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Henry Seymour (of Redland)
Henry Seymour (21 October 1729 – 14 April 1807) was a British politician. Life Seymour was the eldest son of Francis Seymour, of Sherborne, Dorset. He was educated at New College. In January 1746/7, he inherited the estate of East Knoyle from his uncle, William. In 1753, Seymour married Lady Caroline Cowper (d. 1773), daughter of William Clavering-Cowper, 2nd Earl Cowper, by whom he had two daughters: * Caroline Seymour (31 January 1755 – 20 March 1821), married in September 1775 William Danby, of Swinton Park (b. 9 July 1752) * Georgiana Amelia Seymour (31 Dec 1756 – ?), married on 27 September 1794 Félicité Jean Louis de Durfort, Comte de Deyme (4 March 1752 – 10 March 1801) He inherited an estate at Sherborne, Dorset upon the death of his father in December 1761, and also owned estates at Redland Court, Gloucestershire, and Northbrook, Devonshire. After his father's death, he entered politics, obtaining the office of Groom of the Bedchamber on 16 February 176 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorset Sherborne House
Dorset ( ; archaically: Dorsetshire , ) is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The ceremonial county comprises the unitary authority areas of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole and Dorset. Covering an area of , Dorset borders Devon to the west, Somerset to the north-west, Wiltshire to the north-east, and Hampshire to the east. The county town is Dorchester, in the south. After the reorganisation of local government in 1974, the county border was extended eastward to incorporate the Hampshire towns of Bournemouth and Christchurch. Around half of the population lives in the South East Dorset conurbation, while the rest of the county is largely rural with a low population density. The county has a long history of human settlement stretching back to the Neolithic era. The Romans conquered Dorset's indigenous Celtic tribe, and during the Early Middle Ages, the Saxons settled the area and made Dorset a shire in the 7th century. The first recorded Viking ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Seymour (Knoyle)
Henry Seymour MP, JP (10 November 1776 – 27 November 1849), of Knoyle House, East Knoyle, Wiltshire, of Trent, and of Northbrook, was a British Tory politician. He was the only son of Henry Seymour, of Redland Court, Gloucestershire and his second wife, the Comtesse de Panthou. He was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for the borough of Taunton at the 1826 general election, having contested the borough unsuccessfully in 1820, and held the seat until he stood down at the 1830 general election. He was also a Justice of the Peace (JP). Family He married on 12 January 1817 Jane Hopkinson (d. 14 March 1869), daughter of Benjamin Hopkinson, of Bath and of Blagdon Court, Somerset. They had five children: * Henry Danby Seymour, of Trent (1820–1877) *Alfred Seymour, of Knoyle House, Wiltshire, and of Trent (1824–1888) *Jane Seymour (d. 18 September 1892), m. 21 August 1847 Philip Pleydell-Bouverie, of Brymore (21 April 1821 – 10 March 1890), son of Hon. Philip Ple ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Durant (MP)
George Durant (October 1, 1632 – February 6, 1692) was an attorney, Attorney General and Speaker of the House of Burgesses in the Province of Carolina. He is sometimes called the "father of North Carolina". Biography Durant was born in England to William Durant and Alice Pell. Prior to July 1658 he resided for a time in Northumberland County, Virginia, where he had purchased . He married Ann Marwood on January 4, 1658, and shortly thereafter moved to Nansemond County, Virginia, where he lived for about two years. Durant was associated with Nathaniel Batts, a fur trader, and Richard Batts, a sea captain, and together with them explored the Albemarle Sound area of Virginia. On August 4, 1661, Durant purchased, in the second oldest recorded deed of the area, land from Cisketando, king of the Yeopim Indian tribe. On March 13, 1662, a second purchase was made from Kilcocanen, another Yeopim. By 1662 Durant was living in Virginia on property adjacent to the Albemarle Sound, which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Rushout, 1st Baron Northwick
