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Gustavus Handcock
Gustavus Handcock (13 August 1693 – 4 September 1751) was an Irish politician. He was the son of Stephen Handcock, fourth son of William Handcock. Handcock entered the Irish House of Commons in 1723, holding his seat for Athlone until 1727. He represented the constituency again from 1732 until his death in 1751. In July 1725, he married Elizabeth Temple, daughter of Robert Temple. Their only child Robert sat also in the Parliament of Ireland The Parliament of Ireland ( ga, Parlaimint na hÉireann) was the legislature of the Lordship of Ireland, and later the Kingdom of Ireland, from 1297 until 1800. It was modelled on the Parliament of England and from 1537 comprised two chamb .... References 1693 births 1751 deaths Irish MPs 1715–1727 Irish MPs 1727–1760 Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for Athlone {{Ireland-pre1801-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Handcock (Westmeath Politician)
William Handcock (c. 1631 – c. 1 July 1707) was an Irish politician. Life Originally from Lancashire, son of Christopher Handcock and Mary Browne, Handcock entered the Irish House of Commons in 1661, holding his seat for County Westmeath until 1666. He was then appointed to the Council of the Lord President of Connaught and in 1680, he received a grant to erect a manor in Twyford, County Westmeath. Handcock represented Athlone in the Commons from 1692 until 1699 and sat in the following parliament again for Westmeath from 1703 until his death in 1707. Personal life On 25 July 1652, he married Abigail Stanley, daughter of Sir Thomas Stanley and Mary Hammond, and sister of the writer Thomas Stanley. They had eight children. His sons William and Thomas sat also in the Parliament of Ireland. Two other sons, Matthew and Stephen, were senior Church of Ireland clergymen. One of their daughters Hannah married the leading politician and judge Robert Rochfort: their descendants ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish House Of Commons
The Irish House of Commons was the lower house of the Parliament of Ireland that existed from 1297 until 1800. The upper house was the House of Lords. The membership of the House of Commons was directly elected, but on a highly restrictive franchise, similar to the unreformed House of Commons in contemporary England and Great Britain. Catholics were disqualified from sitting in the Irish parliament from 1691, even though they comprised the vast majority of the Irish population. The Irish executive, known as the Dublin Castle administration, under the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, was not answerable to the House of Commons but to the British government. However, the Chief Secretary for Ireland was usually a member of the Irish parliament. In the Commons, business was presided over by the Speaker. From 1 January 1801, it ceased to exist and was succeeded by the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. Franchise The limited franchise was exclusively male. From 1728 until 1793, Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athlone (Parliament Of Ireland Constituency)
Athlone was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800. Between 1725 and 1793 Catholics and those married to Catholics could not vote. Following the Act of Union 1800 the borough became Athlone (UK Parliament constituency), the Westminster constituency of Athlone. History In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II of England, James II, Athlone was represented with two members. Members of Parliament, 1607–1801 *1613–1615: Walter Nugent of Portloman and Richard St John (or St George) *1634–1635: Edward Brabazon, 2nd Earl of Meath, Edward, Lord Brabazon and John Comyn *1639–1649: Oliver Jones (judge), Oliver Jones and William Summers *1661–1666: Ridgeley Hatfield and Arthur St George 1689–1801 Notes References Bibliography * * Johnston-Liik, E. M. (2002). History of the Irish Parliament, 1692–1800, Publisher: Ulster Historical Foundation (28 Feb 2002), * T. W. Moody, F. X. Martin, F. J. Byrne, ''A New History of I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Handcock (politician)
Robert Handcock (15 April 1728 – 24 November 1758) was an Irish politician. He was the only son of Gustavus Handcock and his wife Elizabeth Temple, daughter of Robert Temple. Handcock entered the Irish House of Commons in 1751, sitting for Athlone, the same constituency his father had represented before, until his death in 1758. On 4 July 1751, he married Elizabeth Vesey, oldest daughter of John Vesey, 1st Baron Knapton and sister of Thomas Vesey, 1st Viscount de Vesci The Rt Hon. Thomas Vesey, 1st Viscount de Vesci and 2nd Baron Knapton ( 1735 – 13 October 1804), was an Anglo-Irish peer. Lord de Vesci was the son of the 1st Baron Knapton and Elizabeth Brownlow. He succeeded to his father's peerage on 25 J ..., and had by her an only son. References 1728 births 1758 deaths Irish MPs 1727–1760 Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for Athlone {{Ireland-pre1801-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parliament Of Ireland
The Parliament of Ireland ( ga, Parlaimint na hÉireann) was the legislature of the Lordship of Ireland, and later the Kingdom of Ireland, from 1297 until 1800. It was modelled on the Parliament of England and from 1537 comprised two chambers: the House of Commons and the House of Lords. The Lords were members of the Irish peerage (’lords temporal’) and bishops (’ lords spiritual’; after the Reformation, Church of Ireland bishops). The Commons was directly elected, albeit on a very restricted franchise. Parliaments met at various places in Leinster and Munster, but latterly always in Dublin: in Christ Church Cathedral (15th century),Richardson 1943 p.451 Dublin Castle (to 1649), Chichester House (1661–1727), the Blue Coat School (1729–31), and finally a purpose-built Parliament House on College Green. The main purpose of parliament was to approve taxes that were then levied by and for the Dublin Castle administration. Those who would pay the bulk of taxation, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Jones (Irish Politician)
