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Fowey (UK Parliament Constituency)
Fowey was a rotten borough in Cornwall which returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons in the English and later British Parliament from 1571 to 1832, when it was abolished by the Great Reform Act. History The borough consisted of the town of Fowey, a seaport and market town, and the neighbouring hamlet of Mixtow. Unlike many of the most notorious Cornish rotten boroughs which were enfranchised in Tudor times, Fowey had once been a town of reasonable size, and returned members to a national council in 1340, although it had to wait until 1571 for representation in Parliament. Fowey was a feudal tenure of the Prince of Wales, and by a judgment of 1701 the right to vote was held to rest with "the Prince's tenants",Oldfield, ''The Representative History of Great Britain and Ireland'', 1816, Volume 3, page 206, quoted on page 316 note 1, Lewis Namier, ''The Structure of Politics at the Accession of George III'' (2nd edition – London: St Martin's Press, 1957) which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rotten Borough
A rotten or pocket borough, also known as a nomination borough or proprietorial borough, was a parliamentary borough or constituency in England, Great Britain, or the United Kingdom before the Reform Act 1832, which had a very small electorate and could be used by a patron to gain unrepresentative influence within the unreformed House of Commons. The same terms were used for similar boroughs represented in the 18th-century Parliament of Ireland. The Reform Act 1832 abolished the majority of these rotten and pocket boroughs. Background A parliamentary borough was a town or former town that had been incorporated under a royal charter, giving it the right to send two elected burgesses as Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons. It was not unusual for the physical boundary of the settlement to change as the town developed or contracted over time, for example due to changes in its trade and industry, so that the boundaries of the parliamentary borough and of the phys ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Cromwell (Parliamentary Diarist)
Thomas Cromwell ( – ) was an English Member of Parliament during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. His diaries of proceedings in the House of Commons are an important source for historians of parliamentary history during the period when he was a member, and Sir John Neale draws heavily upon them in his ground-breaking two-volume study of ''Elizabeth I and Her Parliaments'' (1953–1957). Family Thomas Cromwell was the third son of Gregory Cromwell, 1st Baron Cromwell and Elizabeth Seymour, sister to Jane Seymour, third wife of Henry VIII. He was the grandson of statesman Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex, chief minister to Henry VIII. Born in around 1540, he was educated at St John's College, Cambridge where he matriculated in 1553. Career Cromwell sat in five successive Parliaments between 1571 and 1589 during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I: for Fowey (1571), Bodmin (1572–1581), Preston (1584–1585) and Grampound (1586-7 and 1589). Gregory Cromwell had been a friend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Peter (MP)
Henry Peter (born in 1957), is a French-Swiss lawyer who specialises in corporate law and sports law. He is also a full professor of law at the University of Geneva, where he heads a department dedicated to philanthropy. Life Henry Peter completed his studies at the University of Geneva, where he obtained a law degree in 1979. After an internship at the law firm Brunschwig, Biaggi & Lévy in Geneva between 1979 and 1981 and being admitted to the bar in Geneva, he returned to his ''alma mater'' and earned a post-graduate diploma in business law in 1983. Having received a grant from the Swiss National Science Foundation, he began a doctoral thesis and spent a year at the Faculty of Law of University of California, Berkeley carrying out research from 1983 to 1984. In the summer of 1984, he briefly joined the Carter Ledyard & Milburn law firm in New York City. After returning to Switzerland the same year, he became a lawyer in Lugano while simultaneously working on his doctoral the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Courtney (MP For Fowey)
William Courtney may refer to: * William Leonard Courtney (1850–1928), English author * William B. Courtney (1894–1966), American screenwriter * William Harrison Courtney (born 1944), American diplomat * William Prideaux Courtney William Prideaux Courtney (1845–1913) was a British biographer and civil servant. Writing as W. P. C., he was a contributor to the first edition of the '' Dictionary of National Biography''. He was the brother of Leonard Courtney, 1st Baron Cour ... (1845–1913), English biographer See also * William Courtenay (other) {{hndis, Courtney, William ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carew Raleigh
:''This article concerns Sir Walter Raleigh's brother. For his namesake and nephew, Sir Walter's son, see Carew Raleigh (1605–1666)'' Sir Carew Raleigh or Ralegh (ca. 1550ca. 1625) was an English naval commander and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1586 and 1622. He was the elder brother of Sir Walter Raleigh. Biography Raleigh was born in Fardel, Devon, the son of Walter Raleigh and Catherine Champernowne. He was gentleman of the horse to John Thynne of Longleat for some time before Thynne's death in 1580. In 1578, Raleigh served on the expedition led by his half-brother, Sir Humphrey Gilbert. On his marriage, he sold his property in Devon, and settled at Downton House, near Salisbury. He was Lieutenant of the Isle of Portland from 6 July 1584 until 1625. In 1584, he was elected Member of Parliament for Wiltshire. In 1586, he was on the list of sea-captains drawn up to meet the threat of a Spanish invasion together with his brother Sir Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Lennard