John Rushout, 1st Baron Northwick (23 July 1738 – 20 October 1800) was a British politician and Member of Parliament (MP) for Evesham. Rushout was the son of Sir John Rushout, 4th Baronet and Lady Anne Compton, and was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, which he entered in 1756. In 1761 he was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Evesham and held the seat until 1796. Politically, he was Whig until about 1789 when he went over to William Pitt the Younger and hence sat as a Tory. He succeeded to the Rushout Baronetcy of Milnst, Essex, in 1775 and became 1st Baron Northwick of Northwick Park in the county of Worcester in 1797. He became a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries (F.S.A.) in 1799. Marriage and issue He married Rebecca Bowles (b.1740) on 3 June 1766 at Wanstead, Essex. They had five children: * Hon. Harriet Rushout (d.30 Oct 1851) m. Sir Charles Cockerell * Hon. Anne Rushout (d.4 Apr 1849) * John Rushout, 2nd Baron Northwick (b.16 Feb 1770, d. 20 Jan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir George Wombwell, 1st Baronet
Sir George Wombwell, 1st Baronet (11 June 1734 – 2 November 1780) was Chairman of the Honourable East India Company and a Member of Parliament. He was the son of Roger Wombwell of Glasgow, Scotland, a merchant. He went into partnership with his uncle in the London company of George Wombwell, sen. and jun. He was elected a director of the British East India Company in 1766–69, 1775–77 and chairman in 1777–79. He was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Huntingdon Huntingdon is a market town in the Huntingdonshire district in Cambridgeshire, England. The town was given its town charter by King John in 1205. It was the county town of the historic county of Huntingdonshire. Oliver Cromwell was born there ... in 1774, sitting until 1780. He was created a baronet in 1778. He married Susanna, the daughter of Sir Thomas Rawlinson, Lord Mayor of London. They had a son, Sir George Wombwell, 2nd Baronet, and two daughters. References * 1734 births 1780 de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Augustus Montagu (MP)
Hon. William Augustus Montagu (1752–1776) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1774 to 1776. Montagu was the second surviving son of John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich and his wife Dorothy (in some sources Judith), daughter of Charles Fane, 1st Viscount Fane, and was baptized on 12 February 1752. He was educated at Eton College in 1759 and was admitted at Trinity College, Cambridge on 16 November 1768. He was also admitted at Lincoln's Inn on 8 December 1768. It was said of Montagu that he possessed great talents, and by good education had every opportunity of cultivating them…. but as ruined bydissipated company, habits of extravagance and total neglect of his health and constitution. It would appear that Lord Sandwich intended to use his son to support his interest in Parliament when the opportunity arose. Montagu was returned unopposed as Member of Parliament for Huntingdon Huntingdon is a market town in the Huntingdonshire district in Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Jones (died 1774)
Robert Jones (1704 – 17 February 1774) was a Welsh-born politician. He was born in Wales and in 1743 had gone into partnership with a merchant in Gibraltar. He was appointed an Elder Brother of Trinity House for life in 1753 and elected a director of the East India Company in 1754 and 1765, serving in both cases for the conventional 3 years. He was a Member of Parliament for Huntingdon from 15 April 1754 to 1768. At that time he was described as a wine merchant. In July 1770 Jones bought Babraham Babraham is a village and civil parish in the South Cambridgeshire district of Cambridgeshire, England, about south-east of Cambridge on the A1307 road. Babraham is home to the Babraham Institute which undertakes research into cell and molecula ... in Cambridgeshire and demolished the Elizabethan manor house which had been built in the Italian style by Sir Horatio Pallavicini alavicino He died in 1774. He had married and had a daughter, but as his daughter had married J. W. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Montagu (1692–1775)
