Peter Walter (died 1746)
Peter Walter (c. 1663–1746) of Stalbridge House was a British scrivener and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1715 to 1734. Walter was born about 1663, but his parentage is unknown. By 1694 he was the clerk of Richard Newman of Fifehead Magdalen, Dorset, whose niece Diana he married. By 1707 he had become steward for life to John Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle. Other nobles for whom he acted as agent included the 2nd and 3rd Earls of Essex and the 1st Earl of Uxbridge. At the 1715 general election Walter stood for Parliament at Bridport. He was initially defeated in the poll, but was returned as Member of Parliament on petition on 10 May 1715. He supported the Administration in all known divisions. He was elected again for Bridport at the 1722 general election. In 1724 he was appointed Clerk of the peace for Middlesex, a post he held for the rest of his life. He did not stand at Bridport at the 1727 general election, but was then brought in as MP for Winchelse ...
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Stalbridge
Stalbridge () is a small town and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in Dorset, England, situated in the Blackmore Vale, near the border with Somerset. In the United Kingdom 2011 Census, 2011 census the civil parish—which includes the hamlets of Stalbridge Weston, and Thornhill—had 1,160 households and a population of 2,698. The nearest towns are Sturminster Newton, southeast, Sherborne, west, and Shaftesbury, northeast. Stalbridge is situated on the A357 road (Great Britain), A357 on a low limestone ridge, west of the River Stour, Dorset, River Stour. It officially became a town in April 1992. Though relatively small, Stalbridge has its own independent supermarket, dispensing pharmacy, dentist and optician, as well as many other services, reflecting its catchment area (human), catchment area of surrounding farms and hamlets. It is also home to the local free newspaper, the ''Blackmore Vale Magazine''. History There was a settlement near Stalbridge in Roman Britain, ...
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John Strangways (died 1716)
John Strangways may refer to: * John Strangways (died 1676) (1636–1676), English politician * John Strangways (died 1666) (1585–1666), English politician See also * John Strangways, a fictional character in the ''James Bond'' series * John Fox-Strangways The Honourable John George Charles Fox-Strangways (6 February 1803 – 8 September 1859) was a British diplomat, Whig politician and courtier. Early life Fox-Strangways was the posthumous third son of Henry Fox-Strangways, 2nd Earl of Ilchest ...

British MPs 1722–1727
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British MPs 1715–1722
British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, the English language as spoken and written in the United Kingdom or, more broadly, throughout the British Isles * Celtic Britons, an ancient ethno-linguistic group * Brittonic languages, a branch of the Insular Celtic language family (formerly called British) ** Common Brittonic, an ancient language Other uses *''Brit(ish)'', a 2018 memoir by Afua Hirsch *People or things associated with: ** Great Britain, an island ** United Kingdom, a sovereign state ** Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800) ** United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922) See also * Terminology of the British Isles * Alternative names for the British * English (other) * Britannic (other) * British Isles * Brit (other) * Briton (d ...
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Members Of The Parliament Of Great Britain For English Constituencies
Member may refer to: * Military jury, referred to as "Members" in military jargon * Element (mathematics), an object that belongs to a mathematical set * In object-oriented programming, a member of a class ** Field (computer science), entries in a database ** Member variable, a variable that is associated with a specific object * Limb (anatomy), an appendage of the human or animal body ** Euphemism for penis * Structural component of a truss, connected by nodes * User (computing), a person making use of a computing service, especially on the Internet * Member (geology), a component of a geological formation * Member of parliament * The Members, a British punk rock band * Meronymy, a semantic relationship in linguistics * Church membership, belonging to a local Christian congregation, a Christian denomination and the universal Church * Member, a participant in a club or learned society A learned society (; also learned academy, scholarly society, or academic association) is an ...
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1746 Deaths
Events January–March * January 8 – The Young Pretender Charles Edward Stuart occupies Stirling, Scotland. * January 17 – Battle of Falkirk Muir: British Government forces are defeated by Jacobite forces. * February 1 – Jagat Singh II, the ruler of the Mewar Kingdom, inaugurates his Lake Palace on the island of Jag Niwas in Lake Pichola, in what is now the state of Rajasthan in northwest India. * February 19 – Brussels, at the time part of the Austrian Netherlands, surrenders to France's Marshal Maurice de Saxe. * February 19 – Prince William, Duke of Cumberland, issues a proclamation offering an amnesty to participants in the Jacobite rebellion, directing them that they can avoid punishment if they turn their weapons in to their local Presbyterian church. * March 10 – Zakariya Khan Bahadur, the Mughal Empire's viceroy administering Lahore (in what is now Pakistan), orders the massacre of the city's Sikh people. April–Ju ...
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Edmund Hungate Beaghan
Edmund is a masculine given name or surname in the English language. The name is derived from the Old English elements ''ēad'', meaning "prosperity" or "riches", and ''mund'', meaning "protector". Persons named Edmund include: People Kings and nobles *Edmund the Martyr (died 869 or 870), king of East Anglia *Edmund I (922–946), King of England from 939 to 946 * Edmund Ironside (989–1016), also known as Edmund II, King of England in 1016 * Edmund of Scotland (after 1070 – after 1097) * Edmund Crouchback (1245–1296), son of King Henry III of England and claimant to the Sicilian throne *Edmund, 2nd Earl of Cornwall (1249–1300), earl of Cornwall; English nobleman of royal descent *Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York (1341–1402), son of King Edward III of England * Edmund Tudor, earl of Richmond (1430–1456), English and Welsh nobleman *Edmund, Prince of Schwarzenberg (1803–1873), the last created Austrian field marshal of the 19th century In religion * Saint Edmund ( ...
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Sir Archer Croft, 2nd Baronet
Sir Archer Croft, 2nd Baronet (c. 2 March 1683 – 10 December 1753), of Croft Castle, near Leominster, Herefordshire, was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1722 to 1734. Early life Croft was the eldest son of Sir Herbert Croft, 1st Baronet and his wife Elizabeth Archer, daughter of Thomas Archer, MP of Umberslade, Warwickshire. He matriculated at New College, Oxford on 15 April 1702. In 1720 he succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his father on 3 November. He married Frances Waring, daughter of Brigadier-General Richard Waring of Dunston Park, Berkshire on 10 January 1723. Career Croft stood unsuccessfully for Leominster at the 1713 British general election. He was returned as Member of Parliament for Leominster at the top of the poll at the 1722 British general election. On the death of King George I in 1727 he expected Walpole to be ousted by Sir Spencer Compton whom he backed. On Walpole's continuance in office Croft wrote an apology and beg ...
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Robert Bristow (1687–1737)
Robert Bristow may refer to: * Robert Bristow (1662–1706), MP for Winchelsea 1698–1701 * Robert Bristow (1688–1737), MP for Winchelsea 1708–37 * Robert Bristow (1712–1776), MP for Winchelsea 1738–41, New Shoreham 1747–61 * Robert Bristow (engineer) (1880–1966), British harbour engineer best known for development of the port of Kochi in India * Robert O'Neil Bristow (1926–2018), American novelist See also * Bristow (surname) Bristow is a surname, derived from the earlier name of the city of Bristol. Notable people with the surname include: *Abraham Bristow (c. 1771 – 1846), British mariner * Alan Bristow (1923-2009), British helicopter entrepreneur, founder of Brist ...

