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Clay Baronets
The Clay Baronetcy, of Fulwell Lodge in the County of Middlesex, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1841 for William Clay, Member of Parliament for Tower Hamlets from 1832 to 1857 and Secretary to the Board of Control from 1839 to 1841. He was the son of George Clay, a prominent London merchant and shipowner. Clay Baronets, of Fulwell Lodge (1841) *Sir William Clay, 1st Baronet (1791–1869) *Sir William Dickason Clay, 2nd Baronet (1828–1876) *Sir George Clay, 3rd Baronet (1831–1878) *Sir Arthur Temple Felix Clay, 4th Baronet (1842–1928) *Sir George Felix Neville Clay, 5th Baronet (1871–1941) * Sir Henry Felix Clay, 6th Baronet (8 February 1909 – 8 June 1985)'CLAY, Sir Henry Felix', in ''Who Was Who'' (London: A & C Black)online editionby Oxford University Press, December 2012, Retrieved 18 January 2014 *Sir Richard Henry Clay, 7th Baronet (2 June 1940 – 28 November 2020), married 1963, Alison Mary, only daughter of Dr J. Gordon Fif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baronetage Of The United Kingdom
Baronets are a rank in the British aristocracy. The current Baronetage of the United Kingdom has replaced the earlier but existing Baronetages of England, Nova Scotia, Ireland, and Great Britain. Baronetage of England (1611–1705) James I of England, King James I created the hereditary Order of Baronets in England on 22 May 1611, for the settlement of Ireland. He offered the dignity to 200 gentlemen of good birth, with a clear estate of Pound sterling, £1,000 a year, on condition that each one should pay a sum equivalent to three years' pay to 30 soldiers at 8d per day per man (total – £1,095) into the King's Exchequer. The Baronetage of England comprises all baronetcies created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union 1707, Act of Union in 1707. In that year, the Baronetage of England and the #Baronetage of Nova Scotia (1625–1706), Baronetage of Nova Scotia were replaced by the #Baronetage of Great Britain, Baronetage of Great Britain. The extant baronetcies ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir William Clay, 1st Baronet
Sir William Clay, 1st Baronet (15 August 1791 – 13 March 1869) was an English Liberal Party politician and considered as a reformist a Radical. Clay was the son of George Clay, a prominent London merchant and shipowner.Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, He was elected at the 1832 general election as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Tower Hamlets, and held the seat for 25 years until his defeat at the 1857 general election. He served under Lord Melbourne as Joint Secretary to the Board of Control from 1839 to 1841. On 30 September 1841 he was made a baronet, of Fulwell Lodge in the County of Middlesex. Clay married Harriet, daughter of Thomas Dickason, of Fulwell Lodge, Twickenham, Middlesex, in 1822. They had several children and lived also at 35 Cadogan Place, Chelsea, Middlesex. Lady Clay died in December 1867. Clay survived her and died in March 1869, aged 77. His probate was s ... [...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] |
Tower Hamlets (UK Parliament Constituency)
Tower Hamlets was a parliamentary borough ( constituency) in Middlesex, England from 1832 to 1885. It elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was one of the first five of its type in the metropolitan area of London. It was enfranchised by the Reform Act 1832. In its early years the borough was coterminous with the ancient Tower Hamlets, an area which covered the area of the modern London Borough of Tower Hamlets as well as Shoreditch and Hackney (the parish rather than the larger modern borough), thus extending from the edge of the City of London to the Lea. In 1868, the borough was split in two, with the southern part retaining the name. Boundaries Boundaries 1832–1868 The boundaries of the parliamentary borough were defined by the Parliamentary Boundaries Act 1832 as ''"The several Divisions of the Liberty of the Tower, and the Tower Division of Ossulston Hundred"''. It comprised the following civil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Secretary To The Board Of Control
