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Robert Pigott
Robert Pigott (1665–1746), of Chetwynd, Shropshire and Chesterton, Huntingdonshire, was an English landowner and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1713 and 1741. Early life Pigott was baptized on 24 October 1665, the eldest son of Walter Pigott of Chetwynd and his second wife Anne Dryden, daughter of Sir John Dryden, 2nd Baronet of Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire. He succeeded his father at Chetwynd in 1669. He matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford on 5 December 1681, aged 16, and was admitted at Inner Temple in 1683. By a marriage settlement dated 15 May 1695, he married Frances Ward, daughter of Hon. William Ward of Willingsworth Hall, Sedgeley, Staffordshire. Career Pigott served as High Sheriff of Shropshire for the year 1696 to 1697, and also became a deputy-lieutenant for Shropshire. He succeeded to the Huntingdonshire estates of his uncles John Dryden in 1708 and Erasmus Dryden at Chesterton in 1710. With his landed wealth, he became High Sheri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chetwynd Park Estate
The Chetwynd Park estate lies in the small village of Chetwynd on the outskirts of the town of Newport, Shropshire, England. The estate is positioned in a gap north of Newport, where the road having crossed the marshland, clings to a steep slope of the Scaur above the meadowlands of the River Meese, where it meets Lonco Brook, before widening out onto the north Shropshire plain. The estate can trace its long history back to the Domesday records, which record a mill and two fisheries. Chetwynd was an important manor in Saxon times and was held by Leofric, Earl of Mercia, about 1050 though the current building was built in 1964 after the demolition of the older building. In 1318 Sir John de Chetwynd was granted the right to hold a market and three-day fair on All Souls Day. (2 November). From the 15th to the later 18th century Chetwynd was held by the Pigotts, whom the town's ghost story is about, namely Madam Pigott. The last of them, Robert, High Sheriff of Shropshire in 177 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1741 British General Election
The 1741 British general election returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 9th Parliament of Great Britain to be summoned, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707. The election saw support for the government party increase in the quasi-democratic constituencies which were decided by popular vote, but the Whigs lost control of a number of rotten and pocket boroughs, partly as a result of the influence of the Prince of Wales, and were consequently re-elected with the barest of majorities in the Commons, Walpole's supporters only narrowly outnumbering his opponents. Partly as a result of the election, and also due to the crisis created by naval defeats in the war with Spain, Walpole was finally forced out of office on 11 February 1742, after his government was defeated in a motion of no confidence concerning a supposedly rigged by-election. His supporters were then able to reconcile partially with the Patriot Whigs to form a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1665 Births
Events January–March * January 5 – The ''Journal des sçavans'' begins publication of the first scientific journal in France. * February 15 – Molière's comedy '' Dom Juan ou le Festin de pierre'', based on the Spanish legend of the womanizer Don Juan Tenorio and Tirso de Molina's Spanish play '' El burlador de Sevilla y convidado de piedra'', premieres in Paris at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal''. * February 21 – In India, Shivaji Bhonsale of the Maratha Empire captures the English East India Company's trading post at Sadashivgad (now located in the Indian state of Karnataka). * February – In England, Dr. Richard Lower performs the first blood transfusion between animals. According to his account to the Royal Society journal ''Philosophical Transactions'' in December, Dr. Lower "towards the end of February... selected one dog of medium size, opened its jugular vein, and drew off blood, until its strength was nearly gone. Then, to make ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coulson Fellowes
