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Richard Coffin (1684–1766)
Richard Coffin (1684–1766) of Portledge Manor, Portledge, near Bideford, Devon was a British Whig politician who sat in the British House of Commons, House of Commons between 1715 and 1734. Coffin was baptized on. 23 July 1684, the fourth but only surviving son of Richard Coffin of Portledge and his third wife Anne Prideaux, daughter of Edmund Prideaux of Padstow, Cornwall. He succeeded his elder brother to the Portledge estate in 1703. Coffin was returned as a Whig Member of Parliament for Camelford (UK Parliament constituency), Camelford at the 1715 British general election. He voted against the septennial bill, for the repeal of the Occasional Conformity and Schism Acts, and against the Peerage Bill. At the 1722 British general election he stood unsuccessfully at Barnstaple (UK Parliament constituency), Barnstaple, but he was returned for it unopposed at the 1727 British general election on the interest of his friend John Rolle (1679–1730), John Rolle. He continued to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portledge Manor
Portledge Manor is an English manor house in the parish of Alwington, southwest of Bideford, Devon. It and the land surrounding it belonged to the Coffin family, a noble family of Norman origin, for almost 1000 years. History The house sits on the edge of Bideford Bay, looking out over the Bristol Channel. The parish of Alwington and the surrounding area was given to the family by William the Conqueror, as part of a reward for loyalty and service during the Norman Conquest. Most of the current house dates from the 17th century, but parts of it have stood since the reign of King Henry III, circa 1234. The 13th-century arch of the chapel still stands and the Brew House remains from when hops were grown on the estate. The Great Hall's minstrel gallery was moved in the late 19th century to Alwington Church, a 15th-century church containing many monuments to the Coffin family. The dining-room retains a ceiling plastered with the family's coat of arms. The courtyard was roofed in and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Nicholls (politician)
James Nicholls may refer to: * James Nicholls (footballer) (1908–1984), English football goalkeeper * James Nicholls (rugby league), rugby league player of the 1940s * James Fawckner Nicholls James Fawckner Nicholls (1818–1883) was an English antiquarian and librarian. Life From a Cornish background, he was born on 26 May 1818 at Sidmouth in Devon, the son of a builder there; his mother was a daughter of Captain James Fawkner of Plym ... (1818–1883), English antiquarian and librarian * Jim Nicholls (1919–2002), English football goalkeeper See also * James Nichols (other) {{hndis, Nicholls, James ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British MPs 1715–1722
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Members Of The Parliament Of Great Britain For Barnstaple
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1766 Deaths
Events January–March * January 1 – Charles Edward Stuart ("Bonnie Prince Charlie") becomes the new Stuart claimant to the throne of Great Britain, as King Charles III, and figurehead for Jacobitism. * January 14 – Christian VII becomes King of Denmark. * January 20 – Outside of the walls of the Thailand capital of Ayutthaya, tens of thousands of invaders from Burma (under the command of General Ne Myo Thihapate and General Maha Nawatra) are confronted by Thai defenders led by General Phya Taksin. The defenders are overwhelmed and the survivors take refuge inside Ayutthaya. The siege continues for 15 months before the Burmese attackers collapse the walls by digging tunnels and setting fire to debris. The city falls on April 9, 1767, and King Ekkathat is killed. * February 5 – An observer in Wilmington, North Carolina reports to the Edinburgh newspaper ''Caledonian Mercury'' that three ships have been seized by British men-of-war, on the char ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1684 Births
Events January–March * January 5 – King Charles II of England gives the title Duke of St Albans to Charles Beauclerk, his illegitimate son by Nell Gwyn. * January 15 (January 5 O.S.) - To demonstrate that the River Thames, frozen solid during the Great Frost that started in December, is safe to walk upon, "a Coach and six horses drove over the Thames for a wager" and within three days "whole streets of Booths are built on the Thames and thousands of people are continually walking thereon." Sir Richard Newdigate, 2nd Baronet, records the events in his diary. * January 26 – Marcantonio Giustinian is elected Doge of Venice. * January – Edmond Halley, Christopher Wren and Robert Hooke have a conversation in which Hooke later claimed not only to have derived the inverse-square law, but also all the laws of planetary motion attributed to Sir Isaac Newton. Hooke's claim is that in a letter to Newton on 6 January 1680, he first stated the inverse-square law. * Februa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir John Chichester, 4th Baronet
