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Rose Fuller
Rose Fuller FRS (12 April 1708 – 7 May 1777) was a West Indies plantation owner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1756 to 1777. Early life Fuller was the second son of John Fuller FRS, of Brightling, Sussex, and his wife Elizabeth Rose, daughter of Fulke Rose of Jamaica. His elder brother was the MP John Fuller Jr. He studied medicine at Cambridge University and was also a student at Leyden in the Netherlands. He graduated MD and became a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1732. Fuller went to Jamaica before 1735, where he took over the family plantation from his father. He was elected to the Assembly in 1735 and called to the council in 1737. He was made a judge of the supreme courts but as a result of disputes with the governor Edward Trelawny he was removed from the council and the bench and returned to England in 1749. He was back in Jamaica in around 1752 and was appointed Chief Justice by the next governor Charles Knowles. However he was in dispute wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fellow Of The Royal Society
Fellowship of the Royal Society (FRS, ForMemRS and HonFRS) is an award granted by the judges of the Royal Society of London to individuals who have made a "substantial contribution to the improvement of natural science, natural knowledge, including mathematics, engineering science, and medical science". Fellow, Fellowship of the Society, the oldest known scientific academy in continuous existence, is a significant honour. It has been awarded to many eminent scientists throughout history, including Isaac Newton (1672), Michael Faraday (1824), Charles Darwin (1839), Ernest Rutherford (1903), Srinivasa Ramanujan (1918), Albert Einstein (1921), Paul Dirac (1930), Winston Churchill (1941), Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (1944), Dorothy Hodgkin (1947), Alan Turing (1951), Lise Meitner (1955) and Francis Crick (1959). More recently, fellowship has been awarded to Stephen Hawking (1974), David Attenborough (1983), Tim Hunt (1991), Elizabeth Blackburn (1992), Tim Berners-Lee (2001), Venki R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maidstone (UK Parliament Constituency)
Maidstone was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The parliamentary borough of Maidstone returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) from 1552 until 1885, when its representation was reduced to one member. The borough was abolished in 1918 and replaced with a county division of the same name, which was abolished for the 1997 general election, and partially replaced by the new Maidstone and The Weald constituency. History Before the 19th century Maidstone was first enfranchised as a parliamentary borough, electing two Members of Parliament, in 1552; at the time it was one of the largest English towns not already represented, and was one of a number of boroughs either enfranchised or re-enfranchised during the reign of Edward VI. However, barely had it won the right than its charter was cancelled after the accession of Mary I as a punishment for the town's part in Wyatt's Rebellion. This was the only recorded in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Furnese
Henry Furnese (after 1688 – 30 August 1756), of Gunnersbury House, Middlesex, was a British merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1720 and 1756. Furnese was the only son of George Furnese, an East India Company factor. He was apprenticed to Moses Berenger, a London merchant, and became a member of the Lisbon factory. Some time after September 1709, he succeeded to the estates of his father who died insane. Furnese was returned unopposed as Member of Parliament for Dover with government support in a by-election on 20 December. In 1722, he bought Lathom Hall, near Wigan and declared himself a candidate for Wigan at the 1722 general election, but gave up before the poll. Instead he was returned unopposed again for Dover. In 1723 and 1729 he obtained contracts for remitting money to the garrisons in Gibraltar and Minorca. At the 1727 general election there was a contest at Dover and he was re-elected as MP. However at the 1734 general election he was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Dickinson (1745–1806)
