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Humphrey Parsons
Humphrey Parsons ( – ) was an English merchant and Tories (British political party), Tory politician who twice served as Lord Mayor of London in 1730 and 1740. He also sat in the House of Commons of Great Britain, British House of Commons from 1722 to 1741. Early life Parsons was the third and eldest surviving son of John Parsons (died 1717), Sir John Parsons by his first wife Elizabeth Beane, daughter of Humphrey Beane of Epsom. He carried on a successful business as a brewer in Aldgate, and had in his hands the principal export trade in beer to France. The goods which he sent to that country were exempted from import duty, a privilege which he owed to the personal favour of Louis XV. Patronage of Louis XV Parsons is said to have been brought under the king's notice during hunting, a sport to which he was passionately addicted. His spirited English courser outstripped the rest, and, in contravention of the usual etiquette, brought him in at the death. In response to the king' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Engraving Of Humphrey Parsons
Engraving is the practice of incising a design onto a hard, usually flat surface by cutting grooves into it with a Burin (engraving), burin. The result may be a decorated object in itself, as when silver, gold, steel, or Glass engraving, glass are engraved, or may provide an Intaglio (printmaking), intaglio printing plate, of copper or another metal, for printing images on paper as prints or illustrations; these images are also called "engravings". Engraving is one of the oldest and most important techniques in printmaking. Wood engraving is a form of relief printing and is not covered in this article, same with rock engravings like petroglyphs. Engraving was a historically important method of producing images on paper in artistic printmaking, in mapmaking, and also for commercial reproductions and illustrations for books and magazines. It has long been replaced by various photographic processes in its commercial applications and, partly because of the difficulty of learning th ... [...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] |
Micajah Perry
Micajah Perry (died 1753) was a British tobacco merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1727 to 1741. He was Lord Mayor of London in 1738. He was the son of Richard Perry, merchant, of Leadenhall Street, London, and his wife Sarah Heysham. Micajah's grandfather Micajah Perry was the most significant tobacco merchant in England, and an agent for Virginia. Perry's father died in 1720 and his grandfather in 1721, and he inherited the family business. He married Elizabeth Cocke, daughter of Richard Cocke, a London linen-draper. He became a member of the Haberdashers' Company. Perry handled the affairs of the Virginia tobacco planters in London. He was frequently consulted about the colony by the Board of Trade. However, he lacked the business acumen of his grandfather, and progressively lost business. He achieved more success politically. At the 1727 general election he was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for the City of London, and also that year became Master ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir John Eyles, 2nd Baronet
Sir John Eyles, 2nd Baronet (1683 – 11 March 1745) of Gidea Hall in Essex, was a British financier and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1713 to 1734. He was Lord Mayor of London in 1726. He served as a Director of the East India Company 1710-14 and again 1717-21 and was appointed a sub-governor of the South Sea Company in 1721. Origins Eyles was the second but eldest surviving son of Sir Francis Eyles, 1st Baronet by his wife Elizabeth Ayley, a daughter Richard Ayley, a merchant in the City of London. His younger brother was Joseph Eyles, MP. Career Eyles was a Director of the East India Company from 1710 to 1714. He was elected as Whig Member of Parliament for Chippenham at the 1713 general election. From 1715 to 1717 he was a director of the Bank of England. He was elected MP for Chippenham again at the 1715 general election and voted consistently with the government. He succeeded to his father's baronetcy on 24 May 1716 and became Master of the Haberdashers ... [...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] |
Richard Hopkins (died 1736)
Sir Richard Hopkins (died 1736) of St. Botolph's, Bishopsgate, London was a British merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1724 to 1727. Hopkins was born after 1676, the son of Richard Hopkins of St. Botolph's and his wife Rose Sherard, daughter of George Sherard of Bushby, Leicestershire. He became a merchant trading with Turkey and member of the Cutler's Company. He married Ann Lethieullier, daughter of William Lethieullier, merchant of London. Hopkins was Director of the Royal Exchange Assurance Corporation in 1720 and became a Director of the South Sea Company in 1721 for the rest of his life. He was knighted on 26 July 1722. In 1723, he stood as a Whig in a hard-fought contest for Sheriff of London and served for the year 1723 to 1724. He was elected Alderman for Lime Street Ward on 4 March 1724. Also in 1724, he was elected Member of Parliament for the City of London The City of London is a city, ceremonial county and local government district ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Child (1684-1740)
