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Mohun (surname)
Mohun is an Irish surname. ;People with this surname * Guy Mohun (died 1407), English royal administrator and bishop *Michael Mohun (1616?–1684), British actor * Richard Mohun (1865–1915), American explorer and soldier of fortune * William Mohun, English politician *Philippa de Mohun (died 1431), Duchess of York *William de Mohun of Dunster, 1st Earl of Somerset (c. 1090 – c. 1155), English lord *Baron Mohun a title in the English peerage created in 1299 **John de Mohun, 2nd Baron Mohun (1320–1376) *Baron Mohun of Okehampton, a title in the English peerage created in 1628 ** John Mohun (1595–1641), the first Baron **Charles Mohun, 4th Baron Mohun Charles Mohun, 4th Baron Mohun (c. 1675 – 15 November 1712) was an English politician best known for his frequent participation in duels and for his reputation as a rake. He was killed in the celebrated Hamilton–Mohun Duel in Hyde Park ... (c. 1675 – 1712) References {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guy Mohun
Guy Mone (Mohun) (died 1407) was an English royal administrator and bishop. He held the offices of Receiver of the Chamber (1391 to 1398) and Master of the Jewel Office (1391 to 1398), Keeper of the Privy Seal (1396 to 1397) and Lord High Treasurer (1398) towards the end of the reign of Richard II of England, and was one of Richard's supporters. He was bishop of St David's from 1397 to his death, being appointed on 30 August and consecrated on 11 November 1397.taken from the notes at Bishop of St David's The Bishop of St Davids is the Ordinary (officer), ordinary of the Church in Wales Diocese of St Davids. The succession of bishops stretches back to Saint David who in the 6th century established his seat in what is today the St Davids, city of ... Notes External links His will Year of birth unknown 1407 deaths Bishops of St Davids Lord High Treasurers of England Lords Privy Seal Masters of the Jewel Office {{England-bishop-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Mohun
Michael Mohun (1616? – buried 11 October 1684) was a leading English actor both before and after the 1642–60 closing of the theatres. Mohun began his stage career as a boy player filling female roles; he was part of Christopher Beeston's theatrical establishment at the Cockpit Theatre, "eventually becoming a key member of Queen Henrietta's Men." For the period from 1642 to 1659, Mohun was an officer in military units loyal to the House of Stuart; he served in England, Ireland, and the Low Countries, and rose to the rank of major. He was seriously wounded at Dublin, and was a prisoner of war for two extended periods. At the end of the English Interregnum, Mohun was one of the men — George Jolly and John Rhodes were others — who attempted to restart dramatic performance. In 1659 Mohun performed with other pre- Commonwealth actors in an unlicensed troupe at the Red Bull Theatre. As the manager of the troupe, Mohun came to an agreement with the Master of the Revels ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Mohun
Richard Dorsey Loraine Mohun (April 12, 1864 – July 13, 1915) was an American explorer, diplomat, mineral prospector and mercenary.. Mohun worked for the United States government as a commercial agent in Angola and the Congo Free State. During his time as commercial agent, he volunteered to command a unit of Belgium, Belgian artillery in a Congo Arab war, campaign to force Arab slavers from the colony. Mohun remained in the service of the US government during this time and was subsequently posted as Consul (representative), consul to Zanzibar. In this capacity, he was called upon to act as an intermediary between the combatants in the Anglo-Zanzibar War. Following the conclusion of his three-year posting, Mohun returned to the Congo to prospect for minerals, and later worked with the Belgian authorities. His most ambitious undertaking was a three-year expedition, beginning in 1898, that laid a telegraphy, telegraph line from Lake Tanganyika to Boyoma Falls, Stanley Fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Mohun
Sir William Mohun (ca. 1540 – 6 April 1588) of Hall in the parish of Lanteglos-by-Fowey and of Boconnoc, both in Cornwall, was a Member of Parliament. Origins He was the son and heir of Reginald Mohun (1507/8–1567) of Hall and Boconnoc, by his wife Jone Trevanion, daughter of Sir William Trevanion and sister of Sir Hugh Trevanion.Vivian, 1895, p. 566 His great-grandfather William Mohun of Hall had married Elizabeth Courtenay, one of the greatest heiresses of her time, one of the four eventual co-heiresses of Edward Courtenay, 1st Earl of Devon (1527–1556) the last of the mediaeval Courtenay Earls of Devon. The Mohun share of the Courtenay inheritance included Boconnoc in Cornwall and Okehampton Castle in Devon, and other remnants of the feudal barony of Okehampton, one of the earliest possessions of the Courtenays. Ancient origins The Mohuns of Hall were a junior branch of the Mohun family, and were descended from John Mohun (d. 1322) of Dunster Castle in Somerset, feudal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippa De Mohun
Philippa de Mohun (c. 1367 – 17 July 1431) was Duchess of York, as a result of her third marriage to Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York (c.1373–1415), Lord of the Isle of Wight, a grandson of King Edward III (1327–1377). She succeeded her third husband as Lady of the Isle of Wight (1415–1431). Origins Philippa's birthdate is unknown. She was the third daughter and co-heiress of John Mohun, 2nd Baron Mohun (c.1320–1375), KG, one of the Founding Knights of the Order of the Garter, feudal baron of Dunster, of Dunster Castle, Somerset, by his wife Joan Burghersh (d.1404), daughter of Bartholomew de Burghersh, 1st Baron Burghersh (c.1304–1355). Inheritance Although her father was the last in the male line of Mohun of Dunster (for he died without male issue), neither she nor either of her sisters inherited their paternal estates at Dunster. (These lands had been held by the family since before the Domesday Book of 1086.) This was owing to the fact that her mother La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William De Mohun Of Dunster, 1st Earl Of Somerset
