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Richard Farington
Sir Richard Farington, 1st Baronet ( – 7 August 1719) was an English Whig politician who sat in the English House of Commons between 1681 and 1701 and in the British House of Commons between 1708 and 1719. Life Farington was the son of John Farrington (MP), Sir John Farington and his wife Ann May, daughter of John May, of Rawmere, Sussex. He married Elizabeth Peachey, daughter of John Peachey, of Ertham by licence dated 24 May 1687. Farington was appointed Commissioner for assessment for Sussex for 1679 to 1780. He was returned as Member of Parliament for Chichester (UK Parliament constituency), Chichester at a by-election on 4 January 1681 in succession to his father and returned again at the general election later that year. He sat until 1685. He was commissioner for inquiry into recusancy fines in 1687 and was appointed Justice of the Peace in May 1688. In 1690, Farington was appointed Commissioner for assessment for Sussex again. He was selected as High Sheriff of Susse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farrington Baronets
The Farrington Baronetcy, of Blackheath in the County of Kent, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 2 December 1818 for General Sir Anthony Farrington, 1st Baronet. Farrington baronets of Blackheath (1818) * Sir Anthony Farrington, 1st Baronet (1742–1823) * Sir Charles Henry Farrington, 2nd Baronet (1794–1828) * Sir Henry Maturin Farrington, 3rd Baronet (1778–1834) * Sir Henry Anthony Farrington, 4th Baronet (1811–1888) * Sir William Hicks Farrington, 5th Baronet (1838–1901) * Sir Henry Anthony Farrington, 6th Baronet (1871–1944) * Sir Henry Francis Colden Farrington, 7th Baronet (1914–2004) * Sir Henry William Farrington, 8th Baronet (born 1951) The heir apparent An heir apparent, often shortened to heir, is a person who is first in an order of succession and cannot be displaced from inheriting by the birth of another person; a person who is first in the order of succession but can be displaced by the b ... to the baronetcy is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |