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Robert Carteret, 3rd Earl Granville
Robert Carteret, 3rd Earl Granville, 3rd Baron Carteret, MP (1721–1776) was a Member of Parliament for Yarmouth (1744–1747) and hereditary Bailiff of Jersey from (1763–1776). Early life Robert Carteret, born in 1721 and was the son of John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, who was the Lord President of the Council and Frances Worsley, daughter of Sir Robert Worsley, 4th Baronet. He was educated at Westminster School (1731–1738) and St John's College (1738). Parliament Carteret in April 1744 tried to become the candidate for Cornwall, but was unsuccessful. He instead would run to be the Member of Parliament for Yarmouth during a by-election in 1744, he would not run for re-election after his term. Marriage He married a French girl named Elizabeth (died 1766); however, they did not have any issue. Americas Carteret, due to his inheritance from his father and his Royalist great-great-grandfather Sir George Carteret, owned vast territories in the Province of Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Right Honourable
''The Right Honourable'' (abbreviation: ''Rt Hon.'' or variations) is an honorific Style (form of address), style traditionally applied to certain persons and collective bodies in the United Kingdom, the former British Empire and the Commonwealth of Nations. The term is predominantly used today as a style associated with the holding of certain senior public offices in the United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand, and to a lesser extent, Australia. ''Right'' in this context is an adverb meaning 'very' or 'fully'. Grammatically, ''The Right Honourable'' is an adjectival phrase which gives information about a person. As such, it is not considered correct to apply it in direct address, nor to use it on its own as a title in place of a name; but rather it is used in the Grammatical person, third person along with a name or noun to be modified. ''Right'' may be abbreviated to ''Rt'', and ''Honourable'' to ''Hon.'', or both. ''The'' is sometimes dropped in written abbreviated form, but is al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Member Of Parliament
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members often have a different title. The terms congressman/congresswoman or deputy are equivalent terms used in other jurisdictions. The term parliamentarian is also sometimes used for members of parliament, but this may also be used to refer to unelected government officials with specific roles in a parliament and other expert advisers on parliamentary procedure such as the Senate Parliamentarian in the United States. The term is also used to the characteristic of performing the duties of a member of a legislature, for example: "The two party leaders often disagreed on issues, but both were excellent parliamentarians and cooperated to get many good things done." Members of parliament typically form parliamentary groups, sometimes called cauc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grace Carteret, 1st Countess Granville
Grace Carteret, 1st Countess Granville ( – 18 October 1744), formerly Lady Grace Granville, was Countess Granville in her own right and the wife of George Carteret, 1st Baron Carteret. Early life Grace was born at Stowe, Kilkhampton, Cornwall, the daughter of John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, and his wife Jane Wyche. Some sources give her date of birth as 1654, which would have made her thirteen years older than her husband. However, their marriage took place in 1675, when she is said to have been "a mere child". Marriage and issue She married George Carteret, 1st Baron Carteret (1667-1695), who succeeded to his grandfather's baronetcy in 1680 and in 1681 was raised to the status of Baron Carteret. The Carterets had two sons: * John Carteret, later 2nd Earl Granville (1690-1763), who was married twice: first, to Frances Worsley in 1710, and second, to Lady Sophia Fermor, in 1744. He had children by both marriages. *Philip Carteret (1692-1711), who died unmarried while a pupi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Carteret, 1st Baron Carteret
George Carteret, 1st Baron Carteret (July 1667 – 22 September 1695) was son of Sir Philip Carteret (died 1672) and the grandson of Vice Admiral Sir George Carteret, 1st Baronet (died 1680). His mother was Lady Jemima Montagu, a daughter of Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich. He was left an orphan at the age of five, and was brought up by his grandmother Elizabeth de Carteret, a daughter of Philippe de Carteret II, 3rd Seigneur de Sark, whom Samuel Pepys called "the most kind lady in the world".C. H. Firth, "Carteret, Sir George, first baronet (1610?–1680" in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (OUP, 2004) In 1681, when Carteret was fourteen, King Charles II created him Baron Carteret, of Hawnes, in recognition of his late grandfather's outstanding loyalty to the House of Stuart, both during the English Civil Wars and after the Restoration. Carteret married Lady Grace Granville, a daughter of John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Granville, 1st Earl Of Bath
John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath PC, 29 August 1628 – 22 August 1701, was an English landowner who served in the Royalist army during the First English Civil War and was rewarded for his services after the 1660 Stuart Restoration with a title and various appointments. Personal details John was born 29 August 1628 at Kilkhampton in Cornwall, third son of Sir Bevil Grenville (1596–1643) and Grace Smythe (died 1647). His aunt Elizabeth Smythe was the mother of George Monck who played a leading role in the 1660 Stuart Restoration and it was this connection that later resulted in Grenville being raised to the peerage as Earl of Bath. One of thirteen children, John's two elder brothers died prematurely, making him heir to his father's considerable estates when Sir Bevil was killed at the Battle of Lansdowne in 1643. Career During the 1638 to 1651 Wars of the Three Kingdoms, Granville fought in the regiment raised by his father for Charles I (1625–1649). Created a k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Bevil Grenville
Sir Bevil Grenville (23 March 1596 - 5 July 1643) was an English landowner and soldier who sat as a Member of Parliament for various constituencies between 1620 to 1642, although during those years there were few parliamentary sessions. When the First English Civil War broke out in August 1642, he joined the Royalists and played a leading role in their early campaigns in the West Country. He was killed in action at the Battle of Lansdowne in 1643. Early life Bevil Grenville was born 23 March 1596 in Lower Brynn, near Withiel, Cornwall, eldest son of Sir Bernard Grenville (1567–1636) and Elizabeth Bevil (1564-1636), and grandson of Elizabethan hero and naval captain, Sir Richard Grenville (1542–1591). He had a younger brother, Richard (1600-1659), who later also fought for the Royalists during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, acquiring a reputation for brutality and greed. Grenville entered Exeter College, Oxford , in 1611, and graduated in 1614, later saying he had fail ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Wyche (ambassador)
