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Henry Maister
Henry Maister (1699–1744), of Hull and Winestead, Yorkshire, was a British merchant and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1734 to 1741. Maister was baptized on 1 February 1699, the eldest son of William Maister, a merchant of Hull. In 1716, he succeeded his father, and ran the family mercantile business with his brother Nathaniel. He married Mary Tymperon, daughter of Rev. Henry Tymperon of Carnaby, Yorkshire on 25 August 1724. She died in of smallpox in 1725. He married as his second wife Mary Cayley, daughter of Sir Arthur Cayley, 3rd Baronet, of Brompton, Yorkshire on 19 January 1727 Maister was Sheriff of Kingston upon Hull in 1729. He was returned unopposed as Member of Parliament for Kingston upon Hull at a by-election on 6 February 1734, and then elected in a contest at the 1734 British general election soon after. He voted regularly with the Government. He did not stand in 1741. Maister and his wife several children. On 13 April 1743 a fire dest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winestead
Winestead is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, in an area known as Holderness. It is situated approximately south-east of the town of Hedon and north-west of the village of Patrington. It is situated to the north of the A1033 road. It forms part of the civil parish of Patrington. It is also the ancient seat of the Hildyard/Hilliard/Hildegardis family, whose ancestry is believed to be of Saxon origin. The Hildyard family of Winestead became extinct on the death of Sir Robert D'Arcy Hildyard, Bart., who died without heirs in 1814. Hildyard bequeathed his estates to his niece, Ann Catherine Whyte, who married in the following year Thomas Blackborne Thoroton, Esq., of Flintham Hall, Flintham, Nottingham. Col. Thoroton of the Coldstream Guards subsequently assumed the name and coat-of-arms of Hildyard. His heirs, who still have the surname Hildyard, reside at Flintham Hall today. The Hildyard family lived at Winestead for 10 generations, and even after the death ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British House Of Commons
The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the upper house, the House of Lords, it meets in the Palace of Westminster in London, England. The House of Commons is an elected body consisting of 650 members known as members of Parliament (MPs). MPs are elected to represent constituencies by the first-past-the-post system and hold their seats until Parliament is dissolved. The House of Commons of England started to evolve in the 13th and 14th centuries. In 1707 it became the House of Commons of Great Britain after the political union with Scotland, and from 1800 it also became the House of Commons for Ireland after the political union of Great Britain and Ireland. In 1922, the body became the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland after the independence of the Irish Free State. Under the Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949, the Lords' power to reject legislation was reduced to a delaying power. The gov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cayley Baronets
The Cayley Baronetcy, of Brompton in the County of York, is a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 26 April 1661 for William Cayley, who had earlier fought as a Royalist in the Civil War. His great-great-great-grandson (the title having descended from father to son), the sixth Baronet, was a pioneer of aeronautical engineering and also represented Scarborough in the House of Commons. The baronetcy descended in the direct line until the death of his great-great-grandson, the tenth Baronet, in 1967. The late Baronet was succeeded by his second cousin once removed, the eleventh and (as of 2007) present holder of the title. He is the great-grandson of Digby Cayley, second son of the seventh Baronet. Cayley baronets, of Brompton (1661) *Sir William Cayley, 1st Baronet (1610–1681) *Sir William Cayley, 2nd Baronet (1635–) *Sir Arthur Cayley, 3rd Baronet (c. 1654–1727) *Sir George Cayley, 4th Baronet (c. 1707–1791) *Sir Thomas Cayley, 5th Baronet (1732–1792) * Si ... [...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] |
Kingston Upon Hull (UK Parliament Constituency)
Kingston upon Hull, often simply referred to as Hull, was a parliamentary constituency in Yorkshire, electing two members of parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, from 1305 until 1885. Its MPs included the anti-slavery campaigner, William Wilberforce, and the poet Andrew Marvell. History Kingston upon Hull was a borough constituency in the town (later city) of Hull. Until the Great Reform Act of 1832, it consisted only of the parish of St Mary's, Hull and part of Holy Trinity, Hull, entirely to the west of the River Hull. This excluded parts of the urban area which had not been originally part of the town, but some of these – the rest of Holy Trinity parish, Sculcoates, Drypool, Garrisonside and part of Sutton-on-Hull – were brought into the constituency by boundary changes in 1832. This increased the population of the borough from around 16,000 to almost 50,000. The borough sent its first two known Members to the Parliament of 130 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1734 British General Election