William Dickinson (13 July 1745 – 26 May 1806) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1768 and 1806. Biography Born on 13 July 1745, Dickinson was the eldest son of Sarah (née Prankard), daughter of Graffin Prankard, iron merchant, of Bristol and Caleb Dickinson, merchant, of Bristol. He was probably educated at Westminster School in 1758 and entered the University of Edinburgh in 1765. Dickinson was returned as Member of Parliament for Great Marlow after a contest at the 1768 general election. He lost his seat at Marlow in 1774. The Fullers had a strong influence at Rye, a Treasury borough, and Dickinson re-entered Parliament as MP for Rye in a by-election on 20 May 1777 succeeding Rose Fuller. He was returned unopposed for Rye in 1780. This was a period in which the West Indies commercial lobby, to which Dickinson belonged as did some of his Fuller relations by marriage, was growing; and was able to head off Edmund Burke's 1780 proposal for g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Onslow, 2nd Earl Of Onslow
Thomas Onslow, 2nd Earl of Onslow (15 March 1754 – 22 February 1827) was an English nobleman and courtier who succeeded to his title in 1814. Originally the Honourable Tom Onslow, he was styled Viscount Cranley from 1801 to 1814. He died in 1827 at his seat, Clandon Park in Surrey. Family Onslow was born at Imber Court, Thames Ditton, Surrey, the eldest son of the then George Onslow, later the 1st Earl. and Henrietta Shelley, daughter of Sir John Shelley, 4th Baronet and his second wife Margaret Pelham.''Burke's'': 'Onslow'. On 30 December 1776, he married Arabella Mainwaring-Ellerker (d. 11 April 1782), by whom he had four children: * Arthur George Onslow, 3rd Earl of Onslow (1777–1870) * Thomas Cranley Onslow (1778–1861) * Capt. & Lt-Col. Mainwaring Edward Onslow, Scots Fusilier Guards (2 October 1779 – 1861) * Lady Elizabeth Harriet Onslow (d. 18 July 1824) He subsequently married, on 13 February 1783, Charlotte Duncombe (d. 25 April 1819), née Hale, widow of Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Middleton Onslow
Middleton Onslow (17 April 1732 – 1801) was an English landowner, who briefly who sat in the House of Commons in 1774 and 1775 on behalf of the senior branch of his family. Early life The elder son of Denzil Onslow and his wife Anne, he belonged to the Onslows of Drungewick, Sussex, a junior branch of the Surrey political family. Through his father, he was third cousin to George Onslow, later the Earl of Onslow. Political career Middleton was put into Parliament for Rye at the 1774 election to hold the seat until George's son Tom should come of age to take the seat. No political activity on Middleton's part is recorded, and on 20 April 1775, he took the Manor of East Hendred to leave the seat and allow it to pass to Tom. Family On 31 August 1769, Middleton married Anne, daughter of Trevor Borrett and widow of Edward John Reed.London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1938 They had three children: *Gen Denzil Onslow (1770–1838) *Rev. Middleton Onslow (c.17 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Norris (born 1740)
John or Jack Norris may refer to: Politicians * John Norris (died 1577), MP for Downton, Taunton and Bodmin * John Norris (1685–1752), Member of Parliament for Chippenham, 1713–1715 *John Norris (1702–1767), Member of Parliament for Rye, 1727–1733 * John Norris (born 1740), Member of Parliament for Rye, 1762–1774 *Sir John Norris (Royal Navy officer) (1670/71–1749), British admiral, Member of Parliament for Rye and Portsmouth * John Thomas Norris (1808–1870), MP for Abingdon, 1857–1865 *John Norris (1721–1786), High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire Others *John Norris (soldier) or Norreys (ca. 1547 – 1597), the son of Henry Norris, 1st Baron Norreys, a lifelong friend of Queen Elizabeth *John Norris (philosopher) (1657–1711), philosopher and poet *John Norris (1721–1786), English merchant and member of the Hellfire Club * John S. Norris (1804–1876), American architect * John Norris (priest) (1823–1891), English archdeacon *J. Frank Norris (John Franklyn Norris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Bentinck
