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Hicks-Beach Family
Hicks-Beach or Hicks Beach is a surname, and may refer to: * Hicks baronets * Various of the Hicks and Hicks Beach Baronets, of Beverston, and the family of the Earl St Aldwyn **Sir Michael Hicks Beach, 8th Baronet (1809–1854), Conservative Member of Parliament for East Gloucestershire **Michael Hicks Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn (1837–1916), Conservative Member of Parliament, Chancellor of the Exchequer **Michael Hicks Beach, 2nd Earl St Aldwyn (1912–1992), Conservative politician * William Frederick Hicks-Beach William Frederick Hicks Beach JP (16 July 1841 – 7 September 1923) was the Conservative Party Member of Parliament (MP) for Tewkesbury from 1916 to 1918, having been returned, aged 74, at a by-election in succession to his nephew, Viscount Q ... (1841–1923), Conservative Member of Parliament for Tewkesbury 1916–1918 * Michael Hugh Hicks-Beach, Viscount Quenington (1877–1916), Conservative Member of Parliament for Tewkesbury 1906&ndas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hicks Baronets
There have been two baronetcies created for persons with the surname Hicks, both in the Baronetage of England. One creation is extant as of 2008. The Hicks, later Hicks Beach Baronetcy, of Beverston in the County of Gloucester, was created in the Baronetage of England on 21 July 1619. For more information on this creation, see the Earl St Aldwyn. The Hicks, later Noel Baronetcy, of Campden in the County of Gloucester, was created in the Baronetage of England on 1 July 1620. For more information on this creation, see the Earl of Gainsborough. Hicks, later Hicks Beach baronets, of Beverston (1619) *see the Earl St Aldwyn Hicks, later Noel baronets, of Campden (1620) *see the Earl of Gainsborough References {{Reflist Baronetcies in the Baronetage of England Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of England ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earl St Aldwyn
Earl St Aldwyn, of Coln St Aldwyn in the County of Gloucester, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1915 for the prominent Conservative politician Michael Hicks Beach, 1st Viscount St Aldwyn, known from 1854 to 1907 as Sir Michael Hicks Beach, 9th Baronet, of Beverston. He was Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1885 to 1886 and again from 1895 to 1902. Hicks Beach had already been created Viscount St Aldwyn, of Coln St Aldwyn in the County of Gloucester, in 1906, and was made Viscount Quenington, of Quenington in the County of Gloucester, at the same time he was given the earldom. Both titles are in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. He was succeeded by his grandson, the second Earl, the son of Michael Hicks Beach, Viscount Quenington, Member of Parliament for Tewkesbury, who was killed in action in 1916. Lord St Aldwyn was also a Conservative politician and was Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (government chief whip in the H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Michael Hicks Beach, 8th Baronet
Sir Michael Hicks Hicks-Beach, 8th Baronet DL (25 October 1809 – 22 November 1854) was a British Conservative Party MP and High Sheriff. He was appointed High Sheriff of Gloucestershire for 1840 and then returned as Member of Parliament (MP) for East Gloucestershire from January 1854 until his death in November of the same year. He was commissioned as Lieutenant-Colonel of the Royal North Gloucestershire Militia in 1844 and commanded it as Lt-Col Commandant from 1852 until his death.''Army List'', various dates. Hicks-Beach married Harriett Vittoria Stratton, daughter of John Stratton, in 1832. He died in November 1854, aged 45, and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son Michael, who became a prominent Conservative politician and was created Earl St Aldwyn in 1915. Hicks-Beach's younger son William Frederick Hicks-Beach was also an MP, as was his son-in-law Sir John Dillwyn-Llewelyn, 1st Baronet, husband of his daughter Caroline Julia Hicks-Beach. Lady Hicks-Bea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Hicks Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn
Michael Edward Hicks Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn, (23 October 1837 – 30 April 1916), known as Sir Michael Hicks Beach, Bt, from 1854 to 1906 and subsequently as The Viscount St Aldwyn to 1915, was a British Conservative politician. Known as "Black Michael", he notably served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1885 to 1886 and again from 1895 to 1902 and also led the Conservative Party in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1886. Due to the length of his service, he was Father of the House from 1901 to 1906, when he took his peerage. Background and education Born at Portugal Street in London, Hicks Beach was the son of Sir Michael Hicks Beach, 8th Baronet, of Beverston, and his wife Harriett Vittoria, second daughter of John Stratton. He was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford, where he graduated with a first class degree in the School of Law and Modern History in 1858. In 1854 he succeeded his father as ninth Baronet. Political career, 1864–1888 In 1864 he was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Hicks Beach, 2nd Earl St Aldwyn
Michael John Hicks Beach, 2nd Earl St Aldwyn (9 October 191229 January 1992) was a British Conservative politician. He achieved the distinction of serving in the governments of five different prime ministers. Background and education St Aldwyn was the only son of Michael Hicks Beach, Viscount Quenington, who was killed in action in 1916, and the grandson of Michael Hicks Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn. His mother was Marjorie Brocklehurst, who also died in 1916, daughter of Henry Dent Brocklehurst. He succeeded his grandfather in the earldom in April 1916, aged only three. St Aldwyn was educated at Eton and later fought in the Second World War as a Major in the 1st Royal Gloucestershire Hussars. Political career In 1954 St Aldwyn was appointed Joint Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries in the Conservative administration of Winston Churchill, a post he also held under Anthony Eden and Harold Macmillan (the ministry was renamed the Ministry of Agricu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Frederick Hicks-Beach
William Frederick Hicks Beach JP (16 July 1841 – 7 September 1923) was the Conservative Party Member of Parliament (MP) for Tewkesbury from 1916 to 1918, having been returned, aged 74, at a by-election in succession to his nephew, Viscount Quenington, who had been killed in action during the First World War. He was born in Witcombe Park, near Stroud, Gloucestershire, the younger son of Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, 8th Baronet, and his wife Harriett Vittoria (née Stratton). Michael Hicks-Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn, was his elder brother. He had an active local public life as a Justice of the Peace of the county of Gloucestershire from 1879, serving eight years as chairman of the Cheltenham bench, and was by 1900 an alderman of Gloucestershire County Council, on which he served as chairman of its Public Health Committee. He was chairman of a Rural District Council for 46 years, and of Gloucester Gloucester ( ) is a cathedral city and the county town of Gloucestershire in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Hicks Beach, Viscount Quenington
Michael Hugh Hicks Beach, Viscount Quenington (19 January 1877 – 23 April 1916) was a British politician. Biography Hicks-Beach was the eldest son of former Chancellor of the Exchequer, Michael Hicks-Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn, and his wife Lady Lucy Catherine Fortescue. He sat as Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Tewkesbury from 1906 to 1916 and was a board member at Lloyds Bank. Hicks-Beach fought in the First World War as a Captain with the 1/1st Royal Gloucestershire Hussars and died, aged 39, on 23 April 1916 as a result of wounds received at Katia, Egypt. He is buried at the Cairo New British Protestant Cemetery alongside his wife. Viscount Quenington is commemorated on Panel 8 of the Parliamentary War Memorial in Westminster Hall, one of 22 MPs that died during World War I to be named on that memorial. Viscount Quenington is one of 19 MPs who fell in the war who are commemorated by heraldic shields in the Commons Chamber. A further act of commemoration came w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William W
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] |
