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John Wentworth (other)
John Wentworth may refer to: ;People associated with New Hampshire *John Wentworth (lieutenant governor, born 1671) (1671–1730), lieutenant governor of New Hampshire from 1717 to 1730; grandfather of Sir John Wentworth * Sir John Wentworth, 1st Baronet (1737–1820), governor of New Hampshire from 1767 to 1775 and Nova Scotia from 1792 to 1808; grandson of the earlier lieutenant governor *John Wentworth (judge) (1719–1781), jurist and revolutionary leader in New Hampshire; father of the Continental Congress delegate *John Wentworth Jr. (1745–1787), Continental Congress delegate from New Hampshire; son of the above judge ;People in other locations *John Wentworth (MP for Bishop's Lynn), see King's Lynn (UK Parliament constituency) *John Wentworth (died 1613), MP *John Wentworth (died 1651), MP for Great Yarmouth (UK Parliament constituency) *John Wentworth (Illinois politician) (1815–1888), Chicago mayor and U.S. congressman *John Wentworth (actor) (1908–1989), British t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Wentworth (lieutenant Governor, Born 1671)
John Wentworth (January 16, 1671 – December 12, 1730) was an American sea captain, merchant, judge, politician and colonial administrator who served as the lieutenant governor of New Hampshire from 1717 to 1730.John Norris McClintock, ''Colony, province, state, 1623-1888: History of New Hampshire'', (1889), p. 174 at: Google Books accessed August 27, 2010 Early life He was a grandson of "Elder" William Wentworth (born at Alford, Lincolnshire, England, in 1615; died in Dover, New Hampshire, March 16, 1697), an early settler in New England. William was a follower of the Rev. John Wheelwright. With him and 33 others, William signed, August 4, 1639, “A Combination for a Government at Exeter, N. H.” William moved to Wells, Maine, with Wheelwright; and when the latter went to England on the accession of Oliver Cromwell to power, William moved to Dover, where he was a ruling elder and often preached. On his death, he left a widow, nine sons, and one daughter. Political career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir John Wentworth, 1st Baronet
Sir John Wentworth, 1st Baronet (9 August 1737 – 8 April 1820) was the British colonial governor of New Hampshire at the time of the American Revolution. He was later also Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia. He is buried in the crypt of St. Paul's Church in Halifax. Early years Wentworth was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on August 9, 1737. His ancestry went back to some of the earliest settlers of the Province of New Hampshire, and he was a grandson of John Wentworth, who served as the province's lieutenant governor in the 1720s, a nephew to Governor Benning Wentworth, and a descendant of "Elder" William Wentworth. His father Mark was a major landowner and merchant in the province, and his mother, Elizabeth Rindge Wentworth, was also from the upper echelons of New Hampshire society. In 1751, he enrolled in Harvard College, receiving a bachelor's degree in 1755 and a master's degree in 1758. During his time at Harvard, he was a classmate and became a close friend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Wentworth (judge)
John Wentworth (March 30, 1719 – May 17, 1781) was a jurist, soldier, and leader of the American Revolution in New Hampshire. He was often referred to as the Judge or as Colonel John to distinguish him from his cousin, the John Wentworth who was the colony's governor. He is descended from early New Hampshire settler William Wentworth and is a great grandfather to John Wentworth (Illinois).John Wentworth (1878), ''Wentworth Genealogy: English and American'', p. 41. Accessed 3 August 2013 at OpenLibrary.org. Biography This John Wentworth was born in Dover, New Hampshire. After service in the French and Indian War, he moved to Somersworth and was elected to the colonial assembly from 1768-1775. In that assembly he served several terms as speaker. He served as a judge of common pleas, and starting in 1776 as a justice in the New Hampshire supreme court, in spite of the fact that he neither studied nor practiced law. As the revolution neared, he was active in the committees of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Wentworth Jr
John Wentworth Jr. (July 17, 1745 – January 10, 1787) was a Founding Father of the United States and a lawyer who served as a New Hampshire delegate to the Continental Congress, where he signed the Articles of Confederation. Biography He was born to Judge John Wentworth in Somersworth, New Hampshire in 1745, and is a descendant of "Elder" William Wentworth. He graduated from Harvard in 1768 before studying law. He moved to Dover, New Hampshire where he started his practice. His cousin, Governor Wentworth, appointed him the probate register for Strafford County, and he held that post until his death. He was active in the various revolutionary committees, and was elected to the convention (later the State Assembly) from Dover every year from 1776 to 1780. He was a member of the state council, supporting Meshech Weare Meshech Weare (June 16, 1713January 14, 1786) was an American farmer, lawyer, and revolutionary statesman from Seabrook and Hampton Falls, New Hampshire. He se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Wentworth (MP For Bishop's Lynn)
