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John Perceval, 3rd Earl Of Egmont
John James Perceval, 3rd Earl of Egmont (29 January 1737/8 – 25 February 1822),''The Third Register Book of the Parish of St James in the Liberty of Westminster For Births & Baptisms. 1723-1741''. 16 February 1737. styled Viscount Perceval from 1748 to 1770, was a British politician.Charles Mosley, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 1287 He was the eldest son of John Perceval, 2nd Earl of Egmont and his first wife Lady Catherine Cecil, and half-brother of Spencer Perceval. Perceval served as Member of Parliament for Bridgwater from 1762 to 1768. Perceval was also initially declared re-elected in 1768, but on petition, he was judged not to have been duly elected and his opponent, Anne Poulett, was seated in his place. During his period in office, Perceval served in William Pitt the Younger's government. On 4 December 1770, he succeeded his f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enmore Castle Watts
Enmore may refer to: Places *Enmore, Guyana *Enmore, New South Wales, Australia, a suburb of Sydney **the Enmore Theatre in that suburb *Enmore, Somerset, England Ships * ''Enmore'' (ship), which arrived in Adelaide from London in January 1846 with George Morphett and James Philcox James Philcox (22 January 1812 – 31 March 1893) was an English land speculator and property developer in the 1840s and 1850s in the colony of South Australia. He is credited with naming the inner eastern Adelaide suburb of Marryatville as well a ... on board * ''Enmore'' (1858), a Bristol built merchant ship {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord Nassau Powlett
Lord Nassau Powlett (23 June 1698 – 24 August 1741) was an English army officer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1720 to 1734 and in 1741. Powlett was the only son of Charles Powlett, 2nd Duke of Bolton by his third wife Henrietta Crofts a granddaughter of Charles II of England and his mistress Lucy Walter. He joined the army and was a cornet in the 12th Dragoons in 1715, captain in the 6th Dragoon Guards in 1718 and in the Royal Horse Guards in 1721. He was returned as Member of Parliament for Hampshire in a by-election on 22 June 1720 and held the seat until the 1727 general election. In 1725, he became one of the founder knights of the Order of the Bath. He was returned as MP for Lymington in 1727 and held the seat until 1734 when he did not stand again. He regained his seat at Lymington in the 1741 general election but died soon after on 24 August. In 1731, he married Lady Isabella Tufton, daughter of Thomas Tufton, 6th Earl of Thanet. Powlett's only ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tory MPs (pre-1834)
This is a list of Conservative Party MPs. It includes all Members of Parliament elected to the British House of Commons representing the Conservative Party from 1834 onwards. Members of the Scottish Parliament, the Welsh Assembly or the European Parliament are not listed. The provided period of a member's tenure as a constituency MP is only relevant to those times that member was also party to the Conservative whip. Those in ''italics'' are overall leaders of the Conservative Party, those in bold are Prime Ministers. __NOTOC__ List of MPs A *Benjamin St John Ackers; MP for West Gloucestershire (1885) *James Ackers; MP for Ludlow (1841–1847) *Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 10th Baronet; MP for North Devon (1837–1857) *Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 11th Baronet; MP for West Somerset (1837–1847) * Sir Gilbert Acland-Troyte; MP for Tiverton (1924–1945) * William à Court-Holmes; MP for Isle of Wight (1837–1847) * William Acton; MP for Wicklow (1841–1848) *William Augustus Adam; M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Members Of The Parliament Of Great Britain For English Constituencies
Member may refer to: * Military jury, referred to as "Members" in military jargon * Element (mathematics), an object that belongs to a mathematical set * In object-oriented programming, a member of a class ** Field (computer science), entries in a database ** Member variable, a variable that is associated with a specific object * Limb (anatomy), an appendage of the human or animal body ** Euphemism for penis * Structural component of a truss, connected by nodes * User (computing), a person making use of a computing service, especially on the Internet * Member (geology), a component of a geological formation * Member of parliament * The Members, a British punk rock band * Meronymy, a semantic relationship in linguistics * Church membership, belonging to a local Christian congregation, a Christian denomination and the universal Church * Member, a participant in a club or learned society A learned society (; also learned academy, scholarly society, or academic association) is an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1822 Deaths
