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Henry Drax
Henry Drax (c. 1693–1755) of Ellerton Abbey, Yorkshire and Charborough, near Wareham, Dorset was a British Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1718 and 1755. Drax was the eldest son of Thomas Drax (formerly Shatterden) of Pope's Common, Hertfordshire, Ellerton Abbey and Barbados and his wife Elizabeth Ernle, daughter of Edward Ernle of Etchilhampton, Wiltshire. He is also a grandson of James Drax, a wealthy planter in Barbados, who pioneered the cultivation of sugar with the use of African slave labour. Slave owner Thomas Shatterden inherited the estates of his mother's brother Colonel Henry Drax at Ellerton and in Barbados. By 1680, this Henry Drax was the owner of the largest plantation in Barbados, then in parish of St. John. A planter-merchant, Drax had a hired 'proper persons' to act in, and do all business in Bridgetown.' Shatterden changed his name to Drax in about 1692. This was a common practice among the heirs of wealthy planters in the British ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellerton Abbey
Ellerton Abbey is a civil parish in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England. It is located on the River Swale in lower Swaledale, south-west of Richmond. The population of the parish was estimated at 20 in 2016. The parish consists of farmland, a few scattered houses and an area of moorland which is part of the army training area associated with Wathgill Camp. The parish includes the site of the deserted medieval village of Ellerton, not to be confused with the modern village of Ellerton-on-Swale 11 miles to the east, but there is no modern village in the civil parish. The parish includes Ellerton Abbey House and the adjacent ruins of Ellerton Priory. Etymology The place-name ''Ellerton'' derives from the Old English words ''elri'' "alder" and ''tun'' "farm or enclosure". The place was mentioned in the Domesday Book, as ''Elreton'', when it was held by Count Alan of Brittany. History Ellerton appears to have been a village in the Middle Ages. It was ... [...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] |
Nathaniel Gould (died 1738)
Nathaniel Gould (–1738), of Crosby Square, London, was a British financier and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1729 to 1734. Gould was the second son of John Gould of Woodford, Essex. He was a Director of the Bank of England between 1722 and 1737, with statutory intervals. Gould was returned as Member of Parliament for Wareham at a by-election on 12 February 1729. He consistently supported the Administration. He was a member of Samuel Holden's dissenting deputies committee who discussed the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts with Walpole in November 1732 and December 1734. He lost his seat at the 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 incr ..., and did not stand again. Gould married Jane Thayer, daughter of Humphrey Thaye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Tower (MP)
Thomas Tower (1698? – 2 September 1778) of Weald House, Essex was a British lawyer and Member of Parliament. He was born the second son of Christopher Tower, snr and the younger brother of Christopher Tower. After being educated at Harrow School (c.1711) and Trinity College, Oxford (1717) he entered the Inner Temple in 1717 to study law, being called to the bar in 1722 and becoming a bencher in 1751. In 1728 Tower succeeded his father to Mansfield, Buckinghamshire, and uncle Richard Hale to his Buckinghamshire and Essex estates. He was elected to Parliament for Wareham in 1729, sitting until 1734, after which he represented Wallingford from 1734 to 1741. In 1732, he became an active trustee and councilman for the newly formed colony of Georgia on the east coast of America. He bought Weald House near Brentwood, Essex, in 1759 and was High Sheriff of Essex for 1760–1761. He died unmarried in 1778. See also * Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in Ameri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
