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Richard Reynell (died 1735)
Richard Reynell (c.1681–1734) of East Ogwell and Denbury, near Ashburton, Devon was an English landowner and Tory politician who sat in the English House of Commons from 1702 to 1708 and in the British House of Commons from 1711 to 1734. Early life Reynell was the third, but eldest surviving, son of Thomas Reynell of East Ogwell and his second wife Elizabeth Gould, daughter of James Gould, merchant, of Exeter, Devon, and London. His father had sat in the parliaments during The Protectorate and was a patron of the Dissenters within the town. Reynell succeeded to the estates of his father in 1698. Career At the 1702 general election, Reynell was returned unopposed as Member of Parliament for Ashburton. He was a moderate Tory and was generally active in parliament. After being elected in a contest at the 1705 general election, he was listed as ‘Low Church’ and voted against the Court candidate for Speaker. He was defeated at the 1708 general election and again in the poll a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Member Of Parliament (UK)
In the United Kingdom, a member of Parliament (MP) is an individual elected to serve in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Electoral system All 650 members of the UK House of Commons are elected using the first-past-the-post voting system in single member constituencies across the whole of the United Kingdom, where each constituency has its own single representative. Elections All MP positions become simultaneously vacant for elections held on a five-year cycle, or when a snap election is called. The Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 set out that ordinary general elections are held on the first Thursday in May, every five years. The Act was repealed in 2022. With approval from Parliament, both the 2017 and 2019 general elections were held earlier than the schedule set by the Act. If a vacancy arises at another time, due to death or resignation, then a constituency vacancy may be filled by a by-election. Under the Representation of the People Act 198 ... [...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] |
Sir William Yonge, 4th Baronet
Sir William Yonge, 4th Baronet (c. 169310 August 1755), , of Escot House in the parish of Talaton in Devon, was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons for 39 years from 1715 to 1754. Origins Yonge was the son and heir of Sir Walter Yonge, 3rd Baronet, and his second wife Gwen Williams, daughter of Sir Robert Williams, 2nd Baronet of Penryn, Cornwall. He was a great-great-grandson of Walter Yonge (1579–1649), a lawyer, merchant and notable diarist, whose diaries (1604–45) are valuable material for the contemporaneous history of Great Britain. Career In 1715 Yonge was returned as Member of Parliament for his family's Rotten Borough of Honiton, in Devon and held the seat until 1754. He was also returned for Tiverton at the general elections of 1727, 1747 and 1754 but only took the seat in 1754. In the House of Commons he attached himself to the Whigs, and making himself useful to Sir Robert Walpole, was rewarded with a commissionership of the Treasury in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Quick (MP)
Andrew Quick (1666-1736), of Newton St. Cyres, Devon, was an English Member of Parliament. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of Great Britain for Ashburton 30 March 1711 - 1713 and for Grampound Grampound ( kw, Ponsmeur) is a village in Cornwall, England. It is at an ancient crossing point of the River Fal and today is on the A390 road west of St Austell and east of Truro.Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 204 ''Truro & Falmouth'' ... 1713–1715. References 1666 births 1736 deaths 18th-century English people People from Devon Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) Members of the Parliament of Great Britain {{England-GreatBritain-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Courtenay (politician)
George Courtenay (1666–1725), of Ford, Devon, was an English landowner and Tory politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons between 1702 and 1713. Courtenay was baptized on 13 May 1666, the seventh, but fourth surviving son of Sir William Courtenay, 1st Baronet. He was admitted at Middle Temple in 1684. In November 1688, he joined the Prince of Orange at Exeter. He was an ensign in the 1st Foot Guards in 1689, and was appointed vice-admiral of Devon and Exeter in May 1689, holding the post for the rest of his life. He inherited the estate of Ford from his mother in January 1694. Courtenay was returned as a Tory Member of Parliament for East Looe at a by-election on 4 February 1702 and voted for the vindication of the Commons actions in impeaching the King's Whig ministers on 26 February 1702. He did not stand at the 1702 English general election. At the 1708 British general election Courtenay was returned as Tory MP for Totnes. He voted against the impe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Lloyd (died 1714)
Richard Lloyd (c. 1661 - 1714) was an Anglo-Irish plantation owner and Whig politician who sat in the British House of Commons from 1708 to 1711. Lloyd was the second son of Owen Lloyd of the Abbey, Boyle, county Roscommon, Ireland, and his wife Elizabeth Fitzgerald, daughter of Richard Fitzgerald. His grandfather was Welsh and settled in Ireland. He was admitted at Trinity College, Dublin on 10 May 1677, aged 15 and at Lincoln's Inn on 12 February 1681. He went to Jamaica where he became a successful colonist. In 1689 Lloyd was petitioning for the post of Clerk of the crown and peace for Jamaica and was appointed to the post in 1690. He married Mary Guy, daughter of Richard Guy, planter of Jamaica, on 24 July 1690. In 1691, he became a member of the Jamaican Assembly and came in for criticism from the governor of Jamaica, Lord Inchiquin. Inchiquin was replaced by Sir William Beeston, who asked that Lloyd be appointed to the Jamaican Council, and he sat as a councillor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Balle
