|
Joseph Windham Ashe
Joseph Windham-Ashe (1683–30 July 1746) of Twickenham, Middlesex, was an English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1734 and 1746. Windham-Ashe was born Joseph Windham the son of William Windham of Felbrigg Hall, Norfolk and his wife Katherine Ashe. He was the brother of William and Ashe. He was related on his father’s side to the Windhams of Norfolk and through his mother and wife to the Ashes of Heytesbury. From about 1718, he was cashier to salt commissioners, holding the post until 1734. He married his cousin Martha Ashe, the only surviving daughter and heiress of Sir James Ashe, 2nd Baronet, his mother's brother, in 1715. He assumed the name Ashe by a 1733 Act of Parliament on his wife’s succession to her father’s property at Twickenham Meadows, Cambridge Park, Twickenham and elsewhere in 1733. Windham Ashe enlarged the house (later known as Cambridge House) and built the west front. The Ashe inheritance included a lease of the mano ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British House Of Commons
The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the upper house, the House of Lords, it meets in the Palace of Westminster in London, England. The House of Commons is an elected body consisting of 650 members known as members of Parliament (MPs). MPs are elected to represent constituencies by the first-past-the-post system and hold their seats until Parliament is dissolved. The House of Commons of England started to evolve in the 13th and 14th centuries. In 1707 it became the House of Commons of Great Britain after the political union with Scotland, and from 1800 it also became the House of Commons for Ireland after the political union of Great Britain and Ireland. In 1922, the body became the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland after the independence of the Irish Free State. Under the Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949, the Lords' power to reject legislation was reduced to a delaying power. The gov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1741 British General Election
The 1741 British general election returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 9th Parliament of Great Britain to be summoned, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707. The election saw support for the government party increase in the quasi-democratic constituencies which were decided by popular vote, but the Whigs lost control of a number of rotten and pocket boroughs, partly as a result of the influence of the Prince of Wales, and were consequently re-elected with the barest of majorities in the Commons, Walpole's supporters only narrowly outnumbering his opponents. Partly as a result of the election, and also due to the crisis created by naval defeats in the war with Spain, Walpole was finally forced out of office on 11 February 1742, after his government was defeated in a motion of no confidence concerning a supposedly rigged by-election. His supporters were then able to reconcile partially with the Patriot Whigs to form a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British MPs 1741–1747
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] |
British MPs 1734–1741
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] |
George Proctor (MP)
{{hndis, Proctor, George ...
George Proctor may refer to: * George O. Proctor (1847–1925), American politician in Massachusetts * George R. Proctor (1920–2015), American botanist * George Wyatt Proctor (1946–2008), American author, journalist, and lecturer See also * Proctor (surname) Proctor is an English occupational surname, originally meaning 'steward', derived from Latin ''procurare'' ("''to manage''"). Notable people with the name include: * Alexander Phimister Proctor (1860–1950), American sculptor * Andy Proctor, En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giles Eyre (MP)
Giles Eyre (c. 1692–1750) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1715 to 1734. Eyre was baptised on 27 May 1692, the eldest son of Giles Eyre of Brickworth and his wife Mabel Thayne, daughter of Alexander Thayne of Cowsfield, in Whiteparish, Wiltshire. He was admitted at Lincoln's Inn on 16 June 1715. Eyre succeeded his uncle, John Eyre, as Member of Parliament for Downton at a by-election on 2 December 1715. He was returned again in 1722 and 1727. His only recorded votes were for the Septennial Bill in 1716 and the Peerage Bill {{short description, Proposed British law of 1719 The Peerage Bill was a 1719 measure proposed by the British Whig government led by James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope and Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland which would have largely halted the ... in 1719. He succeeded to the estates on the death of his father in 1734 and did not stand at the 1734 general election. Over subsequent years his political interest declined ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valens Comyn
Valens Comyn (1688 – 25 March 1751) was an English merchant and administrator and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1747 to 1751. Comyn was the fifth son of Rev. Robert Comyn and his wife Martha, and was baptised on 4 June 1688 at East Molesey, Surrey where his father was vicar and also headmaster of nearby Kingston Grammar School. His elder brother Robert, later Archdeacon of Shropshire, was a friend of the influential Robert Harley and in January 1712 Comyn was appointed to a position in the Excise Office. Comyn's title by 1716 was Assistant Accomptant for duties on Hides. In 1718 he was appointed to the position of Clerk to the Worshipful Company of Parish Clerks, a minor livery company of which his father in law James Lucas was a member. Through this, Comyn was required to live at the Hall of the Company in Wood Street. In 1726, Comyn was selected as accountant for the Corporation of the Sons of the Clergy. The post had been in abeyance, but 1726 the coun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Duncombe, 1st Baron Feversham
