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John Bond (1717–1784)
John Bond (11 May 1717 – 30 May 1784) was a British barrister and politician. He was the eldest son of John Bond of Tyneham, Dorset and educated in the law at the Inner Temple and Wadham College, Oxford. He was called to the bar in 1740. He succeeded his father at Tyneham in 1744 and his uncle Denis Bond at Creech Grange, Dorset in 1747. These estates carried with them influence in local politics: in 1747, he was chosen recorder of nearby Wareham, an office he held until his death, and in the general election of that year, he was returned to Parliament for the borough of Corfe Castle. On 17 July 1749, he married Mary, the daughter of Edmund Dummer of Swaythling and stepdaughter of his uncle Denis. They had five sons and two daughters, including John and Nathaniel. In 1756, he was appointed recorder of Dorchester, holding office until 1781. He continued to be returned for Corfe Castle, where he kept up an agreement with the Bankes family, who owned substantial property withi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Creech Grange - Geograph
Creech may refer to: * Creech, Arkansas, United States * Creech, Kentucky, United States * Creech Air Force Base, a United States Air Force base in Nevada * Creech Grange, Steeple, Dorset, England * Creech St Michael, Somerset, England * ''The Creech'', a comic book series People with the name Creech * Billy J. Creech (born 1943), American politician * Don Creech (born 1948), American actor * Papa John Creach (1917–1994), American musician * Sharon Creech (born 1945), American writer * Thomas Creech (1659–1700), English translator of classical works * Thomas Eugene Creech (born 1950), American serial killer on Idaho's death row * Wilbur L. Creech (1927–2003), United States Air Force commander * William Creech (1745–1815), Scottish publisher, printer, bookseller and politician * Wyatt Creech Wyatt Beetham Creech (born 13 October 1946) is a United States-born retired New Zealand politician. He served as the 14th deputy prime minister of New Zealand in Jenny Shipl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Cholmondeley, Viscount Malpas
George Cholmondeley, Viscount Malpas (17 October 1724 – 15 March 1764) was a British soldier and Member of Parliament. Cholmondeley was the eldest son of George Cholmondeley, 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley, and Lady Mary Walpole, daughter of Prime Minister Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford. He gained the courtesy title of Viscount Malpas when his father succeeded as third Earl of Cholmondeley in 1733. He fought in the Battle of Fontenoy in 1745 and later achieved the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the 65th Regiment of Foot. In 1754 he was elected to the House of Commons for Bramber, a seat he held until 1761, and then to represent Corfe Castle between 1761 and 1764. He was given the colonelcy for life of the 65th Foot in 1760. After returning from duty with his regiment in Ireland, Lord Malpas died after five days' illness with 'inflammation of the bowels' on 15 March 1764, aged 39, predeceasing his father. He had married Hester Edwardes, daughter of Sir Francis Edwardes, 3rd Baro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British MPs 1747–1754
British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, the English language as spoken and written in the United Kingdom or, more broadly, throughout the British Isles * Celtic Britons, an ancient ethno-linguistic group * Brittonic languages, a branch of the Insular Celtic language family (formerly called British) ** Common Brittonic, an ancient language Other uses *''Brit(ish)'', a 2018 memoir by Afua Hirsch *People or things associated with: ** Great Britain, an island ** United Kingdom, a sovereign state ** Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800) ** United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922) See also * Terminology of the British Isles * Alternative names for the British * English (other) * Britannic (other) * British Isles * Brit (other) * Briton (d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Members Of The Parliament Of Great Britain For English Constituencies
Member may refer to: * Military jury, referred to as "Members" in military jargon * Element (mathematics), an object that belongs to a mathematical set * In object-oriented programming, a member of a class ** Field (computer science), entries in a database ** Member variable, a variable that is associated with a specific object * Limb (anatomy), an appendage of the human or animal body ** Euphemism for penis * Structural component of a truss, connected by nodes * User (computing), a person making use of a computing service, especially on the Internet * Member (geology), a component of a geological formation * Member of parliament * The Members, a British punk rock band * Meronymy, a semantic relationship in linguistics * Church membership, belonging to a local Christian congregation, a Christian denomination and the universal Church * Member, a participant in a club or learned society A learned society (; also learned academy, scholarly society, or academic association) is an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Members Of The Inner Temple
Member may refer to: * Military jury, referred to as "Members" in military jargon * Element (mathematics), an object that belongs to a mathematical set * In object-oriented programming, a member of a class ** Field (computer science), entries in a database ** Member variable, a variable that is associated with a specific object * Limb (anatomy), an appendage of the human or animal body ** Euphemism for penis * Structural component of a truss, connected by nodes * User (computing), a person making use of a computing service, especially on the Internet * Member (geology), a component of a geological formation * Member of parliament * The Members, a British punk rock band * Meronymy, a semantic relationship in linguistics * Church membership, belonging to a local Christian congregation, a Christian denomination and the universal Church * Member, a participant in a club or learned society A learned society (; also learned academy, scholarly society, or academic association) is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alumni Of Wadham College, Oxford