Coulson Fellowes (1696–1769) was an English landowner and politician, Member of Parliament for from 1741 to 1761. Life He was the eldest son of the barrister William Fellowes (barrister), William Fellowes and his wife Mary Martyn; his maternal grandmother was Susannah Coulson, sister of Thomas Coulson (MP), Thomas Coulson. He matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford in 1716. He was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1723. Fellowes was on a Grand Tour in France and Italy from 1723 to 1725. He was at Rome in 1724 with Conyers Middleton, and travelled on towards Venice with Middleton and John Folliot (British Army officer, died 1748), John Folliot. His father died 15 January 1724, and he succeeded as his main heir. He inherited the manor of Eggesford in Devon. He made a mortgage loan to the James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos, Duke of Chandos in 1725. Coming to own two landed estates, Fellowes resided in Hampstead. Habakkuk commented on his large investments held in the Funds. In 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Mitchell (Huntingdonshire MP)
William Mitchell may refer to: People Media and the arts * W. O. Mitchell (1914–1998), Canadian writer * William Frederick Mitchell (1845–1914), British naval artist * William Mitchell (sculptor) (1925–2020), English sculptor and muralist * William M. Mitchell, American writer, minister and abolitionist * W. R. Mitchell (William Reginald Mitchell, 1928–2015), British writer * William Mitchell, former alias of actor Peter Finch * William Paul Mitchell, known as Large Professor (born 1973), American hip hop producer Politics and the law * William Mitchell (barrister) (died 1937), Scottish Advocate and Liberal politician * William B. Mitchell (1832–1900), Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court * William D. Mitchell (1874–1955), U.S. Attorney General * William F. Mitchell (Wisconsin politician), Republican member of the Wisconsin State Assembly * William Foot Mitchell (1859–1947), Conservative Party politician in England, MP 1910 and 1922–1929 * William Henry Mitche ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Clarke (judge)
Charles Clarke (died 1750) was an English barrister, judge and politician. Life The son of Alured Clarke of Godmanchester in Huntingdonshire, by his second wife Ann, fourth daughter of the Rev. Charles Trimnell, rector of Ripton-Abbotts, and sister to Bishop Charles Trimnell, he was placed at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge in 1719 under his brother Alured Clarke, then a fellow of the college. Without taking a degree, he entered Lincoln's Inn in 1717, and was called to the bar in 1723. Clarke built up a good practice as barrister, and rebuilt the family house at Godmanchester. In 1731 he was appointed recorder of Huntingdon, and in 1739 represented in parliament. In the new parliament of 1741 he was elected for in Hampshire, but in its second session in Hilary term, 1743, became a baron of the exchequer in place of Sir Thomas Abney. At this time he was counsel to the admiralty, and auditor of Greenwich Hospital, where he was succeeded by Heneage Legge. On 17 May 1750 Cla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Montagu, 3rd Duke Of Manchester
Robert Montagu, 3rd Duke of Manchester ( – 10 May 1762) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1734 until 1739 when he succeeded to the peerage as Duke of Manchester. Early life Montagu was the son of Charles Montagu, 1st Duke of Manchester (1662–1721/2) and the former Hon. Dodington Greville (1671/2–1720/1). His elder brother was William Montagu, 2nd Duke of Manchester (who married Lady Isabella Montagu eldest daughter of John Montagu, 2nd Duke of Montagu and Lady Mary Churchill), Lady Charlotte Montagu (who married Pattee Byng, 2nd Viscount Torrington), and Lady Doddington Montagu. His paternal grandparents were Robert Montagu, 3rd Earl of Manchester and the former Anne Yelverton (a daughter of Sir Christopher Yelverton, 1st Baronet). His maternal grandparents were Robert Greville, 4th Baron Brooke (son of Robert Greville, 2nd Baron Brooke) and the former Anne Dodington (daughter and heiress of John Doddington of Breamore, MP for Lymington). Aft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British General Election
This is a list of United Kingdom general elections (elections for the UK House of Commons) since the first in 1802. The members of the 1801–1802 Parliament had been elected to the former Parliament of Great Britain and Parliament of Ireland, before being co-opted to serve in the first Parliament of the United Kingdom, so that Parliament is not included in the table below. There have been 57 general elections held in the UK up to and including the December 2019 election. Election results In 1801, the right to vote in the United Kingdom was severely restricted. Universal suffrage, on an equal basis for men and women over the age of 21, was established in 1928. Before 1918, general elections did not occur on a single day and polling was spread over several weeks. The majority figure given is for the difference between the number of MPs elected at the general election from the party (or parties) of the government, as opposed to all other parties (some of which may have been g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Cavendish, 3rd Duke Of Devonshire
