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List Of Mayors Of Worcester
The Mayor of Worcester is the civic head of Worcester City Council. Every May one of the city Councillors is elected to serve as Mayor for a year. Another is elected as Deputy Mayor. The Mayor chairs meetings of the Full Council, represents the city at ceremonial occasions, welcomes international visitors and attends events organised by local people. List of mayors of Worcester ;Notable previous mayors *1623: John Haselock *1631: Thomas Chettle *1633: John Nash *1635: George Street *1646: Edward Elvines *1667: Thomas Street *1709: Richard Lane *1720: Joseph Weston (wine merchant) *1819: Elias Isaac (banker) * 1826: John Dent (Sheriff of Worcestershire, 1849) *1834: John Wheeley Lea (of Lea and Perrins) *1836-37 Christopher Henry Hebb *1837-38 George Allies *1838-39 Richard Evans *1839-40 Thomas Chalk *1840-41 C. Augustus Helm *1841-42 Edward Evans *1842-43 John Lilly *1843-44 William Lewis *1845-46 Edward Lloyd (died) *1846 W. Lewis (elected) *1846-47 Fredk. Thos. Elgie *1847 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Haselock
John Haselock was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1626 to 1629. Haselock was one of the two Chamberlains of Worcester in 1621 and Mayor of Worcester in 1623. In 1626, Haselock was elected Member of Parliament for Worcester Worcester may refer to: Places United Kingdom * Worcester, England, a city and the county town of Worcestershire in England ** Worcester (UK Parliament constituency), an area represented by a Member of Parliament * Worcester Park, London, Engla .... He was re-elected MP for Worcester in 1628 and sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years. He was fined for not taking knighthood on 4 March 1631. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Haselock, John Year of birth missing Year of death missing Politicians from Worcestershire Mayors of places in Worcestershire English MPs 1626 English MPs 1628–1629 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Worcester Royal Porcelain Co
Worcester may refer to: Places United Kingdom * Worcester, England, a city and the county town of Worcestershire in England ** Worcester (UK Parliament constituency), an area represented by a Member of Parliament * Worcester Park, London, England * Worcestershire, a county in England United States * Worcester, Massachusetts, the largest city with the name in the United States ** Worcester County, Massachusetts * Worcester, Missouri * Worcester, New York, a town ** Worcester (CDP), New York, within the town * Worcester Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania * Worcester, Vermont ** Worcester (CDP), Vermont, within the town * Worcester, Wisconsin, a town * Worcester (community), Wisconsin, an unincorporated community * Worcester County, Maryland * Barry, Illinois, formerly known as Worcester * Marquette, Michigan, formerly known as New Worcester Other places * Worcester, Limpopo, South Africa * Worcester, Western Cape, South Africa * Worcester Summit, Antarctica Transportatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Worcester, England
Worcester ( ) is a cathedral city in Worcestershire, England, of which it is the county town. It is south-west of Birmingham, north-west of London, north of Gloucester and north-east of Hereford. The population was 103,872 in the 2021 Census. The River Severn flanks the western side of the city centre. It is overlooked by Worcester Cathedral. Worcester is the home of Royal Worcester, Royal Worcester Porcelain, composer Edward Elgar, Lea & Perrins, makers of traditional Worcestershire sauce, the University of Worcester, and ''Berrow's Worcester Journal'', claimed as the world's oldest newspaper. The Battle of Worcester in 1651 was the final battle of the English Civil War, during which Oliver Cromwell's New Model Army defeated Charles II of England, King Charles II's Cavalier, Royalists. History Early history The trade route past Worcester, later part of the Roman roads in Britain, Roman Ryknild Street, dates from Neolithic times. It commanded a ford crossing over the Rive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Amos
Alan Thomas Amos (born 10 November 1952) is a British politician who sat as Conservative Member of Parliament for Hexham from 1987 to 1992. After a spell in the Labour Party, he currently sits as a Conservative member of Worcester City Council. Early life He attended the independent St Albans School. He studied PPE at St John's College, Oxford. From the Institute of Education, he gained a PGCE in 1976. From 1976 to 1984, he was an Economics teacher, and a sixth form Form-teacher, at Dame Alice Owen's School in Hertfordshire. From 1986 to 1987, he was Assistant Principal of Davies's College of Further Education (now called Davies's Independent 6th Form College) on ''Old Gloucester Street '' in Queen's Square. From 1978 to 1987 he was a Conservative councillor on Enfield Borough Council. At the 1983 general election, he stood unsuccessfully in Walthamstow. Parliamentary career Amos was elected as the Conservative Member of Parliament for Hexham in the 1987 general electio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Robert Fairbairn
Richard Robert James Fairbairn (27 May 1867 – 14 October 1941) was a British tramways and bus manager, Justice of the Peace and Liberal Party politician. Personal life and career Richard Robert Fairbairn was the son of a London labour leader, probably Mr R R Fairbairn who was sometime President of the Amalgamated Society of Watermen, Lightermen and Bargemen. He was educated in Toronto, Canada and after becoming a manager of tramway and omnibus undertakings in London and Birmingham, he settled in Worcester to manage the Tramway Company there. He married and had six sons and three daughters. During the First World War, Fairbairn was Food Transport Officer for the Midlands and Midland Road Transport Officer. He later served as chairman of the Board of Commissioners for the River Severn. Political life Fairbairn seems to have inherited his interest in politics from his father but the son worked in the Liberal interest. He served as Secretary of the Worcester Liberal Association, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles William Dyson Perrins
