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Northallerton (UK Parliament Constituency)
Northallerton was a parliamentary borough in the North Riding of Yorkshire, represented by two Members of Parliament in the British House of Commons, House of Commons briefly in the 13th century and again from 1640 to Great Reform Act, 1832, and by one member from 1832 until 1885 United Kingdom general election, 1885. The constituency consisted of the market town of Northallerton, the county town of the North Riding. In 1831 it encompassed only 622 houses and a population of 3,004. The right to vote was vested in the holders of the burgage tenements, of which there were roughly 200 – most of which were ruined or consisted only of stables or cowhouses, and had no value except for the vote which was attached to them. As in most other burgage boroughs, the ownership of the burgages had early become concentrated in the hands of a single family, who in effect had a free hand to nominate both MPs. At the time of the Great Reform Act in 1832, the patrons were the Henry Lascelles, 2nd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richmond (Yorks) (UK Parliament Constituency)
Richmond (Yorks) was a constituency in North Yorkshire in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. It was represented from 1910 by members of the Conservative Party. The last MP for Richmond was Rishi Sunak, the former Prime Minister and Conservative leader from 2022 to 2024. Further to the completion of the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies, the seat had minor boundary changes and was renamed to Richmond and Northallerton, first contested at the 2024 general election. Constituency profile The constituency was a safe seat for the Conservative Party, which has held it continuously since 1910 (if including the 11 years by the allied Unionist Party from 1918), and in the 2010 general election Richmond produced the largest numerical and percentage majority for a Conservative, 62.8% of the vote. The Conservative MP and one-time Party leader William Hague held the seat from a by-election in 1989 until he retired from the Commons in 2015. He had held the posts o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Protectorate Parliament
The First Protectorate Parliament was summoned by the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell under the terms of the Instrument of Government. It sat for one term from 3 September 1654 until 22 January 1655 with William Lenthall as the Speaker of the House. During the first nine months of the Protectorate, Cromwell with the aid of the Council of State, drew up a list of 84 bills to present to Parliament for ratification. But the members of Parliament had their own and their constituents' interests to promote and in the end not enough of them would agree to work with Cromwell, or to sign a declaration of their acceptance of the ''Instrument of Government'', to make the constitutional arrangements in the ''Instrument of Government'' work. Cromwell dissolved the Parliament as soon as it was allowed under the terms of the ''Instrument of Government'', having failed to get any of the 84 bills passed. Parliamentary constituencies The ''Instrument of Government'' specified the numbers of me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir William Robinson, 1st Baronet
Sir William Robinson, 1st Baronet (19 November 1655 – 22 December 1736), 1st Baronet of Newby-on-Swale, Yorkshire, was an English people, English Whig politician who sat in the English House of Commons, English and House of Commons of Great Britain, British House of Commons between 1689 and 1722. He was Lord Mayor of York from 1700 to 1701. Robinson was the eldest son of Thomas Robinson of York, a Turkey merchant, by his wife Elizabeth, Tancred, daughter of Charles Tancred of Arden, Yorkshire. He was descended from a wealthy York merchant, also called William Robinson, who had been Lord Mayor of York and its MP during the reign of Elizabeth I of England, Elizabeth I. Robinson was educated at York under Mr Langley, and was admitted at St John's College, Cambridge on 6 February 1671. In 1674, he was admitted at Gray's Inn. He succeeded his father in 1676. He married Mary Aislabie, daughter of George Aislabie of Studley Royal, Yorkshire on 8 September 1679. He was Captain (Bri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Marwood, 2nd Baronet
Sir Henry Marwood (1635-1725) was an aristocratic landowner who served as High Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1674. He was Member of Parliament for Northallerton from 1685 to 1688. Background Marwood was born in 1635 and was the son of Sir George Marwood and Lady Anne Marwood (née Bethell). He was raised at Busby Hall in the North Riding of Yorkshire The North Riding of Yorkshire was a subdivision of Yorkshire, England, alongside York, the East Riding and West Riding. The riding's highest point was at Mickle Fell at . From the Restoration it was used as a lieutenancy area, having b ... and succeeded the title of Baronet of Little Busby on the death of his father in 1683. Sir Henry first married Margaret Darcy the daughter of the Earl of Holderness at Hornby Castle in 1658 who died two years later in 1660. He then married Dorothy Bellingham in 1663 who died in 1678. His third and final wife was Martha, daughter of Sir Thomas Wentworth of Elmsall, Yorkshire. With his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir David Foulis, 3rd Baronet
''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 "" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as part of "", with the equivalent "My Lord" in English. Traditionally, as governed by law and custom, Sir is used for men who are knights and belong to certain orders of chivalry, as well as later applied to baronets and other offices. As the female equivalent for knighthood is damehood, the ''suo jure'' 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. Etym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Talbot
