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Philip Champion De Crespigny (1704–1765)
Philip Champion de Crespigny (1 April 1704 – 11 February 1765), was proctor of the Admiralty court. Early life Champion de Crespigny was born in London on 1 April 1738.Townend, Peter. ''Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, 18th edition. 3 volumes.'' London, England: Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1965-1972, volume 2, page 148. Of Huguenot descent, he was a son of Thomas Champion de Crespigny (1664–1712), an officer in the English Army, and Madeleine ( Granger) Champion de Crespigny. His younger brother, Claude Champion de Crespigny worked for the office of the South Sea Company and was a director of the French Hospital. His maternal grandparents were Israel Granger and Marie ( Billon) Granger. His paternal grandfather, Claude Champion de Crespigny, settled in England after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. Retrieved from https://ayfamilyhistory.com/champions-from-normandy/ The Champion de Crespigny family originated in Normandy, France. Retrieved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Champion De Crespigny (1704–1765)
Philip Champion de Crespigny (1 April 1704 – 11 February 1765), was proctor of the Admiralty court. Early life Champion de Crespigny was born in London on 1 April 1738.Townend, Peter. ''Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, 18th edition. 3 volumes.'' London, England: Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1965-1972, volume 2, page 148. Of Huguenot descent, he was a son of Thomas Champion de Crespigny (1664–1712), an officer in the English Army, and Madeleine ( Granger) Champion de Crespigny. His younger brother, Claude Champion de Crespigny worked for the office of the South Sea Company and was a director of the French Hospital. His maternal grandparents were Israel Granger and Marie ( Billon) Granger. His paternal grandfather, Claude Champion de Crespigny, settled in England after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. Retrieved from https://ayfamilyhistory.com/champions-from-normandy/ The Champion de Crespigny family originated in Normandy, France. Retrieved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christchurch Mansion
Christchurch Mansion is a substantial Tudor brick mansion house built in Ipswich, Suffolk by Edmund Withypoll (also written "Withipoll") around 1548–50. The Grade I listed building is located within Christchurch Park and sits by the southern gates close to the town centre of Ipswich. The mansion belonged to various noble families throughout its history but was purchased by the Ipswich Borough Council in 1884. Since 1885, the building has been used as a museum and is today run by the state fundeColchester + Ipswich Museumsorganisation. The museum's rooms are preserved as past inhabitants would have known them, complete with original items such as furniture, fine clothing and children's toys. The museum also holds a collection of paintings by renowned local artists including John Constable and Thomas Gainsborough. The Mansion is free to enter and booking is not required. History Christchurch Park was originally the grounds of the Priory of the Holy Trinity, with an area of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Other Windsor, 4th Earl Of Plymouth
Other Lewis Windsor, 4th Earl of Plymouth (12 May 1731 – 21 April 1771) was a British peer, styled Lord Windsor until 1732. At the age of one, he succeeded his father Other Windsor, 3rd Earl of Plymouth, as Earl of Plymouth. In 1736, his maternal grandfather, Thomas Lewis, died, after naming Plymouth as the heir to his estates. (1715–1754), online edition, accessed 29 April 2019 Plymouth was educated at and |
Southampton (UK Parliament Constituency)
Southampton was a United Kingdom constituencies, parliamentary constituency which was represented in the British House of Commons. Centred on the town of Southampton, it returned two members of parliament (MPs) from 1295 until it was abolished for the 1950 United Kingdom general election, 1950 general election. Members of Parliament MPs 1295–1660 MPs 1660–1832 MPs 1832–1950 Elections Elections in the 1830s Chamberlayne's death caused a by-election. * On petition, Hoy was unseated in favour of Penleaze Elections in the 1840s The election was declared void on petition on 6 May 1842, due to bribery by Bruce and Martyn's agents, and a writ for a by-election was not moved until 1 August 1842. Elections in the 1850s Cockburn was appointed Solicitor General for England and Wales, requiring a by-election. Cockburn was appointed Attorney General for England and Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir William Champion De Crespigny, 2nd Baronet
Sir William Champion de Crespigny, 2nd Baronet (1 January 1765 – 28 December 1829) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1818 and 1826. Early life Crespigny was born on 1 January 1765. He was the only son of Sir Claude Champion de Crespigny, 1st Baronet (1734–1818) and the former Mary Clarke, daughter and heiress of Joseph Clarke. His paternal grandfather was Philip Champion de Crespigny, proctor of the Admiralty court. The Champion de Crespigny family originated in Normandy, France. Retrieved from https://ayfamilyhistory.com/champions-from-normandy/ Among his extended family was uncle Philip Champion de Crespigny, and cousin, Thomas Champion de Crespigny, who both served in Parliament. He educated at Eton College from 1777 to 1780 and at Trinity College, Cambridge from 1783 to 1786, when he received his LLB degree. Career He succeeded his father as 2nd Baronet Champion de Crespigny, of Champion Lodge, Camberwell, Count of Surrey, on 28 J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camberwell, Surrey
Camberwell () is a district of South London, England, in the London Borough of Southwark, southeast of Charing Cross. Camberwell was first a village associated with the church of St Giles and a common of which Goose Green is a remnant. This early parish included the neighbouring hamlets of Peckham, Dulwich, Nunhead, and part of Herne Hill (the rest of Herne Hill was in the parish of Lambeth). Until 1889, it was part of the county of Surrey. In 1900 the original parish became the Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell. In 1965, most of the Borough of Camberwell was merged into the London Borough of Southwark.Southwark London Borough Council â€Community guide for Camberwell To the west, part of both West Dulwich and Herne Hill come under the London Borough of Lambeth. The place now known as Camberwell covers a much smaller area than the ancient parish, and it is bound on the north by Walworth; on the south by East Dulwich and Herne Hill; to the west by Kennington; and o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir John Keane, 1st Baronet
