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Samuel Stephens (senior)
Samuel Stephens (died 1794) was a politician and MP for St. Ives between 1752 and 1754. He was responsible for the building of Tregenna Castle. In June 1762 he married Anne, the only child and heiress of Richard Seaborne of Hereford. He had a son, Samuel Samuel ''Šəmūʾēl'', Tiberian: ''Šămūʾēl''; ar, شموئيل or صموئيل '; el, Σαμουήλ ''Samouḗl''; la, Samūēl is a figure who, in the narratives of the Hebrew Bible, plays a key role in the transition from the bibl ..., who later also became MP for St. Ives. References 1794 deaths Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies British MPs 1747–1754 Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for constituencies in Cornwall Year of birth unknown {{England-GreatBritain-MP-stub ... [...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 caucuse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Ives (UK Parliament Constituency)
St Ives is a parliamentary List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies, constituency covering the western end of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. The constituency has been represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, UK Parliament since 2015 by Derek Thomas (politician), Derek Thomas, a Conservative Party (UK), Conservative MP. The area's voters produced the 22nd closest result in the 2017 United Kingdom general election, 2017 general election; a winning margin of 312 votes. Since 1992, the same locally leading two parties' candidates who were fielded (varying at different times) have won at least 27.2% of the vote each; the third placed candidate, that of the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party, has fluctuated between 8.2% and 15.2% of share of the vote. Constituency profile The seat covers the southern end of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. Tourism is a significant sector in this former mining area. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tregenna Castle
Tregenna Castle, ( kw, Kastel Tregenow, meaning "Kenow’s settlement") in St Ives, Cornwall, was built by Samuel Stephens in the 18th century and is named after the hill on which it stands. The estate was sold in 1871 and became a hotel, a purpose for which it is still used today. The castle is a Grade II Listed building. It is surrounded by of gardens and natural woodland, and has views along the coastline of Cornwall. History Tregenna Castle was built in 1774 by Samuel Stephens a member of an important local family. The architect was probably John Wood, the Younger. The building was extended in the 19th century. The estate was put up for sale by auction on 31 October 1871. The castle – "an imposing castellated edifice, very substantially built of granite" – at the time included three pairs of bedrooms on the upper floor and another bedroom on the ground floor; a school room; billiard room; WCs; and servants' quarters in the basement. The sale included the "park ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hereford
Hereford () is a cathedral city, civil parish and the county town of Herefordshire, England. It lies on the River Wye, approximately east of the border with Wales, south-west of Worcester and north-west of Gloucester. With a population of 53,112 in 2021 it is by far the largest settlement in Herefordshire. An early town charter from 1189, granted by Richard I of England, describes it as "Hereford in Wales". Hereford has been recognised as a city since time immemorial, with the status being reconfirmed as recently as October 2000. It is now known chiefly as a trading centre for a wider agricultural and rural area. Products from Hereford include cider, beer, leather goods, nickel alloys, poultry, chemicals and sausage rolls, as well as the famous Hereford breed of cattle. Toponymy The Herefordshire edition of Cambridge County Geographies states "a Welsh derivation of Hereford is more probable than a Saxon one" but the name "Hereford" is also said to come from the Angl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Stephens (junior)
Samuel Stephens (''c.'' 1768 – 25 February 1834) was a politician in Cornwall. He sat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom in two periods between 1806 and 1820. He served as High Sheriff of Cornwall for 1805 and then at the 1806 general election was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for St Ives, where he was re-elected in 1807 and held the seat until the 1812 general election, when he did not contest St Ives. He was re-elected for St Ives at the 1818 general election, and held the seat until the next election, in 1820. He was the son of a previous MP for St Ives, Samuel Stephens. On 29 November 1796 he married Betty Wallis, the daughter of Samuel Wallis and daughter of John Hearle of Penryn. They had five children: #Samuel Wallis, his heir. #John Augustus. #Francis Hearle, a cavalry officer. #Henry Lewis, of Oriel College, Oxford, to whom he left Tregenna Castle Tregenna Castle, ( kw, Kastel Tregenow, meaning "Kenow’s settlement") in St Ives, Cornwal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Plumptre (elder)