Sir Peter Wyche PC ( – 7 October 1643) was a London merchant and English Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire from 1627–1641. Early life Sir Peter was the sixth son of Richard Wyche (1554–1621), a merchant, and his wife Elizabeth ( Saltonstall) Wyche (1556–1626), daughter of Sir Richard Saltonstall, Lord Mayor of London. His brother, Nathaniel Wyche, was a merchant and president of the East India Company. His paternal grandparents were Margaret ( Haughton) Wyche and Richard Wyche, a descendant of the fifteenth century Lord Mayor of London, Henry Wyche. Career He was knighted by King Charles I on 16 December 1626, having received instructions from the King on 18 November, after his personal nomination. Ambassador arrived at Constantinople on 10 April 1628, remained at that post until he returned to England in May 1639. Sir Peter secured a reduction of duty on English cloth. While in Constantinople he gave lodgings to the scholars and travellers John Greaves and Edwar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Herbert (died 1677)
James Herbert (c. 1623 – April 1677) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1645 and 1677. Herbert was the son of Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke and his wife Susan de Vere, daughter of Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford. He matriculated at Jesus College, Oxford on 15 June 1638, aged 15. In May 1646, Herbert was elected Member of Parliament for Wiltshire in the Long Parliament. He sat until he was excluded under Pride's Purge in December 1648. He was awarded MA at Oxford on 12 April 1648. In 1659, Herbert was elected MP for Queenborough in the Third Protectorate Parliament. He was re-elected MP for Queenborough in 1660 for the Convention Parliament and in 1661 for the Cavalier Parliament. He sat until his death in April 1677. Herbert owned Tythrop Park, Kingsey, Buckinghamshire, which his wife inherited from her grandfather in 1650. He died at the age of 54. Herbert married Jane Spiller daughter of Sir Robert Spiller of Lale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Henry Worsley, 2nd Baronet
Sir Henry Worsley, 2nd Baronet (1613 – 11 September 1666) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England in 1640 and from 1660 to 1666. He supported the Parliamentarian side in the English Civil War. Worsley was the son of Sir Richard Worsley, 1st Baronet and his wife Frances Neville daughter of Sir Henry Neville of Billingbere, Berkshire. He inherited the baronetcy on the death of his father in 1621. In April 1640, Worsley was elected Member of Parliament for Newport (Isle of Wight) for the Short Parliament. He was re-elected for Newport in November 1640 for the Long Parliament and held the seat until he was excluded under Pride's Purge in 1648. He was High Sheriff of Hampshire in 1658. After the Restoration in 1660, Worsley was elected MP for Newtown and held the seat until his death in 1666. Worsley died at Compton Hampshire at the age of 53. Worsley married Bridget Wallop, daughter of Sir Henry Wallop in 1634. His son Robert The nam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl Of Winchilsea
Sir Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Winchilsea (1628 – 28 September 1689) of Eastwell, Kent, was the 3rd Earl of Winchilsea. Early life Finch was the only surviving son of Thomas Finch, 2nd Earl of Winchilsea and the former Cecille Wentworth of Gosfield Hall, Essex. His paternal grandparents were Sir Moyle Finch, 1st Baronet and Elizabeth Finch, ''suo jure'' 1st Countess of Winchilsea. His father inherited his grandfather's baronetcy from his uncle, Sir Theophilus Finch, 2nd Baronet, who died without issue in 1619. His maternal grandparents were John Wentworth, High Sheriff of Essex and Cecily Unton. His first cousin was Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Nottingham. He was educated at Queens' College, Cambridge. Career On his return from Ottoman territory in June 1668, King Charles II remarked to Finch, "My Lord, you have not only built a town, but peopled it too". Winchilsea, in an obvious reference to Charles' own brood of natural children, replied that after all, he was the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Revolutionary War
The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was a major war of the American Revolution. Widely considered as the war that secured the independence of the United States, fighting began on April 19, 1775, followed by the Lee Resolution on July 2, 1776, and the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. The American Patriots were supported by the Kingdom of France and, to a lesser extent, the Dutch Republic and the Spanish Empire, in a conflict taking place in North America, the Caribbean, and the Atlantic Ocean. Established by royal charter in the 17th and 18th centuries, the American colonies were largely autonomous in domestic affairs and commercially prosperous, trading with Britain and its Caribbean colonies, as well as other European powers via their Caribbean entrepôts. After British victory over the French in the Seven Years' War in 1763, tensions between the motherlan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Carteret, 1st Baron Carteret
Henry Frederick Carteret, 1st Baron Carteret PC (1735–1826), of Haynes, Bedfordshire (known until 1776 as the Honourable Henry Frederick Thynne), was Member of Parliament for Staffordshire (1757–1761), for Weobley in Herefordshire (1761–1770) and was Master of the Household to King George III 1768–1771. He was hereditary Bailiff of Jersey 1776–1826. Origins He was the second son of Thomas Thynne, 2nd Viscount Weymouth (1710–1751), by his second wife Louisa Carteret, daughter of John Carteret, 2nd Baron Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville (1690–1763). He was thus the younger brother of Thomas Thynne, 3rd Viscount Weymouth, later created Marquess of Bath. Education He was educated at St John's College, Cambridge, graduating BA, and in 1753 proceeded MA. In 1769 he was awarded the degree of Doctor of Civil Laws. Career In 1757 he was encouraged by his friend and 3rd cousin (both were descended from daughters and eventual co-heiresses of John Granville, 1st Earl of B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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