|
Dereham Baronets
The Dereham Baronetcy, of West Dereham in the County of Norfolk, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 8 June 1661 for Thomas Dereham. The fourth Baronet was a Fellow of the Royal Society The Royal Society, formally The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, is a learned society and the United Kingdom's national academy of sciences. The society fulfils a number of roles: promoting science and its benefits, re .... The title became extinct on his death in 1739. Dereham Baronets, of West Dereham (1661) *Sir Thomas Dereham, 1st Baronet (–1668) *Sir Henry Dereham, 2nd Baronet (c. 1643–1682) *Sir Richard Dereham, 3rd Baronet (1644–c. 1710) * Sir Thomas Dereham, 4th Baronet (c. 1678–1739) References * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dereham Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of England ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baronetage Of England
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) 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 £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 in 1707. In that year, the Baronetage of England and the Baronetage of Nova Scotia were replaced by the Baronetage of Great Britain. The extant baronetcies are listed below in order of precedence (i.e. date). All other baronetcies, including extinct, dormant (D), unproven (U), under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Society
The Royal Society, formally The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, is a learned society and the United Kingdom's national academy of sciences. The society fulfils a number of roles: promoting science and its benefits, recognising excellence in science, supporting outstanding science, providing scientific advice for policy, education and public engagement and fostering international and global co-operation. Founded on 28 November 1660, it was granted a royal charter by King Charles II as The Royal Society and is the oldest continuously existing scientific academy in the world. The society is governed by its Council, which is chaired by the Society's President, according to a set of statutes and standing orders. The members of Council and the President are elected from and by its Fellows, the basic members of the society, who are themselves elected by existing Fellows. , there are about 1,700 fellows, allowed to use the postnominal title FRS (Fellow of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Thomas Dereham, 4th Baronet
Sir Thomas Dereham, 4th Baronet (or Derham) (ca. 1678–1739), Fellow of the Royal Society, FRS, was an English baronet who spent most of his life in Italy, where he acted as an informal representative for the James Francis Edward Stuart, Old Pretender, known as James III to his supporters. Origins Sir Thomas Dereham was born in West Dereham Abbey, Norfolk, the son and heir of Sir Richard Dereham, 3rd Baronet, by his wife Frances Villiers (alias Wright, Howard, Danvers), a daughter of Robert Danvers, Robert Danvers, Viscount Purbeck (1624-1674) (alias Wright, Howard, Villiers) the illegitimate son of Frances Coke (probably by Sir Robert Howard of Clun Castle, Shropshire), the estranged wife of John Villiers, 1st Viscount Purbeck. Career He was an English soldier and landowner who briefly sat in the House of Commons in 1659 and 1660. The illegitimate child of a notorious liaison, Danvers had at least four different names, changed his religion four times, and sided according to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
