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Elizabeth Finch, 1st Countess Of Winchilsea
Elizabeth Finch, ''née'' Heneage, 1st Countess of Winchilsea (9 July 1556 – 23 March 1634) was an English peeress. Early life Elizabeth was born on 9 July 1556. She was the daughter and heiress of Sir Thomas Heneage, who was Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Vice-Chamberlain of the Household in the latter years of the reign of Elizabeth I. Her mother was the former Anne Poyntz, daughter of Sir Nicholas Poyntz and Joan (née Berkeley) Poyntz. After her mother's death in 1593, her father remarried to Mary Browne, Countess of Southampton on 2 May 1594. Personal life At sixteen years old, she was married to Moyle Finch (–1614) on 14 November 1572. Moyle was the eldest surviving son of Sir Thomas Finch and the brother of Henry Finch. Together, they were the parents of: * Theophilius Finch (1573–1619), later 2nd Baronet. * Lady Anne Finch (1574–1638), who married Sir William Twysden, 1st Baronet. * Heneage Finch (b. 1576), who died young. * Hon. Thomas ... [...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] |
Née
A birth name is the name of a person given upon birth. The term may be applied to the surname, the given name, or the entire name. Where births are required to be officially registered, the entire name entered onto a birth certificate or birth register may by that fact alone become the person's legal name. The assumption in the Western world is often that the name from birth (or perhaps from baptism or '' brit milah'') will persist to adulthood in the normal course of affairs—either throughout life or until marriage. Some possible changes concern middle names, diminutive forms, changes relating to parental status (due to one's parents' divorce or adoption by different parents). Matters are very different in some cultures in which a birth name is for childhood only, rather than for life. Maiden and married names The French and English-adopted terms née and né (; , ) denote an original surname at birth. The term ''née'', having feminine grammatical gender, can be used ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
High Sheriff Of Kent
The high sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown (prior to 1974 the office previously known as sheriff)."Sheriffs appointed for a county or Greater London shall be known as high sheriffs, and any reference in any enactment or instrument to a sheriff shall be construed accordingly in relation to sheriffs for a county or Greater London." () Formerly the high sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most of the responsibilities associated with the post have been transferred elsewhere or are now defunct, so that its functions are now largely ceremonial. The high sheriff changes every March. This is a list of high sheriffs of Kent. ''The His ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winchelsea (UK Parliament Constituency)
Winchelsea was a parliamentary constituency in Sussex, which elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons from 1366 until 1832, when it was abolished by the Great Reform Act. History Boundaries Winchelsea was a Cinque Port, rather than a parliamentary borough, but the difference was purely a nominal one, and it was considered an egregious example of a rotten borough. The constituency consisted of the town and parish of Winchelsea, once a market town and port but by the 19th century much reduced in importance, a mile-and-a-half inland with its harbour destroyed. In 1831, the population of the constituency was estimated at 772, and the town contained 148 houses. History of corruption The right to vote was exercised by the freemen of the town, of whom by 1831 there were just 11, even though in theory the custom was that every son of a freeman and every freeholder in the town was entitled to his freedom. With so few voters, bribery was the rule rather than the e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kent (UK Parliament Constituency)
Kent was a parliamentary constituency covering the county of Kent in southeast England. It returned two "knights of the shire" (Members of Parliament) to the House of Commons by the bloc vote system from the year 1290. Members were returned to the Parliament of England until the Union with Scotland created the Parliament of Great Britain in 1708, and to the Parliament of the United Kingdom after the union with Ireland in 1801 until the county was divided by the Reform Act 1832. History Boundaries The constituency consisted of the historic county of Kent. (Although Kent contained eight boroughs, each of which elected two MPs in its own right for part of the period when Kent was a constituency, these were not excluded from the county constituency, and the ownership of property within the borough could confer a vote at the county election. This was even the case for the city of Canterbury, which had the status of a county in itself: unlike those in almost all other counties of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weymouth (UK Parliament Constituency)
Weymouth and Melcombe Regis was a parliamentary borough in Dorset represented in the English House of Commons, later in that of Great Britain, and finally in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was formed by an Act of Parliament of 1570 which amalgamated the existing boroughs of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis. Until 1832, the combined borough continued to elect the four Members of Parliament (MPs) to which its constituent parts had previously been entitled; the Great Reform Act reduced its representation to two Members, and the constituency was abolished altogether in 1885, becoming part of the new South Dorset constituency. Members of Parliament Members for Weymouth (1348–1570) Members for Melcombe Regis (1319–1570) Members for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis (1570–1885) 1570–1629 1640–1832 1832–1885 Election results Elections in the 1830s Weyland was also elected for and opted to sit there, causing a by-election. ... [...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] |
