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Richard Grantham (biologist)
Richard Grantham (1677–1723), of Goltho Hall, Lincolnshire, was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1710 and 1722. Grantham was the eldest surviving son of Vincent Grantham of Goltho Hall, Lincolnshire, and his wife Margaret Fanshaw, daughter of Sir Richard Fanshaw of Ware Park, Hertfordshire. He was educated at Eton College in 1690. He married Elizabeth and had no children. Grantham was elected Member of Parliament for Lincoln at the 1710 general election, but was defeated in 1713. He was returned unopposed as MP for Lincoln at the 1715 general election Events For dates within Great Britain and the British Empire, as well as in the Russian Empire, the "old style" Julian calendar was used in 1715, and can be converted to the "new style" Gregorian calendar (adopted in the British Empire i ... and in 1716 was appointed Commissioner for forfeited estates following the Jacobite rebellion. He received a salary of £1,000 a year but was abs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goltho Hall
Goltho is a hamlet in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The population (including Bullington) was 157 at the 2011 census. It is situated south-west from Wragby, and south from the A158 road. Wragby and Goltho Limewood Walk, through one of the Lincolnshire Limewoods national nature reserves, passes Goltho Hall, Goltho Chapel and Goltho deserted medieval village. History The settlement has Anglo-Saxon roots. There was a Romano-British settlement at Goltho in the 1st and 2nd centuries."Goltho Medieval Settlement Earthwork and Cropmark Site" , English Heritage. Retrieved 3 June 2012 The origin of the name is uncertain, perhaps from an Old Scandinavian (Viking) first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Monson, 1st Baron Monson
John Monson, 1st Baron Monson (c. 169318 July 1748), known as Sir John Monson, 5th Baronet, from 1727 to 1728, was a British politician. Life He was the son of George Monson of Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, and Anne, daughter of Charles Wren of the Isle of Ely. He matriculated from Christ Church, Oxford, on 26 January 1708. On 4 April 1722, he was returned to the House of Commons for the city of Lincoln, and was re-elected on 30 August 1727. He was appointed a knight of the Bath on 17 June 1725, when that order was reconstituted by George I. He succeeded in the family baronetcy, in March 1727, on the death of his uncle Sir William. On 28 May of the following year he was created a peer, with the title of Baron Monson of Burton, Lincolnshire. In June 1733, Monson was named Captain of the Honourable Band of Gentlemen Pensioners, and in June 1737 was appointed first commissioner of trade and plantations. In this office, he was confirmed when the board was reconstituted in 1745, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Members Of The Parliament Of Great Britain For English Constituencies
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People From West Lindsey District
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People Educated At Eton College
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1723 Deaths
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1677 Births
Events January–March * January 1 – Jean Racine Jean-Baptiste Racine ( , ) (; 22 December 163921 April 1699) was a French dramatist, one of the three great playwrights of 17th-century France, along with Molière and Corneille as well as an important literary figure in the Western traditio ...'s tragedy ''Phèdre'' is first performed, in Paris. * January 21 – The first medical publication in America (a pamphlet on smallpox) is produced in Boston. * February 15 – Four members of the English House of Lords embarrass King Charles II at the opening of the latest session of the "Cavalier Parliament" by proclaiming that the session is not legitimate because it hadn't met in more than a year. The George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, Duke of Buckingham, backed by Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury, Lord Shaftesbury, James Cecil, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, Lord Salisbury and Philip Wharton, 4th Baron Wharton, Baron Wharton, makes an unsuc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir John Tyrwhitt, 5th Baronet
Sir John Tyrwhitt, 5th Baronet (c. 1663–1741), of Stainfield, Lincolnshire, was a British landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1715 and 1734. Tyrwhitt was the only surviving son of Sir Philip Tyrwhitt, 4th Baronet MP of Stainfield, Lincolnshire and his wife Penelope de la Fountain, daughter of Sir Erasmus de la Fountain of Kirkby Beilars, Leicestershire. His father died in July 1688, when he succeeded to the estates and baronetcy. He married his first wife Elizabeth Phillips, daughter of Francis Phillips of Kempton Park, Sunbury, Middlesex on 24 February 1691. For the year 1693 to 1694 he was High Sheriff of Lincolnshire. He made a second marriage, by licence of 5 August 1704, to Mary Drake daughter of Sir William Drake of Shardeloes, Buckinghamshire. Tyrwhitt was returned unopposed as Whig Member of Parliament for Lincoln on his family's interest at the 1715 general election. He supported the Administration in 1716 on the septennial bill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Sibthorpe
John Sibthorpe (1669–1718), of St. Mark's, Lincoln, was an English politician. He was the son of Gervase Sibthorpe of St Mark's and Judith Riggall, daughter of Mark Riggall and widow of Benjamin Marshall, and was educated at Christ Church, Oxford. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of Great Britain for Lincoln from 1713 to 1715, but made very little impact in the House. He was buried on 27 April 1718 at St. Mark's church. He had married in 1703, Mary, the daughter and coheiress of Humphrey Browne of Lincoln and had 4 sons and a daughter. His widow acquired Canwick Hall, near Lincoln, which his son Coningsby Sibthorp, MP for Lincoln for many years and High Sheriff of Lincolnshire This is a list of High Sheriffs of Lincolnshire. The High Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the High Sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most of the responsibilit ... in 1733, would go on to inherit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Meres
Sir Thomas Meres (1634 – 9 July 1715), of Lincoln and Bloomsbury, Middlesex, was an English lawyer and Tory politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons between 1659 and 1710. He showed a remarkable level of activity both within and outside Parliament, particularly during the reign of Charles II. Early life Meres was baptised on 17 September 1634, the eldest son of Robert Meres, DD, of Kirton, Lincolnshire, chancellor of Lincoln Cathedral, and his first wife Elizabeth Williams, daughter of Hugh Williams of Wegg, Caernarvonshire who was the widow of William Dolben, DD, prebendary of Lincoln. He was thus the half-brother of John Dolben, Archbishop of York, and Sir William Dolben, a judge. He was educated at Carre's Grammar School in Sleaford, Lincolnshire, under Mr Gibson and was admitted at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge on 23 January 1651 aged 15. He was admitted to Inner Temple in 1652 and in the same year succeeded to his father's property. He married A ... [...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] |
Thomas Lister (1658-1718)
Thomas Lister (c. 1658 – 8 February 1718), of Coleby, Lincolnshire, was an English Tory politician, who sat in the English and British House of Commons from 1705 to 1715. Lister was the eldest son of William Lister of Coleby and his wife Frances Franklyn, daughter of Sir John Franklyn MP of Willesden, Middlesex. He was admitted at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge on 7 April 1675, aged 16 and at Gray's Inn in 1678. He married Jane Hawtrey, the daughter of John Hawtrey of Ruislip, Middlesex on 5 June 1683. In 1687, he succeeded his father, inheriting Coleby Hall, which he extended. Lister was appointed High Sheriff of Lincolnshire for the year 1695 to 1696. From 1700 to 1705, he was Commissioner for army, navy and transport debts. He was returned as a Member of Parliament for Lincoln at the 1705 English general election on his own interest. He voted against the Court candidate as Speaker on 25 October 1705. In 1710, he opposed the impeachment of Dr Sacheverell. He had a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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