William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire, (26 September 1698 – 5 December 1755) was a British nobleman and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1721 to 1729 when he inherited the Dukedom. Life Cavendish was the son of William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire, and his wife, the Hon. Rachel Russell, and was known as Marquis of Hartington. Like his father, Lord Hartington was active in public life. He was returned unopposed as member of parliament for Lostwithiel at a by-election in 1721. At the 1722 general election he was returned unopposed as MP for Grampound. He was also unopposed when he was returned as MP for Huntingdonshire at the 1727 general election. He surrendered the seat in 1729 when his father's death sent him to the House of Lords. He was made a Privy Counsellor in 1731. He served as Lord Privy Seal from 1731 to 1733, when he was invested as a Knight of the Garter. He later served for seven years as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. He sold the Ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Montagu, Viscount Hinchingbrooke
Edward Richard Montagu, Viscount Hinchingbrooke (7 July 1692 – 3 October 1722) was a British Army officer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1713 to 1722. Hinchingbrooke was the eldest son of Edward Montagu, 3rd Earl of Sandwich and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of the John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, Earl of Rochester. His mother kept his father, who was generally believed to be insane, much confined, leaving Hinchingbrooke to carry out the public business of his family. On 12 April 1707, at the age of 14, Hinchingbrooke married Elizabeth Popham (died 20 March 1761), the daughter of Alexander Popham (died 1705), Alexander Popham of Littlecote, Wiltshire (a grandson of Colonel Alexander Popham). After a tour of the continent in 1708, he was given command of a troop in Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham, Sir Richard Temple's Regiment of Horse for the 1709 campaign in Flanders. During this time, Hinchingbrooke was one of the infamous Mohocks, and was arrested ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Bigg (died 1748)
John Bigg (died 1748), of Grafham, Huntingdonshire (now in Cambridgeshire) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1715 to 1734. Bigg was the only son of John Bigg, MP of Grafham and his wife Frances Pedley, daughter of Sir Nicholas Pedley, MP of Huntingdon and his first wife Lucy Bernard, daughter of Sir Robert Bernard, 1st Baronet, MP of Huntingdon. He was exon (an officer rank) of the Yeomen of the Guard from 1689 to 1718. He succeeded his father to Grafham after 1708. Bigg was returned unopposed as Member of Parliament for Huntingdonshire on the interest of the Duke of Manchester at the 1715 general election. He voted with the Administration on all occasions in that Parliament. He was returned again unopposed in 1722 and in 1727. He voted against the Government on the army in 1732 and on the repeal of the Septennial Act in 1734. He retired from Parliament in 1734 . Bigg died unmarried on 24 March 1748, and left his estates to his sister L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Matthew Dudley, 2nd Baronet
Sir Matthew Dudley, 2nd Baronet (1 October 1661 – 14 April 1721) was an English politician. Dudley was the son of Sir William Dudley, 1st Baronet, of Clopton, Northamptonshire. He was the High Sheriff of Northamptonshire for 1684, MP for Northampton from 1703 to 1705 and MP for Huntingdonshire from 1713 to 1715. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1703. Dudley died in 1721. he had married Mary, daughter of Henry O'Brien, 7th Earl of Thomond Henry O'Brien, 7th Earl of Thomond Privy Council of Ireland, PC (Ire) (c. 16202 May 1691) was an Irish peer, styled Lord Ibrackan from 1639 to 1657. O'Brien was the son of Barnabas O'Brien, 6th Earl of Thomond and Anne Fermor. In 1641, he marri .... He had 4 sons (3 of whom predeceased him) and a daughter. He was succeeded by his surviving son, Sir William Dudley, 3rd and last Baronet. References 1661 births 1721 deaths People from North Northamptonshire 17th-century English people 18th-century Engl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
