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List Of MPs Elected In The 1847 United Kingdom General Election
This is a list of Members of Parliament (MPs) elected in the 1847 general election. __NOTOC__ See also * List of parliaments of the United Kingdom References External links * {{UnitedKingdomMPs 1847 Events January–March * January 4 – Samuel Colt sells his first revolver pistol to the U.S. government. * January 13 – The Treaty of Cahuenga ends fighting in the Mexican–American War in California. * January 16 – John C. Frémont ... UK MPs 1847–1852 1847-related lists 1847 United Kingdom general election ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Members 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] |
William Cubitt (politician)
William Cubitt (1791 – 28 October 1863), lord mayor of London, was an English engineering contractor and Conservative Party politician. Career William was a partner in the building firm established by his elder brother, Thomas Cubitt, at Gray's Inn Road but in about 1827 the partnership was dissolved leaving William solely in charge of the business. William built Covent Garden completed in 1830 and Fishmongers' Hall completed in 1834. He also built the portico and the original station buildings at Euston completed in 1837. He was also responsible for the reclaiming and development of Cubitt Town in southern Poplar on the Isle of Dogs completed in 1850. He retired completely from the business in 1851. In 1883 the business was acquired by Holland & Hannen, a leading competitor, and the combined business became known as Holland & Hannen and Cubitts and subsequently as Holland, Hannen & Cubitts. William also had a younger brother, Lewis, a leading designer of his day. Willia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arundel (UK Parliament Constituency)
Arundel was twice a parliamentary constituency in the Kingdom of England The Kingdom of England (, ) was a sovereign state on the island of Great Britain from 12 July 927, when it emerged from various Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, until 1 May 1707, when it united with Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain. On 1 ..., the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. The first incarnation strictly comprised the town centre of Arundel and was a borough constituency in Sussex first enfranchised in 1332 and disfranchised in 1868 under the Reform Act 1867. Arundel initially elected two members, but this was reduced to one in 1832 by the Great Reform Act. (currently unavailable) (currently unavailable ) The second incarnation was broader, reaching to Bognor Regis. It was created by the Boundary Commissions (United Kingdom), Boundary Commission in the 1974 boundary changes, and existed until 1997. This Arundel seat elected only one member. The territory previously ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Caulfeild, 3rd Earl Of Charlemont
James Molyneux Caulfeild, 3rd Earl of Charlemont KP (6 October 1820 – 12 January 1892) was an Irish politician and peer. He was the son of Hon. Henry Caulfeild, younger son of James Caulfeild, 1st Earl of Charlemont, and Elizabeth Margaret Browne. Charlemont was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. He was appointed High Sheriff of Armagh for 1842 and held the office of Whig Member of Parliament (MP) for County Armagh between 1847 and 1857. He was Lord Lieutenant of County Armagh between 1849 and 1864. He succeeded to the title of 3rd Earl of Charlemont, amongst the other peerages, on 26 December 1863 on the death of his uncle Francis. He was Lord Lieutenant of County Tyrone between 1864 and 1892 and was made a Knight of St Patrick on 28 December 1865. Lord Charlemont married on two occasions; * Hon. Elizabeth Jane Somerville, daughter of William Meredyth Somerville, 1st Baron Meredyth and Lady Maria Harriet Conyngham, on 18 December 1856. * Anna Lucy Lambart, daughter o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir William Verner, 1st Baronet
Sir William Verner, 1st Baronet, KCH (25 October 1782 – 20 January 1871), was a British soldier who served in the Napoleonic wars, was wounded at the Battle of Waterloo and resigned as a colonel. He served as a politician, including 36 years as a Member of Parliament. Two of his sons were also members of Parliament. Verner was made Knight Commander of the Hanoverian Order and a Baronet, and was Grand Master of Armagh and Orange Order of Ireland. Early life William Verner was the son of Colonel James Verner, a Member of Parliament, and Jane Clarke. As a boy, he studied at Woodville, which overlooked Lucan, Dublin. He had the opportunity to attend Trinity College, Dublin, but preferred a career in the army. Military Verner's interest in an army career began when he commanded the Churchill Yeomanry. At first, he was a staff officer under the Lord Lieutenant of Dublin in the 7th Queen's Own Hussars. He fought in the Peninsular War of the Napoleonic Wars at the Battle of Corunna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armagh (UK Parliament Constituency)
Armagh or County Armagh was a parliamentary constituency in the House of Commons. It was replaced in boundary changes in 1983. The Act of Union 1800 provided for the Parliament of Ireland to be merged with the Parliament of Great Britain, to form the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The 300 seats in the Irish House of Commons were reduced to 100 Irish members in the United Kingdom House of Commons. The thirty-two Irish counties retained two seats in Parliament. Members of Parliament Politics and history of the constituency The union took effect on 1 January 1801. There was no new election for the members of the 1st Parliament of the United Kingdom, as the House of Commons was composed of members elected to the previous Parliaments of Ireland and Great Britain. The constituencies consisted of the whole of County Armagh, excluding the part in the Parliamentary borough constituency of Armagh City. Catholics were excluded from taking Irish seats in Parliament from 1691 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Dawson Rawdon
