Joseph Gulston (chaplain)
Joseph Gulston may refer to: * Joseph Gulston (chaplain) (1603–1669), chaplain and almoner to Charles I of England *Joseph Gulston (politician) (1674–1766), first cousin of the above, merchant and Member of Parliament for Poole *Joseph Gulston (collector) Joseph Gulston (1745–1786), was an English collector and connoisseur, and a Member of Parliament. Family Background His father, Joseph Gulston, a successful loan contractor, was M.P. for Poole from 1741 to 1765 and built the town hall there. H ...

Joseph Gulston (chaplain)
Joseph Gulston may refer to: * Joseph Gulston (chaplain) (1603–1669), chaplain and almoner to Charles I of England *Joseph Gulston (politician) (1674–1766), first cousin of the above, merchant and Member of Parliament for Poole *Joseph Gulston (collector) Joseph Gulston (1745–1786), was an English collector and connoisseur, and a Member of Parliament. Family Background His father, Joseph Gulston, a successful loan contractor, was M.P. for Poole from 1741 to 1765 and built the town hall there. H ...

Almoner
An almoner (} ' (alms), via the popular Latin '. History Christians have historically been encouraged to donate one-tenth of their income as a tithe to their church and additional offerings as needed for the poor. The first deacons, mentioned in Acts 6:1–4, dealt with the distribution of the charity of the early Christian churches to needy members. Popes, bishops and Christian monarchs and organizations have since employed their own officers to organize their donations to the poor and needy. Such donations were referred to as alms and the officers as almoners and the position was one of considerable status. Roman Catholic Church The papal almoner, formally titled the "Almoner of His Holiness", is responsible for performing works of mercy on behalf of the pope. He is one of a small number of Vatican officials who continue in office when a pope dies or resigns. Until June 2022, he was a member of the papal household; since then he heads the Dicastery for the Service of Chari ...
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Charles I Of England
Charles I (19 November 1600 – 30 January 1649) was King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until Execution of Charles I, his execution in 1649. He was born into the House of Stuart as the second son of King James VI of Scotland, but after his father inherited the English throne in 1603, he moved to England, where he spent much of the rest of his life. He became heir apparent to the kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland in 1612 upon the death of his elder brother, Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales. An unsuccessful and unpopular attempt to marry him to the Spanish Habsburg princess Maria Anna of Spain, Maria Anna culminated in an eight-month visit to Spain in 1623 that demonstrated the futility of the marriage negotiation. Two years later, he married the House of Bourbon, Bourbon princess Henrietta Maria of France. After his 1625 succession, Charles quarrelled with the Parliament of England, English Parliament, which sought to curb his royal prerogati ...
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Joseph Gulston (politician)
Joseph Gulston (1674-1766) was a British merchant and Member of Parliament. He was the son of Joseph Gulston, a London merchant trading in Lisbon. He became a merchant himself and a director of the South Sea Company from 1742 to 1760. He was elected to Parliament for Tregony 1737-1741 and elected for Poole in 1741, 1747, 1754, and 1761. Together with his fellow MP Thomas Calcraft, he is credited with financing Poole Guildhall. He married his wife, Mericas da Silva, in secret. She was the daughter of a Portuguese merchant named Sylva and had come to London with the family on their return. Joseph and Mericas's son, Joseph, was born under the circumstances which form the groundwork of Clementina Black's novel ''Mericas''. The marriage was not acknowledged for many years, principally owing to the elder Joseph Gulston's dread of his sister, and for some time his children, two sons and two daughters, were brought up in the strictest concealment. Gulston died 16 August 1766 and his wi ...
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