William de Mohun of Dunster, Earl of Somerset (c. 1090 – c. 1155), 2nd feudal baron of Dunster, was a favourite of Empress Matilda and a loyal supporter of her in the war against King Stephen, during which he earned the epithet of the "Scourge of the West". Life William was the son of William de Moion, who was seigneur of Moyon which is close to Saint-Lô. The elder William was High Sheriff of Somerset in 1084. During the war between Matilda and Stephen, Stephen marched against Mohun's castle at Dunster, but finding it too hard to take, he left Henry de Tracy to keep Mohun under siege. Empress Matilda conferred upon him the title Earl of Somerset, in 1141. In the foundation charter of the priory at Bruton , he describes himself as "Willielmus de Moyne, comes Somersetensis". Unlike Baldwin de Redvers who was created Earl of Devon Earl of Devon was created several times in the English peerage, and was possessed first (after the Norman Conquest of 1066) by the de Redv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baron Mohun
The title Baron Mohun was created once in the Peerage of England. On 6 February 1299 John de Mohun was summoned to parliament. On the death of the second baron, the barony fell into abeyance. In 1431, Richard le Strange, 7th Baron Strange (second creation) became sole heir of the barony of Mohun; both these titles became abeyant on the death of Ferdinando Stanley, 5th Earl of Derby in 1594. Barons Mohun (1299) * John de Mohun, 1st Baron Mohun (d. 1330) *John de Mohun, 2nd Baron Mohun (c. 1320–1375) abeyant 1375 * Richard le Strange, 3rd Baron Mohun (1381–1449) sole heir 1431 *for further barons look at Baron Strange Baron Strange is a title which has been created four times in the Peerage of England. Two creations, one in 1295 and another in 1326, had only one holder each, upon whose deaths they became extinct. Two of the creations, that of 1299 and that ... (second creation) until 1594. References * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mohun 1299 establishments in England Abeyant baro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John De Mohun, 2nd Baron Mohun
John (V) de Mohun, 2nd Baron Mohun, 9th Feudal barony of Dunster, feudal baron of Dunster, Order of the Garter, KG (1320–1376) was a founder member and the 11th Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter in 1348. Life John was the last in the senior male line of Mohun of Dunster. He was the son of John de Mohun (eldest son of John Mohun, 1st Baron Mohun), who predeceased his father, having fought at the Battle of Boroughbridge in 1322 and died some time after in Scotland. He was grandson of John de Mohun, 1st Baron Mohun and Sibyll Segrave; daughter of John Segrave, 2nd Baron Segrave – son of Nicholas de Segrave, 1st Baron Segrave. His grandfather was Sire John de Mohun of Dunster, banneret, became the first Baron Mohun in 1299, and sealed the Barons' Letter, 1301, Barons' Letter to the Pope in 1301; he bore at the Battle of Falkirk (1298), Battle of Falkirk (1298), and at the Siege of Carlaverock (1300). In 1328 and 1331, he served in the Kings service in Brittany, with Si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baron Mohun Of Okehampton
Baron Mohun of Okehampton was a title in the Peerage of England. It was created on 15 April 1628 for John Mohun, formerly a Member of Parliament for Grampound, Cornwall. The family was formerly seated at Hall in the parish of Lanteglos-by-Fowey in Cornwall, and was a junior branch of the Mohun family, feudal barons of Dunster, of Dunster Castle in Somerset, of whom the first member, the warrior William de Moyon (died post 1090), had come over with William the Conqueror during the Norman Conquest of 1066. The family of Mohun of Hall was also seated at Bodinnick (''alias'' Bodinnoc, etc.) also in the parish of Lanteglos-by-Fowey and later at Boconnoc, both in Cornwall, and was one of the four co-heirs of Edward Courtenay, 1st Earl of Devon (1527–1556), feudal baron of Plympton, feudal baron of Okehampton, etc., of Tiverton Castle, Okehampton Castle, etc., the last of the old Courtenay Earls of Devon. This was due to the marriage of William Mohun of Hall to Elizabeth/Isabel Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Mohun, 1st Baron Mohun Of Okehampton
John Mohun, 1st Baron Mohun of Okehampton (1595 – 28 March 1641) was an English politician. Life He was the eldest son of Sir Reginald Mohun, 1st Baronet, and was educated at Exeter College, Oxford, graduating in 1608, and joining the Middle Temple. In the Parliaments of 1624–25 and 1625, he sat as MP for the Cornish borough of Grampound; he was a follower of the Duke of Buckingham, and it was probably through Buckingham's influence that he was appointed Vice-Warden of the Stannaries in 1620. During 1626 and 1627, he was a member of a number of several commissions in the South-West, including one which inquired into the conduct of Sir John Eliot as Vice Admiral of Devon. At the election for the Parliament of 1628, Buckingham and his agent in the South-West, Sir James Bagg, were anxious to prevent Eliot and another of the most effective opponents of the Crown, William Coryton, from being elected Members for Cornwall. They chose Mohun as one of their alternative candid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
