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John Spark (died 1707)
John Sparke may refer to: * John Sparke (died 1566) English MP for Plympton Erle * John Sparke (died 1640) English MP for Mitchell * John Sparke (died 1680) English MP for Plymouth See also * John Spark (died 1707) English MP for Newport, Cornwall *John Sparkes John Sparkes (born 6 January 1954) is a Welsh actor and comedian. He portrayed Barry Welsh, presenter of the HTV Wales series '' Barry Welsh Is Coming''. He has also had major roles in ''Naked Video'', '' Absolutely'', ''Fireman Sam'', ''Shau ..., comedian * John Sparks (other) {{hndis, Sparke, John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Sparke (died 1566)
John Sparke (died 1566) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1554. Sparke was originally from Nantwich, Cheshire and settled at Plympton St. Maurice. He was collector of the subsidy for Plympton Erle in 1523. In 1554, he was elected Member of Parliament for Plympton Erle Plympton is a suburb of the city of Plymouth in Devon, England. It is in origin an ancient Stannary, stannary town. It was an important trading centre for locally mined tin, and a seaport before the River Plym silted up and trade moved down riv .... He was mayor of Plympton Erle later in the same year. Sparke died in 1566 and was buried in the church of Plympton St Maurice on 11 July 1566. Sparke married Jane Moore of Devon and had four sons. She was buried on 29 December 1583. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Sparke, John Year of birth missing 1566 deaths Members of the Parliament of England for Plympton Erle English MPs 1554 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Sparke (died 1640)
John Sparke (c. 1574 – 1640) of The Friary, in the parish of St Jude, Plymouth, Devon, was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1628 to 1629. Origins Sparke was the son of John Sparke (died 1603) of Plymouth, Devon, Mayor of Plymouth in 1583 and 1591, by his wife Juliana Cock (died 1583), daughter of Gregory Cock, mayor of Plymouth.Hunneyball In the 1580s John Sparke (died 1603) acquired the former Whitefriars Priory in the parish of St Jude, Plymouth (dissolved a few decades before during the dissolution of the monasteries), which he made his residence. Career He matriculated at Exeter College, Oxford on 13 December 1594, aged 19. He was a student of Lincoln's Inn in 1623. In 1628, probably due to the influence of his wife's family the Rashleighs, he was elected member of parliament for Mitchell and sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years. Residence The Sparke family's residence in Plymouth was the former ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Sparke (died 1680)
John Sparke (1636 – 8 October 1680) of the Friary, in the parish of St Jude, Plymouth, Devon, was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1677 to 1680. Origins Sparke was the son of Jonathan Sparke of Plymouth (second son of John Sparke (c 1574–1640), MP, of The Friary, in the parish of St Jude, Plymouth) by his wife Mary Basset, daughter of Sir Robert Basset of Heanton Punchardon. Jonathan Sparke is mentioned in the Travel Journal of Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1642-1723) who was visiting Plymouth on 5 April 1669: :"On the 5th of the same month Sir Jonathan Spark came to pay his respects to the serene prince, accompanied by his son. This gentleman is an inhabitant of Plymouth, in the neighbourhood of which he possesses an estate of a thousand pounds a year; consequently he is considered the principal person of the place". Residence The Sparke family's residence in Plymouth was the former Whitefriars Abbey, in the parish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Spark (died 1707)
John Sparke may refer to: * John Sparke (died 1566) English MP for Plympton Erle * John Sparke (died 1640) English MP for Mitchell * John Sparke (died 1680) English MP for Plymouth See also * John Spark (died 1707) English MP for Newport, Cornwall *John Sparkes John Sparkes (born 6 January 1954) is a Welsh actor and comedian. He portrayed Barry Welsh, presenter of the HTV Wales series '' Barry Welsh Is Coming''. He has also had major roles in ''Naked Video'', '' Absolutely'', ''Fireman Sam'', ''Shau ..., comedian * John Sparks (other) {{hndis, Sparke, John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Sparkes
John Sparkes (born 6 January 1954) is a Welsh actor and comedian. He portrayed Barry Welsh, presenter of the HTV Wales series ''Barry Welsh Is Coming''. He has also had major roles in ''Naked Video'', '' Absolutely'', ''Fireman Sam'', ''Shaun the Sheep'', and ''Jeff Global's Global Probe'', and is the narrator of the children's television show ''Peppa Pig''. Early life Sparkes was born on 6 January 1954 in Swansea, Wales. He began his working life at Lloyds Bank in Mumbles. After a time as an English teacher, in the 1980s, he turned to comedy and moved to London, becoming an established performer in the first years of London's alternative cabaret circuit alongside Alexei Sayle, Jo Brand, Paul Merton, and Rik Mayall. Television comedy career ''Naked Video'' and ''Absolutely'' Sparkes starred in the sketch show ''Naked Video'', where he played Siadwel, the geeky South Wales poet who wore an anorak and glasses. The character also appeared when Sparkes was part of the BBC Radio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