John Dawson Rawdon (1804 – 5 May 1866) was an Irish Whig politician and army officer. He was elected Whig MP for at a by-election in 1840—caused by the resignation of William Curry—and held the seat until 1852 when he did not seek re-election. Rawdon also attained the army ranks of Lieutenant Colonel and Colonel and, in 1828, married Lady Dowager Cremorne. References External links * UK MPs 1837–1841 UK MPs 1841–1847 UK MPs 1847–1852 Whig (British political party) MPs for Irish constituencies 1804 births 1866 deaths {{Ireland-UK-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armagh City (UK Parliament Constituency)
Armagh City was a United Kingdom Parliament constituency in Ireland. Boundaries This constituency was the parliamentary borough of Armagh in County Armagh. It was the successor constituency to the Armagh City constituency of the Parliament of Ireland. The constituency was disenfranchised in the 1885 redistribution of parliamentary seats and incorporated into the county division of Mid Armagh. Members of Parliament Elections Elections in the 1830s Chetwynd-Talbot resigned to contest a by-election at , causing a by-election. Elections in the 1840s Curry resigned after being appointed a Master in Chancery The Court of Chancery was a court of equity in England and Wales that followed a set of loose rules to avoid a slow pace of change and possible harshness (or "inequity") of the common law. The Chancery had jurisdiction over all matters of equ ..., causing a by-election. Elections in the 1850s Moore' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duncan McNeill, 1st Baron Colonsay
Duncan McNeill, 1st Baron Colonsay FRSE (20 August 1793 – 31 January 1874) was a Scottish advocate, judge and Tory politician. He was Lord Justice General and Lord President of the Court of Session between 1852 and 1867. His younger brother was the physician and diplomat Sir John McNeill. Background and education McNeill was born on the island of Oronsay in the Inner Hebrides, the son of John McNeill (1767–1846), laird of Colonsay and Oronsay, and his wife Hester (née McNeill). Educated at St Andrew's University where he graduated MA in 1809.. He served his apprenticeship in Edinburgh under Michael Linning WS, based at 6 St James Square. He became a member of the Faculty of Advocates in 1816. He was the presumptive father of philosopher Edmund Montgomery. Political, legal and judicial career He was Advocate Depute in Edinburgh 1820 to 1824. MacNeill was appointed Sheriff of Perthshire in 1824. He served under Sir Robert Peel as Solicitor General for Scotland from 1834 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argyllshire (UK Parliament Constituency)
Argyllshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1708 to 1800 and of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 until 1983. The constituency was named Argyll from 1950. The constituency was replaced in 1983 with Argyll and Bute. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post voting system. Creation The British parliamentary constituency was created in 1708 following the Acts of Union, 1707 and replaced the former Parliament of Scotland shire constituency of Argyllshire . Local government areas Until Scottish counties were abolished, for most purposes, in 1975, the constituency represented the county of Argyll, except that constituency boundaries may not have coincided at all times with county boundaries, and any parliamentary burgh within the county would have been outside the constituency. In 1975 most of the county plus the Isle of Bute became the Argyll district of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmund Workman-Macnaghten
Sir Edmund Charles Workman-Macnaghten, 2nd Baronet (1 April 1790 – 6 January 1876) was an Irish baronet and Conservative Party politician. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Antrim from 1847 to 1852. He was the son of Sir Francis Workman-Macnaghten, 1st Baronet, and his wife Laetitia Dunkin, daughter of Sir William Dunkin. He was born in Dublin, and educated at Charterhouse School and Trinity College Dublin. He was called to the Irish Bar in 1818. He was then a master in chancery in Bengal. Family Workman-Macnaghten married in 1827 Mary Gwatkin, only child of Edward Gwatkin, and niece of Robert Lovell Gwatkin. They had five sons and two daughters. * Francis Edmund, who became the 3rd Baronet. *Edward Macnaghten, Baron Macnaghten, second son, became a Lord of Appeal. *William, of the 1st Bengal Light Infantry *Fergus (died 1867), of the Bengal Civil Service *Charles Edmund of the Royal Artillery, the youngest son, was killed on 17 March 1861 in the First Taranaki War. * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathaniel Alexander (MP)
Nathaniel Alexander (15 August 1815 – 5 January 1853) was an Irish politician. He was elected as Member of Parliament for County Antrim at a by-election on 14 April 1841, replacing John Bruce Richard O'Neill who had succeeded as Viscount O'Neill. He was re-elected at the general elections of 1841 and 1847 but left the House of Commons at the election in 1852. He was the son of the Ven. Robert Alexander, Archdeacon of Down, by his wife Catherine Staples. His grandfathers were Nathaniel Alexander, Bishop of Meath, and John Staples, MP for Antrim. On 7 April 1842 he married Florinda, daughter of Richard Boyle Bagley and granddaughter of Richard Handcock, 2nd Baron Castlemaine; their sons succeeded to the family property at Portglenone (now a Trappist monastery). He died in Islay, Scotland at the home of Belfast shipping owner, Robert Langtry. References * * http://thepeerage.com/p25898.htm#i258974 External links * 1815 births 1853 deaths Irish Conservative Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
