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Lord Mayor Of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
This is a list of mayors and the later lord mayors of the city of Newcastle-upon-Tyne in the United Kingdom. Newcastle had elected a mayor annually since 1216. The city was awarded the dignity of a lord mayoralty by letters patent dated 27 July 1906. The grant was announced by Edward VII on a visit to the city on 12 July, having been approved by the Home Office as Newcastle was "the chief town and seaport of the North of England"."The King and Queen at Newcastle-on-Tyne", ''The Times'', 12 July 1906, pg. 8J V Beckett, ''City Status in the British Isles, 1830-2002'', Aldershot, 2005 When the city became a metropolitan borough in 1974 the honour was confirmed by letters patent dated 1 April 1974. The office of Sheriff of Newcastle upon Tyne The office of Sheriff of Newcastle upon Tyne existed from until local government reorganisation in , and was reintroduced in as a title held additionally by the Deputy Lord Mayor of Newcastle upon Tyne. The city has a sheriff because ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Down, Lord Mayor Of Newcastle Upon Tyne
David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". was, according to the Hebrew Bible, the third king of the United Kingdom of Israel. In the Books of Samuel, he is described as a young shepherd and harpist who gains fame by slaying Goliath, a champion of the Philistines, in southern Canaan. David becomes a favourite of Saul, the first king of Israel; he also forges a notably close friendship with Jonathan, a son of Saul. However, under the paranoia that David is seeking to usurp the throne, Saul attempts to kill David, forcing the latter to go into hiding and effectively operate as a fugitive for several years. After Saul and Jonathan are both killed in battle against the Philistines, a 30-year-old David is anointed king over all of Israel and Judah. Following his rise to power, Da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newcastle-upon-Tyne (UK Parliament Constituency)
Newcastle-upon-Tyne was a parliamentary borough in the county of Northumberland of the House of Commons of England from 1283 to 1706, then of the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1918. It returned two Members of Parliament (MPs), elected by the bloc vote system. Newcastle first sent Members to Parliament in 1283, although it was not always possible to act upon the writ of summons, which was disregarded on at least four occasions (1315, 1327, 1332 and 1337) because of warfare with the Scots. The constituency was abolished in 1918, being split into four divisions; Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central, Newcastle-upon-Tyne East, Newcastle-upon-Tyne North and Newcastle-upon-Tyne West. Boundaries The constituency was based upon the town, later city, of Newcastle upon Tyne in the historic county of Northumberland in North East England. In 1848, the constituency boundaries were described in ''A Topographical D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Carr (MP, Died 1742)
William Carr II, FRS (died 16 May 1742) of Newcastle-upon-Tyne was an English Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1722 and 1734. Carr was the son of merchant Joseph Carr of Newcastle. He himself became a merchant and was admitted to the Newcastle companies of * Merchant Adventurers in December 1721 and Hostmen in March 1722. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1727. Carr was returned as a Whig Member of Parliament (MP) for Newcastle-upon-Tyne at the 1722 British general election. In 1724, he was elected Mayor of Newcastle. He was defeated at the 1727 British general election but was returned on petition on 26 March 1729. At the 1734 British general election he was defeated heavily. He was elected Mayor of Newcastle for 1737 but was defeated again at the 1741 British general election The 1741 British general election returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 9th Parliament of Great Britain to be summoned, after the merger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir William Blackett, 2nd Baronet
Sir William Blackett, 2nd Baronet of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (11 February 1690 – 25 September 1728), of Pilgrim Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Wallington Hall, Northumberland, was a British landowner and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1710 to 1728. Blackett was the son of William Blackett and his wife Julia Conyers. He was educated at University College, Oxford. On the death of his father in 1705, he succeeded to the baronetcy and to Wallington Hall, Cambo. Blackett was elected Member of Parliament for Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1710, and retained the seat until 1728. He was elected Mayor of Newcastle for 1718–19. Blackett was a Jacobite but toned down his support after a warrant was issued for his arrest. He married Barbara Villiers, daughter of the Earl of Jersey, in 1725. They had no children, although he had previously had an illegitimate daughter, Elizabeth Orde; the baronetcy became extinct upon his death. He bequeathed his estates at Allendale, Nort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Carr (1664–1720)
William or Bill Carr may refer to: Politicians *William Carr (Bristol MP) (died 1575), MP for Bristol *William Carr (Newcastle-upon-Tyne MP, died 1572), MP for Newcastle-upon-Tyne *William Carr (Newcastle-upon-Tyne MP, died 1720), MP for Newcastle-upon-Tyne *William Carr (Newcastle-upon-Tyne MP, died 1742), MP for Newcastle-upon-Tyne *William Theodore Carr (1866–1931), Member of Parliament for Carlisle * Bill Carr (politician) (1918–2000), British Conservative Party politician *William F. Carr (1910–1998), American politician Sports *William Carr (footballer) (1848–1924), England international football goalkeeper *William Carr (rower) (1876–1942), American rower *Bill Carr (equestrian) (1901–1982), British Olympic equestrian *Billy Carr (1905–1989), English football defender *Bill Carr (1909–1966), American Olympic 400m runner * Bill Carr (coach) (1917–2006), American football coach * Bill Carr (American football) (born 1945), American football player and colleg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralph Carr (MP)