Anthony Duncombe, 1st Baron Feversham (c. 1695 – 18 June 1763), was a British landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1727 until 1747 when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Feversham. Duncombe was the son of Anthony Duncombe and Jane Cornwallis, daughter of Frederick Cornwallis, younger son of Frederick Cornwallis, 1st Baron Cornwallis. In 1721 he succeeded to half of the enormous estates of his uncle, Sir Charles Duncombe. The same year he was returned as Member of Parliament for Salisbury at a by-election on 6 May 1721. He retained the seat in the general elections of 1722 and 1727. At the 1734 general election he was returned unopposed as MP for Downton instead and again in 1741. He vacated his seat in 1747 when he was raised to the peerage as Lord Feversham, Baron of Downton, in the County of Wilts. Lord Feversham married three times. Firstly to Margaret Verney, daughter of George Verney, 12th Baron Willoughby de Broke, in 1716. There were n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bishop's Castle (UK Parliament Constituency)
Bishop's Castle was a borough constituency, borough constituency in Shropshire represented in the British House of Commons, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The market town of Bishop's Castle became a parliamentary borough in 1584 and was a United Kingdom constituencies, constituency of the House of Commons of England until 1707, of the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832. It was represented by two burgess (title), burgesses. The historian Lewis Namier claimed that in the middle of the eighteenth century it was the one notoriously corrupt parliamentary borough in Shropshire. It was abolished under the Reform Act 1832. Members of Parliament MPs 1584–1660 MPs 1660–1832 *''Constituency abolished / disenfranchised'' (1832) Election results Elections in the 1830s See also *Parliamentary constituencies in Shropshire#Historical constituencies * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Verney (judge)
Sir John Verney, (23 October 16995 August 1741) of Compton Verney, Warwickshire, was a British barrister, judge and Tory and then Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from between 1722 and 1741. Early life Verney was born in Brasted, Kent on 23 October 1699, the fifth son of George Verney, 12th Baron Willoughby de Broke and his wife Margaret Heath, daughter of Sir John Heath of Brasted. He matriculated at New College, Oxford on 11 October 1714, aged 15, and was admitted at the Middle Temple in 1715. He was called to the Bar ex gratia in 1721. On 16 September 1724 he married Abigail Harley, the daughter of Sir Edward Harley, the younger brother of Queen Anne's Tory minister, Robert Harley, created Earl of Oxford. Career In an attempt to gain contacts for his work as a barrister, Verney decided to stand for Parliament. At the 1722 British general election he was returned as Tory Member of Parliament (MP) for Downton with the help of his brother-in-law, Anthony Dunc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1734 British General Election
The 1734 British general election returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 8th Parliament of Great Britain to be summoned, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707. Robert Walpole's increasingly unpopular Whig government lost ground to the Tories and the opposition Whigs, but still had a secure majority in the House of Commons. The Patriot Whigs were joined in opposition by a group of Whig members led by Lord Cobham known as the Cobhamites, or 'Cobham's Cubs'. Summary of the constituencies See 1796 British general election for details. The constituencies used were the same throughout the existence of the Parliament of Great Britain. Dates of election The general election was held between 22 April 1734 and 6 June 1734. At this period elections did not take place at the same time in every constituency. The returning officer in each county or parliamentary borough fixed the precise date (see hustings for details of the co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felbrigg Hall, Near Holt, Norfolk - Geograph
Felbrigg is a small village just south of Cromer in Norfolk, England.''OS Explorer Map 24'' (Edition A 1997) – ''Norfolk Coast Central''. . The Danish name means a 'plank bridge'. Historians believe that the original village was clustered around its Perpendicular church, St Margaret's Church, Felbrigg, in the grounds of Felbrigg Hall, a Jacobean mansion built in the early 17th century, a mile to the east of the present village. In the church are 14th-century monumental brasses of Sir Simon de Felbrigge and his wife, the original Lord of the Manor Lord of the Manor is a title that, in Anglo-Saxon England, referred to the landholder of a rural estate. The lord enjoyed manorial rights (the rights to establish and occupy a residence, known as the manor house and demesne) as well as seig ... here. Notes External links * {{authority control Villages in Norfolk Civil parishes in Norfolk North Norfolk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
