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Robert Corbet (other)
Robert Corbet was a Royal Navy officer. Robert Corbet may also refer to: * Robert Corbet (MP for Worcestershire), MP for Worcestershire 1341 *Robert Corbet (died 1417), MP for Wiltshire 1385,1397, Hertfordshire 1402, 1404 and Suffolk 1414 *Robert Corbet (died 1420) (1383–1420), MP for Shropshire 1413, 1419 *Robert Corbet (died 1583) (1542–1583), MP for Shropshire 1563 *Robert Corbet (died 1676), Parliamentarian politician of the English Civil War and MP for Shropshire in the First Protectorate Parliament of 1654 *Sir Robert Corbet, 4th Baronet (c. 1670–1740), of the Corbet baronets, MP for Shropshire 1705–10, 1715–22 *Robert Corbet, author of young adult fiction titles such as ''Shelf Life'' See also * Robert Corbett (other) *Corbet (surname) Corbet is a surname, and may refer to A * Alexander Steven Corbet (1896–1948), British chemist and naturalist. * Andrew Corbet (1522–1578), English Protestant politician of the mid-Tudor and early Elizabethan periods * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Corbet
Captain Robert Corbet RN (died 13 September 1810), often spelled Corbett, was an officer of the British Royal Navy during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars who was killed in action in highly controversial circumstances. Corbet was a strict disciplinarian, who regularly beat his men for the slightest infractions: so brutal was his regime that he provoked two mutinies, one simply at the rumour he was coming aboard a ship. These uprisings caused him to become even more vicious in his use of punishments and when he took his frigate HMS ''Africaine'' into action off Île Bourbon, his men failed to support him and may even have murdered him. In addition to his obsession with discipline and obedience, Corbet was regarded as an inefficient commander, whose standards of gunnery and training were so poor that when his ship did go into action it was ill-equipped to fight the French frigates stationed in the Indian Ocean. Early service Corbet was born in Shropshire; otherwise l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Corbet (MP For Worcestershire)
Captain Robert Corbet RN (died 13 September 1810), often spelled Corbett, was an officer of the British Royal Navy during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars who was killed in action in highly controversial circumstances. Corbet was a strict disciplinarian who regularly beat his men for the slightest infractions: so brutal was his regime that he provoked two mutinies, one simply at the rumour he was coming aboard a ship. These uprisings caused him to become even more vicious in his use of punishments and when he took the frigate HMS ''Africaine'' into action off Île Bourbon in September 1810, his men failed to support him and may even have murdered him. In addition to his obsession with discipline and obedience, Corbet was regarded as an inefficient commander, whose standards of gunnery and training were so poor that when his ship did go into action it was ill-equipped to fight the French frigates stationed in the Indian Ocean. Early service Corbet was born in S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Worcestershire (UK Parliament Constituency)
Worcestershire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832. It was represented until 1832 by two Members of Parliament traditionally referred to as Knights of the Shire. It was split then into two two-member divisions, for Parliamentary purposes, Worcestershire Eastern and Worcestershire Western constituencies. Boundaries Worcestershire was one of the historic counties of England. The constituency comprised the whole county, except for the boroughs of Bewdley, Droitwich, Evesham and Worcester. Members of Parliament 1294–1478 Source: Treadway Russell Nash.Treadway Russell Nash, ''Collections for a History of Worcestershire'' (1783) 1479–1552 1553–1649 Source: TR Nash Commonwealth Parliaments Source: T. R. Nash, ''Collections for a History of Worcestershire'' (1783) MPs 1660–1832 Elections The county fran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Corbet (died 1417)
Sir Robert Corbet (c. 1354 – 5 July 1417) was an English landowner, Member of Parliament (MP) and High Sheriff. He was born the son and heir of Sir Robert Corbet (c. 1330 – 1404) of Kings Bromley, Staffordshire and Hadley, Shropshire. He was knighted by July 1372, after military service in France under the command of Thomas of Woodstock from June to September 1378. His chief place of residence was Assington in Suffolk. His Berkshire home was at Tubney. During his lifetime he accrued several estates by marriage. He was made Constable of Berkhampstead castle in 1399 for life. He was a Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Hertfordshire from 1401 to 1407. He was appointed High Sheriff of Oxfordshire and Berkshire for 1406–07 and 1410–11, High Sheriff of Wiltshire for 1408–09, and High Sheriff of Shropshire for 1413–15. During the latter term of office he was, somewhat unusually, also an MP for Suffolk. He was elected MP for Wiltshire in 1385 and 1397, for Hertfordshire in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Corbet (died 1420)
Robert Corbet (1383–1420) of Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, was an English soldier, politician and landowner who represented Shropshire twice in the House of Commons of England. A retainer of Thomas FitzAlan, 12th Earl of Arundel, and implicated in his alleged misrule in Shropshire, he accompanied his patron to the Siege of Harfleur and suffered a temporary eclipse after his death. Background and early life Robert Corbet was the eldest son of: :* Sir Roger Corbet of Moreton Corbet. The Corbet family had been important in the Welsh Marches since the Norman Conquest. With the extinction of the Corbet line at Caus Castle in 1347, its properties had passed to Ralph de Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford,Baugh and Elrington (1989)''Domesday Book: 1300–1540''/ref> leaving the cadet branch, at Moreton Corbet Castle, the leading branch of the family in Shropshire. As a third son, Sir Roger had been compelled to fight a series of legal actions to prevent his family property slipping away.Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Corbet (died 1583)