The 1734 British general election returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 8th Parliament of Great Britain to be summoned, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707. Robert Walpole's increasingly unpopular Whig government lost ground to the Tories and the opposition Whigs, but still had a secure majority in the House of Commons. The Patriot Whigs were joined in opposition by a group of Whig members led by Lord Cobham known as the Cobhamites, or 'Cobham's Cubs'. Summary of the constituencies See 1796 British general election for details. The constituencies used were the same throughout the existence of the Parliament of Great Britain. Dates of election The general election was held between 22 April 1734 and 6 June 1734. At this period elections did not take place at the same time in every constituency. The returning officer in each county or parliamentary borough fixed the precise date (see hustings for details of the co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1741 British General Election
The 1741 British general election returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 9th Parliament of Great Britain to be summoned, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707. The election saw support for the government party increase in the quasi-democratic constituencies which were decided by popular vote, but the Whigs lost control of a number of rotten and pocket boroughs, partly as a result of the influence of the Prince of Wales, and were consequently re-elected with the barest of majorities in the Commons, Walpole's supporters only narrowly outnumbering his opponents. Partly as a result of the election, and also due to the crisis created by naval defeats in the war with Spain, Walpole was finally forced out of office on 11 February 1742, after his government was defeated in a motion of no confidence concerning a supposedly rigged by-election. His supporters were then able to reconcile partially with the Patriot Whigs to form a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Trust
The National Trust, formally the National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, is a charity and membership organisation for heritage conservation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. In Scotland, there is a separate and independent National Trust for Scotland. The Trust was founded in 1895 by Octavia Hill, Sir Robert Hunter and Hardwicke Rawnsley to "promote the permanent preservation for the benefit of the Nation of lands and tenements (including buildings) of beauty or historic interest". It was given statutory powers, starting with the National Trust Act 1907. Historically, the Trust acquired land by gift and sometimes by public subscription and appeal, but after World War II the loss of country houses resulted in many such properties being acquired either by gift from the former owners or through the National Land Fund. Country houses and estates still make up a significant part of its holdings, but it is also known for its protection of wild lands ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Crowle
George Crowle (11 May 1696–1754), of Springhead, near Hull, Yorkshire was a British Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1724 to 1747. Early life Crowle was the eldest son of William Crowle, merchant of Hull, and his wife Dorothy Oates, daughter of Richard Oates of Pontefract. His father served as chamberlain of the borough of Hull in 1688 and 1689. His grandfather, Alderman George Crowle, was sheriff of Kingston upon Hull in 1657, and mayor in 1661 and 1679, Bean, William Wardell. ''The Parliamentary Representation of the Six Northern Counties of England: Cumberland, Durham, Lancashire, Northumberland, Westmoreland, And Yorkshire, and Their Cities and Boroughs. From 1603, to the general election of 1886 with Lists of Members and Biographical Notices. '' Hull: Printed for the Author by Charles Henry Barnwell, 1890 Crowle married his cousin Ellennor. Career Crowle stood for Kingston upon Hull at the 1722 British general election but was unsuccessful. He was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Micklethwaite, 1st Viscount Micklethwaite
Joseph Micklethwaite, 1st Viscount Micklethwaite (c. 1680 – 16 January 1734) was an English politician, peer and diplomat. Early life and family background Joseph Micklethwaite was born circa 1680. The Micklethwaites were the descendants of Dr. Joseph Micklethwaite of York, who had retired from his physician's practice and had purchased the manor of Swine, becoming a gentleman farmer and an active county magistrate. Dr. Micklethwaite was married to Ann Topham, the widow of Christopher Topham, member of Parliament and York merchant, and the daughter of Percival Levett, a Sheriff of York and a merchant. Joseph's elder brother was Thomas Micklethwaite of Swine, Yorkshire, who represented Arundel in Parliament, was later a Lord of the Treasury, and subsequently was named Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance. Career Joseph Micklethwaite began his career working in the Netherlands for Lord Shaftesbury and then in Spain as secretary to Earl Stanhope, the English ambassador to Spain. O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Carter (died 1744)
William Carter may refer to: Artists and Entertainers *William Carter (actor) (1902–1952), Australian silent film actor and company director * William Carter (composer) (1838–1917), English composer, conductor, and organist * William Carter (photographer) (born 1934), American photographer *Bill Carter (born 1966), American film director *Bill Carter (musician), American singer, songwriter and musician Businessmen * William Carter (ink maker) (died 1895), American founder of what became Carter's Ink Company * William E. Carter (1875–1940), American businessman and RMS ''Titanic'' survivor * William Leonard Carter (1877–1917), British businessman and army officer *Billy Carter (1937–1988), American businessman and younger brother of American President Jimmy Carter Politicians * William Blount Carter (1792–1848), American politician from Tennessee *William Carter (Tasmanian politician) (1796–1878), first mayor of Hobart *William Grayson Carter (died 1849), American poli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