Sir Francis Child the younger ( 1684 – 1740), of the Marygold, by Temple Bar, and Osterley Park, Middlesex, was a British banker and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1722 to 1740. He was Lord Mayor of London in 1731. Early life Child was the son of Sir Francis Child. He was probably born in 1684, as the record of his admission to the freedom of the city of London is dated 12 March 1705. On the death of his elder brother, Sir Robert Child, in 1721, Child became the head of the banking firm, which was then carried on under the style of Francis Child & Co. He was also elected on 10 October of the same year to succeed his brother and father as aldermen of the ward of Farringdon Without, and the following year he became Sheriff of London, with Alderman Humphrey Parsons as his colleague. Career In 1722, Child served the office of master of the Goldsmiths' Company and was elected Member of Parliament for the City of London at the 1722 general election. At the 1727 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Barnard (politician)
Sir John Barnard (''c.'' 1685 – 28 August 1764) was a British Whig politician and Lord Mayor of London. Early life Barnard was the son of a Quaker merchant from Reading, Berkshire, also named John Barnard and his wife, Sarah, daughter of Robert Payne of Play Hatch in Oxfordshire part of Sonning. He abandoned the Quakers early in his life, and is said to have been baptised into the Anglican faith by Henry Compton, Bishop of London. The younger John Barnard initially worked alongside his father as a London City merchant. He was elected at the 1722 general election as one of the four members of parliament (MPs) for the City of London. Political career Barnard was a vigorous campaigner for the commercial interests that were his principal City of London constituency. In 1734 he successfully promoted an Act of Parliament "to prevent the infamous practice of Stock-Jobbing". This Act, which was renewed in 1737, later became known as "Sir John Barnard's Act" in recognition of h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Lockwood (politician)
Richard Lockwood (c. 1676–1756) of Dews Hall, near Maldon, Essex was a British merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1713 and 1741. Early life Lockwood was the only surviving son of Richard Lockwood of Gayton, Northamptonshire, and his wife Susanna Cutts, daughter of Edward Cutts of Maldon, Essex. He was educated probably at Westminster School in 1684. Career He became a wealthy merchant in the Turkish trade, and succeeded his father in about 1697. In 1711 he became an Assistant in the Levant Company and was also given an office as Gentleman of the Privy Chamber. Political career At the 1713 general election Lockwood was returned as Member of Parliament for Hindon. He was an outsider but stood on a joint ticket with the younger Reynolds Calthorpe, and it was possibly his wealth which accounted for the partnership. He was classed as a Whig because of his association with the Calthorpes, but was probably a closet Tory. He was Assistant to the Levan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Perceval, 1st Earl Of Egmont
John Perceval, 1st Earl of Egmont, PC, FRS (12 July 16831 May 1748), known as Sir John Perceval, Bt, from 1691 to 1715, as The Lord Perceval from 1715 to 1722 and as The Viscount Perceval from 1722 to 1733, was an Anglo-Irish politician. Early life and heritage Perceval was born at Burton, County Cork, the second son of Sir John Perceval, 3rd Baronet, and Catherine, daughter of Sir Edward Dering, 2nd Baronet. His great-grandfather was Sir Philip Perceval (1605–1647), DNB00: "Perceval, John (1683-1748)" who had obtained estates in Ireland and England from his father, Sir Richard Perceval (1550–1620), through the death of his elder brother, Walter. Richard Perceval in 1616 had sold a great part (£1,200 a year, according to Lodge) of his ancient patrimony, and invested the sum realised in purchases and mortgages in County Cork, thus laying the foundation of the prosperity and property of his family there. DNB00: "Perceval, Richard" Sir Philip had three children by Catherin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Heath (MP)
Thomas Heath may refer to: *Thomas Heath (classicist) (1861–1940), British civil servant, and historian of ancient Greek mathematics *Thomas Heath (cricketer) (1806–1872), cricketer *Thomas Kurton Heath (1853–1938), vaudeville actor *Tommy Heath (born 1947), musician * Tommy Heath (baseball) (1913–1967), American catcher, scout and baseball manager * Thomas Heath Haviland Sr. (1795-1867), Canadian land owner and banker *Thomas Heath Haviland (1822–1895), Canadian lawyer and politician *Thomas Heath Robinson T. Heath Robinson (1869–1954) was an English illustrator of books and magazines, in both line drawings and full color. He illustrated many books for Allen, Nisbit, Dent, Sands and others as well as illustrations for magazines, including C ... (1869–1954), English illustrator * Thomas Heth (or Heath) (fl. 1583), English mathematician {{hndis, Heath, Thomas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Philip Parker-a-Morley-Long, 3rd Baronet
Sir Philip Parker-a-Morley-Long, 3rd Baronet (1682 – 20 January 1741) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons for Harwich from 1715 to 1734. Early life Parker was born at Arwarton, Suffolk, the son of Sir Philip Parker, 2nd Baronet, and Mary Fortrey, daughter of Samuel Fortrey. Career In 1710 he took the name of Long on inheriting the estate of Whaddon in Wiltshire from his great-uncle Sir Walter Long. The original Coat of Long was, through some error, allowed to him by the College of Arms. He successfully stood for parliament in the 1715 general election being returned as Member of Parliament (MP) for Harwich. He held the seat until 1734. In 1740 he founded the Erwarton Almshouses close to his home in Erwarton. Family On 11 July 1715 Parker married in London, Martha East and they had four daughters: *Martha (1716–1775) married John Thynne Howe, 2nd Baron Chedworth *Elizabeth (1717–1757) *Katherine (b. 1719) *Dyonisia (b. 1722) Death On 20 January ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
