blencowe (1858–1905) * John Ingham Blencowe (born 1860) * William Poole Blencowe (1869–1900) * Florence Charlotte Blencowe (1859–1944) * Harriet Blencowe (1862–1943) * Frances Isabel Blencowe (born 1864) * Mary Blencowe (born 1865) * Elizabeth Penelope Blencowe (born 1867) Political career He was elected MP for Lewes at a by-election in 1860 but stood down at the next election in 1865. Other activities Blencowe was also a Justice of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant for Sussex Sussex (), from the Old English (), is a historic county in South East England that was formerly an independent medieval Anglo-Saxon kingdom. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Mordaunt
Lieutenant-General Harry Mordaunt (29 March 1663 – 4 January 1720) was an English Army officer and Whig politician who sat in the English House of Commons, English and House of Commons of Great Britain, British House of Commons between 1692 and 1720. Early life Mordaunt was born at Parsons Green, Fulham, a younger son of John Mordaunt, 1st Viscount Mordaunt and his wife Elizabeth Carey. She was the daughter and sole heiress of Thomas Carey, who was the second son of Robert Carey, 1st Earl of Monmouth. Mordaunt was educated at Middle Temple from 1674 and Westminster School from 1676. He matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford on 17 December 1680, aged 17 and was awarded BA in 1684. Mordaunt married, firstly, Margaret Spencer, natural daughter of Sir Thomas Spencer, 3rd Baronet. He later married Penelope Tipping, the daughter of William Tipping of West Court at Ewelme in Oxfordshire by his wife, Elizabeth Collet. She was the niece of Sir Thomas Tipping, 1st Baronet. Army career Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aubrey De Vere, 20th Earl Of Oxford
Aubrey is traditionally a male English given name. The name is from the French derivation Aubry of the Germanic given name Alberic / Old High German given name Alberich, which consists of the elements ALF "elf" and RIK "king", from Proto-Germanic ''*albiz'' "elf", "supernatural being" and ''*rīkaz'' "chieftain", "ruler". Before the Norman conquest, the Anglo-Saxons used the corresponding variant ''Ælf-rīc'' (see Ælfric). The feminine form Aubrey is sometimes from Old French Aubree with a different etymology: Albereda,François de Beaurepaire, ''Les noms des communes et anciennes paroisses de l'Eure'', éditions Picard, 1981, p. 123 sometimes a feminine used of the masculine name Aubrey. However, Aubrey is commonly used as a feminine name in the United States. It was the 15th most popular girl's name in the United States in 2012. People Surname * Andrew Aubrey, Lord Mayor of London in 1339, 1340, and 1351 * Anne Aubrey (born 1935), English actress * Brandon Aubrey (born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Breholt
John Breholt ( fl. 1697–1711) was a pirate and salvager active in the Caribbean, the Carolinas, and the Azores. He is best known for organizing several attempts to get the pirates of Madagascar to accept a pardon and bring their wealth home to England. Biography Rumor had long held that pirates on and around Madagascar, such as those concentrated around the pirate trading posts on Ile Ste.-Marie, kept vast sums of money from their plundering. As early as 1697 Breholt approached MP Charles Egerton with a plan to induce the pirates of Madagascar to accept a general pardon and return their wealth to England. His plans came to nothing so with the backing of the Earl of Carlisle he sailed in 1699 for the Caribbean (in a ship named ''Carlisle'') with a scheme for looting shipwrecks. That August he briefly sailed alongside a flotilla attempting to hunt down associates of William Kidd before heading to Havana to search for the wrecks. When he tried to stop a Spanish vessel in October ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madagascar
Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa across the Mozambique Channel. At Madagascar is the world's List of island countries, second-largest island country, after Indonesia. The nation is home to around 30 million inhabitants and consists of the island of Geography of Madagascar, Madagascar (the List of islands by area, fourth-largest island in the world), along with numerous smaller peripheral islands. Following the prehistoric breakup of the supercontinent Gondwana, Madagascar split from the Indian subcontinent around 90 million years ago, allowing native plants and animals to evolve in relative isolation. Consequently, Madagascar is a biodiversity hotspot; over 90% of wildlife of Madagascar, its wildlife is endemic. Human settlement of Madagascar occurred during or befo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Burgh (MP For Brackley) , Garter Principal King of Arms 1633-43
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John Burgh may refer to: *John Burgh I (fl. 1399), MP for Bodmin in 1399 *John Burgh II (died 1434), MP for Surrey 1413–1416 *John Burgh III (died 1436), MP for Rutland 1413–1415 and Leicestershire 1421 and 1433 * John Burgh (MP for Brackley), see Brackley (UK Parliament constituency) *John Burgh (MP for Wallingford), see Wallingford (UK Parliament constituency) * Sir John Burgh (officer) (1562–1594), English military and naval commander * Sir John Burgh (died 2013), senior British civil servant and President of Trinity College, Oxford See also * John de Burgh (other) *John Borough Sir John Borough, sometimes Burroughs, (died 21 October 1643) was the Garter Principal King of Arms 1633-43. Life He was grandson of William Borough, of Sandwich, Kent, by the daughter of Basil Gosall, of Nieuwkerk, Brabant, and son of John B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