Charles William Dyson Perrins FRAS (25 May 1864 – 29 January 1958) was an English businessman, bibliophile and philanthropist. He was born in Claines, near Worcester, the son of James Dyson Perrins, the owner of the Lea & Perrins Worcestershire sauce factory and the grandson of William Perrins, co-originator of the Lea & Perrins secret recipe. Biography He was educated at Charterhouse School and The Queen's College, Oxford, and then served in the Highland Light Infantry. After the death of his father, he took over management of Lea & Perrins. His father had also been a director of Royal Worcester Porcelain Factory, and Charles followed him, becoming a director in 1891. He became chairman in 1901, and supported the factory financially. He bought the company outright in 1934 and ensured its continuity from his own fortune, until it could be taken public in 1954. In 1927, he purchased the Royal Worcester Porcelain Factory's historic ceramics collection for a price above market ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Governor Of New South Wales
The governor of New South Wales is the viceregal representative of the Australian monarch, King Charles III, in the state of New South Wales. In an analogous way to the governor-general of Australia at the national level, the governors of the Australian states perform constitutional and ceremonial functions at the state level. The governor is appointed by the king on the advice of the premier of New South Wales, and serves in office for an unfixed period of time—known as serving ''At His Majesty's pleasure''—though five years is the general standard of office term. The current governor is retired jurist Margaret Beazley, who succeeded David Hurley on 2 May 2019. The office has its origin in the 18th-century colonial governors of New South Wales upon its settlement in 1788, and is the oldest continuous institution in Australia. The present incarnation of the position emerged with the Federation of Australia and the ''New South Wales Constitution Act 1902'', which defined t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp
William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp, (20 February 1872 – 14 November 1938), styled Viscount Elmley until 1891, was a British Liberal politician. He was Governor of New South Wales between 1899 and 1901, a member of the Liberal administrations of Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman and H. H. Asquith between 1905 and 1915, and leader of the Liberal Party in the House of Lords between 1924 and 1931. When political enemies threatened to make public his homosexuality he resigned from office to go into exile. Lord Beauchamp is often assumed to be the model for the character Lord Marchmain in Evelyn Waugh's novel ''Brideshead Revisited''. Background and education Beauchamp was the eldest son of Frederick Lygon, 6th Earl Beauchamp, by his first wife, Lady Mary Catherine, daughter of Philip Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope. He was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, University of Oxford, where he showed an interest in evangelism, joining the Christian Social Union. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Percy Allsopp
Alfred Percy Allsopp (26 August 1861 – 22 February 1929) was an English businessman and Conservative Party politician. Allsopp was the sixth and youngest son of Henry Allsopp, 1st Baron Hindlip and Elizabeth Tongue. Several of his brothers were active in politics. He was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Taunton at a by-election in April 1887, in the place of his oldest brother, Samuel, who had succeeded to the peerage on the death of their father. He was re-elected in 1892, and stood down from Parliament at the 1895 general election. Allsopp was appointed as a Deputy Lieutenant of Staffordshire in 1887. He was also a Justice of the Peace (JP) in Worcestershire. He was Mayor of Worcester three times (1892, 1894 and 1909). Alfred entered the family business Samuel Allsopp & Sons, as a junior partner from 1883 to 1887. He later became chairman of the company, and oversaw its conversion into a Limited Company, and retired from the business in 1900 and then sold al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheriff Of Worcester
This is a list of sheriffs and since 1998 high sheriffs of Worcestershire. The Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the Sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most of the responsibilities associated with the post have been transferred elsewhere or are now defunct, so that its functions are now largely ceremonial. Under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972, on 1 April 1974 the office previously known as Sheriff was retitled High Sheriff. Under the same act Herefordshire and Worcestershire were merged to form the new county of Hereford and Worcester, therefore the office of Sheriff of Worcestershire was replaced by that of High Sheriff of Hereford and Worcester. However, in 1998 the new county was dissolved, restoring Herefordshire and Worcestershire and creating the offices of High Sheriff of Herefordshire and High Sheriff of Worcestershire. Medieval Early Norman Henry II (25 October 1154 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Clunes Sheriff
Alexander Clunes Sheriff (1816 – 17 March 1878) was an English businessman and Liberal Party politician who was active in local government and sat in the House of Commons from 1865 to his death in 1878. Sheriff was the son of A. Sherriff. He was chairman of the Worcester Royal Porcelain Co. and the Worcester Engine Works, and had directorships of the Worcester City and County Banking Co., the Patent Shaft and Axletree Co., the Metropolitan Railway, the District Railway and the Metropolitan and St John's Wood Railway. He was an Alderman of Worcester and was sheriff and twice mayor of the city. He was also J.P. for Worcester At the 1865 general election Sheriff was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Worcester. He held the seat until his death aged 61 in 1878. Sheriff married Martha Tattersall, daughter of Thomas Tattersall of Armley Armley is a district in the west of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It starts less than from Leeds city centre. Like much of Leeds, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Chettle
Thomas Chettle (died c 1640) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1614. Chettle was of Worcester and was possibly admitted to Gray's Inn in 1569. He was bailiff of Worcester in 1603 and 1605. In 1614, he was elected Member of Parliament for Worcester. He was an alderman in 1621 and was mayor In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilities of a mayor as well a ... in 1631. In August 1631 he was fined £20 for not taking a knighthood. Chettle died aged about 88 and had a monument at Kemsey. Chettle married the daughter of Mr Hanbury, auditor to James I. He was father of Thomas Chettle of Needberrow Park. His daughter Margaret married William Berkeley (1582-1658) of Cotheridge References {{DEFAULTSORT:Chettle, Thomas Year of birth missing 1640 deaths English MPs 1614 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