Robert Corbet (1542–1583) was an English landowner, diplomat and politician of the Elizabethan period, a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Shropshire, his native county.P.W. Hasler (editor): History of Parliament Online: Members 1558-1603 - CORBET, Robert (1542-83), of Moreton Corbet, Salop - Author: A. M. Mimardière accessed September 2013. Background and education Robert Corbet was the eldest son of :* Sir Andrew Corbet of[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Corbet (died 1676)
Robert Corbet (died April 1676) was an English politician who supported Parliament in the English Civil War. He was a member of the Shropshire county committee, responsible for pursuing the war against the cavalier, royalists and represented Shropshire (UK Parliament constituency), Shropshire in the First Protectorate Parliament. He is particularly known as the employer and mentor of Richard Gough, author of the ''Antiquities and Memoirs of the Parish of Myddle'', a pioneering work of ethnography, ethnographic literature, in which he is mentioned repeatedly. Background, education and early life Robert Corbet's background was in the landed gentry of Shropshire, a county which had no resident aristocracy in the 16th century, and acquired one only slowly through the sale of honours by James I of England, James I and Charles I of England, Charles I. His parents were cousins once removed, both members of the powerful Corbet family. *Thomas Corbet of Stanwardine Hall, at Stanwardine i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Robert Corbet, 4th Baronet
Sir Robert Corbet, 4th Baronet (c.1670 – 3 October 1740), of Stoke, Shropshire, was an English Whig politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons between 1705 and 1722, and was an official in the Royal Household. Corbet was the only surviving son of Sir John Corbet, 3rd Baronet of Stoke upon Tern, Shropshire. He matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford on 6 July 1687, aged 17 and was admitted to the Inner Temple in 1688. He succeeded to the baronetcy in 1695. Corbet was appointed High Sheriff of Shropshire for 1700–01 and was then elected to Parliament at the 1705 English general election to represent the county of Shropshire until 1710. He was reelected for Shropshire again in 1715, sitting until 1722. He was a loyal Whig and was rewarded for his party loyalty with the position of Clerk of the Green Cloth The Clerk of the Green Cloth was a position in the British Royal Household. The clerk acted as secretary of the Board of Green Cloth, and was therefore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corbet Baronets
There have been six baronetcies created for members of the Corbet family, four in the Baronetage of England, one in the Baronetage of Great Britain and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. All creations are extinct. The recipients were descendants of the ancient Norman family of Corbet which held substantial estates in Shropshire including Wattlesborough, Caus Castle, Moreton Corbet Castle and Acton Reynald Hall. Corbet baronets, of Sprowston (1623) The Corbet Baronetcy, of Sprowston in the County of Norfolk, was created in the Baronetage of England on 4 July 1623 for John Corbet, of Sprowston, grandson of Sir Miles Corbet, Kt, of Moreton Corbet and son of Sir Thomas Corbet, Kt, High Sheriff of Norfolk in 1612. He sat as Member of Parliament for Norfolk and Yarmouth. He was the elder brother of the regicide Miles Corbet. The title became extinct on the death of the third Baronet in 1661. * Sir John Corbet, 1st Baronet (1591–1628) *Sir John Corbet, 2nd Baron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shropshire (UK Parliament Constituency)
Shropshire ( ''Salop'') was a United Kingdom constituencies, constituency of the British House of Commons, House of Commons of the Parliament of England, then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832. It was represented by two Knights of the Shire. It was split into North Shropshire (UK Parliament constituency), North Shropshire and South Shropshire (UK Parliament constituency), South Shropshire in 1832. Boundaries The county limits. History Shropshire by the mid eighteenth century was seen as an independent county seat, controlled by the rank and file of the country gentry and tended to return Tory MPs despite the borough seats within Shropshire, and the dominant local Herbert family, Herbert and Baron Clive, Clive families, being Whigs (British political party), Whig.Pages 238 to 240,Lewis Namier, ''The Structure of Politics at the Accession of George III'' (2nd edition - London: St Martin's Press, 195 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shelf Life (novel)
''Shelf Life'' is a 2004 young adult novel by Robert Corbet. The book was first published in Australia on June 1, 2004 through Allen & Unwin George Allen & Unwin was a British publishing company formed in 1911 when Sir Stanley Unwin purchased a controlling interest in George Allen & Co. It went on to become one of the leading publishers of the twentieth century and to establish an ... and focuses on the workers of an unnamed supermarket. ''Shelf Life'' was nominated as one of the CBCA's ''"Notable Books of 2005"'' in the "Older Readers" category. Synopsis The novel deals with an unnamed supermarket and the various people who work there. Each chapter is named after an aisle of the store, but may only have some minor references to it. There are other smaller chapters that deal with other areas such as Accounts and Service Desk. Each character has one chapter about them, which usually involves their current situation, then goes into a flashback about what had happened beforeha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Corbett (other)
Robert Alfred Corbett (born 14 December 1938) was a member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1978 to 1993. His background was in business. Corbett was born in Saint John, New Brunswick, was the son of James Ross Corbett and Helen Elma Yeamans. In 1971, he married Laverne Dorothea Stewart. Corbett represented Queens South in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1974 to 1978. He was first elected to the House of Commons in a by-election on 16 October 1978 at the Fundy—Royal electoral district for the Progressive Conservative party. He served consecutive terms in the 30th, 31st, 32nd, 33rd and 34th Canadian Parliament The 34th Canadian Parliament was in session from December 12, 1988, until September 8, 1993. The membership was set by the 1988 federal election on November 21, 1988, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it wa ...s until his defeat in the 1993 federal election at the hands of the Liberal Party's Paul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
