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John Strode (died 1679)
Sir John Strode (11 August 1624 - 1679) of Parnham, Dorset supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War. He held various official offices during the Protectorate and was knighted by Oliver Cromwell. After the Restoration he was a member of the Cavalier Parliament. He was knighted by King Charles II in 1662. Biography Strode was the son of Sir John Strode, also a Royalist, MP for Bridport, and his second wife Ann Wyndham, who was killed in 1645 by Parliamentarian soldiers. He had a private education, succeeded his father in 1642 and was a royalist commissioner in the Civil War. He compounded for his estate valued at £633 p.a. In 1652 he was commissioner for assessment and appointed J.P. for Dorset but he was removed again soon after. By 1657 he was commissioner for assessment again and served as Sheriff of Dorset from 1657 to November 1660. He was knighted by the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell in 1658. He was commissioner for assessment from January 1660 to his deat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colonel
Colonel (abbreviated as Col., Col or COL) is a senior military officer rank used in many countries. It is also used in some police forces and paramilitary organizations. In the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, a colonel was typically in charge of a regiment in an army. Modern usage varies greatly, and in some cases, the term is used as an honorific title that may have no direct relationship to military service. The rank of colonel is typically above the rank of lieutenant colonel. The rank above colonel is typically called brigadier, brigade general or brigadier general. In some smaller military forces, such as those of Monaco or the Vatican, colonel is the highest rank. Equivalent naval ranks may be called captain or ship-of-the-line captain. In the Commonwealth's air force ranking system, the equivalent rank is group captain. History and origins By the end of the late medieval period, a group of "companies" was referred to as a "column" of an army. According to Raymond Ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giles Strangways
Giles Strangways (3 June 1615 – 20 July 1675) of Melbury House in Somerset, was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1640 and 1675. He fought on the Royalist side during the Civil War Origins He was the son of Sir John Strangways (1585-1666) of Melbury and his first wife Grace Trenchard, daughter of Sir George Trenchard of Wolveton. Career In April 1640 he was elected a Member of Parliament for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis, Dorset, in the Short Parliament. He was elected MP for Bridport, Dorset, in the Long Parliament in November 1640. He supported the king and was a Colonel in a regiment of horse. He was disabled from sitting in Parliament in January 1644 and was fined £10,000 for the service of the navy in August 1644. He was imprisoned in the Tower of London for two and a half years, partly as a hostage for his father. When he was set free, he had a very large gold medal struck, to commemorate his imprisonment. In 1651, as King Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Coker
Robert Coker (c. 1617 – 23 September 1698) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1656 and 1660. Coker was the son of William Coker, of Mappowder, Dorset. He matriculated at Magdalen Hall, Oxford on 23 October 1635, aged 18 and studied law at the Middle Temple in 1637. He was a Justice of the Peace for Dorset by 1646 until July 1688 and from November 1688 until his death. He was appointed High Sheriff of Dorset for 1646–47. In 1656, Coker was elected Member of Parliament for Dorset in the Second Protectorate Parliament The Second Protectorate Parliament in England sat for two sessions from 17 September 1656 until 4 February 1658, with Thomas Widdrington as the Speaker of the House of Commons. In its first session, the House of Commons was its only chamber; in t .... In 1660, he was re-elected MP for Dorset in the Convention Parliament. Coker died at the age of 80 and was buried at Mappowder. He had married twice: firstly Joa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Fitzjames (MP)
Sir John Fitzjames (31 December 161921 June 1670) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1654 and 1670. He was the son of Leweston Fitzjames of Leweston, Dorset and matriculated at Magdalen College, Oxford, on 4 March 1636, aged 16. He was the brother of Thomas Fitzjames and Henry Fitzjames. He succeeded his father to the Leweston estate in 1638. He was a Parliamentarian Colonel of horse in 1644–46, during the Civil War. He was appointed High Sheriff of Dorset for 1645–46 and was a Justice of the Peace for Dorset from 1648 to 1652 and from 1656 to his death. In 1654 he was elected Member of Parliament for Dorset in the First Protectorate Parliament and was re-elected MP for Dorset in 1656 for the Second Protectorate Parliament. In 1659, he was elected MP for Poole in the Third Protectorate Parliament until his election was declared void on 23 March. In April 1660 Fitzjames was elected MP for Dorset in the Convention Parliament. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hogarth Press
The Hogarth Press is a book publishing imprint of Penguin Random House that was founded as an independent company in 1917 by British authors Leonard Woolf and Virginia Woolf. It was named after their house in Richmond (then in Surrey and now in London), in which they began hand-printing books as a hobby during the interwar period. Hogarth originally published the works of many members of the Bloomsbury group, and was at the forefront of publishing works on psychoanalysis and translations of foreign, especially Russian, works. In 1938, Virginia Woolf relinquished her interest in the business and it was then run as a partnership by Leonard Woolf and John Lehmann until 1946, when it became an associate company of Chatto & Windus. In 2011, Hogarth Press was relaunched as an imprint for contemporary fiction in a partnership between Chatto & Windus in the United Kingdom and Crown Publishing Group in the United States, which had both been acquired by Random House. History Printing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isle Of Wight