Sir John Keane, 1st Baronet (21 May 1757 – 19 April 1829), was an Irish Tory politician. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) in the Parliament of Ireland for Bangor from 1790 to 1797 and for Youghal from 1798 until the Act of Union of 1800. He continued as MP for Youghal in the new enlarged Parliament of the United Kingdom until the United Kingdom general election of 1806. He was made a baronet in 1801. Personal life Keane married Sarah, daughter of John Kelly, and they had at least three sons, including John and Edward, who was '' aide-de-camp'' to Major-general Sir Hussey Vivian at the Battle of Waterloo The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday 18 June 1815, near Waterloo, Belgium, Waterloo (at that time in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, now in Belgium). A French army under the command of Napoleon was defeated by two of the armie .... References * (Biography of his son.) Notes External links * 1757 births 1829 deaths Baronet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Champion De Crespigny
Philip Champion de Crespigny (1738–1803) was a British lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1774 and 1790. He was of Huguenot descent, the son of Philip Champion de Crespigny (1704-1765), proctor of the Admiralty court, and his wife Anne Fonnereau, daughter of Claude Fonnereau of Christchurch Mansion in Ipswich, Suffolk. His elder brother Claude was made a baronet in 1805. Philip Champion de Crespigny was probably educated at Eton College in 1748, and was an advocate of Doctors' Commons in 1759. In 1768, he became King's Proctor and held the post until 1784. In 1774, he was elected as a Member of Parliament for Sudbury on the Fonnereau interest after a contest, but lost his seat on petition. In 1780, he was returned unopposed at Aldeburgh, also on the Fonnereau interest, as well as at Sudbury after a contest. He held both seats until 1781, when he lost Sudbury on petition, and continued to sit for Aldeburgh. The ''English Chronicle'' wrote in 1781 t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl Of Sunderland
Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland, KG, PC (23 April 167519 April 1722), known as Lord Spencer from 1688 to 1702, was an English statesman and nobleman from the Spencer family. He served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (1714–1717), Lord Privy Seal (1715–1716), Lord President of the Council (1718–1719) and First Lord of the Treasury (1718–1721). He is an ancestor of both Winston Churchill and Diana, Princess of Wales, and through her, the current heir to the Monarchy of the United Kingdom, William, Prince of Wales. Early life He was the second son of Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland and Anne Digby, daughter of George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol. On the death of his elder brother Robert in Paris in September 1688, he became heir to the peerage. Called by John Evelyn "a youth of extraordinary hopes," he completed his education at Utrecht, and in 1695 entered the House of Commons as member for Tiverton. In the same year, he married Arabella, daughter of Henr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Ambassador To France
The British Ambassador to France is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in France, and is the head of Britain's diplomatic mission in Paris. The official title is ''His Majesty's Ambassador to France''. Traditionally, the Embassy to France has been the most prestigious posting in the British foreign service, although in past centuries, diplomatic representation was lacking due to wars between the two countries and the Nazi occupation. For the period before the creation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in 1801, see List of ambassadors of the Kingdom of England to France (up to 1707) and List of ambassadors of Great Britain to France (from 1707 to 1800). The Paris embassy also covers remotely the French overseas territories (including French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Réunion, French Polynesia, Mayotte, Wallis and Futuna, New Caledonia, Saint-Barthélemy) and Monaco. Besides the embassy, the Foreign & Com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Sutton (diplomat)
Sir Robert Sutton (167113 August 1746) was an English diplomat and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1722 to 1741. Early life Sutton was the elder son of Robert Sutton of Averham, Nottinghamshire, and his wife, Katherine, the daughter of the Revd William Sherborne of Pembridge, Herefordshire. He was great-nephew of the 1st Baron Lexinton. He was admitted to Trinity College, Oxford in 1688 and went on to the Middle Temple in 1691. Diplomat Sutton was ordained a deacon and became chaplain to his cousin Robert Sutton, 2nd Baron Lexinton, English Envoy in Vienna in 1694. In 1697, he was appointed as secretary to the British legation there, and upon the departure of his cousin, became the English resident there. Lexinton then secured for him the nomination for English ambassador to the Ottoman Empire in Constantinople on 5 December 1700, and he arrived in Adrianople on 7 January 1702. Sutton asked to be recalled on 6 May 1715. He remained there until the summer o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Richard Sutton, 1st Baronet
Sir Richard Sutton, 1st Baronet (31 July 1733 – 10 January 1802), of Norwood Park in Nottinghamshire, was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1768 to 1796. Family background and education Sutton was the younger son of the Right Honourable Sir Robert Sutton, KB, MP, politician and diplomat, and Judith Tichborne, previously the third wife and widow of Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland. She was the daughter of Sir Benjamin Tichborne of Beaulieu and niece of Henry Tichborne, 1st Baron Ferrard. He was a great-grandson of Henry Sutton, younger brother of Robert Sutton, 1st Baron Lexinton (which peerage became extinct in 1723). The Sutton baronets were thus distantly relatedThe 2nd Baron was nephew of Henry Sutton; his daughter the Duchess of Rutland was great-niece of Henry Sutton, and his grandson the Marquess of Granby (1721–1770) was thus a third cousin of Sir Richard Sutton). to the dukes of Rutland, who were descended from the marriage of the 3rd Du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