John Wentworth may refer to: ;People associated with New Hampshire *John Wentworth (lieutenant governor, born 1671) (1671–1730), lieutenant governor of New Hampshire from 1717 to 1730; grandfather of Sir John Wentworth *Sir John Wentworth, 1st Baronet (1737–1820), governor of New Hampshire from 1767 to 1775 and Nova Scotia from 1792 to 1808; grandson of the earlier lieutenant governor *John Wentworth (judge) (1719–1781), jurist and revolutionary leader in New Hampshire; father of the Continental Congress delegate *John Wentworth Jr. (1745–1787), Continental Congress delegate from New Hampshire; son of the above judge ;People in other locations *John Wentworth (MP for Bishop's Lynn), see King's Lynn (UK Parliament constituency) *John Wentworth (died 1613), MP *John Wentworth (died 1651), MP for Great Yarmouth (UK Parliament constituency) *John Wentworth (Illinois politician) (1815–1888), Chicago mayor and U.S. congressman *John Wentworth (actor) (1908–1989), British tel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King's Lynn (UK Parliament Constituency)
King's Lynn was a constituency in Norfolk represented continually in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1298 until it was abolished for the February 1974 general election. History The Parliamentary Borough of King's Lynn, which was known as Lynn or Bishop's Lynn prior to 1537, returned two Members of Parliament until 1885, when its representation was reduced to one member by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885. It was abolished as a Borough under the Representation of the People Act 1918 and was reconstituted as a Division of the Parliamentary County of Norfolk (from 1950, a County Constituency), absorbing the bulk of the abolished North Western Division. It was abolished for the February 1974 general election, being replaced by the re-established constituency of North West Norfolk. Sir Robert Walpole, the first Prime Minister, was an MP for the constituency for almost the entirety of his parliamentary career, from 1702 to 1742. Boundaries 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Wentworth (died 1613)
John Wentworth (1564–1613), of Gosfield Hall, Essex, was an English politician. Early life He was the only son of Sir John Wentworth of Little Horkesley and Gosfield Hall, Essex, and the former Elizabeth Heydon (d. ) (a daughter of Sir Christopher Heydon and his first wife Anne Drury). His only sister, also named Elizabeth Wentworth (d. 1627), married firstly Christopher St Lawrence, 10th Baron Howth, which ended in a legal separation in about 1605, before she married Sir Robert Newcomen, 1st Baronet. In 1581, his father inherited Gosfield Hall, Essex from his relative Ann, Lady Maltravers. Career He succeeded to his father's estates in 1588 before being appointed High Sheriff of Essex in 1592, and serving until 1593. He was a Member of the Parliament of England for Essex in 1597 and for Wootton Bassett, presumably due to the influence of his wife's uncle, the Earl of Hertford, in 1601. He leaves little trace on the records of Parliament, nor does he seem to have been act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Wentworth (died 1651)
John Wentworth (1578 - 1651) of Somerleyton was an English politician. He was High Sheriff of Suffolk in 1619 and the Member of Parliament for Great Yarmouth in 1628. John was the only son of John Wentworth of Darsham Darsham is a village in Suffolk, England. It is located approximately north east of Saxmundham. The village is bypassed by the A12 and is served by Darsham railway station, which is approximately one mile away from the village centre, on the ..., Suffolk and his Elizabeth, daughter of John Southwell of Barrow Hall, Suffolk. References {{s-end 1568 births 1651 deaths ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Yarmouth (UK Parliament Constituency)
Great Yarmouth is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Its MP is Brandon Lewis, the current Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor, who has held the seat since the 2010 general election. He was previously the Chairman of the Conservative Party and Secretary of State for Northern Ireland. History The Parliamentary Borough of Great Yarmouth had been represented by 2 MPs since 1295 and was unaffected by the Great Reform Act of 1832. However, the borough was disenfranchised for corruption by the Reform Act 1867, when its voters were absorbed into the North Division of the Parliamentary County of Norfolk. The seat was re-established as a single-member Borough by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 and remained unchanged until the Representation of the People Act 1948, which came into effect for the 1950 general election. This abolished the Parliamentary Borough and replaced it with the County Constituency of Yarmo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
