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Richard Lovelace, 1st Baron Lovelace
Richard Lovelace, 1st Baron Lovelace (1564 – 22 April 1634) of Hurley, Berkshire was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1601 and 1622. He was raised to the peerage as Baron Lovelace in 1627. Lovelace was born the son of Richard Lovelace and his wife, Anne, the daughter of Richard Warde of Hurst, also in Berkshire. He was educated at Merton College, Oxford in 1584, knighted in 1599, and succeeded his father in 1602. Lovelace became a soldier and commanded a force under the Lord Deputy in Ireland, after which he was knighted in Dublin by the Earl of Essex. His association with the earl led to a brief period of imprisonment on charges of plotting against Queen Elizabeth I but he was released without charge. He was elected to the Parliament of England to represent Berkshire in 1601, Abingdon in 1604, New Windsor in 1614 and Berkshire again in 1621. He was selected High Sheriff of Berkshire for 1610-11 and for Oxfordshire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John De Gritz Richard Of Lovelace
John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died c. AD 30), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (lived c. AD 30), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Lovelace, 2nd Baron Lovelace
John Lovelace, 2nd Baron Lovelace (February 1616 – 25 November 1670) was a British peer and Royal servant. Life John was born in Hurley, Berkshire the son of Richard Lovelace, 1st Baron Lovelace and his wife, Margaret, the daughter of London merchant William Dodworth, and educated at Christ Church, Oxford. He lived at Ladye Place at Hurley which he inherited on the death of his father. Like his son the third Baron, he was a notoriously heavy drinker, and chronically in debt. He was an ardent Royalist and was committed by the Parliamentarians to the Tower of London and made to pay a heavy fine of 18,373''l''. 1''s''. 10''d''. After the restoration of the Monarchy, he was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire from 28 August 1660 to 25 November 1670. In 1670 he was made steward of the old Royal palace at Woodstock and died in the palace gatehouse on 25 September 1670. He was buried on 1 October 1670 in the old priory church in Hurley. After his death, he was succeeded by hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Parry (ambassador)
Sir Thomas Parry (1541 – 30 May 1616) was an English people, English politician and diplomat during the Tudor period. He was the son of Thomas Parry (Comptroller of the Household), Sir Thomas Parry Senior of Welford Park in Berkshire, the Comptroller of the Household, Controller of the Royal Household, by his wife, Anne, the daughter of Sir William Reade of Boarstall in Buckinghamshire. He was educated at Winchester School (1558). He first entered Parliament in 1571 as member for Bridport (UK Parliament constituency), Bridport. He was appointed High Sheriff of Berkshire for 1575–76 and 1587–88 and made a deputy lieutenant for Berkshire in 1593. From 1586 to 1587, during the reign of Elizabeth I of England, he was the Member of Parliament for Berkshire (UK Parliament constituency), Berkshire. and for St Albans (UK Parliament constituency), St Albans in 1610. In 1601, he was knighted and appointed List of ambassadors of the Kingdom of England to France, English ambassador t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Bennet (surveyor)
Sir Robert Bennet was an English surveyor and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1621 to 1622. Bennet was the grandson of Robert Bennet, Bishop of Hereford The Bishop of Hereford is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Hereford in the Province of Canterbury. The episcopal see is centred in the Hereford, City of Hereford where the bishop's seat (''cathedra'') is in the Hereford Cathedr .... He was surveyor of the works Windsor Castle. He was knighted at Greenwich on 11 June 1619. In 1621, Bennet was elected Member of Parliament for Windsor. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Bennet, Robert Year of birth missing Year of death missing English MPs 1621–1622 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Howard (Windsor MP)
Charles Howard may refer to: Dukes *Charles Howard, 10th Duke of Norfolk (1720–1786), English peer and Earl Marshal, 1777–1786 * Charles Howard, 11th Duke of Norfolk (1746–1815), his son, British MP for Carlisle and Arundel, Earl Marshal, 1786–1815 Earls *Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham (1536–1624), English Lord Steward and Lord High Admiral * Charles Howard, 2nd Earl of Nottingham (1579–1642), his son, English peer and Lord Lieutenant of Surrey * Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Nottingham (1610–1681), his brother, English peer * Charles Howard, 2nd Earl of Berkshire (1615–1679), English MP for Oxford * Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle (1629–1685), English MP for Cumberland, and Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica * Charles Howard, 9th Earl of Suffolk (1685–1733), Irish MP for Carlow Borough * Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle (1669–1738), English MP for Morpeth and First Lord of the Treasury *Charles Howard, 7th Earl of Suffolk (1693–1722), British ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Woodward (MP)
Thomas Woodward may refer to: * Thomas Woodward (theologian) (1814–1875), Irish theologian * Thomas Bullene Woodward (active since 1973), American Episcopal minister * Thomas E. Woodward (active since 1988), Christian apologist * Tom Jones (born Thomas John Woodward), Welsh singer * Thomas Morgan Woodward (1925–2019), American actor * Thomas Jenkinson Woodward (1745–1820), English botanist * Thomas Simpson Woodward Thomas Simpson Woodward (February 22, 1797 – 1859) was a U.S. Army general who settled and named the area that developed into Tuskegee, Alabama. Late in life, he wrote letters about his experiences with and beliefs about American Indians. ... (1797-1859), United States Army general * Thomas B. Woodward, Secretary of State of Mississippi * Thomas Woodward (footballer) (1900–1981), Welsh footballer {{hndis, Woodward, Thomas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Howard (MP)