There have been two baronetcies created for persons with the surname Lennard, one in the Baronetage of England and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. Both creations are extinct. The Lennard Baronetcy, of West Wickham in the County of Kent, was created in the Baronetage of England on 15 August 1642 for Stephen Lennard. The second Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Winchelsea and Kent. The third Baronet was Member of Parliament for Hythe. The title became extinct on his death in 1727. The Lennard Baronetcy, of Wickham Court in the County of Kent, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 6 May 1880 for Colonel John Lennard. The title became extinct on the death of the third Baronet in 1980. Lennard baronets, of West Wickham (1642) *Sir Stephen Lennard, 1st Baronet (–1680) *Sir Stephen Lennard, 2nd Baronet (1637–1709) *Sir Samuel Lennard, 3rd Baronet Sir Samuel Lennard, 3rd Baronet (2 October 1672 – 8 October 1727) of Wickham Court, Bromley, Ken ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Killigrew (Chamberlain Of The Exchequer)
Sir William Killigrew (died 1622) of Hanworth, Middlesex, was a courtier to Queen Elizabeth I and to her successor King James I, whom he served as Groom of the Privy Chamber. He served as a member of parliament at various times between 1571 and 1614 and was Chamberlain of the Exchequer between 1605 and 1608. Several of his descendants were also royal courtiers and many were buried in Westminster Abbey. Origins Killigrew was the fifth son of John III Killigrew (died 1567) of Arwenack, Cornwall, the first Governor of Pendennis Castle, situated on land within the Arwenack estate, appointed by King Henry VIII. His mother was Elizabeth Trewinnard, 2nd daughter of James Trewennard of Trewennard, in the parish of St Erth, Cornwall. The monumental brass of John III Killigrew survives in St Budock's Church, near Arwenack. Career Under Queen Elizabeth I In 1571 he was elected Member of Parliament for Grantham in Lincolnshire and in 1572 he was elected MP for Helston in Cornwall. He becam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Atye
Sir Arthur Atye or Atey (died 1604) was an English academic and politician. Life Atye graduated B.A. at Christ Church, Oxford in 1560, and M.A. in 1564. A fellow of Merton College, Oxford, he became Principal of St Alban Hall in 1572. Between 1566 and 1568 he went with John Man on a diplomatic mission in Spain. He was six times a Member of Parliament: for in 1572 and 1584; for in 1589; for in 1593; for in 1597; and for (1604). He acted as secretary to Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester. Later he worked for Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, and translated political works from Spanish. He was knighted in 1603. Atye was also one of the trading group in Leicester's circle involved in commerce with Morocco, with Alexander Avenon and Richard Staper. The merchant Benedict Barnham left money to Atye and his wife. Atye was residing at Kilburn when he died; he owned property in several other locations around London, including Harrow-on-the-Hill where he was buried. His eldest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Rashleigh (1554–1624)
John Rashleigh II (1554 – 12 May 1624) of Menabilly, near Fowey in Cornwall, was an English merchant and was Member of Parliament, MP for Fowey (UK Parliament constituency), Fowey in 1588 and 1597, and was High Sheriff of Cornwall in 1608. He was the builder of the first mansion house on the family estate at Menabilly, near Fowey, Cornwall, thenceforth the seat of the family until the present day. Many generations later the Rashleigh family of Menabilly in the Return of Owners of Land, 1873 was listed as the largest landowner in Cornwall with an estate of or 3.97% of the total area of Cornwall. Origins He was the only son of John I Rashleigh (d.10 August 1582), a merchant at Fowey in Cornwall (the 2nd son of Philip I Rashleigh (died 1551) of Fowey) by his wife Alice Lanyon (d.20 August 1591) (whose 1602 monumental brass survives in Fowey Church,) daughter of William Lanyon by his wife Thomasine Tregian, daughter of Thomas Tregian. Philip I Rashleigh (died 1551) of Fowey, by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Bonython (MP)
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John Bonython may refer to: * John Langdon Bonython (1848–1939), Australian editor, philanthropist, politician and journalist, Langdon Bonython * John Lavington Bonython (1875–1960), Australian publisher and Lord Mayor of Adelaide, son of Langdon Bonython, a.k.a. Lavington Bonython * John Langdon Bonython (1905–1992), South Australian businessman, grandson of Langdon Bonython, son of Lavington Bonython See also *Bonython (other) Bonython may refer to: People with the surname * Blanche Ada Bonython, née Bray (18??–1908), first wife of Lavington Bonython * Charles Bonython (c.1653–1705), Member of Parliament for Westminster (UK Parliament constituency), Westminster * Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Treffry
William is a masculine given name of Norman French origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of England in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." Shortened familiar versions in English include Will, Wills, Willy, Willie, Liam, Bill, and Billy. A common Irish form is Liam. Scottish diminutives include Wull, Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie or the play ''Douglas''). Female forms are Willa, Willemina, Wilma and Wilhelmina. Etymology William is related to the German given name ''Wilhelm''. Both ultimately descend from Proto-Germanic ''*Wiljahelmaz'', with a direct cognate also in the Old Norse name ''Vilhjalmr'' and a West Germanic borrowing into Medieval Latin ''Willelmus''. The Proto-Germanic name is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