Sir John Chichester, 4th Baronet (1689 – 2 September 1740) of Youlston Park in the parish of Shirwell near Barnstaple, Devon was a British landowner and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1734 to 1740. Early life Chichester was baptized on 2 January 1689, the eldest son and heir of Sir Arthur Chichester, 3rd Baronet, MP of Youlston, near Barnstaple, Devon, and his wife Elizabeth Drewe, daughter of Thomas Drewe of The Grange, Broadhembury, Devon. He married Anne Leigh (1695–1723), daughter and heiress of John Leigh (died 1718) of Apse, Newport, Isle of Wight in about 1715. In 1718, he succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his father. His wife Anne died in July 1723 and in 1733 he married, as his second wife, Frances Hall, widow of Francis Hall (died 1728) of West Sandford, Crediton, and daughter of Andrew Quicke (1666–1736) of Newton St. Cyres, Devon. Political career Chichester was a Jacobite during the first few years of the reign of King Geor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theophilus Fortescue
Theophilus Fortescue (1707–1746), of Castle Hill, Filleigh, near Barnstaple, Devon, was a British Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1727 to 1746. Fortescue was the third son of Hugh Fortescue, MP of Filleigh and his first wife Bridget Boscawen, daughter of Hugh Boscawen of Tregothnan, Cornwall. Fortescue was returned unopposed as an opposition Whig Member of Parliament for Barnstaple on his family's interest at the 1727 British general election. He voted against the Administration in almost every division. He was returned for Barnstaple unopposed again at the 1734 British general election. At the 1741 British general election he transferred to Devon Devon ( , historically known as Devonshire , ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South West England. The most populous settlement in Devon is the city of Plymouth, followed by Devon's county town, the city of Exeter. Devo ... where he was returned unopposed. Fortescue died unmarrie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Hugh Acland, 6th Baronet
Sir Hugh Acland, 6th Baronet (26 January 1697 – 29 July 1728) of Killerton Devon was a British landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1721 to 1727. Early life Acland was the eldest son of John Acland of Killerton and his wife Elizabeth Acland, daughter of Richard Acland of Barnstaple. His father died in 1703. He matriculated at Exeter College, Oxford on 9 June 1713. On 9 March 1714, he succeeded his paternal grandfather Sir Hugh Acland, 5th Baronet in the baronetcy and estates. In May 1721, Acland married Cicely Wroth, eldest daughter and eventual sole heiress of Sir Thomas Wroth, 3rd Baronet (1674–1721), MP, of Petherton Park, Somerset, by his wife Mary Osbaldeston. Sir Thomas died on 27 June 1721, shortly after the marriage, and left Cicely his property and personal estate. Political career Acland entered Parliament for Barnstaple in November 1721, standing as a Tory at an unopposed by-election following the death of John Basset. He owned conside ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Whetham
Thomas Whetham (c. 1665 – 28 April 1741) was an English soldier and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1722 and 1727. Family and early life Whetham was born circa 1665, the first son of the barrister Nathaniel Whetham, of the Inner Temple. His grandfather was Colonel Nathaniel Whetham, who had served in the parliamentary army during the English Civil War. Thomas Whetham's mother was Elizabeth, daughter of Adrian Scrope of Wormsley, Oxfordshire (now Wormsley Park, Buckinghamshire). His father died in 1667, and he went on to enter military service, joining the 1st Foot as an ensign in 1685. Military and political career He transferred to Sir James Lesley's Regiment of Foot in 1694 with the rank of captain lieutenant, and was promoted to captain later that year. He was serving with the 11th Foot as major sometime prior to 1700, and was then with the 27th Foot with the rank of colonel between 1702 and 1705. He was promoted to brigadier-general in 1707. He became ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Sloper (c (1883–1955), American stockbroker and survivor of the sinking of the RMS ''Titanic''
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William Sloper may refer to: *William Sloper (died 1743) (c.1658–1743), deputy paymaster general and MP for several boroughs *William Sloper (1709–1789), son of the above, MP for Great Bedwyn *William Charles Sloper (aft. 1728 – aft. 1813), son of the above, MP for St Albans *William Thomson Sloper William Thomson Sloper (December 13, 1883 − May 1, 1955) was an American stockbroker and survivor of the sinking of the RMS ''Titanic''. Sloper, who was 28 when the ''Titanic'' sank, traveled as a first-class passenger and was saved after bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Moore, 4th Earl Of Drogheda
Henry Moore, 4th Earl of Drogheda (7 October 1700 – 29 May 1727), styled Viscount Moore from 21 May to 7 June 1714, was an Irish peer and rake who briefly served in the Parliament of Great Britain. He inherited his title and estates at the age of 13, when his father and grandfather died in quick succession. Drogheda rapidly became a debauchee, and after squandering large sums, died at the age of 26, leaving his younger brother a heavily encumbered estate. Moore was the eldest son of Charles Moore, 2nd Viscount Moore of Drogheda by his wife Lady Jane Loftus, the daughter of Arthur Loftus, 3rd Viscount Loftus. His father Charles was the heir apparent of Henry Hamilton-Moore, 3rd Earl of Drogheda. Viscount Moore died on 21 May 1714, followed shortly after by his father the 3rd Earl on 7 June, upon which Henry succeeded in the earldom and family estates and quickly became a drunkard. Sent on the Grand Tour by his guardian, the Dowager Countess of Drogheda, he escaped from his gover ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
