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George Brodrick, 4th Viscount Midleton
George Brodrick, 4th Viscount Midleton (1 November 1754 – 12 August 1836) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1774 to 1796, when he was raised to the peerage of Great Britain as Baron Brodrick. Origins Brodrick was the eldest son and heir of George Brodrick, 3rd Viscount Midleton (died 22 August 1765) and Albinia, the daughter of the Hon Thomas Townshend. The Brodricks were an English family that had settled in Ireland in the mid-17th century. He was educated at Eton College from 1766 to 1771,G.E.Cokayne, ''The Complete Peerage'', Volume VIII (1932), p. 703 and was admitted to St. John's College, Cambridge in 1772. He succeeded his father in 1765, inheriting his Irish Viscouncy and the Peper Harow estate in Surrey with its new but incomplete mansion, which he completed once he came of age. It is now a Grade I listed building. Career From 1774 to 1796 Midleton was able as an Irish peer to sit as one of the two MPs for Whitchurch, the seat being ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Pelham, 1st Earl Of Chichester
Thomas Pelham, 1st Earl of Chichester PC (28 February 1728 – 8 January 1805), known as the Lord Pelham of Stanmer from 1768 to 1801, was a British Whig politician. Background Pelham was the son of Thomas Pelham and his wife Annetta, daughter of wealthy merchant George Bridges (d.1714) of Pera, Constantinople by his wife Anetta, a local girl. Sir John Pelham, 3rd Baronet, was his great-grandfather and Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, and Henry Pelham his first cousins once removed. He was educated at Westminster School (1740) and Clare College, Cambridge (1745) and undertook the Grand Tour through France, Switzerland, Italy and Germany between 1746 and 1750. Political career Pelham was elected to the House of Commons for Rye in 1749, a seat he held until 1754, and then represented Sussex until 1768. He served as a Commissioner of Trade and Plantations from 1754 to 1761, as a Lord of the Admiralty from 1761 to 1762 and as Comptroller of the Household from 1765 to 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Perceval, 2nd Baron Arden
Charles George Perceval, 2nd Baron Arden PC FRS (1 October 1756 – 5 July 1840) was a British politician. Background and education Charles George Perceval was born at Charlton, Kent, the son of John Perceval, 2nd Earl of Egmont, by his second wife Catherine, 1st Baroness Arden, daughter of Charles Compton. Prime Minister Spencer Perceval was his younger brother. He was educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge. Political career Arden sat as Member of Parliament for Launceston from 1780 to 1790, for Warwick from 1790 to 1796 and for Totnes from 1796 to 1802. He had succeeded his mother as second Baron Arden in 1784. However, as this was an Irish peerage it did not prevent him sitting in the House of Commons. He served as Master of the Mint between 1801 and 1802 and as a Commissioner of the India Board between 1801 and 1803. In 1801 he was admitted to the Privy Council. In 1802 he was created Baron Arden, of Arden in the County of Warwick, in the Peerage of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord Lieutenant Of Surrey
This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Surrey. Since 1737, all Lords Lieutenant have also been Custos Rotulorum of Surrey. Lord Lieutenants of Surrey *William Parr, 1st Marquess of Northampton 1551–1553? *William Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Effingham 1559–1573 *Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham 3 July 1585 – 14 December 1624 ''jointly with'' *Charles Howard, 2nd Earl of Nottingham 27 July 1621 – 1642 ''jointly with'' *John Ramsay, 1st Earl of Holderness 5 June 1624 – February 1626 ''and'' *Edward Cecil, 1st Viscount Wimbledon 5 January 1627 – 16 November 1638 ''and'' *Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel 23 July 1635 – 1642 ''and'' * Henry Howard, Lord Maltravers 2 June 1636 – 1642 *''Interregnum'' * John Mordaunt, 1st Viscount Mordaunt 16 July 1660 – 5 June 1675 *Prince Rupert of the Rhine 24 June 1675 – 29 November 1682 *Henry Howard, 7th Duke of Norfolk 16 December 1682 – 2 April 1701 *Charles Berkeley, 2nd Earl of Berkeley 7 Jun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Onslow, 1st Earl Of Onslow
George Onslow, 1st Earl of Onslow PC (13 September 1731 – 17 May 1814), known as Lord Onslow from 1776 until 1801, was a British peer and politician. Background He was the only son of Arthur Onslow, having no brothers but one sister, who died in 1751.''Burke's'': 'Onslow'. Following in the footsteps of his father, he was admitted to the Middle Temple on 14 November 1739, but was not Called to the Bar. Career Onslow sat as Member of Parliament for Rye from 1754 to 1761 and for Surrey from 1761 to 1774.''Burke's'': 'Onslow'. On 3 March 1759 he was commissioned as Lieutenant-Colonel of the Surrey Militia which his kinsman Richard Onslow, 3rd Baron Onslow, had raised and briefly commanded as Lord Lieutenant of Surrey. On 3 November that year, the regiment was divided into two battalions and George Onslow was promoted to Colonel and given command of the 2nd or Western Battalion, with the writer Francis Grose as his adjutant. The militia was disembodied in December 1762 at the end ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Augustus Townshend
William is a male given name of Germanic 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, 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 given name ''Wilhelm'' (cf. Proto-Germanic ᚹᛁᛚᛃᚨᚺᛖᛚᛗᚨᛉ, ''*Wiljahelmaz'' > German ''Wilhelm'' and Old Norse ᚢᛁᛚᛋᛅᚼᛅᛚᛘᛅᛋ, ''Vilhjálmr''). By regular sound changes, the native, inherited English form of the name should b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Brodrick (1763-1819)
