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Davies Davenport
Davies Davenport of Capesthorne Hall and Court Garden, Marlow (29 August 1757 — 5 February 1837) was a politician, soldier and landowner who served as Member of Parliament for Cheshire and High Sheriff of Cheshire. Early life Davenport was born on 29 August 1757 to Davies Davenport of Capesthorpe and Phoebe Davenport of Calvely. However, both of his parents died when he was still young and so was brought up by his uncle, Sir Thomas Davenport. Lord Glenbervie described him as being educated as 'a pupil of J. J. Rousseau', he went on to Brasenose College, Oxford and was admitted into the Inner Temple in 1786. He inherited his uncle's estates in 1810. Political career Davenport stood as an unopposed Member of Parliament for Cheshire from the 1806 United Kingdom general election until the 1830 United Kingdom general election when he stood down. Whilst Davenport was thought to be opposed to Abolitionism, he is not known to have voted against any of the abolitionist bills, he als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Right Honourable
''The Right Honourable'' ( abbreviation: ''Rt Hon.'' or variations) is an honorific style traditionally applied to certain persons and collective bodies in the United Kingdom, the former British Empire and the Commonwealth of Nations. The term is predominantly used today as a style associated with the holding of certain senior public offices in the United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand, and to a lesser extent, Australia. ''Right'' in this context is an adverb meaning 'very' or 'fully'. Grammatically, ''The Right Honourable'' is an adjectival phrase which gives information about a person. As such, it is not considered correct to apply it in direct address, nor to use it on its own as a title in place of a name; but rather it is used in the third person along with a name or noun to be modified. ''Right'' may be abbreviated to ''Rt'', and ''Honourable'' to ''Hon.'', or both. ''The'' is sometimes dropped in written abbreviated form, but is always pronounced. Countries with common or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liverpool Ministry
This is a list of members of the government of the United Kingdom in office under the leadership of Lord Liverpool from 1812 to 1827. He was appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom by the Prince Regent after the assassination of Spencer Perceval. The Cabinet 1812–1827 *Lord Liverpool – First Lord of the Treasury and Leader of the House of Lords *Lord Eldon – Lord Chancellor * Lord Harrowby – Lord President of the Council * Lord Westmorland – Lord Privy Seal *Lord Sidmouth – Secretary of State for the Home Department *Lord Castlereagh (Lord Londonderry after 1821) – Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Leader of the House of Commons *Lord Bathurst – Secretary of State for War and the Colonies * Lord Melville – First Lord of the Admiralty *Nicholas Vansittart – Chancellor of the Exchequer *Lord Mulgrave – Master-General of the Ordnance * Lord Buckinghamshire – President of the Board of Control * Charles Bathurst – Chancellor of the Duchy of L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1837 Deaths
Events January–March * January 1 – The destructive Galilee earthquake causes 6,000–7,000 casualties in Ottoman Syria. * January 26 – Michigan becomes the 26th state admitted to the United States. * February – Charles Dickens's '' Oliver Twist'' begins publication in serial form in London. * February 4 – Seminoles attack Fort Foster in Florida. * February 25 – In Philadelphia, the Institute for Colored Youth (ICY) is founded, as the first institution for the higher education of black people in the United States. * March 1 – The Congregation of Holy Cross is formed in Le Mans, France, by the signing of the Fundamental Act of Union, which legally joins the Auxiliary Priests of Blessed Basil Moreau, CSC, and the Brothers of St. Joseph (founded by Jacques-François Dujarié) into one religious association. * March 4 ** Martin Van Buren is sworn in as the eighth President of the United States. ** The city of Chicago is incorporated. April–June * Apr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1757 Births
Events January–March * January 2 – Seven Years' War: The British Army, under the command of Robert Clive, captures Calcutta, India. * January 5 – Robert-François Damiens makes an unsuccessful assassination attempt on Louis XV of France, who is slightly wounded by the knife attack. On March 28 Damiens is publicly executed by burning and dismemberment, the last person in France to suffer this punishment. * January 12 – Koca Ragıp Pasha becomes the new Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire, and administers the office for seven years until his death in 1763. * February 1 – King Louis XV of France dismisses his two most influential advisers. His Secretary of State for War, the Comte d'Argenson and the Secretary of the Navy, Jean-Baptiste de Machault d'Arnouville, are both removed from office at the urging of the King's mistress, Madame de Pompadour. * February 2 – At Versailles in France, representatives of the Russian Empire an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warburton Baronets
The Warburton Baronetcy, of Arley in the County of Chester, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 27 June 1660 by Charles II for George Warburton, of Arley Hall, Cheshire, whose great-uncle had been Sergeant at Law and a Justice of Common Pleas in the time of Charles I. The Warburton family removed from Warburton, Cheshire to Arley in the 14th century. The third Baronet was a Knight of the Shire for Cheshire. The title became extinct on the death of the fifth Baronet in 1813. The Cheshire estates passed into the Egerton-Warburton family and then to Viscount Ashbrook. Warburton baronets, of Arley (1660) * Sir George Warburton, 1st Baronet (1622–1676) * Sir Peter Warburton, 2nd Baronet (died 1698) *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, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Williams (1777–1846)
