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John Clerk (fl. 1414)
John Clerk may refer to: * John Clerk (fl. 1414), MP for Reading * John Clerk (fl. 1419–1421), MP for Shaftesbury, perhaps also an attorney or yeoman *John Clerk (bishop) (died 1541), former bishop of Bath and Wells *John Clerk of Eldin (1728–1812), Scottish Enlightenment figure, artist, and author of ''An Essay on Naval Tactics'' *John Clerk (writer) (died 1552), English Roman Catholic writer *John Clerk, Lord Eldin (1757–1832), Scottish judge *John Clarke (physician, 1582–1653), English physician. His last name was also spelt Clerk. *John Clerk (physician) (1689–1757), Scottish physician *Clerk baronets **John Clerk of Penicuik (1611–1674), Scottish merchant **Sir John Clerk, 1st Baronet (died 1722), Member of the Parliament of Scotland **Sir John Clerk, 2nd Baronet (1676–1755), Scottish lawyer, judge, and composer **Sir John Clerk, 5th Baronet (1736–1798), Royal Navy officer See also *John Clerke (other) * John Clark (other) *John Clarke (disamb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Clerk (fl
John Clerk may refer to: *John Clerk (fl. 1414), MP for Reading (UK Parliament constituency), Reading *John Clerk (fl. 1419–1421), MP for Shaftesbury, perhaps also an attorney or yeoman *John Clerk (bishop) (died 1541), former bishop of Bath and Wells *John Clerk of Eldin (1728–1812), Scottish Enlightenment figure, artist, and author of ''An Essay on Naval Tactics'' *John Clerk (writer) (died 1552), English Roman Catholic writer *John Clerk, Lord Eldin (1757–1832), Scottish judge *John Clarke (physician, 1582–1653), English physician. His last name was also spelt Clerk. *John Clerk (physician) (1689–1757), Scottish physician *Clerk baronets **John Clerk of Penicuik (1611–1674), Scottish merchant **Sir John Clerk, 1st Baronet (died 1722), Member of the Parliament of Scotland **Sir John Clerk, 2nd Baronet (1676–1755), Scottish lawyer, judge, and composer **Sir John Clerk, 5th Baronet (1736–1798), Royal Navy officer See also *John Clerke (other) *John Clar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reading (UK Parliament Constituency)
Reading was a parliamentary borough, and later a borough constituency, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It comprised the town of Reading in the county of Berkshire. From 1295, as a parliamentary borough, Reading elected two members of parliament (MPs). Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885,this representation was reduced to a single MP. The constituency was abolished in 1950, re-created in 1955, and finally abolished in 1974. History Reading was one of the boroughs summoned to send members to the Model Parliament. The boundaries (encompassing the whole of one parish and parts of two others) were effectively unchanged from 1295 to 1918. In 1831, the population of the borough was 15,935, and contained 3,307 houses. The right to vote was exercised by all inhabitants paying scot and lot, a relatively wide franchise for the period, and almost 2,000 votes were cast at the general election of 1826. Despite this high electorate, the co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Clerk (bishop)
John Clerk (died 3 January 1541) was an English bishop. He was educated at Cambridge University, and went on to serve under Cardinal Wolsey in a variety of capacities. He was also useful in a diplomatic capacity to both Wolsey and Henry VIII of England. Life He was Dean of Windsor from 1519 to 1523, then Bishop of Bath and Wells until his death. When the question of King Henry VIII's annulment of his marriage to his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, was raised Clerk was appointed as one of the Queen's counsellors. Wolsey persuaded him to agree on her behalf that she should withdraw from the proceedings at Rome. Afterwards he joined in pronouncing the annulment, and is believed to have assisted Thomas Cranmer in work on the Act of Supremacy. His last embassy was in 1540, to the Duke of Cleves, to explain Henry's annulment of his marriage to Anne of Cleves. On his return he was taken ill at Dunkirk, possibly having been poisoned, but he managed to reach England, though only to di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Clerk Of Eldin