Alumni (singular: alumnus (masculine) or alumna (feminine)) are former students of a school, college, or university who have either attended or graduated in some fashion from the institution. The feminine plural alumnae is sometimes used for groups of women. The word is Latin and means "one who is being (or has been) nourished". The term is not synonymous with "graduate"; one can be an alumnus without graduating (Burt Reynolds, alumnus but not graduate of Florida State, is an example). The term is sometimes used to refer to a former employee or member of an organization, contributor, or inmate. Etymology The Latin noun ''alumnus'' means "foster son" or "pupil". It is derived from PIE ''*h₂el-'' (grow, nourish), and it is a variant of the Latin verb ''alere'' "to nourish".Merriam-Webster: alumnus .. Separate, but from the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1784 Deaths
Events January–March * January 6 – Treaty of Constantinople: The Ottoman Empire agrees to Russia's annexation of the Crimea. * January 14 – The Congress of the United States ratifies the Treaty of Paris with Great Britain to end the American Revolution, with the signature of President of Congress Thomas Mifflin.''Harper's Encyclopaedia of United States History from 458 A. D. to 1909'', ed. by Benson John Lossing and, Woodrow Wilson (Harper & Brothers, 1910) p167 * January 15 – Henry Cavendish's paper to the Royal Society of London, ''Experiments on Air'', reveals the composition of water. * February 24 – The Captivity of Mangalorean Catholics at Seringapatam begins. * February 28 – John Wesley ordains ministers for the Methodist Church in the United States. * March 1 – The Confederation Congress accepts Virginia's cession of all rights to the Northwest Territory and to Kentucky. * March 22 – The Emerald Buddha is insta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1717 Births
Events January–March * January 1 – Count Carl Gyllenborg, the Swedish ambassador to the Kingdom of Great Britain, is arrested in London over a plot to assist the Pretender to the British throne, James Francis Edward Stuart. * January 4 (December 24, 1716 Old Style) – Great Britain, France and the Dutch Republic sign the Triple Alliance, in an attempt to maintain the Treaty of Utrecht (1713), Britain having signed a preliminary alliance with France on November 28 (November 17) 1716. * February 1 – The Silent Sejm, in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, marks the beginning of the Russian Empire's increasing influence and control over the Commonwealth. * February 6 – Following the treaty between France and Britain, the Pretender James Stuart leaves France, and seeks refuge with Pope Clement XI. * February 26–March 6 – What becomes the northeastern United States is paralyzed by a series of blizzards that bury the region. * Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Bankes
Henry Bankes (1757–1834) was an English politician and author. Life Bankes was the only surviving son of Henry Bankes and the great-grandson of Sir John Bankes, chief justice of the common pleas in the time of Charles I. Bankes was educated at Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. in 1778, and M.A. in 1781. In 1776 he inherited his father's estate at Kingston Lacy. After leaving Cambridge he sat for the close borough of Corfe Castle from 1780 to 1826; in the latter year he was elected for the county of Dorset, and re-elected in the general election in the same year, but was rejected after a severe contest in 1830. In politics he was a conservative; he gave a general support to Prime Minister Pitt, but preserved his independence. He took an active but not a leading part in nearly every debate of his time, and closely attended to all parliamentary duties. The 1784 Enclosure Act allowed Henry to create the current Kingston Lacy estate and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Jenkinson (MP)
Captain John Robert Jenkinson (1734? – 1 May 1805) was a British Army officer, courtier and Member of Parliament.Sir Lewis NamierJENKINSON, John (?1734-1805).in ''The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1754-1790'' (1964). He was born the third son of Colonel Charles Jenkinson and was the younger brother of Charles Jenkinson, 1st Earl of Liverpool. He was educated at the Charterhouse School. As a courtier he was a Page of Honour to King George II from 1748 to 1752, a gentleman usher to the Queen from 1761 to his death, the second (or Ulster) secretary to the Lord Lieutenant in Ireland for 1773–75 and joint secretary to the Lord Lieutenant in England in 1775. As a soldier he was a Cornet in the 2nd Troop of Horse Guards in 1752 and a captain in 1762. He then transferred as a captain to the 12th Dragoons in 1765 before retiring in 1773. He sat as Member of Parliament for Corfe Castle between 1768 and 1780. He died in Winchester in 1805. He had married, in 1778, F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Campbell Of Cawdor
John Campbell of Stackpole Court and Cawdor (1695–1777), was a British politician. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Pembrokeshire, Nairnshire, Inverness Burghs and Corfe Castle. He was born the second son of Sir Alexander Campbell, MP in the Scottish Parliament, and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Lort, 2nd Baronet, of Stackpole Court, Pembrokeshire. He was educated at Lincoln's Inn (1708) and Clare College, Cambridge (1711) and succeeded his mother to the Stackpole estate in 1714 and his grandfather Sir Hugh Campbell to estates in Nairnshire (Cawdor), Inverness-shire, and Argyll in 1716. Stackpole Court became the family home. He was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Pembrokeshire in 1727, sitting until 1747. He afterwards represented Nairnshire from 1747 to 1754, Inverness Burghs from 1754 to 1761 and Corfe Castle from 1762 to 1768. He was also the Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty (1736–42) and Lord Commissioner of the Treasury (1746–54). He di ... [...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] |