William Brodrick may refer to: * William Brodrick (1763–1819), British politician * William John Brodrick, 7th Viscount Midleton (1798–1870), Irish peer and Anglican clergyman * William Brodrick, 8th Viscount Midleton (1830–1907), Irish peer, landowner and politician * St John Brodrick, 1st Earl of Midleton William St John Fremantle Brodrick, 1st Earl of Midleton, KP, PC, DL (14 December 185613 February 1942), styled as St John Brodrick until 1907 and as Viscount Midleton between 1907 and 1920, was a British Conservative and Irish Unionist Alli ... (1856–1942), British politician * William Brodrick (writer) (born 1960), British novelist See also * William Broderick (1877–1957), Irish politician and farmer {{hndis, name=Brodrick, William ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Townshend, 2nd Viscount Sydney
John Thomas Townshend, 2nd Viscount Sydney of St Leonards (21 February 1764 – 20 January 1831) was a British peer and Member of Parliament. Early life Townshend was born on 21 February 1764. He was the eldest son of twelve children born to Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney of St Leonards and the former Elizabeth Powys (1736–1826). His mother was a Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Charlotte. Two of his brothers were also Members of Parliament, the Hon. Horatio George Powys Townshend and the Hon. William Augustus Townshend. Among his siblings were Hon Mary Elizabeth Townshend, who married John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham; Hon. Frances Townshend, who married George Rice, 3rd Baron Dynevor; Hon Harriet Katherine Townshend, who married their second cousin Charles Montagu-Scott, 4th Duke of Buccleuch. His paternal grandparents were Hon. Thomas Townshend MP (the second son of Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend and Hon. Elizabeth Pelham, the only surviving daughter an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Selwyn (MP For Whitchurch)
William Selwyn (14 June 1732 – 21 August 1817) was an English barrister and Member of Parliament. Life He was the second son of Henry Selwyn of Westminster and his wife Ruth Compton, daughter of Anthony Compton of Gainslow near Berwick-on-Tweed. This made him first cousin to George Augustus Selwyn. He was educated at Westminster School and graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge in 1749. He entered Lincoln's Inn in 1749 and was called to the bar five years later. On 15 September 1763 he married Frances Elizabeth Dodd, daughter of John Dodd of Woodford, Essex, with whom he had three sons and three daughters. In 1780 he was made King's Counsel and a bencher at Lincoln's Inn. In 1783 he was returned for the constituency of Whitchurch when a seat there fell vacant after Thomas Townshend was elevated to the peerage. He followed the same political line as Townshend, backing William Pitt the Younger and voting against the Fox-North coalition. He is only reported in Hansard as hav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Wallop (died 1794)
Henry Wallop (1743? – August 1794) was a British soldier and politician, the second son of John Wallop, Viscount Lymington. Wallop was commissioned as a lieutenant and captain in the 3rd Regiment of Foot Guards in 1762. On the death of Henry Bilson-Legge, Member of Parliament for Hampshire in 1764, Wallop's elder brother, John Wallop, 2nd Earl of Portsmouth, agreed not to use his interest in the by-election in exchange for the post of groom of the bedchamber to the Duke of Cumberland for Henry. George Grenville recommended him to King George, but the King declined to interfere with his brother's appointments to that office. However, on 24 August 1765, Wallop was appointed a Royal Groom of the Bedchamber in place of Henry Seymour, an office he held until 1771. On 29 March 1768, he was promoted to a captaincy in the 41st Regiment of Foot. In the 1768 election, he was returned for Whitchurch by his brother, who had inherited an electoral interest there from their mother. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William John Brodrick, 7th Viscount Midleton
William John Brodrick, 7th Viscount Midleton (8 July 1798 – 29 August 1870) was an Irish peer and Anglican clergyman, styled Hon. William John Brodrick from 1849 to 1863. Brodrick was the second son of Charles Brodrick, Archbishop of Cashel. Lord Midleton was the Dean of Exeter in the Church of England from 1863 to 1867Burke's Peerage 1967 and an Honorary Chaplain to the Queen An Honorary Chaplain to the King (KHC) is a member of the clergy within the United Kingdom who, through long and distinguished service, is appointed to minister to the monarch of the United Kingdom. When the reigning monarch is female, Honorary Ch .... Just a few months before her death, William was married to his first wife Lady Elizabeth Anne Brudenell (6 Mar 1795-21 Nov 1824) on 16 March 1824, the daughter of the 6th Earl of Cardigan. He later married his cousin Harriet Brodrick (10 Aug 1804-13 Aug 1893) on 31 March 1829 with whom he had children. References 1798 births 1870 death ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Brodrick, 5th Viscount Midleton
George Alan Brodrick, 5th Viscount Midleton (10 June 1806 – 1 November 1848) was a British nobleman. The son of George Brodrick, 4th Viscount Midleton and Maria Benyon, he succeeded to the peerage in 1836. He was educated at Eton College. He married Ellen Griffiths in 1833. He engaged the leading English architect, Decimus Burton, to make improvements in the streetscape of Cobh Cobh ( ,), known from 1849 until 1920 as Queenstown, is a seaport town on the south coast of County Cork, Ireland. With a population of around 13,000 inhabitants, Cobh is on the south side of Great Island in Cork Harbour and home to Ireland's ..., Co. Cork. His death was attributed to intentional charcoal inhalation. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Midleton, George Alan Brodrick, 5th Viscount 1806 births 1848 deaths People educated at Eton College Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge Viscounts in the Peerage of Ireland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