John Clerk of Eldin FRSE FSAScot (10 December 1728 – 10 May 1812) was a Scottish merchant, naval author, artist, geologist and landowner. The 7th son of Sir John Clerk of Penicuik, Bt, Clerk of Eldin was a figure in the Scottish Enlightenment, best remembered for his influential writings on naval tactics in the Age of Sail. A friend of geologist James Hutton, he was a brother-in-law of architect Robert Adam, and a great-great-uncle of physicist James Clerk Maxwell. Biography John's father, John Clerk, 2nd Baronet of Penicuik was a judge and political figure of some importance who took part in the negotiations leading up to the Acts of Union 1707. Young John attended Dalkeith Grammar School where he was reputed to have been a keen scholar, and was enrolled at the University of Edinburgh to study medicine, (his father had marked him to becoming a "top chyrugeon") but abandoned his studies and entered into business. Clerk made his fortune as a merchant (he is understood to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Clerk (writer)
John Clerk (died 1552) was an English Roman Catholic writer. Life Clerk is said to have been descended 'from famous and noble lineage.' He was educated for a time in 'grammaticals, logicals, and philosophicals among the Oxonians,' though in what college or hall Anthony a Wood was unable to discover. He then travelled on the continent, and became proficient in the French and Italian languages. In Italy he was the intimate friend of the eminent divine and statesman Richard Pace. 'All things were in a manner common between them, and what was by either read or observed was forthwith communicated to each other's great advantage.' On his return to England he obtained the post of secretary to Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk. At length he, like his patron, was accused of leze majesty, and committed to the Tower of London, where, to avoid public shame, as has been conjectured, he hanged himself in his cell with his girdle on 10 May 1552. Works Clerk, who was a steady adherent of R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Clerk, Lord Eldin
John Clerk, Lord Eldin FRSE FSA (1757– 30 May1832) was a Scottish judge based in Edinburgh. Life He was the eldest son of Susannah Adam, the sister of John Adam and Robert Adam, and John Clerk of Eldin. He was born in April 1757 in Edinburgh. Though originally intended for the Indian Civil Service, he was apprenticed to a Writer to the Signet. After serving his articles he practised for a year or two as an accountant, and eventually was admitted a member of the Faculty of Advocates on 3 December 1785. He had an extensive practice at the bar. A keen Whig, on 11 March 1806 he was appointed Solicitor General for Scotland in the Grenville administration, an office which he held during the year that the ministry lasted. His practice at the bar had been for some time falling off, and his health had already begun to fail, when, on 10 November 1823, he was appointed an ordinary Lord of Session in place of William Bannatyne, Lord Bannatyne. Assuming the title of Lord Eldin, he t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Clarke (physician, 1582–1653)
John Clarke (–1653) was an English physician. Life John Clarke was born in 1582 at Brooke Hall, near Wethersfield in Essex, where his family had long been seated. He was educated at Christ's College, Cambridge, and took his first degree in 1603, proceeding MA 1608, and MD 1615.Moore 1887, p. 431. He was elected a fellow of the College of Physicians in 1622, was treasurer 1643–4, and president from 1645 to 1649, both years included, and while in office carried out a revision of the ''Pharmacopœia''. His name is spelt Clerk(e) in the first edition of Glisson's ''De Rachitide'', 1650, a work which received his official sanction. He died 30 April 1653, and his body was escorted by the president and fellows from his house to his tomb, in the Church of St. Martin-without-Ludgate. He left a son, and a daughter who married Sir John Micklethwaite Sir John Micklethwaite M.D. (1612–1682) was an English physician, who attended Charles II. He was President of the R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Clerk (physician)
John Clerk may refer to: * John Clerk (fl. 1414), MP for Reading * John Clerk (fl. 1419–1421), MP for Shaftesbury, perhaps also an attorney or yeoman *John Clerk (bishop) (died 1541), former bishop of Bath and Wells *John Clerk of Eldin (1728–1812), Scottish Enlightenment figure, artist, and author of ''An Essay on Naval Tactics'' *John Clerk (writer) (died 1552), English Roman Catholic writer *John Clerk, Lord Eldin (1757–1832), Scottish judge *John Clarke (physician, 1582–1653), English physician. His last name was also spelt Clerk. * John Clerk (physician) (1689–1757), Scottish physician *Clerk baronets **John Clerk of Penicuik (1611–1674), Scottish merchant **Sir John Clerk, 1st Baronet (died 1722), Member of the Parliament of Scotland **Sir John Clerk, 2nd Baronet (1676–1755), Scottish lawyer, judge, and composer **Sir John Clerk, 5th Baronet (1736–1798), Royal Navy officer See also *John Clerke (other) * John Clark (other) *John Clarke (disam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clerk Baronets
