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Denzil Onslow (other)
Denzil Onslow may refer to: *Denzil Onslow (cricketer) (1802-1879) *Denzil Onslow of Pyrford ( – 1721), British politician, Member of Parliament for several constituencies *Denzil Onslow of Stoughton ( – 1765), British politician, Member of Parliament for Guildford *Denzil Onslow (British Army officer) (1770–1838), general in the British Army and amateur cricketer *Denzil Onslow (Conservative politician) (1839–1908), British politician, Member of Parliament for Guildford {{hndis, Onslow, Denzil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denzil Onslow (cricketer)
Denzil Onslow (27 July 1802 – 10 February 1879) was an English first-class cricket, first-class cricketer associated with Cambridge University Cricket Club, Cambridge University who was active in the 1820s. He is recorded in two matches from 1821 to 1825, totalling 31 runs with a highest score of 26. Onslow was the eldest son of Denzil Onslow (British Army officer), General Denzil Onslow (1770–1838), of Staughton House, Great Staughton. He was educated at Eton College, Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was admitted to Lincoln's Inn in 1823 but is not recorded to have been called to the bar. He succeeded to Staughton House on his father's death and was a Magistrate (England and Wales), Justice of the Peace, and also High Sheriff of Huntingdonshire in 1963. References English cricketers English cricketers of 1787 to 1825 Cambridge University cricketers 1802 births 1879 deaths People educated at Eton College Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge High Sheriffs of Cam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denzil Onslow Of Pyrford
Denzil Onslow of Pyrford (c.1642 – 27 June 1721) was a British Whig politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons between 1679 and 1721. Through advantageous marriages, he obtained a country estate and became prominent in Surrey politics of the Hanoverian era, although his great nephew Arthur Onslow, as Speaker, judged that Denzil knew "no more of the business f the House of Commonsthan one who had been of the standing of a session". Early career and marriage As the sixth son of the Parliamentarian Sir Richard Onslow, he inherited little from his father. He was named after Denzil Holles, who stood as his godfather. Apprenticed in December 1661 to William Peake, of London, he soon turned elsewhere to seek his fortune. His elder brother Arthur had married Mary, the daughter of Sir Thomas Foote, 1st Baronet, a wealthy London grocer. Denzil married Mary's sister Sarah Lewis, the widow of Sir John Lewis, 1st Baronet. The money she brought to the match allow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denzil Onslow Of Stoughton
Denzil Onslow of Stoughton ( – 15 November 1765) of Mickleham, Surrey was a British politician. A member of the influential Onslow family of Surrey, he held a number of lucrative Government posts, and died owing a relatively large sum to the Treasury through mismanagement of his accounts. Personal life He was the son of Richard Onslow (d. 1719) and Sarah Manning, and grandson of Sir Henry Onslow, of Drungewick, who was a younger son of Sir Richard Onslow. His mother was Sarah, daughter of Thomas Calvert. A member of a junior branch of the Onslow family, which held a powerful Parliamentary interest in Surrey, he married Anne Middleton, the daughter of his second cousin Anne and Thomas Middleton. They had three sons: *Denzil enzellOnslow (29 Jan 1731 – bef. 1765) * Middleton Onslow (17 April 1732 – 1801) *Capt. Richard Onslow (1734 – aft. 1765) Career Denzil succeeded his second cousin Richard Onslow in 1727 as receiver general of the Post Office when the latter wis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denzil Onslow (British Army Officer)
General Denzil Onslow (12 September 1770 – 21 August 1838) was a British soldier. He was born at Marylebone, London, the son of the British Member of Parliament Middleton Onslow. Military career He was commissioned as an ensign in the 1st Regiment of Foot Guards in 1787 and was promoted to lieutenant in 1793, with the rank of captain in the Army. In 1794 he purchased the rank of major in the 19th Regiment of Foot, and later that year was appointed lieutenant-colonel of Sir James Grant's newly-raised 97th Regiment of Foot. The regiment was disbanded the following year, so he was on half-pay when granted the brevet rank of colonel in 1800. He was thereafter promoted by seniority to major-general in 1805, lieutenant-general in 1811, and general in 1825. Family His daughter, Amelia, married Thomas Chamberlayne, who played cricket for Hampshire; their son Tankerville Chamberlayne also had a brief career as a cricketer, and was Member of Parliament for the Southampton constituency ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
