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Kent Baronets
The Kent Baronetcy, of Fornham in the County of Suffolk, was a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 16 August 1782 for Charles Kent, later member of parliament for Thetford. The title became extinct on the death of the third Baronet in 1848. Kent baronets, of Fornham (1782) *Sir Charles Kent, 1st Baronet Sir Charles Kent, 1st Baronet (1743? – 14 March 1811) was a British landowner and MP. He was born Charles Egleton, the only son of Sir Charles Egleton, a London merchant (Sheriff of London for 1743) and his wife Sarah, the daughter of Samuel Ke ... (–1811) *Sir Charles Egleton Kent, 2nd Baronet (1784–1834) *Sir Charles William Egleton Kent, 3rd Baronet (1819–1848) References * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kent Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of Great Britain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baronetage Of Great Britain
Baronets are a rank in the British aristocracy. The current Baronetage of the United Kingdom has replaced the earlier but existing Baronetages of England, Nova Scotia, Ireland, and Great Britain. Baronetage of England (1611–1705) King James I created the hereditary Order of Baronets in England on 22 May 1611, for the settlement of Ireland. He offered the dignity to 200 gentlemen of good birth, with a clear estate of £1,000 a year, on condition that each one should pay a sum equivalent to three years' pay to 30 soldiers at 8d per day per man (total – £1,095) into the King's Exchequer. The Baronetage of England comprises all baronetcies created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union in 1707. In that year, the Baronetage of England and the Baronetage of Nova Scotia were replaced by the Baronetage of Great Britain. The extant baronetcies are listed below in order of precedence (i.e. date). All other baronetcies, including extinct, dormant (D), unproven (U), under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Charles Kent, 1st Baronet
Sir Charles Kent, 1st Baronet (1743? – 14 March 1811) was a British landowner and MP. He was born Charles Egleton, the only son of Sir Charles Egleton, a London merchant (Sheriff of London for 1743) and his wife Sarah, the daughter of Samuel Kent, MP. In 1762 he succeeded his mother's brother to the Fornham estate at Fornham St Genevieve, near Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk and formally adopted the name of Kent. He employed architect James Wyatt to design and build a large new house (Fornham Hall) on the site in the 1770s. He was selected High Sheriff of Suffolk for 1781–82 and created a baronet in August 1782. He was elected to serve in Parliament as the MP for Thetford Thetford is a market town and civil parish in the Breckland District of Norfolk, England. It is on the A11 road between Norwich and London, just east of Thetford Forest. The civil parish, covering an area of , in 2015 had a population of 24,340 ... from 1784 to 1790. He died in 1811. He had married in 1771, ... [...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] |
Thetford (UK Parliament Constituency)
Thetford was a constituency of the British House of Commons. It elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) by the bloc vote system of election. It was disenfranchised under the Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1868, which had resulted in a net increase of seven seats in Scotland, offset by the disenfranchisement of seven English Boroughs. Below are those MPs who held the seat from just prior to the Restoration onwards. Members of Parliament MPs 1529–1660 MPs 1660–1868 FitzRoy family Due to the town's close proximity to Euston Hall (the main residence of the FitzRoy family), the seat for Thetford has been held by various members of the family: *1733-54 & 1774-82: Charles FitzRoy-Scudamore *1739-41: Lord Augustus FitzRoy *1774-80: Hon. Charles FitzRoy *1782-84: George FitzRoy, Earl of Euston *1806-12: Lord William FitzRoy *1812-18: Lord John FitzRoy *1818-30: Lord Charles FitzRoy *1830-34: Lord James FitzRoy *1847-63: William FitzRoy, Earl of Euston ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