The Isle of Wight ( ) is a county in the English Channel, off the coast of Hampshire, from which it is separated by the Solent. It is the largest and second-most populous island of England. Referred to as 'The Island' by residents, the Isle of Wight has resorts that have been popular holiday destinations since Victorian times. It is known for its mild climate, coastal scenery, and verdant landscape of fields, downland and chines. The island is historically part of Hampshire, and is designated a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. The island has been home to the poets Algernon Charles Swinburne and Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Queen Victoria built her summer residence and final home, Osborne House at East Cowes, on the Isle. It has a maritime and industrial tradition of boat-building, sail-making, the manufacture of flying boats, hovercraft, and Britain's space rockets. The island hosts annual music festivals, including the Isle of Wight Festival, which in 1970 was the largest rock music ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nunwell House
Nunwell House, also Nunwell Manor (also ''Nonoelle'', 11th century; ''Nunewille'', 12th century; ''Nunnewelle'', 13th century), is a historic English country house in Brading, Isle of Wight. Located south of Ryde, the Tudor and Jacobean style house also has later additions. The house contains family militaria. It was occupied by the Oglander family from Norman times until 1980. Nunwell House is a Grade II* listed building. Nunwell House is situated to the northwest of Brading. Views of Brading harbour and St. Helens Road are visible from the house. History Nunwell was one of Earl Tostig's manors before the Conquest, held in 1086 by the king. In 1199 Stephen son of Odo conveyed 20 acres of land in Nunwell to Ralph son of Nigel, and in 1286 John de Tracy and his wife Benedicta exchanged land in Nunwell for land in Holton with William de Houton. The statement of Sir Richard Worsley that the Oglander family had been seated at Nunwell ever since the Conquest is difficult to s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oglander Baronets
The Oglander Baronetcy, of Nunwell in the County of Southampton, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 12 December 1665 for William Oglander, Member of Parliament for Yarmouth and Newport. The sixth Baronet was member of parliament for Bodmin. The title became extinct on the death of the seventh Baronet, Sir Henry Oglander, in 1874. He left the Nunwell estate to his cousin John Henry Glynn, who, in compliance with Sir Henry's will, took the name of Oglander by royal licence in 1895, and was the possessor of Nunwell as of 1912. The family seat was Nunwell House, Nunwell, Isle of Wight. Oglander baronets, of Nunwell (1665) *Sir William Oglander, 1st Baronet (–1670) *Sir John Oglander, 2nd Baronet (c. 1642–c. 1683) *Sir William Oglander, 3rd Baronet (c. 1680–1734) *Sir John Oglander, 4th Baronet (c. 1704–1767) *Sir William Oglander, 5th Baronet (1733–1806) *Sir William Oglander, 6th Baronet (1769–1852) *Sir Henry Oglander Sir Henry Oglander, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walcot Hall
Walcot Hall is a Grade I listed Carolean country house in the hamlet of Southorpe. It lies 2 km (1 mile) south of the village of Barnack, Cambridgeshire, UK. The house is now within the boundary of the Peterborough unitary authority area of the ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire but it was part of the Soke of Peterborough, an historic area that was traditionally associated with Northamptonshire. It is constructed of limestone ashlar in 2 storeys with attic with a rectangular floor plan of 9 by 5 bays and a Collyweston stone roof. It stands in some 120 acres of wooded parkland as part of a 1400-acre agricultural estate. History George Whetstone (1544? – 1587) was an English dramatist and author. He was the third son of Robert Whetstone (d. 1557), a member of a wealthy family that owned the manor of Walcot at Barnack, near Stamford, Lincolnshire. George appears to have had a small inheritance which he soon spent, The original hall on the site was owned by the Browne fami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Browne Baronets
There have been ten baronetcies created for persons with the surname Browne (as distinct from Brown and Broun), six in the Baronetage of Great Britain, three in the Baronetage of Ireland and one in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia. Only one creation is extant as of 2010. Three of the creations were for members of the Browne family headed by the Viscount Montagu. Browne baronets, of Walcot (1621) The Browne Baronetcy, of Walcot in the County of Northampton, was created in the Baronetage of England on 21 September 1621 for Robert Browne. He was a descendant of Sir John Browne, Lord Mayor of London in 1480. The title became extinct on the death of the third Baronet in circa 1662. *Sir Robert Browne, 1st Baronet (died ) *Sir Thomas Browne, 2nd Baronet (died 1635) who married Anne the daughter of Sir Guy Palmes of Lindley. *Sir Robert Browne, 3rd Baronet (died c. 1662) Browne baronets, of Molahiffe (1622) The Browne Baronetcy, of Molahiffe in the County of Kerry, was created in the B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Poulett, 2nd Baron Poulett
John Poulett, 2nd Baron Poulett DL (1615 – 15 September 1665), of Hinton St George in Somerset, was an English peer and Member of Parliament who fought on the Royalist side during the English Civil War. The son of John Poulett, 1st Baron Poulett (1585–1649), he was knighted in 1635 and elected to the Long Parliament as Member for Somerset in 1640, but was ejected for his Royalist sympathies in 1642. In 1643 he was awarded the degree of Doctor of Medicine at Exeter College, Oxford. During the war he first commanded a regiment in Munster, but after peace was temporarily concluded in Ireland brought his troops to England, where they formed part of the garrison of Winchester Castle until it surrendered. His first marriage was to Catherine, daughter of Lord Vere and widow of Oliver St John, which proved fortunate as her sister was married to the Parliamentary leader Lord Fairfax: at the end of the war Poulett was fined £9,400 for his activities, but he was discharged having pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
