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Flintshire (UK Parliament Constituency)
Flintshire was a parliamentary constituency in North-East Wales which generally returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons, latterly that of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, from 1542 until it was abolished for the 1950 general election. Boundaries From its creation in 1542 until 1918, the constituency consisted of the historic county of Flintshire in north-east Wales. The seat should not be confused with the borough constituency of Flint or that of Flint Boroughs, which together existed from the 16th century until 1918. In 1889 an administrative county of Flintshire was created. This formed the basis of the constituency which existed from 1918 until 1950, when the county was split between East and West divisions. Members of Parliament Before 1604 1604–1950 Elections Elections in the 1830s Elections in the 1840s Following the election, Lloyd-Mostyn's election was declared void and Glynne was e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Flintshire (UK Parliament Constituency)
East Flintshire was a parliamentary constituency in Flintshire, North Wales. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom The Parliament of the United Kingdom is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, the Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories. It meets at the Palace of Westminster, London. It alone possesses legislative suprema .... The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election. Boundaries The Borough of Flint, the Urban Districts of Buckley, Connah's Quay, and Holywell, and the Rural Districts of Hawarden and Overton. Members of Parliament Election results Elections in the 1950s In the 1959 general election Flintshire East had the 9th highest turnout of any UK constituency. Elections in the 1960s In the 1964 general election Flintshire East had the 2nd highest turnout of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Conway (died 1579)
John Horton Conway (26 December 1937 – 11 April 2020) was an English mathematician active in the theory of finite groups, knot theory, number theory, combinatorial game theory and coding theory. He also made contributions to many branches of recreational mathematics, most notably the invention of the cellular automaton called the Game of Life. Born and raised in Liverpool, Conway spent the first half of his career at the University of Cambridge before moving to the United States, where he held the John von Neumann Professorship at Princeton University for the rest of his career. On 11 April 2020, at age 82, he died of complications from COVID-19. Early life and education Conway was born on 26 December 1937 in Liverpool, the son of Cyril Horton Conway and Agnes Boyce. He became interested in mathematics at a very early age. By the time he was 11, his ambition was to become a mathematician. After leaving sixth form, he studied mathematics at Gonville and Caius College, Cambr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Mostyn (MP For Flintshire)
John Mostyn (died 1644) was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1625 and 1640. Mostyn was the son of Sir Roger Mostyn of Mostyn. In 1624 he was elected Member of Parliament for Anglesey. He was entered at Middle Temple in November 1637. In April 1640, Mostyn was elected MP for Flintshire in the Short Parliament. He was re-elected MP for Flintshire for the Long Parliament The Long Parliament was an English Parliament which lasted from 1640 until 1660. It followed the fiasco of the Short Parliament, which had convened for only three weeks during the spring of 1640 after an 11-year parliamentary absence. In Septem ... in November 1640. He was disabled from sitting in parliament for supporting the King on 5 February 1644. He was assessed at £1,000 by the Committee for the Advance of Money on 28 July 1644. Mostyn died unmarried at his seat at Maesmynau in 1644. References , - {{DEFAULTSORT:Mostyn, John Year of birth missin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Jones (of Castell-March)
Robert Jones (born c.1596-died c.1653 History of Parliament Online article.) was a Welsh landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons of England, House of Commons between 1625 and 1629. Jones was the son of and his wife Margaret Griffith, daughter of Griffith ap John Griffith of Kevenamulch, Caernarvonshire. His fathe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Salusbury (MP)
John Salusbury (died 29 October 1685) was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1626 and 1643. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War. Salusbury was the son of Roger or Robert Salusbury and his wife Catherine Clough, daughter of Sir Richard Clough. In 1626 Salusbury was elected Member of Parliament for Flint. He was elected MP for Denbigh in the Short Parliament in April 1640 and was elected MP for Flint again for the Long Parliament in November 1640. He was disabled from sitting in Parliament on 5 February 1643 for joining the King at Oxford. After the Restoration in 1660 Salusbury was one of those nominated Knight of the Royal Oak The Knights of the Royal Oak was an intended order of chivalry in England. It was proposed in 1660 at the time of the restoration of Charles II of England to be a reward for those Englishmen who had faithfully and actively supported Charles dur .... He was Colonel of Denbighshire Horse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Trevor (died 1673)