Edward Montagu may refer to: *Edward Montagu, 1st Baron Montagu (died 1361), English peer *Sir Edward Montagu (judge) (c. 1488–1557), English lawyer and judge *Sir Edward Montagu of Boughton (1532–1601/1602) of Boughton House * Edward Montagu, 1st Baron Montagu of Boughton (1560–1644), son of the above * Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester (1602–1671), *Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich (1625–1672), English landowner, military officer and politician * Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Sandwich (1648–1688) *Edward Montagu, 2nd Baron Montagu of Boughton (1616–1684), Baron Montagu of Boughton House *Edward Montagu (died 1665) (c. 1636–1665), English MP for Sandwich *Edward Montagu (1649–1690), English MP for Northamptonshire and Seaford *Edward Montagu (1672–1710), English MP for Chippenham * Edward Montagu, Viscount Hinchingbrooke (1692–1722) *Edward Montagu, 3rd Earl of Sandwich (1670–1729) *Edward Montagu (died 1738) (after 1684–1738), British MP for Northamp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Burrell (1724–1775)
Peter Burrell FRS (27 August 1724 – 6 November 1775) was a British politician and barrister. Life Born in London, he was the son of Peter Burrell and his wife Amy Raymond, daughter of Hugh Raymond. His uncle was Sir Merrick Burrell, 1st Baronet and his younger brother Sir William Burrell, 2nd Baronet. Burrell was educated at St John's College, Cambridge, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1745 and then with a Master of Arts. In 1749, he was called to the bar by Lincoln's Inn. Burrell sat as Member of Parliament (MP) in the British House of Commons for Launceston from 1759 to 1768 and subsequently for Totnes to 1774. In 1752, he was invested as a Fellow of the Royal Society, and, in 1769, he was appointed Surveyor General of the Land Revenues of the Crown. Family On 28 February 1748, Burrell married Elizabeth Lewis, daughter of John Lewis of Hackney; they lived at Langley Park. They had four daughters and a son, Peter, the later Baron Gwydyr. *The first daughter El ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Philip Jennings-Clerke, 1st Baronet
Sir Philip Jennings-Clerke, 1st Baronet ( – January 1788) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1768 to 1788, and the 1st Jennings-Clerke Baronet. Life Jennings was the son of Philip Jennings of Duddleston Hall, Shropshire, and was baptised Philip Jennings. Children His children included: *John Edward (died before 1788) *Charles Philip (died 22 April 1788) *Anne (29 November 1749 – 25 July 1777). Married Thomas Duncombe MP. *Frances (died 12 April 1821)''The Gentleman's Magazine'' (1821), Volume 129page 476/ref> References 1720s births 1788 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of Great Britain Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Totnes British MPs 1761–1768 British MPs 1768–1774 British MPs 1774–1780 British Life Guards officers Year of birth uncertain {{England-GreatBritain-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Savage Lloyd
Richard Savage Lloyd (c.1730–1810), of Hintlesham Hall, Suffolk, was a British landowner and Member of Parliament. He was the eldest son of Sir Richard Lloyd of Hintlesham, lawyer and solicitor-general and was educated at Eton College (1742–48) and St. John’s College, Cambridge. Like his father before him, he then entered the Middle Temple to study law. He succeeded his father in 1761 to Hintlesham Hall, now a Grade I listed building. He sat in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1759 to 1768 as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Totnes Totnes ( or ) is a market town and civil parishes in England, civil parish at the head of the estuary of the River Dart in Devon, England, within the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It is about west of Paignton, about west-so .... He married and had 2 sons and 2 daughters and was succeeded by Richard Savage Lloyd, jnr. References 1730 births 1810 deaths People from Babergh District People educ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Browse Trist
Browse Trist (1698?–1777), of Bowden, near Totnes, Devon, was an English politician. He was born the son of Nicholas Trist of Bowden and educated at Wadham College, Oxford. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of Great Britain for Totnes 1754 - March 1763. In 1734 he married Agnes, daughter of Thomas Hore of Nymph, Devon, with whom he went on to have 6 sons and 3 daughters. The lived at Bowden House. Family in America Browse Trist's son Hore Browse Trist emigrated to the United States, where he befriended Thomas Jefferson, obtained from him a government appointment, and settled in Mississippi Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Miss .... References 1698 births 1777 deaths Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Totnes British MPs 1754–1761 Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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