There has been one creation of a baronetcy with the surname Clerk () (as distinct from Clark, Clarke and Clerke). It was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia by Letters Patent dated 24 March 1679, for John Clerk of Pennycuik (or Penicuik; see Penicuik House). His father, the merchant John Clerk, had returned from Paris in 1647 with a considerable fortune and purchased the lands of Penicuik in Midlothian. The 1st Baronet acquired the lands of Lasswade, Midlothian, in 1700. The second Baronet built Mavisbank House near Loanhead between 1723 and 1727. The 3rd Baronet, James, laid out plans for a new town in 1770, inspired by the local plans for a New Town in Edinburgh which were by then coming into reality. The rebuilding included a new church, St Mungos, in 1771, reputedly by Sir James himself. The family are said by Anderson (1867) to date from at least 1180 AD when one of them appeared as a witness to a donation to Holyrood Abbey by William The Lion. John Scougal is known ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Clerk Of Penicuik
John Clerk of Penicuik (1611–1674) was a Scottish merchant noted for maintaining a comprehensive archive of family papers, now held by the National Archives of Scotland and the National Library of Scotland. Background Born in Montrose, he was the son of merchant William Clerk (d.1620), and was baptised by Alexander Forbes, the Bishop of Caithness, at Fettercairn on 22 December 1611. He was a person of great ability and of an enterprising commercial spirit. He settled in Paris in 1634, and, in a few years, acquired а very considerable fortune. Returning to Scotland in 1646, he purchased the lands (see Penicuik Policies) and barony of Penicuik, in Midlothian, which have ever since continued to be the residence and title of this family. Clerk bought paintings in Paris, some from the collections of Cardinal Richelieu, and sold them to William Kerr, 3rd Earl of Lothian. The Earl of Moray was another of Clerk's customers. Newbiggin House at Penicuik Clerk made his home at Newb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir John Clerk, 1st Baronet
Sir John Clerk of Penicuik, 1st Baronet (died 1722) was a Scottish politician, created a Baronet of Nova Scotia on 24 March 1679. Sir John was the eldest son of John Clerk of Penicuik and Mary, daughter of Sir William Gray of Pittendrum. From 1690 until 1702 he was MP for Edinburghshire (Lothian) in the Scottish Parliament. In 1700, he acquired the lands and barony of Leswade, near Edinburgh.Burkep. 257/ref> He served as a shire commissioner in the Parliament of Scotland for Edinburghshire from 1690 to 1702. He married twice. With his first wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Henderson, of Elrington, he had three sons and three daughters including Barbara. His son-in-law, Barbara's second husband, Dr. William Arthur, became embroiled in the Jacobite rising of 1715. With his second wife, Christian, daughter of the Reverend James Kilpatrick, he had four sons and four daughters. He died in 1722, and was succeeded by his eldest son Sir John Clerk, 2nd Baronet. See also *Clerk baro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir John Clerk, 2nd Baronet
Sir John Clerk of Penicuik, 2nd Baronet (1676–1755) was a Scottish politician, lawyer, judge and composer. He was Vice-President of the Philosophical Society of Edinburgh, the pre-eminent learned society of the Scottish Enlightenment. He was the father of George Clerk Maxwell and John Clerk of Eldin, and the great-great-grandfather of the famous physicist James Clerk Maxwell. Early life John Clerk was son of Sir John Clerk, 1st Baronet by his first wife Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Henderson of Elvington. Burkp. 257/ref> He had a legal education first at University of Glasgow and then at Leiden University. During 1697 and 1698 he went on a Grand Tour and in 1700 was admitted to the Scottish Bar.Colvinp. 257/ref> Between 1700 and 1730 he planted 300,000 trees on the grounds of the family estate at Penicuik House. Parliament He was a member of the Parliament of Scotland for Whithorn from 1702 to 1707, and a Commissioner for the Union of Parliaments for the Whig Party: h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
