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James Cope (UK Politician)
James Cope (c.1709 – 1756) was a British Member of Parliament and political envoy. He was the son of Gen. Sir John Cope by Jane, the daughter of Anthony Duncombe. He worked as secretary to Walter Titley at the Danish court in Copenhagen from 1729 to 1737 and then as secretary to the commissioners in Antwerp negotiating a commercial treaty from 1737 to 1741. He was the resident envoy in Hamburg to the Hanse towns from 1741 to 1756. He was given a seat in Parliament by his uncle Anthony Duncombe, 1st Baron Feversham, representing Downton from 1754 to his death in 1756. He never married. See also * List of diplomats of the United Kingdom to the Hanseatic Cities The United Kingdom had a diplomatic representative to the three sovereign Hanseatic cities of Bremen, Hamburg and Lübeck until German unification in 1871. The envoy was usually only a resident, but sometimes he was also minister plenipotentiary ... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Cope, James 1700s births 175 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Cope (British Army Officer)
Sir John Cope (July 1688 – 28 July 1760) was a British soldier, and Whig Member of Parliament, representing three separate constituencies between 1722 and 1741. He is now chiefly remembered for his defeat at Prestonpans, the first significant battle of the Jacobite rising of 1745 and which was commemorated by the tune "Hey, Johnnie Cope, Are Ye Waking Yet?", which still features in modern Scottish folk music and bagpipe recitals. His military service included the wars of the Spanish and Austrian Successions. Like many of the senior officers present at Dettingen in 1743, victory resulted in promotion, and he was appointed military commander in Scotland shortly before the 1745 Rising. Although exonerated by a court-martial in 1746, Prestonpans ended his career as a field officer. In 1751, he was appointed governor of the Limerick garrison, and deputy to Viscount Molesworth, commander of the army in Ireland. He died in London on 28 July 1760. Biographical details Fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Duncombe
Anthony Duncombe (died 4 April 1708), was an English politician. Duncombe was the son of Alexander Duncombe, of Drayton, Buckinghamshire, by Mary Paulye, daughter of Richard Paulye, Lord of the Manor of Whitchurch, Buckinghamshire. Wealthy banker Sir Charles Duncombe was his brother. He was returned to Parliament for Hedon in 1698, a seat he held until July 1702, and again between November 1702 and his death in 1708. Duncombe married Jane Cornwallis, daughter of the Honourable Frederick Cornwallis, younger son of Frederick Cornwallis, 1st Baron Cornwallis. He died in April 1708. His son Anthony inherited half of the enormous estates of his uncle Sir Charles Duncombe and was elevated to the peerage as Baron Feversham in 1747. Duncombe's sister Ursula Duncombe was the ancestor of the present-day Barons Feversham. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Duncombe, Anthony 1708 deaths Anthony Anthony or Antony is a masculine given name, derived from the ''Antonia (gens), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Titley
Walter Titley (baptised 1698 – 1768) was an English diplomat, envoy-extraordinary at Copenhagen for 38 years. Life He was the son of Abraham Titley of Hopton, Staffordshire. He was admitted a king's scholar at Westminster School in 1714, and was three years later elected to Cambridge. While at Westminster he acted as "help" to Osborn Atterbury, son of Francis Atterbury, and later was his tutor. At Trinity College, Cambridge, he matriculated in 1720, and graduated B.A. in 1723, M.A. in 1726. Titley laid down a plan for life, and approximately carried it out: first 30 years of study, then 30 years give to public business, and after the age of 60, back to study. Having entered the diplomatic service, he became secretary of the British embassy at Turin. On 3 January 1729 he was selected to act as chargé d'affaires at Copenhagen, in the absence of Lord Glenorchy; and on 3 November 1730 was named envoy-extraordinary. The strategic aim of Great Britain was to avoid Denmark allying itse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanseatic Cities
The Hanseatic League (; gml, Hanse, , ; german: label=German language, Modern German, Deutsche Hanse) was a Middle Ages, medieval commercial and defensive confederation of merchant guilds and market towns in Central Europe, Central and Northern Europe, Northern Europe. Growing from a few Northern Germany, North German towns in the late 12th century, the League ultimately encompassed nearly 200 settlements across seven modern-day countries; at its height between the 13th and 15th centuries, it stretched from the Netherlands in the west to Russia in the east, and from Estonia in the north to Kraków, Poland in the south. The League originated from various loose associations of German traders and towns formed to advance mutual commercial interests, such as protection against piracy and banditry. These arrangements gradually coalesced into the Hanseatic League, whose traders enjoyed Duty-free trade, duty-free treatment, protection, and diplomatic privileges in affiliated communitie ... [...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] |
Downton (UK Parliament Constituency)