Sir John Wentworth, 1st Baronet, Of Gosfield
Sir John Wentworth, 1st Baronet ( – October 1631), of Gosfield, was an English aristocrat. Easly life He was the eldest of two sons born of John Wentworth of Gosfield Hall, and the former Cicely Unton.Cokayne, George Edward, editor, ''The Complete Baronetage, 5 volumes (no date (c. 1900)''; reprint, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 1983), volume I, page 100. His sister, Anne Wentworth, was the wife of Sir Edward Gostwick, 2nd Baronet. His father was High Sheriff of Essex and MP for Essex and for Wootton Bassett. After his father's death in 1613, his mother married Sir Edward Hoby before her death in 1618. His paternal grandparents were Sir John Wentworth of Horkesley and Gosfield and Elizabeth Heydon (a daughter of Sir Christopher Heydon). His maternal grandparents were Sir Edward Unton and Lady Anne Seymour (the widow of John Dudley, 2nd Earl of Warwick and daughter of Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset). His uncle was Sir Henry Unton, English Ambassador to King H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Speaker Of The House Of Commons (United Kingdom)
The speaker of the House of Commons is the presiding officer of the House of Commons, the lower house and primary chamber of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The current speaker, Sir Lindsay Hoyle, was elected Speaker on 4 November 2019, following the retirement of John Bercow. Hoyle began his first full parliamentary term in the role on 17 December 2019, having been unanimously re-elected after the 2019 general election. The speaker presides over the House's debates, determining which members may speak and which amendments are selected for consideration. The speaker is also responsible for maintaining order during debate, and may punish members who break the rules of the House. Speakers remain strictly non-partisan and renounce all affiliation with their former political parties when taking office and afterwards. The speaker does not take part in debate or vote (except to break ties; and even then, the convention is that the speaker casts the tie-breaking vote accor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Wentworth (died 1613)
John Wentworth (1564–1613), of Gosfield Hall, Essex, was an English politician. Early life He was the only son of Sir John Wentworth of Little Horkesley and Gosfield Hall, Essex, and the former Elizabeth Heydon (d. ) (a daughter of Sir Christopher Heydon and his first wife Anne Drury). His only sister, also named Elizabeth Wentworth (d. 1627), married firstly Christopher St Lawrence, 10th Baron Howth, which ended in a legal separation in about 1605, before she married Sir Robert Newcomen, 1st Baronet. In 1581, his father inherited Gosfield Hall, Essex from his relative Ann, Lady Maltravers. Career He succeeded to his father's estates in 1588 before being appointed High Sheriff of Essex in 1592, and serving until 1593. He was a Member of the Parliament of England for Essex in 1597 and for Wootton Bassett, presumably due to the influence of his wife's uncle, the Earl of Hertford, in 1601. He leaves little trace on the records of Parliament, nor does he seem to have been act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir William Twysden, 1st Baronet
Sir William Twysden, 1st Baronet (1566–1628) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England, House of Commons at various times between 1593 and 1628. Life Twysden was the son of Roger Twysden, of Roydon Hall, East Peckham, and his wife Anne Wyatt, daughter of Sir Thomas Wyatt the younger of Allington Castle, Kent. He was admitted to Gray's Inn on 28 October 1584 and succeeded his father in the estate at East Peckham in November 1603. He was appointed a Gentleman Usher of the Privy Chamber to James I of England and knighted at London Charterhouse, Charterhouse on 11 May 1603. In 1593, he was elected Member of Parliament for Clitheroe (UK Parliament constituency), Clitheroe, in 1601 MP for Helston (UK Parliament constituency), Helston and in 1606 MP for Thetford (UK Parliament constituency), Thetford. He was created a Twysden baronets, baronet on 29 June 1611. In 1614, he was re-elected MP for Thetford and finally served as MP for Winchelsea (UK Parliament co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Theophilius Finch, 2nd Baronet
Sir Theophilus Finch, 2nd Baronet (2 October 1573 – ) was an English nobleman and politician. Early life Finch was born on 2 October 1573. He was the eldest son of Sir Moyle Finch, 1st Baronet and Elizabeth Finch, ''suo jure'' Countess of Winchilsea. Among his younger siblings were Thomas Finch (later 2nd Earl of Winchilsea who married Cicely Wentworth), Sir Heneage Finch (later Speaker of the House of Commons), Francis Finch (a barrister who was MP for Eye), and Lady Catherine Finch (who married Sir John Wentworth, 1st Baronet, of Gosfield). His maternal grandparents were the former Anne Poyntz (a daughter of Sir Nicholas Poyntz) and Sir Thomas Heneage, who was Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Vice-Chamberlain of the Household in the latter years of the reign of Elizabeth I. Career Finch was matriculated at Magdalen College, Oxford in 1588, earning his B.A. in 1592. He was admitted to Gray's Inn in 1618. Finch was knighted in 1599. He was returned as a Member of Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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