Ralph Lawrence Carr (December 11, 1887September 22, 1950) was an American attorney and politician who served as the 29th Governor of Colorado from 1939 to 1943. Early life Born in Rosita in Custer County, Carr grew up in Cripple Creek in Teller County, graduated from Cripple Creek High School in 1905, and earned a law degree in 1912 from the University of Colorado. After more than a decade in private practice, he moved to Denver, and in 1929, President Herbert Hoover appointed him U.S. Attorney for Colorado. Governor In 1938, after running unopposed in the Republican primary, Carr was elected to a two-year term as governor of Colorado, defeating Democrat Teller Ammons, the incumbent governor. A conservative Republican, Carr was committed to fiscal restraint in state government and opposed the New Deal policies of President Franklin Roosevelt. In July 1939, he joined 33 other governors is a statement calling for "moral rearmament" as a solution to the current econo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir William Blackett, 1st Baronet, Of Newcastle
Sir William Blackett, 1st Baronet (May 1621 – 16 May 1680) was a businessman who founded a mercantile and industrial base in Newcastle and a politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1673 to 1680. Early life Blackett was the third son of William Blackett and his wife Isabella Crook and was born in Gateshead. His father, was a successful businessman at Jarrow and Gateshead and retired to Hoppyland, County Durham. Blackett was apprenticed to a merchant at Newcastle in 1636 and became merchant trading with Denmark. The following story about him was printed in the ''Newcastle Daily Journal'' of 18 April 1893. "Sir William, soon after he commenced business risked his little all in a speculation in flax, and having freighted a large vessel with that article received the unpleasant intelligence that the flax fleet had been dispersed in a storm, and most of the vessels either lost or captured by the enemy. He took his accustomed walk next morning, ruminating on his loss, and wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Francis Liddel
''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as part of "Monsieur", with the equivalent "My Lord" in English. Traditionally, as governed by law and custom, Sir is used for men titled as knights, often as members of orders of chivalry, as well as later applied to baronets and other offices. As the female equivalent for knighthood is damehood, the female equivalent term is typically Dame. The wife of a knight or baronet tends to be addressed as Lady, although a few exceptions and interchanges of these uses exist. Additionally, since the late modern period, Sir has been used as a respectful way to address a man of superior social status or military rank. Equivalent terms of address for women are Madam (shortened to Ma'am), in addition to social honorifics such as Mrs, Ms or Miss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir James Clavering, 1st Baronet
Sir James Clavering, 1st Baronet (3 February 1620 – 24 March 1702) was an English landowner. He was the grandson of James Clavering (1565–1630), a merchant adventurer, Mayor of Newcastle upon Tyne in 1607, who bought an estate at Axwell House, near Blaydon on Tyne in 1629. Educated at Magdalene College, Cambridge and Gray's Inn, Sir James inherited the Axwell estate on the death of his father in 1648. He served as High Sheriff of Durham in 1649, as MP for Durham 1656–1658 during the Parliaments of the Protectorate and as Mayor of Newcastle in 1663. Clavering was created a baronet on 5 June 1661. His son John took part in the Jacobite rising of 1715 and was imprisoned in the Fleet prison in London. The granddaughter of his brother Robert Clavering (1625–1675) (who had married the heiress to the estate at Chopwell Hall, Chopwell, Co Durham) married William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper in 1706. Their son William changed his name to Clavering-Cowper on inheriting Chopwell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Nicholas Cole, 1st Baronet
Sir Nicholas Cole, 1st Baronet (died 1660) was an English Royalist during the English Civil War. Cole was the son of Ralph Cole, who had purchased Brancepeth Castle in 1633. On 4 March 1640 Cole was created a baronet, of Brancepeth in the Baronetage of England by Charles I. He served as Mayor of Newcastle upon Tyne in 1640 and 1641 and played a prominent role in the defence of the city during the seven-month Siege of Newcastle The siege of Newcastle (3 February 1644 – 27 October 1644) occurred during the First English Civil War, when a Covenanter army under the command of Lord General Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven besieged the Royalist garrison under ... in 1644. Under the Commonwealth of England he lived in obscurity. He was succeeded in his title by his son, Ralph Cole.John Burke, Bernard Burke, ''A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland, and Scotland'' (W. Clowes, 1844), p.124. References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Marlay (MP)
Sir John Marley or Marlay (1590–1673) was an English merchant, military commander and politician of the seventeenth century. He is best remembered for his heroic defence of Newcastle upon Tyne during the English Civil War, when he held the town for seven months against a besieging army on behalf of King Charles I. In poverty and desperation, he later betrayed the Royalist cause which he had served so loyally, and as a result, to the end of his life, he was reviled by many of his former comrades as a traitor. His name is commemorated by Marlay House and Park near Dublin city, which belonged to a branch of his family who had settled in Ireland. Early career He was the eldest son of William Marley (or Marlay): his father was a Hostman and a Merchant Adventurer in Newcastle upon Tyne. His mother's name is unknown. John became an alehouse keeper and then a colliery owner, Hostman & Merchant Adventurer: the latter occupation brought him great wealth, with an estimated income of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Peter Riddell
''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as part of "Monsieur", with the equivalent "My Lord" in English. Traditionally, as governed by law and custom, Sir is used for men titled as knights, often as members of orders of chivalry, as well as later applied to baronets and other offices. As the female equivalent for knighthood is damehood, the female equivalent term is typically Dame. The wife of a knight or baronet tends to be addressed as Lady, although a few exceptions and interchanges of these uses exist. Additionally, since the late modern period, Sir has been used as a respectful way to address a man of superior social status or military rank. Equivalent terms of address for women are Madam (shortened to Ma'am), in addition to social honorifics such as Mrs, Ms or Miss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