John Williams (10 February 1777 – 15 September 1846) was an English Whig politician, lawyer and judge. John Williams was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. He was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Lincoln at a by-election in March 1822, and held the seat until the 1826 general election, when he was returned on 9 June for Ilchester. However, that result was overturned on 22 February 1827 after an election petition, and Williams did not return to the House of Commons until February 1830, when he was returned for Winchelsea Winchelsea () is a small town in the non-metropolitan county of East Sussex, within the historic county of Sussex, England, located between the High Weald and the Romney Marsh, approximately south west of Rye and north east of Hastings. The ... at a by-election. He held that seat until the borough was disenfranchised at the 1832 general election. References External links * 1777 births 1846 deaths Alumni of Tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Bromley-Davenport (1821–1884)
William Bromley-Davenport (20 August 1821 – 15 June 1884), also known as Davenport and Davenport-Bromley, was an English Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1864 to 1884. Biography Bromley-Davenport was the son of Rev. Walter Davenport of Wootton Hall, Staffordshire (third son of Davies Davenport of Capesthorne Hall) and his first wife, Caroline Barbara Gooch, daughter of Archdeacon Gooch. His father adopted the additional surname Bromley in 1822. As Davenport-Bromley, William was educated at Harrow School and Christ Church, Oxford. He was a Deputy Lieutenant and J.P. for Warwickshire and Staffordshire.Debretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1881 accessed 18 April 2016. On 6 April 1843 he was commissioned as |
Ellastone
Ellastone is a rural village in the West Midlands of England on the Staffordshire side of the River Dove, between Uttoxeter and Ashbourne in north Staffordshire. Geography Ellastone lies on the River Dove and is a hive of fluvial activity. Two small brooks (Sandford Brook and Tit Brook) flow directly into the River Dove. Additionally there is a natural spring, still officially known as Bentley Well, which flows into the Tit and sits on former farmland which is now occupied by a new development, Bentley Fold. The Dove is the historic boundary between the two counties of Derbyshire and Staffordshire, and some of its crossings and bridges were once important elements of the main coaching road from London to the ports of the North-West. The modern village Today the village, on the busy B5032 road is marred by HGV and Alton Towers traffic. The village attracts lots of foot tourism, as it lies near the southern end of the Limestone Way, a long distance bridleway. Ellastone's c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shaftesbury (UK Parliament Constituency)
Shaftesbury was a parliamentary constituency in Dorset. It returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1295 until 1832 and one member until the constituency was abolished in 1885. History Boundaries and franchise before 1832 Shaftesbury was one of the towns summoned to send representatives to the Model Parliament of 1295, and thereafter was continuously represented (except during the temporary upheavals of the Commonwealth) until the 19th century. The constituency was a parliamentary borough, which until 1832 consisted of parts of three parishes in the town of Shaftesbury, a market town in Dorset. In the 17th century the Mayor and Corporation attempted to restrict the right to vote to themselves, but after a decision in 1697 the vote was exercised by all inhabitant householders paying scot and lot. Shaftesbury being a prosperous town this included the vast majority of households, and in 1831 when the borough containe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Davies Davenport
Edward Davies Davenport of Capesthorne Hall (27 April 1778 – 9 September 1847) was a British landowner, High Sheriff of Cheshire and Member of Parliament for Shaftesbury. Early life Davenport was born the son of Davies Davenport of Capesthorne Hall and Court Garden, Marlow and his wife, Charlotte, daughter of Ralph Sneyd of Keele Hall and Barbara Bagot, daughter of Sir Walter Bagot, 5th Baronet. He was educated at Dr. Gretton’s School in Hitcham, Buckinghamshire, which he completed in 1789 followed by Rugby School which he left in 1794 and finally Christ Church, Oxford which he matriculated from in 1797. Military career Davenport entered the 16th The Queen's Lancers as a Cornet in 1799 following graduation from Oxford at 21. Due to gambling debts he then transferred to the Grenadier Guards as a Lieutenant, serving in Southern Italy and was promoted to Captain in 1804, following which in 1807 he resigned his commission, giving poor health and lack of intellectual conversati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Major (United Kingdom)
Major (Maj) is a military rank which is used by both the British Army and Royal Marines. The rank is superior to captain and subordinate to lieutenant colonel. The insignia for a major is a crown. The equivalent rank in the Royal Navy is lieutenant commander, and squadron leader in the Royal Air Force. History By the time of the Napoleonic wars, an infantry battalion usually had two majors, designated the "senior major" and the "junior major". The senior major effectively acted as second-in-command and the majors often commanded detachments of two or more companies split from the main body. The second-in-command of a battalion or regiment is still a major. File:British-Army-Maj(1856-1867)-Collar Insignia.svg, 1856 to 1867 major's collar rank insignia File:British-Army-Maj(1867-1880)-Collar Insignia.svg, 1867 to 1880 major's collar rank insignia File:British&Empire-Army-Maj(1881-1902).svg, 1881 to 1902 major's shoulder rank insignia During World War I, majors wore the follo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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