William Jones may refer to: Academics * William Jones (college principal) (1676–1725), Principal of Jesus College, Oxford, 1720–1725 * William Jones (philologist) (1746–1794), English judge and philologist who proposed a relationship among Indo-European languages * William Jones (anthropologist) (1871–1909), Native American specialist in Algonquian languages * William Henry Samuel Jones (1876–1963), American author, translator and academic Arts and entertainment * William Ifor Jones (1900–1988), Welsh conductor and organist * William Andrew Jones (1907–1974), actor, better known as Billy De Wolfe * W. S. Jones (William Samuel Jones, 1920–2007), Welsh playwright and script writer * Wil Jones (artist) (1960–2020), Welsh portrait painter * William James Jones (born 1975), American actor * William Jones (game designer), American horror fiction writer and game designer Business and industry * William Jones (haberdasher) (died 1615), haberdasher, philanthropist and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry St George (1676–1723)
Sir Henry St George (1581–1644) was an English Officer of arms. He was the third (but eldest surviving) son of the herald Sir Richard St George and his wife Elizabeth St John. Life He was born on 27 January 1581 at Hatley St George, Cambridgeshire. He entered the College of Arms as Rouge Rose pursuivant-extraordinary in 1610 and was promoted to Bluemantle Pursuivant the following year, in which capacity he accompanied his father in his visitations of Derbyshire and Cheshire. In 1614 he married Mary, the daughter of Sir Thomas Dayrell of Lillingstone Dayrell, Buckinghamshire, with whom he had eleven children. He was promoted to Richmond Herald in 1616 and acted as William Camden's deputy for a number of visitations between 1619 and 1623. In 1625 he was sent to France to bring Queen Henrietta Maria to England, and in 1627 he was sent to Sweden to invest King Gustavus Adolphus as a Knight of the Garter, on which occasion he was knighted by the Swedish king, and granted an au ... [...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] |
George St George (Athlone MP)
George St George (2 July 1682 – 23 December 1762) was an Irish politician. He sat in the Irish House of Commons as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Athlone from 1723 to 1761. He was the son of Henry St George of Wooodsgift, County Kilkenny, which had been granted to the St George family in 1666, and Ann Hatfield, daughter of Ridgely Hatfield, Alderman of Dublin. He married Elizabeth Bligh, daughter of Thomas Bligh and Elizabeth Napier, and sister of John Bligh, 1st Earl of Darnley. They were the parents of Sir Richard St George, 1st Baronet Sir Richard St George, 1st Baronet (died 1789) was an Anglo-Irish politician. He was the son of George St George of Wooodsgift, County Kilkenny and Elizabeth Bligh, daughter of Thomas Bligh, MP and Privy Councillor, of Rathmore, County Meath, and .... References 1682 births 1762 deaths Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for Athlone Irish MPs 1715–1727 Irish MPs 1727–1760 Irish MPs 1761–1768 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Holmes (1675–1732)
Peter Holmes (1675–1732) of Peterfield was an Irish High Sheriff and MP in the Irish House of Commons. He was the son of George Holmes of New Hall, Co Kildare, Clerk of the Faculties jointly with his father. Peter was High Sheriff of King's County for 1707 and elected Member of Parliament for Banagher Banagher ( or ''Beannchar na Sionna'') is a town in Ireland, located in the midlands, on the western edge of County Offaly in the province of Leinster, on the banks of the River Shannon. It had a population of 3,000 at the height of its econ ... in 1713. He was MP for Athlone from 1727 to 1731. He married twice; firstly Lucy, the daughter of William Sprigg of Cloonivoe, King's County, with whom he had a son Robert, and secondly, Anne, widow of both Richard Malone and William L'Estrange. References * 1675 births 1732 deaths Irish MPs 1713–1714 Irish MPs 1727–1760 High Sheriffs of King's County Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1693 Births
Events January–March * January 11 – 1693 Sicily earthquake: Mount Etna erupts, causing a devastating earthquake that affects parts of Sicily and Malta. * January 22 – A total lunar eclipse is visible across North and South America. * February 8 – The College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia is granted a Royal charter. * February 27 – The publication of the first women's magazine, titled ''The Ladies' Mercury'', takes place in London. It is published by the Athenian Society. * March 27 – Bozoklu Mustafa Pasha becomes the new Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire, after Sultan Ahmed II appoints him as the successor of Çalık Ali Pasha. April–June * April 4 – Anne Palles becomes the last accused witch to be executed for witchcraft in Denmark, after having been convicted of using powers of sorcery. King Christian V accepts her plea not to be burned alive, and she is beheaded before her body is set afire. * April 5 – The Order of Saint L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1751 Deaths
In Britain and its colonies (except Scotland), 1751 only had 282 days due to the British Calendar Act of 1751, which ended the year on 31 December (rather than nearly three months later according to its previous rule). Events January–March * January 1 – As the American colony in Georgia prepares the transition from a trustee-operated territory to a British colonial province, the prohibition against slavery is lifted by the Board of Trustees. At the time, the African-American population of Georgia is about 400 people who have been kept as slaves in violation of the law. By 1790, the slave population increases to over 29,000 and by 1860 to 462,000. * January 7 – The University of Pennsylvania, conceived 12 years earlier by Benjamin Franklin and its other trustees to provide non-denominational higher education "to train young people for leadership in business, government and public service". rather than for the ministry, holds its first classes as "Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
