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Owen Wynne (1665–1737)
Lieutenant-General Owen Wynne (1665–1737) was an Irish general and commander in the British Army, and a member of the Parliament of Ireland. He was the third son of Owen Wynne, who settled in Ireland about the year 1688, having previously lived in Wales. In 1688 he was serving in the army of James II, but being a Protestant, he transferred his allegiance to the Prince of Orange on the breaking out of the Glorious Revolution. He was with Major-General Kirke's force sent from England to the relief of Londonderry, and he also took some part in the defence of Enniskillen, and served through the War in Ireland. Owen Wynne was appointed a major in his brother James Wynne's Dragoons on 1 November 1694, and served with his Regiment through the Flanders campaign of 1694 to 1697, being promoted lieutenant-colonel in July 1695, taking the place of Charles Ross, promoted colonel of the regiment on the death of James Wynne. He served under John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Army
The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force. , the British Army comprises 79,380 regular full-time personnel, 4,090 Gurkhas, and 28,330 volunteer reserve personnel. The modern British Army traces back to 1707, with antecedents in the English Army and Scots Army that were created during the Restoration in 1660. The term ''British Army'' was adopted in 1707 after the Acts of Union between England and Scotland. Members of the British Army swear allegiance to the monarch as their commander-in-chief, but the Bill of Rights of 1689 and Claim of Right Act 1689 require parliamentary consent for the Crown to maintain a peacetime standing army. Therefore, Parliament approves the army by passing an Armed Forces Act at least once every five years. The army is administered by the Ministry of Defence and commanded by the Chief of the General Staff. The Brit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sligo County (Parliament Of Ireland Constituency)
County Sligo was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800. Members of Parliament *1585 Sir Valentine Browne, James Crofton and John Marbury *1613–1615 Brian McDonagh and Thady O’Hara *1634–1635 Fearghal Ó Gadhra Fearghal Ó Gadhra (c. 1597 – after 1660), sometimes referred to as Farrell O'Gara, was lord of Coolavin, and patron of the ''Annals of the Four Masters''. Family background Ó Gadhra was the son of Tadhg mac Oilill Ó Gadhra of Coolavin, loc ... (Farrell O’Gara) and Tadgh O’Connor Sligo *1639–1649 Theobald Taaffe (inherited peerage 1642) and George Radcliffe (replaced April 1641 by Patrick Casey) *1661–1666 Sir Francis Gore and Robert Morgan 1689–1801 References * {{Sligo constituencies Historic constituencies in County Sligo Constituencies of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) 1800 disestablishments in Ireland Constituencies disestablished in 1800 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Pearson (politician)
Thomas, Tom or Tommy Pearson may refer to: * Thomas Pearson (book collector) (c. 1740–1781), British army officer, traveller, and book collector * Thomas Pearson (cricketer) (1851–1935), English cricketer * Thomas Pearson (British Columbia politician) (1859–1939), Canadian politician * Tom Pearson (footballer) (1866–1918), English footballer * Thomas Pearson (bishop) (1870–1938), English catholic bishop * Tom Pearson (rugby union, born 1872) (1872–1957), Welsh rugby union player * Tom Pearson (rugby union, born 1926) (1926–2010), Scottish rugby union player * Tom Pearson (rugby union, born 1999) English rugby union player * T. Gilbert Pearson (Thomas Gilbert Pearson, 1873–1943), American conservationist * Tommy Pearson (1913–1999), Scottish footballer and manager * Thomas Pearson (British Army officer, born 1782) (1782–1847) * Thomas Pearson (British Army officer, born 1914) (1914–2019) * T. R. Pearson (Thomas Reid Pearson, born 1956), American writer * Thom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Conolly
William Conolly (9 April 1662 – 30 October 1729), also known as Speaker Conolly, was an Irish politician, Commissioner of Revenue, lawyer and landowner. Career William Conolly was born the son of an inn-keeper, Patrick Conolly, in Ballyshannon, County Donegal. Patrick Conolly was a native of County Monaghan, and a descendant of the Ó Conghalaigh clan of Airgíalla. Patrick settled in County Donegal, embraced the Anglican Church, and had children William, Patrick, Hugh, Phelim and Thady. He set aside enough money that he was able to send William to Dublin to study law. William Conolly qualified as an attorney in 1685, aged twenty-three. He practised as a lawyer in Dublin and in 1694 he married Katherine Conyngham, daughter of General Sir Albert Conyngham. The Conynghams were an Ulster Scots family who were originally from Mountcharles (pronounced 'Mount-char-liss') in County Donegal. The family later settled at Slane Castle in County Meath in the 1780s, where the Conyngh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Rochfort (politician)
John Rochfort was a member of the pre-1801 Parliament of Ireland, in the Irish House of Commons. He was born in 1692 the second son of Robert Rochfort and his wife Hannah Hannock, he married Deborah Staunton in 1722 and they had two sons Robert and John. John Rochfort lived in Cloughgrean, Co, Carlow, and Newpark, Co. Dublin. Rochfort served in the Irish Parliament for Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal from 1713 to 1714 and from 1715 to 1727 and for Mullingar Mullingar ( ; ) is the county town of County Westmeath in Ireland. It is the third most populous town in the Midland Region, with a population of 20,928 in the 2016 census. The Counties of Meath and Westmeath Act 1543 proclaimed Westmeat ..., Co. Westmeath from 1727 to 1760.'MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament, 1692-1800', By E. M. Johnston-Liik Rochfort died on January 30, 1771. A number of Rochforts family served in the Irish House of Commons for constituencies in Westmeath, his father Robert Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Geering