John Plumptre (c. 1680 – 29 September 1751), of Plumptre House, Nottingham, was a British Whig politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons between 1706 and 1751. Plumtre was baptized on 16 January 1680, the eldest son of Henry Plumptre and his second wife Joyce Sacheverell, daughter of Henry Sacheverell of Barton, Nottinghamshire. In 1693, he succeeded his father to Plumptre House, Nottingham. He was admitted at the Middle Temple on 1 July 1696, and at Queens' College, Cambridge on 5 May 1697. He was appointed Guardian of Plumptre Hospital in 1704 and a freeman of Nottingham in 1705. He was a trustee of the King Street Chapel. Plumtre was returned unopposed as Member of Parliament (MP) for Nottingham at a by-election on 23 December 1706. At the 1708 British general election, he was returned as Whig MP at the top of the poll in a contest at Nottingham. He voted for the naturalization of the Palatines in 1709 and for the impeachment of Dr Sacheverell in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Bristow
John Bristow (25 April 1701 – 14 November 1768), of Mark Lane, London, and Quidenham, Norfolk, was an English merchant, financier and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1734 to 1768. Early life Bristow was the third surviving son of Robert Bristow (1662–1706), MP of Micheldever, Hampshire, and his wife Katherine Woolley, daughter of Robert Woolley, vintner, of London. He became a leading merchant in trade with Portugal, and a prominent figure in the South Sea Company, of which he was a director from 1730 and then deputy governor from 1733. In 1733, he married Anne Judith Foisin, the daughter of Paul Foisin, an East India merchant in Paris. Career Bristow was returned by his brother-in-law, John Hobart, 1st Earl of Buckinghamshire, as Member of Parliament (MP) for Bere Alston at the 1734 British general election. He voted consistently with the Government. In 1739, on the outbreak of war with Spain, he and his partner Peter Burrell, were granted contrac ... [...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 caucuse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Hobart, 3rd Earl Of Buckinghamshire
George Hobart George Hobart, 3rd Earl of Buckinghamshire (8 September 173114 November 1804) was a British peer, styled The Honourable George Hobart from 1733 until 1793. Life Hobart was the son of John Hobart, 1st Earl of Buckinghamshire by his second wife, Elizabeth Bristow. He was educated at Westminster School and visited the University of Göttingen. Hobart represented the constituencies of St Ives and Bere Alston in the House of Commons from 1754 to 1761 and 1761 to 1780, respectively. He was secretary to the embassy in St Petersburg in 1762, his half-brother John Hobart, 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire being then ambassador. He inherited the earldom of Buckinghamshire from his half-brother, who had no surviving sons, in 1793. On 29 April 1797, he was commissioned colonel of the 3rd Regiment of Lincolnshire Militia (South Lincolnshire Supplementary Militia), becoming a colonel in the regular army when his regiment was embodied on 12 January 1799. He died in 1804 and was succe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Whitshed (died 1789)
James Whitshed (c.1716–1789) was an Irish politician who sat in the British House of Commons for 29 years from 1754 to 1783. Whitshed was the son of James Whitshed of Dublin and his wife Grace Dillon. He entered Trinity College Dublin on 10 February 1733. He married Frances Bathurst daughter of Allen, 1st Earl Bathurst and widow of William Wodehouse MP on 5 December 1738. Later he married Frances Enery daughter of Thomas Enery of Bawnboy, county Cavan. Whitshed was MP for Wicklow in the Irish House of Commons from 1747 to 1760. He became connected with the Leicester House faction through his father-in-law, Lord Bathurst and before the general election of 1747 and was included in a list by Dr Ayscough of "persons to be brought into Parliament by his Royal Highness, who are not able to bring in themselves". He did not stand until the 1754 general election when he was returned unopposed as Member of Parliament for St Ives on the Praed interest. In 1761 he was returned as MP ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1794 Deaths
Events January–March * January 1 – The Stibo Group is founded by Niels Lund as a printing company in Aarhus (Denmark). * January 13 – The U.S. Congress enacts a law providing for, effective May 1, 1795, a United States flag of 15 stars and 15 stripes, in recognition of the recent admission of Vermont and Kentucky as the 14th and 15th states. A subsequent act restores the number of stripes to 13, but provides for additional stars upon the admission of each additional state. * January 21 – King George III of Great Britain delivers the speech opening Parliament and recommends a continuation of Britain's war with France. * February 4 – French Revolution: The National Convention of the French First Republic abolishes slavery. * February 8 – Wreck of the Ten Sail on Grand Cayman. * February 11 – The first session of the United States Senate is open to the public. * March 4 – The Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Members Of The Parliament Of Great Britain For English Constituencies
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