Francis Howard may refer to: * Francis Howard, 5th Baron Howard of Effingham (1643–1694/5), English Governor of Virginia * Francis Howard, 1st Earl of Effingham (1683–1743), English army officer *Sir Francis Howard (British Army officer, born 1848) (1848–1930), British general *Sir Francis Howard (MP), Member of Parliament (MP) for Windsor * Francis William Howard (1867–1944), American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church * Francis Howard (priest) (1872–1949), Censor of Fitzwilliam House, Cambridge * Francis Key Howard (1826–1872), editor * Francis Howard (actor) (1917–1992), English comedian and actor known as Frankie Howerd * Francis Howard (footballer) (1931–2007), English association football player See also *Frank Howard (other) Frank Howard or Frankie Howard may refer to: Journalism *Frank Key Howard (1826–1872), American newspaper editor * Frank Howard (columnist) (1931–2008), Canadian journalist Politics *Frank Geere Howard (1861–1935), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Backhouse
Samuel Backhouse (sometimes Bacchus or Bakehouse; 18 Nov. 1554 – 24 June 1626) was an English merchant who later became a country gentleman based in the county of Berkshire. He was a member of Parliament (MP) twice early in James I's reign, first for New Windsor in 1604 and then for Aylesbury in 1614. Backhouse was brought up in the prominent Backhouse family of the North of England, son of a wealthy London Alderman and Grocer. Educated at Oxford, he first came into a sum of land upon his father's death, in 1580. The next sum came after marrying Elizabeth Borlase, member of the Buckinghamshire gentry, as he purchased the manor of Swallowfield in order to reside closer to his new affinial relatives. Here Backhouse lived the life of a country gentleman, fulfilling several minor municipal duties and, in 1600, entertaining the Queen as Sheriff of Berkshire. Perhaps emboldened by his successes as a country gentleman in Berkshire, Backhouse entered parliament. His first stint i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Knollys (MP)
Sir Robert Knollys (1588–1659) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1614 and 1629. Knollys was the 2nd son of Richard Knollys of Stanford-in-the-Vale in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire). He matriculated at Oriel College, Oxford on 13 May 1603, aged 15. He was knighted on 12 January 1613. In 1614, he was elected Member of Parliament for Abingdon. He was elected MP for Berkshire in 1621. In 1624 he was elected MP for Abingdon again, and was re-elected in 1625 and 1626. In 1628 he was elected MP for Wallingford and sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years. Knollys bought Greys Court Greys Court is a Tudor country house and gardens in the southern Chiltern Hills at Rotherfield Greys, near Henley-on-Thames in the county of Oxfordshire, England. Now owned by the National Trust, it is located at , and is open to the public. ... from his uncle, William Knollys, Earl of Banbury,who died at the age of ab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Neville (politician)
Sir Henry Neville (baptised 20 May 1564 – 10 July 1615) was an English courtier, politician and diplomat, noted for his role as ambassador to France and his unsuccessful attempts to negotiate between James I of England and the Houses of Parliament. In 2005, Neville was put forward as a candidate for the authorship of Shakespeare's works. Family Neville was the elder son of Sir Henry Neville (died 1593) and his second wife, Elizabeth Gresham (died 6 November 1573), granddaughter of Sir Richard Gresham, Lord Mayor of London, and only daughter and heir of the latter's elder son, John Gresham (died 1560), by Frances Thwaytes, the daughter and coheir of Sir Henry Thwaytes of Lund, Yorkshire.. Neville's father had earlier married, between 1551 and 1555, Winifred Losse (died in or before 1561), daughter of a property speculator, Hugh Losse (died 1555) of Whitchurch, London, by whom he had no children. After the death of his second wife, Neville's father married thirdly, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Hyde (Knight Of The Bath)
Sir George Hyde (1570 – March/April 1623) was an English politician and appointed Knight of the Order of the Bath. Hyde was the eldest son of William Hyde of South Denchworth in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire) and his wife Catherine daughter of George Gill of Wyddial in Hertfordshire. The family had been influential in Berkshire for centuries. Hyde was the stepson of Richard Lovelace. He was MP for Tamworth, where his wife came from, in 1597 and for Berkshire Berkshire ( ; in the 17th century sometimes spelt phonetically as Barkeshire; abbreviated Berks.) is a historic county in South East England. One of the home counties, Berkshire was recognised by Queen Elizabeth II as the Royal County of Berk ... in 1601. He was succeeded in that office by Francis Knollys. He was appointed Knight of the Order of the Bath. He lived at Kingston Lisle Park in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire) and built the house preceding the present one. References 1570 births 1623 deaths Members ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Knollys (admiral)
Sir Francis Knollys (c. 1552 – 1648) of Reading Abbey, Berkshire was an English privateer and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1575 and 1648. Life Knollys was the 6th son of Sir Francis Knollys, of Greys Court in Oxfordshire and Reading Abbey, Reading, in Berkshire, and his wife, Catherine Carey and was generally known as Francis Knollys the younger. He attended Magdalen College, Oxford in and around 1564. He was a student of Gray's Inn in 1565. In December 1575 Knollys was elected Member of Parliament for Oxford following the death of Edward Knollys, and held the seat unit 1589. In those early years he was involved in piracy with Sir Francis Drake, serving as a rear-admiral on privateering activities in the Caribbean, returning in 1586 with considerable booty. He soon after served with his brother-in-law, the Earl of Leicester, in the Netherlands campaign and was knighted by him at Flushing on 7 December 1587. Knollys was once again elected ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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