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Samuel Peach
Samuel Peach (1725–1790) was a London merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1775 to 1776. Peach was the son of John Peach of Chalford, Gloucestershire and his wife Sarah Small of Minchinhampton. He became a silk merchant in London, and also became a partner in the banking firm of Peach, Fowler and Co. He married Christina Cox, daughter of Howard Cox of Bristol and Virginia on 9 December 1756. From 1773 to 1774 he was a Director of the East India Company. His brother-in-law was the famous astronomer James Bradley. In December 1774 there was a vacant Parliamentary seat at Cricklade and Peach stood at the by-election on the interest of Arnold Nesbitt. The process then dragged on for over a year, mainly due to the partiality of the returning officer towards Peach. At the first by-election the returning officer closed the poll early and sent in a double return. The election was declared void by the House of Commons. At the second by-election in February 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Commons
The House of Commons is the name for the elected lower house of the bicameral parliaments of the United Kingdom and Canada. In both of these countries, the Commons holds much more legislative power than the nominally upper house of parliament. The leader of the majority party in the House of Commons by convention becomes the prime minister. Other parliaments have also had a lower house called a "House of Commons". History and naming The House of Commons of the Kingdom of England evolved from an undivided parliament to serve as the voice of the tax-paying subjects of the counties and of the boroughs. Knights of the shire, elected from each county, were usually landowners, while the borough members were often from the merchant classes. These members represented subjects of the Crown who were not Lords Temporal or Spiritual, who themselves sat in the House of Lords. The House of Commons gained its name because it represented communities (''communes''). Since the 19th century, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Earle (MP)
William Earle (1728–1774) was a British office holder and politician who sat in the House of Commons briefly in 1774. Earle was the third son of Rev. Thomas Earle, vicar of Malmesbury and his second wife Grace, and was baptized on 24 April 1728. He married his first wife Katherine in about 1749. Earle was deputy steward of Malmesbury under Henry Fox from September 1750 to September 1762 and under him received a number of official posts, mainly for life. In 1752 he was appointed Inspector of baggage in the port of London, in 1755 Commissary of Musters in South Britain and in April 1761 Steward of Chelsea Hospital. He was appointed receiver of land tax for North Wiltshire in 1761, dismissed in May 1765 and restored in November 1765. He married secondly Anne Estcourt, daughter of Edmund Estcourt of Burton Hill, Malmesbury on 18 December 1766. Anne was heiress of Grange Farm, Malmesbury which came to Earle. Earle was frustrated in his wish to stand at Malmesbury but eventua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Directors Of The British East India Company
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British Bankers
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British Merchants
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1790 Deaths
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1725 Births
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John Dewar (MP)
John Dewar (c. 1746–1795) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1776 to 1780. Dewar was the eldest son of George Dewar of Antigua and his wife Christina Panton daughter of John Panton of Basseterre, St. Kitts. His father returned from the West Indies, and purchased an estate at Doles, near Enham, Hampshire. Dewar married Caroline Vernon, daughter of James Vernon of Hilton Park, Staffordshire on 27 August 1766. Dewar stood for Parliament at Cricklade at the 1774 general election but dropped out during the poll. A vacancy at Cricklade arose in December 1774, and he put himself forward again at the by-election. The process then dragged on for over a year, mainly due to the partiality of the returning officer. At the first by-election the returning officer closed the poll early and sent in a double return. The election was declared void by the House of Commons. At the second by-election in February 1775 the returning officer disqualified 108 of Dewar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Cruger
Henry Cruger Jr. (November 22, 1739April 24, 1827) was an American and British merchant at the time of the American Revolution. He has a unique distinction of having been elected to both the Parliament of Great Britain (MP, 1774–1780, 1784–1790) and the New York State Senate (1792–1796). Early life Henry Cruger was born in New York and was a member of a wealthy merchant family. His parents were Elizabeth (née Harris) Cruger (1716–1752) and Henry Cruger Sr. (1707–1780), a member of the New York General Assembly and then the governor's council. His eldest brother, John Harris Cruger, succeeded his father as a member of the governor's council of New York, served as a Loyalist during the War and later moved to England. Two other brothers settled in the West Indies. His younger sister, Mary Cruger, was married to Jacob Walton, also a representative in General Assembly for New York. His paternal grandparents were Maria (née Cuyler) Cruger, an heiress (and sister of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of East India Company Directors
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Hindon (UK Parliament Constituency)
Hindon was a parliamentary borough consisting of the village of Hindon in Wiltshire, which elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons from 1448 until 1832, when the borough was abolished by the Great Reform Act. It was one of the most notoriously corrupt of the rotten boroughs, and bills to disfranchise Hindon were debated in Parliament on two occasions before its eventual abolition. History Hindon was a small market town, and may have been of at least minor importance at the time it was first represented in Parliament, during the reign of Henry VI. However, the town was destroyed by a disastrous fire in 1754, and over the same period its trade went into severe decline. By 1831, the population of the borough was only 921, and the borough and town contained 185 houses. Franchise and influences Hindon was an example of the class of constituencies known as potwalloper boroughs, the right to vote being exercised by every householder, a household being notiona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Dodd (priest)
William Dodd (29 May 1729 – 27 June 1777) was an English Anglican clergyman and a man of letters. He lived extravagantly, and was nicknamed the "Macaroni Parson". He dabbled in forgery in an effort to clear his debts, and was caught and convicted. Despite a public campaign for a Royal pardon, in which he received the assistance of Samuel Johnson, he was hanged at Tyburn for forgery. Biography Early life Dodd was born in Bourne in Lincolnshire, the son of the local vicar. He attended Clare Hall in the University of Cambridge from 1745 to 1750, where he achieved academic success and graduated as a wrangler. He then moved to London, where his spendthrift habits soon left him in debt. He married impulsively on 15 April 1751, to Mary Perkins, daughter of a domestic servant, leaving his finances in an even more precarious position. Priesthood At the urging of his concerned father, he decided to take holy orders, and was ordained a deacon in 1751 and a priest in 1753, serving ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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