John Trevor may refer to: Religion *John Trevor (died 1357), Bishop of St Asaph *John Trevor (died 1410), Bishop of St Asaph *John Trevor (1855–1930), Unitarian minister who formed The Labour Church Politicians *Sir John Trevor (1563–1630), MP and Surveyor of the Queen's Ships *Sir John Trevor (1596–1673), his son, MP from 1620, member of the Council of State during the Protectorate *Sir John Trevor (1626–1672), his son, Secretary of State for the Northern Department during the 17th century *Sir John Trevor (speaker) (1637–1717), Speaker of the House of Commons and Master of the Rolls in the late 17th and 18th centuries *John Morley Trevor (the elder) (1681–1719), grandson of the Secretary of State for the Northern Department, MP for Lewes and Sussex *John Morley Trevor (the younger) (1717–1743), son of the above, MP for Lewes *John Trevor, 3rd Viscount Hampden (1748–1824), 18th century British diplomatist *John B. Trevor (Pennsylvania politician), Pennsylvania Stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir John Hanmer, 1st Baronet
Sir John Hanmer, 1st Baronet (1590–1624) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1624. Hanmer was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Hanmer, who was MP for Flintshire in 1593. He was a member of the Council of Wales and the Marches, and was a leader of the Puritan party. He was created baronet on 8 July 1620. In 1624, Hanmer was elected Member of Parliament for Flintshire. He died later in the year at the age of 33. Hanmer married Dorothy Trevor, daughter of Sir Richard Trevor of Allington. His son Thomas Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (other) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the Ap ... succeeded to the baronetcy and was also MP for Flint and Flintshire. References 1590 births 1624 deaths Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for constituencies in Wales Baronets i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Mostyn
Sir Roger Mostyn (1567 – 18 August 1642) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1621 to 1622. Mostyn was the eldest surviving son of Sir Thomas Mostyn of Mostyn. His father was MP for Flintshire in 1577. He matriculated at Brasenose College, Oxford, on 8 May 1584, aged 16, and was admitted at Lincoln's Inn in 1588. He was knighted on 23 May 1606 and succeeded his father on 21 February 1618. He was appointed to sit as a Justice of the Peace for Flintshire from 1601 to his death and for Caernarvonshire from 1621 to his death. He was High Sheriff of Flintshire for 1608–09. In 1602 purchased a 13-year lease of Mostyn Colliery for £70 and immediately began a programme of expansion.The History of the British Coal Industry: Vol. 1 – Before 1700; John Hatcher, 1993, p. 132 He was knighted on 23 May 1606. By 1616 he had three pits on the colliery site and by 1619 the colliery was worth in the region of £700 annually to the Mostyn family, which suggests ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Ravenscroft
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe it entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including English, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Scots, Danish, and Icelandic. It can be use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Hanmer (died C
Sir Thomas Hanmer, 4th Baronet (24 September 1677 – 7 May 1746) was Speaker of the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1714 to 1715, discharging the duties of the office with conspicuous impartiality. His second marriage was the subject of much gossip as his wife eloped with his cousin Thomas Hervey and lived openly with him for the rest of her days. He is, however, perhaps best remembered as being one of the early editors of the works of William Shakespeare. He was identified with the Hanoverian Tory faction at the time of the Hanoverian Succession in 1714. Life He was the son of William Hanmer (b. c. 1648 in Angers, France, d. c. 1678?, state that William was aged 15 when he entered Pembroke College, Oxford on 17 July 1663, so he was probably born c.1648. says that William predeceased his father Thomas, the 2nd Baronet (1612–1678). William thus may have been under 30 when he died. Thomas was born in 1677. the son by his second marriage of Sir Thomas Hanmer, 2nd Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Puleston
Sir Roger Puleston (1565 – 13 December 1618) was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1584 and 1611. Puleston was the son of Sir Roger Puleston of Emral. He matriculated at Brasenose College, Oxford, on 27 April 1582. In 1584, he was elected Member of Parliament for Great Bedwyn. He entered the Inner Temple in November 1585. In 1586, he was reelected MP for Great Bedwyn. He was elected MP for Flintshire in 1588 and MP for Denbighshire Denbighshire ( ; cy, Sir Ddinbych; ) is a county in the north-east of Wales. Its borders differ from the historic county of the same name. This part of Wales contains the country's oldest known evidence of habitation – Pontnewydd (Bontnewy ... in 1593. In 1604, he was elected MP for Flintshire again. He was knighted on 28 August 1617. Puleston died at the age of about 53. Puleston married Jane Hanmer daughter of William Hanmer of Hanmer. References 1565 births 1618 deaths Members ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Ravenscroft
William Ravenscroft (1561 – 27 October 1628) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1586 and 1628. Ravenscroft was the son of George Ravenscroft. He was educated at Brasenose College, Oxford in 1578, aged 17 and was awarded BA in 1580. He entered Lincoln's Inn in 1580. In 1586, he was elected Member of Parliament for Flintshire. He was called to the bar in 1589. In 1597 he was elected again as MP for Flintshire. He became Clerk of the Petty Bag for life in 1598. In 1601 he was re-elected MP for Flintshire. He was elected MP for Old Sarum in 1604 and 1614. In 1621 he was elected MP for Flint Flint, occasionally flintstone, is a sedimentary cryptocrystalline form of the mineral quartz, categorized as the variety of chert that occurs in chalk or marly limestone. Flint was widely used historically to make stone tools and start fir .... He became associate bencher and treasurer of Lincoln's Inn in 1621 and became master of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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