{{unreferenced, date=November 2010 The Secretary to the Board of Control was a British government office in the late 18th and early 19th century, supporting the President of the Board of Control, who was responsible for overseeing the British East India Company and generally serving as the chief official in London responsible for Indian affairs. During part of 1834 and from 1835 the post was held by Joint Secretaries. The position was abolished in 1858 with the abolition of the East India Company. It was succeeded by the new position of Under-Secretary of State for India. Secretaries to the Board of Control, 1784-1858 *8 September 1784: Charles William Rouse-Boughton *10 May 1791: Henry Beaufoy *3 July 1793: William Brodrick *19 November 1803: Benjamin Hobhouse *22 May 1804: George Peter Holford *14 February 1806: Thomas Creevey *8 April 1807: George Peter Holford *6 January 1810: Sir Patrick Murray, Bt *14 March 1812: John Bruce *20 August 1812: Thomas Courtenay *2 May 1829 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Henry Felix Clay, 6th Baronet
Sir Henry Felix Clay, 6th Baronet (8 February 1909 – 8 June 1985), was an English engineer. A partner in McLellan and Partners, consulting engineers, he was a Member of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers. Early life Clay was the son of Sir George Felix Neville Clay, 5th Baronet (1871–1941), by his marriage to Rachel Hobhouse (1883–1981), the eldest daughter of the Right Hon. Henry Hobhouse.Charles Mosley, ed., ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage'', 107th edition (Burke's Peerage Genealogical Books Ltd, 2003), vol. 1, p. 812 He had four siblings: older sisters Margaret and Janet, younger sister Theresa, and younger brother Anthony. Clay was educated at Gresham's School, Holt, and Trinity College, Cambridge, graduating MA in 1935.'CLAY, Sir Henry Felix', in ''Who Was Who'' (London: A & C Black)online editionby Oxford University Press, December 2012, accessed 18 January 2014 The Clay family lived at number 18, Kensington Park Gardens, Notting Hil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Who's Who (UK)
''Who's Who'' is a reference work. It is a book, and also a CD-ROM and a website, giving information on influential people from around the world. Published annually as a book since 1849, it lists people who influence British life, according to its editors. Entries include notable figures from government, politics, academia, business, sport and the arts. ''Who's Who 2022'' is the 174th edition and includes more than 33,000 people. The book is the original '' Who's Who'' book and "the pioneer work of its type". The book is an origin of the expression "who's who" used in a wider sense. History ''Who's Who'' has been published since 1849."More about Who's Who" OUP. It was originally published by Baily Brothers. Since 1897, it has been publish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press (OUP) is the university press of the University of Oxford. It is the largest university press in the world, and its printing history dates back to the 1480s. Having been officially granted the legal right to print books by decree in 1586, it is the second oldest university press after Cambridge University Press. It is a department of the University of Oxford and is governed by a group of 15 academics known as the Delegates of the Press, who are appointed by the vice-chancellor of the University of Oxford. The Delegates of the Press are led by the Secretary to the Delegates, who serves as OUP's chief executive and as its major representative on other university bodies. Oxford University Press has had a similar governance structure since the 17th century. The press is located on Walton Street, Oxford, opposite Somerville College, in the inner suburb of Jericho. For the last 500 years, OUP has primarily focused on the publication of pedagogical texts and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of East Anglia
The University of East Anglia (UEA) is a public research university in Norwich, England. Established in 1963 on a campus west of the city centre, the university has four faculties and 26 schools of study. The annual income of the institution for 2020–21 was £292.1 million, of which £35.2 million was from research grants and contracts, with an expenditure of £290.4 million, and had an undergraduate offer rate of 85.1% in 2021. UEA alumni and faculty include three Nobel laureates, a discoverer of Hepatitis C and of the Hepatitis D genome, a lead developer of the Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, one President of the Royal Society, and at least 48 Fellows of the Royal Society. Alumni also include heads of state, government and intergovernmental organisations, as well as three Booker Prize winning authors. History 1960s People in Norwich began to talk about the possibility of setting up a university in the nineteenth century, and attempts to establish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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