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Richard Newport (MP)
Richard Newport (28 July 1685 – 3 December 1716), styled The Honourable from 1708, was a Great Britain, British politician. Background Newport was the second son of Richard Newport, 2nd Earl of Bradford, and his wife Mary Wilbraham, daughter of Sir Thomas Wilbraham, 3rd Baronet. His older brother was Henry Newport, 3rd Earl of Bradford, his younger brother was Thomas Newport, 4th Earl of Bradford, and his uncle was Thomas Newport, 1st Baron Torrington. He died unmarried and childless in December 1716 aged 31. Politics Newport entered the British House of Commons in a by-election in 1714, representing (Much) Wenlock (UK Parliament constituency), (Much) Wenlock as a Member of Parliament (MP) until 1715. References External links 1685 births 1716 deaths British MPs 1713–1715 Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies Younger sons of earls {{England-GreatBritain-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Britain
Great Britain is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe. With an area of , it is the largest of the British Isles, the largest European island and the ninth-largest island in the world. It is dominated by a maritime climate with narrow temperature differences between seasons. The 60% smaller island of Ireland is to the west—these islands, along with over 1,000 smaller surrounding islands and named substantial rocks, form the British Isles archipelago. Connected to mainland Europe until 9,000 years ago by a landbridge now known as Doggerland, Great Britain has been inhabited by modern humans for around 30,000 years. In 2011, it had a population of about , making it the world's third-most-populous island after Java in Indonesia and Honshu in Japan. The term "Great Britain" is often used to refer to England, Scotland and Wales, including their component adjoining islands. Great Britain and Northern Ireland now constitute the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Newport, 2nd Earl Of Bradford
Richard Newport, 2nd Earl of Bradford PC (3 September 1644 – 14 June 1723), styled The Honourable from 1651 to 1694 and subsequently Viscount Newport until 1708, was an English peer and Whig politician. Background He was the oldest son of Francis Newport, 1st Earl of Bradford and his wife Lady Diana Russell, fourth daughter of Francis Russell, 4th Earl of Bedford. His younger brother was Thomas Newport, 1st Baron Torrington. In 1708, he succeeded his father as earl. Newport was educated in Christ Church, Oxford and graduated with a Master of Arts. Career Newport entered the English House of Commons in 1670, sitting for Shropshire until 1685. He represented the constituency again between 1689 and 1698. In 1704, Newport was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Shropshire and in 1708 Custos Rotulorum of Shropshire, serving in these offices until 1712, whereafter both were held concurrently. Two years later, he was readmitted and exercised it until his death in 1723. The latter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Newport, 3rd Earl Of Bradford
Henry Newport, 3rd Earl of Bradford (8 August 1683 – 25 December 1734) was an England, English peer and British Whig Party, Whig politician who sat in the British House of Commons, House of Commons between 1706 and 1722. Newport was the eldest son of Richard Newport, 2nd Earl of Bradford and his wife Mary Wilbraham. He was educated at Westminster School and matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford on 4 May 1699 aged 15. Newport was returned unopposed as Member of Parliament (MP) for Bishop's Castle (UK Parliament constituency), Bishop's Castle at a by-election on 5 March 1706. At the 1708 British general election, 1708 general election, he was returned unopposed as MP for Shropshire (UK Parliament constituency), Shropshire but was defeated in 1710 British general election, 1710. He was again elected MP for Shropshire at the 1713 British general election, 1713 general election and at the 1715 British general election, 1715 general election but was defeated in 1722 British general e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Newport, 4th Earl Of Bradford
Thomas Newport, 4th Earl of Bradford (c. 1696 – 18 April 1762Doyle (1886), p. 208.), was an England, English peer and noble. Newport was the third son of Richard Newport, 2nd Earl of Bradford.Collins (1756), p. 158. His mother Mary was the third daughter of Wilbraham baronets, Sir Thomas Wilbraham, 3rd Baronet. After a fall from his horse in his youth, Newport suffered from feeble-mindedness for the rest of his life.Cokayne (1912), p. 275. Richard Newport (MP), Richard, his father's second son and Member of Parliament, had died in 1716, and so on the death of his oldest brother Henry Newport, 3rd Earl of Bradford, in 1734, he succeeded in the titles and entailed estates, such as Weston Park, Staffordshire. Newport died unmarried in Weston Park in Staffordshire. His estate, including the manor of Walsall, was transferred to his sister Algernon Coote, 6th Earl of Mountrath, Diana, Countess of Mountrath, while all his titles became extinct. In 1815, the earldom was revived for O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Newport, 1st Baron Torrington
Thomas Newport, 1st Baron Torrington (c. 1655 – 27 May 1719), styled The Honourable from 1675 until 1716, was an English barrister and Whig politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons between 1695 and 1716 when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Torrington. Early life Born in High Ercall, Newport was the fifth and second surviving son of Francis Newport, 1st Earl of Bradford, and his wife Lady Diana Russell, daughter of Francis Russell, 4th Earl of Bedford. He matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford, on 21 May 1672, aged 17, and was called to the Bar by the Inner Temple in 1678 He became a reader of Inner Temple in 1700. Political career At the 1695 general election, Newport was returned as Member of Parliament for Ludlow and also became a freeman of Ludlow. At the 1698 general election, he was initially defeated at Ludlow, but petitioned and was seated on 1 March 1699. In 1699 he was appointed to the post of Commissioner of Customs which he held until 17 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British House Of Commons