Downton was a parliamentary borough in Wiltshire, which elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons from 1295 until 1832, when it was abolished by the Great Reform Act. History The borough consisted of part of the parish of Downton, a small town six miles south of Salisbury. By the 19th century, only about half of the town was within the boundaries of the borough, and the more prosperous section was excluded: at the 1831 census the borough had 166 houses and a tax assessment of £70, whereas the whole town consisted of 314 houses, and was assessed at £273. Downton was a burgage borough, meaning that the right to vote rested solely with the freeholders of 100 specified properties or "burgage tenements"; it was not necessary to be resident on the tenement, or even in the borough, to exercise this right. Indeed, some of the tenements could not realistically be occupied, and one was in the middle of a watercourse. At the time of the Great Reform Act, The Earl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Diplomats Of The United Kingdom To The Hanseatic Cities
The United Kingdom had a diplomatic representative to the three sovereign Hanseatic cities of Bremen, Hamburg and Lübeck until German unification in 1871. The envoy was usually only a resident, but sometimes he was also minister plenipotentiary to Lower Saxon Circle, Lower Saxony. He was usually resident at Hamburg, which had long been an important port for British trade, and the staple port of the Company of Merchant Adventurers of London. Heads of Mission Residents *1689–1700: Paul Rycaut, Sir Paul RycautD. B. Horn, ''British Diplomatic Representatives 1689–1789'' (Camden 3rd Ser. 46, 1932) *1702–1713: John Wich ''Envoy Extraordinary'' from 1709 **1707–1709: John Robinson (1650–1723), Dr John Robinson (List of Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to Sweden, Envoy Extraordinary to Sweden) was resident in Hamburg *1713–1741: Sir Cyril Wyche, 1st Baronet, Cyril Wich or Wyche ''Chargé d'Affaires'' 1713–1714; ''Resident'' 1714–1719; ''Minister'' 1719–1725; ''En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Hayes (1715-1800)
James, Jim, or Jimmy Hayes may refer to: * James Hayes (Prince Rupert's secretary) (1637–1694), Prince Rupert's secretary and first Deputy Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company * James Hayes (died c. 1731) (1676–bef. – 1731/32), British Member of Parliament for Winchelsea * James Hayes (1715-1800), British Member of Parliament for Downton * James Hayes (bishop) (1889–1980), Archbishop of Cagayan de Oro * James Hayes (Australian politician) (1831–1908), Australian politician from New South Wales * James Hayes (cricketer), English cricketer * James Hayes (actor), featured in British TV serials such as '' The Jury'' * James A. Hayes (1921–2000), American politician from California * James C. Hayes (born 1946), American pastor and politician, mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska, 1992–2001 * James E. Hayes (1865–1898), Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus * James L. Hayes (1915–1989), American educator * James Martin Hayes (1924–2016), Canadian prelate of the Roman C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Duncombe (died 1779)
Thomas Duncombe (baptised 27 August 1724''England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975'' – 23 November 1779) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1751 and 1779. Duncombe was the eldest son of Thomas Duncombe, of Duncombe Park, North Yorkshire and his wife, Mary Slingsby, daughter of Sir Thomas Slingsby. He was educated at Westminster School from an early age in 1732, and matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford on 18 May 1742, aged 17. He succeeded his father to Duncombe Park in 1746 and is also known as Thomas Duncombe III. In 1751, Duncombe was returned as Member of Parliament for the Downton constituency. In 1754 he was elected MP for Morpeth. On the death of his cousin Lord Feversham in 1763 he inherited an interest at Downton, and in 1768 was returned to Parliament unopposed. In 1774 his control of the Downton seat was challenged and he was unseated on petition. He was returned unopposed for Downton in 1779, but died a few weeks lat ... [...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] |
Edward Poore
Edward Poore ( 1704 – 1780) was the member of the Parliament of Great Britain for Salisbury (UK Parliament constituency), Salisbury for the parliament of 1747 to 1754, and for Downton (UK Parliament constituency), Downton for 13 December 1756 to 1761.POORE, Edward (?1704-80), of the Close, Salisbury, Wilts. ''The History of Parliament''. Retrieved 7 February 2019. A memorial to him in Salisbury Cathedral was sculpted by John Carline.''Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660–1851'' by Rupert Gunnis References Members of Parliament for Salisbury British MPs 1747–1754 British MPs 1754–1761 1700s births 1780 deaths Year of birth uncertain {{England-GreatBritain-MP-stub ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1700s Births
Seventeen or 17 may refer to: *17 (number), the natural number following 16 and preceding 18 * one of the years 17 BC, AD 17, 1917, 2017 Literature Magazines * ''Seventeen'' (American magazine), an American magazine * ''Seventeen'' (Japanese magazine), a Japanese magazine Novels * ''Seventeen'' (Tarkington novel), a 1916 novel by Booth Tarkington *''Seventeen'' (''Sebuntiin''), a 1961 novel by Kenzaburō Ōe * ''Seventeen'' (Serafin novel), a 2004 novel by Shan Serafin Stage and screen Film * ''Seventeen'' (1916 film), an American silent comedy film *''Number Seventeen'', a 1932 film directed by Alfred Hitchcock * ''Seventeen'' (1940 film), an American comedy film *''Eric Soya's '17''' (Danish: ''Sytten''), a 1965 Danish comedy film * ''Seventeen'' (1985 film), a documentary film * ''17 Again'' (film), a 2009 film whose working title was ''17'' * ''Seventeen'' (2019 film), a Spanish drama film Television * ''Seventeen'' (TV drama), a 1994 UK dramatic short starring Christi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