Robert Balle (c.1639-after 1731), of Mamhead, Devon; Campden House, Kensington, London; and Leghorn, Italy, was an English Member of Parliament (MP). He was a son of MP, Sir Peter Balle, MP for Tiverton. He was a Member of the Parliament of England The Parliament of England was the legislature of the Kingdom of England from the 13th century until 1707 when it was replaced by the Parliament of Great Britain. Parliament evolved from the great council of bishops and peers that advised t ... for Ashburton 1708–1710.http://historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1690-1715/member/balle-robert-1639-1731 References 1639 births 1731 deaths 18th-century English people People from Devon People from Kensington People from Livorno Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) {{England-pre1707-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Tuckfield
Roger Tuckfield (c. 1685–1739), of Raddon Court, Devon, was a British landowner and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons for 27 years between 1708 and 1739. Early life Tuckfield was the eldest son of Roger Tuckfield of Raddon Court, Devon, and his wife Margaret Davie, daughter of William Davie, barrister, of Dura, Devon. He succeeded his father to Raddon Court on his death in 1687. He matriculated at Exeter College, Oxford on 8 August 1700, aged 15. In 1702 his guardian, Sir William Davie, 4th Baronet, purchased the manor of Ashburton for him. Davie, a Whig and a patron of local Dissenters, died in 1707 before conveying it to Tuckfield, and so Tuckfield had to obtain an Act of Parliament early in 1708 to vest this and other estates in himself. Career Tuckfield was elected Member of Parliament for Ashburton at a hard-fought by-election on 21 January 1708, and again at the subsequent 1708 general election. Like his uncle, he was noted as a Whig, and voted in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilbert Yarde
Gilbert Yarde (1673-1707), of Bradley and Sharpham, Devon, was an English Member of Parliament (MP). He was a Member of the Parliament of England for Ashburton 1705 - December 1707. He was the cousin of Ashburton MP, Edward Yarde Edward Yarde (1669–1735), of Churston Court in the parish of Churston Ferrers in Devon was a Member of Parliament for Totnes in Devon 1695-1698. He was the eldest son and heir of Edward Yarde (1638–1703) of Churston Court, MP for Ashbur ....http://historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1690-1715/member/yarde-gilbert-1673-1707 References 1673 births 1707 deaths 18th-century English people People from Devon Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) {{England-pre1707-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lear Baronets
Two baronetcies both created for Peter Lear, West India merchant Lear of London The Baronetcy of Lear of London was created in the Baronetage of England on 2 July 1660 for Peter Lear. The baronetcy became extinct upon his death about 1684. Lear of London (1660) * Sir Peter Lear, 1st Baronet (died c.1684) ''Extinct on his death'' Lear of Lindridge The new Baronetcy of Lear of Lindridge was created in the Baronetage of England on 2 August 1683 for Sir Peter Lear of London, Baronet, whose Devon residence was Lindridge House, Bishopsteignton, with a special remainder to his nephews, he being without issue. His eldest nephew was Thomas Lear of Lindridge Devon, MP for Ashburton. The baronetcy became extinct upon the death of his brother the third Baronet in 1736. Lear of Lindridge (1683) * Sir Peter Lear, 1st Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Stawell (MP)
William Stawell (c. 1651-1702), of Parke, Bovey Tracey, Devon, was an English Member of Parliament (MP). He was a Member of the Parliament of England The Parliament of England was the legislature of the Kingdom of England from the 13th century until 1707 when it was replaced by the Parliament of Great Britain. Parliament evolved from the great council of bishops and peers that advised t ... for Ashburton 9 March 1677, March 1679, 1681, 1685, 1690, 1695, 1698, February 1701, December 1701 - 18 June 1702.http://historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1660-1690/member/stawell-william-1651-1702 References 1650s births 1702 deaths Year of birth uncertain 17th-century English people 18th-century English people People from Devon Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) {{England-pre1707-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Taylor (died 1746)
Joseph Taylor (c. 1693–1746) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1739 to 1741. Taylor was the only son of Captain Joseph Taylor, RN of Plymouth, Devon and his wife Mary. He matriculated at Exeter College, Oxford on 24 October 1710, aged 17; and was admitted at Middle Temple in 1712. He married Rebecca Whitrow, daughter of John Whitrow of Dartmouth and his wife Mary Reynell, daughter of Thomas Reynell, MP on 16 August 1726. In. 1733, he succeeded his father At the 1734 general election Taylor stood for Parliament at Ashburton with his wife's uncle, Richard Reynell who had represented the seat continuously since 1711, but they were both unsuccessful. Reynell died in 1735, and instructed that his estates be sold for the benefit of his niece who was Taylor's wife. Taylor, in fact, in the following year purchased these estates, which under the terms of his marriage settlement he was then required to settle on his wife and eldest son. Taylor was retu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