The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the upper house, the House of Lords, it meets in the Palace of Westminster in London, England. The House of Commons is an elected body consisting of 650 members known as members of Parliament (MPs). MPs are elected to represent constituencies by the first-past-the-post system and hold their seats until Parliament is dissolved. The House of Commons of England started to evolve in the 13th and 14th centuries. In 1707 it became the House of Commons of Great Britain after the political union with Scotland, and from 1800 it also became the House of Commons for Ireland after the political union of Great Britain and Ireland. In 1922, the body became the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland after the independence of the Irish Free State. Under the Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949, the Lords' power to reject legislation was reduced to a delaying power. The gov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
(Much) Wenlock (UK Parliament Constituency)
Much Wenlock, often called simply Wenlock, was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England until 1707, then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and finally of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885, when it was abolished. It was named after the town of that name in Shropshire. The seat was founded in 1468 as a borough constituency and was represented throughout its history by two burgesses. Boundaries Much Wenlock's constituency boundaries ran from Leighton to just west of Dawley, to Ironbridge, and finally to just east of Madeley along the northern border; travelling eastwards, the boundaries ran from just east of Madeley to the bend in the River Severn, following the river thereafter. The far southern border, commencing in the east, travelled along the southern part of the Severn across to Easthope; the western border, running northwards, going from Easthope through to Benthall, and onwards back to Leighton. Member ... [...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] |
William Forester (1655–1718)
Sir William Forester KB (10 December 1655 – February 1718), of Dothill Park, Apley Castle, and Watling Street in Wellington, Shropshire was a Whig politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons between 1679 and 1715. Forester was the eldest surviving son of Francis Forester of Dothill and his wife Lady Mary Newport, daughter of Richard Newport, 1st Baron Newport, of High Ercall, and widow of John Steventon of Dothill Park. He entered Trinity College, Cambridge in 1673 and graduated as MA in 1675. He succeeded to Dothill Park in about 1675 under the will of his half-brother Richard Steventon (died 1659) and this became the main family seat at least until his grandson obtained Willey Park by marrying the heiress of George Weld.'Wellington: Manors and other estates', ''A History of the County of Shropshire: Volume 11: Telford'' (1985), pp. 215–221Shropshire manor Date accessed: 20 May 2008. Forester was Member of Parliament for the borough constituency of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Whitmore (died 1725) (1787–1858), Shropshire landowner and British Whig politician
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William Whitmore may refer to: * William Whitmore (died 1648) (1572–1648), English landowner and politician * Sir William Whitmore, 2nd Baronet (1637–1699), English politician * William Whitmore (died 1725), MP for Bridgnorth 1705–10 and 1713–25 * William Whitmore (British Army officer) (1714–1771), MP for Bridgnorth 1741–7 and 1754–71 * William Elliott Whitmore (born 1978), American blues singer and musician * William Henry Whitmore (1836–1900), Boston businessman, politician and genealogist * William Henry Whitmore (1875-1918), Unknown marine of Padstow See also * William Wolryche-Whitmore William Wolryche-Whitmore (16 September 1787 – 11 August 1858) was a Shropshire landowner and British Whig politician. He held a seat in the House of Commons from 1820 to 1835, representing first Bridgnorth and later Wolverhampton. His sist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1715 British General Election
The 1715 British general election returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 5th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the 1707 merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland. In October 1714, soon after George I had arrived in London after ascending to the throne, he dismissed the Tory cabinet and replaced it with one almost entirely composed of Whigs, as they were responsible for securing his succession. The election of 1715 saw the Whigs win an overwhelming majority in the House of Commons, and afterwards virtually all Tories in central or local government were purged, leading to a period of Whig ascendancy lasting almost fifty years during which Tories were almost entirely excluded from office. The Whigs then moved to impeach Robert Harley, the former Tory first minister. After he was imprisoned in the Tower of London for two years, the case ultimately ended with his acquittal in 1717. Constituencies See 1796 British general electi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Forester (1690–1758)
William Forester (1690 – 12 November 1758), of Dothill in Wellington, Shropshire was an English landowner and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons in three Parliaments between 1715 and 1758. Early life Forester was the son of Sir William Forester of Dothill Park, Shropshire and his wife Lady Margaret Cecil, daughter of James Cecil, 3rd Earl of Salisbury. He married Catherine Brooke, the daughter and heiress of William Brooke of Clerkenwell in 1714. The family had a significant political interest at Wenlock and members of the family represented the borough in Parliament over several centuries. Forester inherited the interest on the death of his father in 1718. Career At the 1715 general election, Forester was returned unopposed as Whig Member of Parliament for Wenlock in succession to his father. He voted with the Government on all recorded occasions. During the crisis of the South Sea Bubble, he was found to have been credited with £1,000 stock, but could show ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