James Pelham
Lieutenant colonel James Pelham (c.1683 – 27 December 1761) was a British politician. A second cousin of Henry Pelham and the Duke of Newcastle, he acted as Newcastle's political agent in Sussex for most of his political career, sitting in Parliament from 1722 to 1761 on Newcastle's interest. He served as secretary to Frederick, Prince of Wales from 1728 until the Prince's break with the Government in 1737. While he received some sinecures from Newcastle for his political services, he was put to considerable expense in doing so and did not leave a large estate. Biography Pelham was the second son of Sir Nicholas Pelham, of Catsfield and Crowhurst. He got a captain's commission in the 8th Dragoons in 1711 and saw military service during the War of the Spanish Succession. He was promoted captain and lieutenant colonel in the 1st Foot Guards in 1716, but subsequently took up a political career, supported by the friendship of Lord Walpole and his second cousin, the Duke of New ...
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William Bowles (1686-1748)
William Bowles may refer to: *William Bowles (1686–1748), British Member of Parliament for Bewdley and Bridport * William Bowles (naturalist) (1705–1780), Irish naturalist *William Lisle Bowles (1762–1850), English poet and critic *William Augustus Bowles (1763–1805), American adventurer and leader of a short-lived Native American state in southeastern North America * William Bowles (Royal Navy officer) (1780–1869), British admiral * William A. Bowles (1799–1873), American doctor, soldier and Knights of the Golden Circle leader *William Leslie Bowles William Leslie Bowles (26 February 1885 at Leichhardt, Sydney, Australia – 21 February 1954 at Frankston, Victoria) was an Australian sculptor and medallist. Education He started at Kangaroo Point State School, Brisbane. After studyi ...

Dewey Bulkeley
Dewey may refer to: Places In the United States * Dewey, Arizona, a former unincorporated town, now part of the town of Dewey-Humboldt *Wasco, California, formerly Dewey, a city * Dewey, Illinois, an unincorporated community *Dewey, Indiana, an unincorporated community * Dewey, Missouri, a ghost town *Dewey, Montana, a census-designated place *Dewey, Oklahoma, a city *Dewey, South Dakota, an unincorporated community *Dewey, Utah, a ghost town *Dewey, Skagit County, Washington, an unincorporated community *Dewey, Wisconsin (other), various places *Dewey County, Oklahoma *Dewey County, South Dakota *Dewey Lake, Kentucky *Dewey Lake (St. Louis County, Minnesota) *Dewey Marsh, Wisconsin *Dewey Mountain, in Saranac Lake, New York Canada *Dewey, a former railway station near McGregor, British Columbia People and fictional characters *Dewey (given name) * Dewey (surname) *George Dewey, Admiral of the US Navy *John Dewey, American philosopher and educator *Melvil Dewey, Amer ...
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