Eighteen or 18 may refer to: * 18 (number), the natural number following 17 and preceding 19 * one of the years 18 BC, AD 18, 1918, 2018 Film, television and entertainment * ''18'' (film), a 1993 Taiwanese experimental film based on the short story ''God's Dice'' * ''Eighteen'' (film), a 2005 Canadian dramatic feature film * 18 (British Board of Film Classification), a film rating in the United Kingdom, also used in Ireland by the Irish Film Classification Office * 18 (''Dragon Ball''), a character in the ''Dragon Ball'' franchise * "Eighteen", a 2006 episode of the animated television series ''12 oz. Mouse'' Music Albums * ''18'' (Moby album), 2002 * ''18'' (Nana Kitade album), 2005 * '' 18...'', 2009 debut album by G.E.M. Songs * "18" (5 Seconds of Summer song), from their 2014 eponymous debut album * "18" (One Direction song), from their 2014 studio album ''Four'' * "18", by Anarbor from their 2013 studio album '' Burnout'' * "I'm Eighteen", by Alice Cooper commonly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1738 Births
Events January–March * January 1 – At least 664 African slaves drown, when the Dutch West Indies Company slave ship ''Leusden'' capsizes and sinks in the Maroni River, during its arrival in Surinam. The Dutch crew escapes, and leaves the slaves locked below decks to die. * January 3 – George Frideric Handel's opera ''Faramondo'' is given its first performance. * January 7 – After the Maratha Empire of India wins the Battle of Bhopal over the Jaipur State, Jaipur cedes the Malwa territory to the Maratha in a treaty signed at Doraha. * February 4 – Court Jew Joseph Süß Oppenheimer is executed in Württemberg. * February 11 – Jacques de Vaucanson stages the first demonstration of an early automaton, ''The Flute Player'' at the Hotel de Longueville in Paris, and continues to display it until March 30. * February 20 – Swedish Levant Company founded. * March 28 – Mariner Robert Jenkins presents a pickled ear, which he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benjamin Allen (MP)
Benjamin Allen (c. 1732 – October 1791) was an English barrister who sat in the House of Commons from 1768 to 1781. Allen was the son of John Allen MD FRS, of Bridgwater. He attended school in Bridgwater before in 1751 being admitted to Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, aged nineteen. He entered the Middle Temple in 1749 and was called to the bar in 1754. Allen became a member of the corporation of Bridgwater and after cultivating his connections was returned as one of the two Members of Parliament for Bridgwater in the 1768 general election against the powerful Poulett interest. He was returned unopposed in 1774, but had a contest in 1780. He was initially returned, but was unseated on an election petition in 1781. He then carried on as a barrister and as a member of the Bridgwater corporation. Allen died before 1792. His son Jeffreys Allen Jefferys Allen (1760 – 23 August 1844) was a British politician and the Member of Parliament for Bridgwater from 1796 to 1804 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriel Hanger, 1st Baron Coleraine
Gabriel Hanger, 1st Baron Coleraine (9 January 1697 – 24 January 1773) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1753 and 1768. He was honoured with an Irish peerage. Hanger was the son of Sir George Hanger of Driffield, Gloucestershire and his wife Ann Beale daughter of Sir John Beale of Farningham in Kent. His father, grandson of Sir Lewis Roberts, was knighted by William III "for his steady attachment to religion and the law." Hanger inherited his father's estate at Driffield and also inherited via his brother his mother's estate at Farningham. In 1750 he was responsible for converting the church at Driffield into the Italianate style. It was later converted back. Hanger sat as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Maidstone between 1753 and 1761. On 26 February 1762 he was raised to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Coleraine. Hanger's uncle, John Hanger, was governor of the Bank of England 1719-1721 and his daughter, Anne, had married Henry (Henry H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Southwell, 20th Baron De Clifford
Edward Southwell, 20th Baron de Clifford (6 June 1738 – 1 November 1777) was a British politician. Early life Southwell was born on 6 June 1738 as the only son and heir of Lady Katherine Watson and Edward Southwell Jr. (1705–1755). His father and grandfather had both served as Principal Secretary of State for Ireland. His paternal grandparents were Edward Southwell (son of Sir Robert Southwell) and Elizabeth Cromwell, 8th Baroness Cromwell. His maternal grandparents were Edward Watson, Viscount Sondes and Lady Katherine Tufton, eldest daughter and coheiress of Thomas Tufton, 6th Earl of Thanet and 18th Baron de Clifford. His uncle was Thomas Watson, 3rd Earl of Rockingham. He was educated at Westminster School and Pembroke College, Cambridge. Upon the death of his father in 1755, he inherited the Kings Weston estate near Bristol. Career Southwell was elected to the British House of Commons as Member of Parliament for Bridgwater on 28 March 1761, sitting until 1763. On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
