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Edmund Halsey
Edmund Halsey (died 1729), of St. Saviour's, Southwark, Surrey and Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire, was a British brewer and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1712 and 1729. He enjoyed a rags-to-riches career, from working as a ‘miller’s boy’ at St. Albans to becoming the owner of one of the largest breweries in the London area. Halsey left his home town of St Albans and went to London ‘with 4s.6d. only in his pocket’, and found work at James Child's Anchor Brewery in Southwark. He began by sweeping the yards, but was promoted to become clerk of the brewery's counting-house. He eventually married James Child's only daughter Anne Child on 17 October 1693, and became a partner in the business. By May 1696 he had already garnered enough wealth to loan £1,000 to the crown. When Child died in September 1696, he assumed complete control of the brewery. By that time Halsey may have already become involved in local politics, for the elections committee report ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stoke Poges
Stoke Poges () is a village and civil parish in south-east Buckinghamshire, England. It is centred north-north-east of Slough, its post town, and southeast of Farnham Common. Etymology In the name Stoke Poges, ''stoke'' means " stockaded (place)" that is staked with more than just boundary-marking stakes. In the 1086 ''Domesday Book'', the village was recorded as ''Stoche''. William Fitz-Ansculf, who held the manor in 1086 (in the grounds of which the Norman parish church was built), later became known as William Stoches or William of Stoke. Amicia of Stoke, heiress to the manor, married Robert Pogeys, Knight of the Shire 200 years later, and the village eventually became known as Stoke Poges. Robert Poges was the son of Savoyard Imbert Pugeys, valet to King Henry III and later steward of the royal household. Poges and Pocheys being an English attempt at Pugeys which ironically meant "worthless thing". The spelling appearing as "Stoke Pocheys", if applicable to this villag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Matthews (MP)
George Matthews may refer to: * George Matthews (soldier) (1726–1798), soldier and signatory of the 1790 Pennsylvania Constitution * George E. Matthews (1855–1911), American publisher of the ''Buffalo Courier-Express'' * George Matthews (musician) (1912–1982), American jazz trombonist * George Matthews (journalist) George Matthews (24 January 1917 – 29 March 2005) was a British communist activist and newspaper editor. Life Born to a wealthy family in Bedfordshire, Matthews was educated at Bedford Modern School, studied agriculture at the University of Rea ... (1917–2005), British political activist and editor of ''The Morning Star'' * George Matthews (artist) (born 1924), Australian artist whose work featured in the 1953 inaugural exhibition in the New Gallery of Fine Art in Adelaide * George Matthews (broadcaster), contemporary Canadian radio ice hockey commentator See also * George Mathews (other) {{hndis, Matthews, George ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British MPs 1722–1727
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British MPs 1715–1722
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British MPs 1710–1713
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Members Of The Parliament Of Great Britain For English Constituencies
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1729 Deaths
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Thomas Inwen
Thomas Inwen (died 1743), of St. Saviour's, Southwark was a British brewer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1730 to 1743. Inwen was a Southwark brewer. He married Sarah Hucks, daughter of William Hucks brewer of St. Giles's-in-the-Fields. Inwen was returned as Member of Parliament for Southwark at a by-election on 23 January 1730 and was returned again at the 1734 British general election. He voted against the Administration in all recorded divisions. On 10 March 1732 he supported a bill to stop hops being imported from America into Ireland. He was re-elected at the 1741 British general election. He did not vote in the election of the chairman of the elections committee in December 1741 and the division on the Hanoverians in December 1742. Inwen died on 19 April 1743, leaving his property in trust to his only daughter, Sarah, who married Henry Howard, 10th Earl of Suffolk Henry Howard, 10th Earl of Suffolk (1 January 1706 – 22 April 1745), of Audley ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Eyles
Sir Joseph Eyles (c. 1690–8 February 1740), of Bishopsgate in the City of London, was an English merchant, financier and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1722 to 1740. Origins He was the younger son of Sir Francis Eyles, 1st Baronet (died 1716). His elder brother was Sir John Eyles, 2nd Baronet, also a director of the East India Company. Career He was a Turkey Merchant and held extensive commercial interests in the Mediterranean. He was a director of the East India Company 1714-17 and 1721–2, a director of the Bank of England from 1717 to 1721 and a sub-governor of the London Assurance Company. At the 1722 British general election, Eyles was returned as a Member of Parliament for Devizes, a rotten borough controlled by his family. He voted with the Government in all recorded divisions. He was elected Sheriff of London for 1724 to 1725 and was master of the Haberdashers' Company for the same period. He was knighted on 9 December 1724. At the 1727 Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Meggott
George Meggott (1669–1723), of Stoney Lane, St. Olave's, Southwark, was an English Member of Parliament (MP). He was a Member of the Parliament of England for Southwark Southwark ( ) is a district of Central London situated on the south bank of the River Thames, forming the north-western part of the wider modern London Borough of Southwark. The district, which is the oldest part of South London, developed ... in 1722–1723. References 1669 births 1723 deaths People from Southwark British MPs 1722–1727 {{England-pre1707-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Fisher Tench, 1st Baronet
Sir Fisher Tench, 1st Baronet (c.1673—31 Oct 1736) was a City of London financier, who was a Member of Parliament and a director of several companies. Background Fisher Tench was the son of Nathaniel Tench (died 1710) and his wife Ann (died 1696), daughter and heir of William Fisher, Esq. Alderman of London.'Leyton: Manors and estates', ''A History of the County of Essex'': Volume 6 (1973), pp. 184-19accessed: 15 November 2009. Nathaniel Tench bought the Great House estate at Leyton about 1686. The original house was probably Essex Hall, formerly Walnut Tree House, the oldest surviving building in Leyton in 1968. Nathaniel was one of the first directors of the Bank of England, and its Governor from 1699 to 1701. Nathaniel had previously been an Eastland and East India merchant. Fisher was educated at the Inner Temple and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge.Evelyn Cruikshanks and others, ''History of Parliament: House of Commons 1690-1715: V Members O-Z'' (Cambridge University Pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir John Lade, 1st Baronet (1st Creation)
Sir John Lade, 1st Baronet (1662–1740) was an English brewer and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1713 and 1727. Early life Lade was the fifth but third surviving son of Thomas Lade of Warbleton and his wife Mary Nutt, daughter of John Nutt, DD, of Selmeston, Sussex and was baptized on. 29 May 1662. He became a brewer at Southwark and a member of the Leathersellers Company. He built up a fortune from brewing and invested widely in overseas trading enterprises. Career Politically Lade was to start with a strong Jacobite and become involved in local politics on the Tory side as early as 1695. There was a powerful contingent of Whig brewers at Southwark, in particular Charles Cox, and Lade decided to challenge them. He stood at the general election at Southwark in July 1702. Although defeated, he petitioned and the election was declared void. However he did not fare any better in the rerun of the election in November 1702. He did not stand at the 1705 genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