John Albert Bentinck (29 December 1737 – 23 September 1775) was an officer of the Royal Navy, an inventor and a Member of Parliament. Family background He was a member of the younger line of the house of Bentinck. His father, William, Count Bentinck, was a younger son of the 1st Earl of Portland, and married Charlotte Sophie, daughter of Anton II, the last Count of Aldenburg. John Albert Bentinck was the second son of this marriage. Naval career He entered the Royal Navy at an early age. In August 1752, he was serving as a volunteer on board , in which vessel he visited Lisbon, but returned in the same year to Leyden, where he remained for some time. In 1753, he was appointed midshipman to , a fifth-rate of 44 guns, commanded by Captain Hugh Bonfoy, and joined his ship at Plymouth in June of that year to make a voyage in the following July to Newfoundland. In 1758, Bentinck was present at an engagement in which the British captured the . In the same month, he was appo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Gregory (MP)
Robert Gregory (1727 – 1 September 1810) was a British East India merchant and politician who sat in the British House of Commons from 1768 to 1784. Gregory was the only son of Henry Gregory of Galway and his wife Mary Shawe. He went to India where he served with Honourable East India Company and made a considerable fortune. In 1766 he returned from India and settled in Kent. In 1768, he acquired the Coole Park estate of 8,000 acres near Gort in County Galway in Ireland and built a house there. Gregory was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Maidstone from 18 March 1768 – 8 October 1774. He was then MP for Rochester, Kent from 7 October 1774 to 1 April 1784. He was also a director of the East India Company between 1769 and 1782 and then chairman briefly before he retired through ill-health. Gregory married Maria Auchmuty, daughter of an official of the East India Company, and they had three sons. Of these, William Gregory was civil Under-Secretary for Ireland from 1812 to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Marsham, 1st Earl Of Romney
Charles Marsham, 1st Earl of Romney (28 September 1744 – 1 March 1811), known as The Lord Romney between 1793 and 1801, was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1768 to 1790, inherited his peerage in 1793 and was created Earl of Romney in 1801. Biography Romney was the son of Robert Marsham, 2nd Baron Romney, and Priscilla, daughter and heiress of Charles Pym. He was educated at Eton College (1753-63) and entered Christ Church, Oxford, in 1763. He succeeded his father to the barony on 16 November 1793. In 1793 Charles inherited his grandfather's huge sugar plantations, jointly known as "Romney's", on the island of St. Kitts in the Caribbean. The property had been part of his father's marriage settlement to his mother in 1742. Political career Romney was returned to Parliament for Maidstone in 1768, a seat he held until 1774, and then represented Kent from 1774 to 1790. He was also Lord Lieutenant of Kent from 1797 to 1808. In 1799 he entertained King ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Northey (d , sugar producer
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William Northey may refer to: *William Northey (ice hockey), ice hockey executive * William Northey (died 1770), English MP for Maidstone, Great Bedwyn and Calne *William Northey (died 1738), English MP for Wootton Bassett and Calne *Bill Northey, American politician See also *William Northey Hooper William Northey Hooper (1809–1878) was born in Manchester, Massachusetts to the Massachusetts Hooper family of shipmasters and merchants. In 1835, with two other investors, he founded and operated Ladd & Co., which operated the Old Sugar Mill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Savile Finch
Savile Finch (baptised 22 September 1736 – 20 September 1788) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1757 to 1780. Finch was the only son of the Honourable John Finch, younger son of Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Aylesford. His mother was Mary, daughter and heiress of John Savile, of Methley-hall, Yorkshire. He was baptised in Aylesford. Finch sat as a Member of Parliament for Maidstone from 1757 to 1761 and for Malton from 1761 to 1780. Finch married Judith Fullerton, daughter of John Fullerton. They had no children and Finch bequeathed the estates to his wife. After his death, she lived at Thrybergh Thrybergh is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham in South Yorkshire, England, from Rotherham. It had a population of 4,327 in 2001, reducing to 4,058 at the 2011 Census. History Thrybergh – which is mentione ... for twenty years and when she died in 1803 left the estate to the Fullerton family. References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