Roger is a masculine given name, and a surname. The given name is derived from the Old French personal names ' and '. These names are of Germanic languages">Germanic origin, derived from the elements ', ''χrōþi'' ("fame", "renown", "honour") and ', ' ("spear", "lance") (Hrōþigēraz). The name was introduced into England by the Normans. In Normandy, the Franks, Frankish name had been reinforced by the Old Norse cognate '. The name introduced into England replaced the Old English cognate '. ''Roger'' became a very common given name during the Middle Ages. A variant form of the given name ''Roger'' that is closer to the name's origin is '' Rodger''. Slang and other uses From up to , Roger was slang for the word "penis". In ''Under Milk Wood'', Dylan Thomas writes "jolly, rodgered" suggesting both the sexual double entendre and the pirate term "Jolly Roger". In 19th-century England, Roger was slang for another term, the cloud of toxic green gas that swept through the chlori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Gilbert Gerard, 1st Baronet Of Fiskerton
Sir Gilbert Gerard, 1st Baronet of Fiskerton ( 1632 – 24 September 1687) was an English soldier and politician. During the English Civil War he supported the Royalist cause. After the Restoration he sat in the House of Commons from 1661 to 1685.For the date of birth Biography Gerard was the son of Ratcliffe Gerard and his wife Jennet Barret, daughter of Edward Barret, of Pembrokeshire. His family supported the Royalist cause during the English Civil War and at the start of the first war he was commissioned as a captain into the same foot regiment as his father (the colonel of the regiment was his father's twin brother, Gilbert Gerard (died 1646)). His brother John also served officer in the royalist army. From 1643 to 1646 Gerard was a captain of horse. On 29 August 1645 a warrant was made out for Gerard to become a baronet, but formality of sealing it never took place. He also participated in the Second Civil War; he was taken prisoner at the battle of St Neots after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir George Marwood, 1st Baronet
Sir George Marwood was a Yorkshire landowner who served as the High Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1651 and was later elected as the Member of Parliament for Northallerton in 1660. Background George Marwood was born in 1601 in Stokesley to Henry and Ann (née Constable) Marwood. His family had been seated at Busby Hall in Little Busby since 1587 and held further property at Wilberfoss, Acomb Grange and Sedbergh. The Marwoods were an ancient family who directly descended from Edward III. He was educated at Lincoln College, Oxford. He married Frances Bethell daughter of Sir Walter Bethell of Alne Alne may refer to one of the following locations; * Alne, North Yorkshire, England *River Alne, Warwickshire, England *Great Alne Great Alne is a small village in Warwickshire, England, north-west of Stratford-upon-Avon, north-east of Alceste ... in 1627. Marwood had three sons and three daughters: * Sir Henry Marwood, 2nd Baronet * George Marwood * Barbara Marwood, married Sir Thom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Lascelles
Francis Lascelles (1612–1667), also spelt Lassels, was an English politician, soldier and businessman who fought for Parliament in the 1639–1652 Wars of the Three Kingdoms and was a Member of Parliament between 1645 and 1660. One of the MPs who retained their seat after Pride's Purge in December 1648, he was named as a member of the Commission appointed for the trial of Charles I in 1649. However, he did not sign the death warrant and largely escaped punishment after the 1660 Restoration, although he was fined and barred from holding public office. In December 1662, he was accused of involvement in the so-called 'Lascelles Plot,' a conspiracy centred on Northallerton, which proved to be a fabrication by government informers. He died at home in November 1667. Biography The Lascelles were a well established Yorkshire family, and part of a network of mercantile interests in London, Ireland, New England and Barbados. There were various branches in Yorkshire, including N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Lascelles (died 1697)
Thomas Lascelles (1624 to 1697), also spelt Lassells, was an English radical politician and businessman of the second half of the 17th century. He is now best known for the construction of Mount Grace Manor House, one of the few extant examples of architecture from the 1649 to 1660 Commonwealth of England, Commonwealth or Protectorate. Life The Lascelles were part of a network of mercantile interests in London, Yorkshire, Ireland, New England and Barbados. While unconnected to the aristocratic family of the same name, various branches were spread across Yorkshire, including Northallerton, Durham, England, Durham, Whitby, York, Harewood House and Terrington. The family tended to use the same names (Thomas, Francis, Robert, Henry etc.), which often causes confusion. Thomas Lascelles was born in August 1624, fourth and youngest son of William Lascelles (died November 1624) and Elizabeth Wade; he had three brothers, Francis Lascelles, Francis (1612–1667), Robert (1617–?) and Pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rump Parliament
The Rump Parliament describes the members of the Long Parliament who remained in session after Colonel Thomas Pride, on 6 December 1648, commanded his soldiers to Pride's Purge, purge the House of Commons of those Members of Parliament, members who were against the Grandee#New Model Army, Grandees' intention to try King Charles I of England, Charles I for high treason. "Rump" normally means the hind end or backside of a mammal; its use meaning "remnant" (the reduced-membership Parliament) was first recorded in the above context in English language, English in 1649. Treaty of Newport In September 1648, at the end of the Second English Civil War, the Long Parliament was concerned with the increasing radicalism in the New Model Army. The Long Parliament began negotiations with King Charles I. The members wanted to restore the king to power, but wanted to limit the authority he had. Charles I conceded militia power, among other things, but he later admitted that it was only so he c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