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong in rule'. Nicknames include "Richie", "Dick", "Dickon", " Dickie", " Rich", "Rick", " Rico", "Ricky", and more. Richard is a common English, German and French male name. It's also used in many more languages, particularly Germanic, such as Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic, and Dutch, as well as other languages including Irish, Scottish, Welsh and Finnish. Richard is cognate with variants of the name in other European languages, such as the Swedish "Rickard", the Catalan "Ricard" and the Italian "Riccardo", among others (see comprehensive variant list below). People named Richard Multiple people with the same name * Richard Andersen (other) * Richard Anderson (other) * Richard Cartwright (other) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Warburton
Sir Richard Warburton (died 1610) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1601 and 1610. Warburton was the third son of Peter Warburton of Hefferston Grange in Weaversham, Cheshire and his wife Alice Cooper, daughter of John Cooper of Abbots Bromley, Staffordshire. He was educated at Clement's Inn and then at Lincoln's Inn in 1583. He was a gentleman pensioner from around 1592 until his death. In 1600 he was Constable of Lancaster Castle and steward of Lonsdale hundred. In 1601, he was elected Member of Parliament for Bridport. He was knighted in 1603. In 1604 he was elected MP for Penryn and sat until his death in 1610. Warburton married Anne Vavasour, the niece of Anne Vavasour, lady of the bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth I Elizabeth I (7 September 153324 March 1603) was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death in 1603. Elizabeth was the last of the five House of Tudor monarchs and is sometimes referred to as t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John French (Irish Politician)
John French may refer to: Military * John French, 1st Earl of Ypres (1852–1925), commander of the British Expeditionary Force in World War I * John French, 2nd Earl of Ypres (1881–1958), British soldier and artist, son of the 1st Earl * John French, 3rd Earl of Ypres (1921–1988), British peer, son of John French, 2nd Earl of Ypres * Jack French (John Alexander French, 1914–1942), Australian soldier, Victoria Cross recipient Politics * John French (died 1420), MP for Winchelsea * John French (MP for Hythe), see Hythe * John French (MP for Winchester), British Member of Parliament for Winchester * John French (judge) (1670–1728), Justice of the Colonial Delaware Supreme Court * John William French (1888–1970), Canadian politician Sports * John French (field hockey) (born 1946), British Olympic hockey player * John French (ice hockey) (born 1950), Canadian ice hockey player * John French (racing driver) (born 1930), Australian racing driver * John French (speed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard St George (politician)
Sir Richard St George (c.1550 – 1635) was a long-serving officer of arms at the College of Arms in London during the seventeenth century. Life He was the second son of Francis St George (d. 1584) of Hatley, Cambridgeshire. In 1575 he married Elizabeth, daughter of Nicholas St John of Lydiard Tregoze, Wiltshire. Elizabeth was a descendant of Margaret Beauchamp, grandmother to Henry VII. He was a collector of manuscripts and keen antiquary, associated with the Elizabethan Society of Antiquaries. He joined the College of Arms in 1602. During this year, he was unsuccessful in his bid to be appointed Norroy King of Arms, but he later became Berwick Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary and then Windsor Herald of Arms in Ordinary. In 1604, St George was finally able to secure an appointment as Norroy and was knighted in 1616. In 1623, he attained the position of Clarenceux King of Arms, the second-highest heraldic appointment in England. He was active in all of the posts to which he was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Smith (politician)
Roger Smith may refer to: Entertainment *Roger Smith (actor) (1932–2017), American television and film actor and screenwriter *Roger Craig Smith (born 1975), American voice actor *Roger Guenveur Smith (born 1955), American writer, director, and actor *Roger Smith, American musician, known as keyboarder of funk band Tower of Power *Roger Smith (The Big O), lead character in ''The Big O'' * Roger (''American Dad!''), the Smiths' "pet" alien in ''American Dad!'' Sports * Roger Smith (footballer, born 1944), English footballer * Roger Smith (footballer, born 1945), English footballer * Roger Smith (New Zealand footballer) *Roger Smith (field hockey) (born 1960), former Australian field hockey player * Roger Smith (tennis) (born 1964), Bahamian tour tennis player Other * Roger Smith (executive) (1925–2007), American businessman, CEO of GM * Roger Smith (biologist), founder of the Millennium Seed Bank Project *Roger Smith (journalist) (born 1951), Canadian television journalist *Rog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carrick (Parliament Of Ireland Constituency)
Carrick (also known as Carrigdrumruske or Carrick-on-Shannon Borough) was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1614 to 1800. It returned two members. Borough This constituency was the borough of Carrick-on-Shannon in County Leitrim. History In the Patriot Parliament Patriot Parliament is the name commonly used for the Irish Parliament session called by King James II during the Williamite War in Ireland which lasted from 1688 to 1691. The first since 1666, it held only one session, which lasted from 7 May ... of 1689 summoned by James II, Carrick was not represented. Under the terms of the Act of Union 1800, the constituency was disenfranchised and abolished. Members of Parliament, 1614–1801 *1613–1615 Maurice Griffith and Thomas Bellot *1639–1649 Sir George St George and John Jackson *1661–1666 Richard Barrett and Thomas Carr 1689–1801 Notes References Bibliography * * {{Leitrim constituencies Constituencies of the Parliame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Member 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] |
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