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Sir Abraham Elton, 2nd Baronet
Sir Abraham Elton, 2nd Baronet (baptised 30 June 1679 – 20 October 1742) of Bristol and Clevedon Court, Somerset, was a British merchant, slave trader and Whig politician, who sat in the House of Commons for Taunton between 1724 and 1727, and then for Bristol from 1727 until his death in 1742. He also served as the High Sheriff of Bristol from 1710 to 1711, and was Mayor of Bristol for the year 1719 to 1720. Early life and family Elton was the eldest son of Abraham Elton (later created the first of the Elton baronets), and his wife Mary Jefferies. His date of birth is not known, but he was baptised on 30 June 1679. He married Abigail Bayly, the daughter of Zachary Bayly of Charlcot House, near Westbury, Wiltshire and Northwood Park, near Glastonbury, Somerset, on 14 May 1702. Business career Elton was a merchant and industrialist, and like his father before him, he served as the High Sheriff of Bristol in 1710–11. He invested in slave ships with his brothers, Isaac and Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baronet
A baronet ( or ; abbreviated Bart or Bt) or the female equivalent, a baronetess (, , or ; abbreviation Btss), is the holder of a baronetcy, a hereditary title awarded by the British Crown. The title of baronet is mentioned as early as the 14th century, however in its current usage was created by James VI and I, James I of England in 1611 as a means of raising funds for the crown. A baronetcy is the only British Hereditary title, hereditary honour that is not a peerages in the United Kingdom, peerage, with the exception of the Anglo-Irish Knight of Glin, Black Knights, White Knight (Fitzgibbon family), White Knights, and Knight of Kerry, Green Knights (of whom only the Green Knights are extant). A baronet is addressed as "Sir" (just as is a knight) or "Dame" in the case of a baronetess, but ranks above all knighthoods and damehoods in the Orders of precedence in the United Kingdom, order of precedence, except for the Order of the Garter, the Order of the Thistle, and the dormant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1724 Taunton By-election
The 1724 Taunton by-election to the Parliament of Great Britain was held on 18 January 1724 in Taunton, Somerset, following the death of the incumbent, John Trenchard. The by-election was contested by Abraham Elton, George Deane, William Molyneux and Griffith Pugh. Elton, a Whig who had been a late entrant to the election won, and despite a petition from Deane, was returned as the Member of Parliament for Taunton. Background During the 1722 British general election, two Whigs were elected for the Parliamentary constituency of Taunton, John Trenchard and James Smith. Their Tory opponent petitioned Parliament against their return, but the petition was rejected. Trenchard died on 16 December 1723, leaving a vacancy. George Deane, who had been one of the losing Tories in 1722, stood once again, and was joined by William Molyneux, a secretary to the Prince of Wales and Griffith Pugh, of Covent Garden. Then, two days before the election, Abraham Elton revealed himself as a candi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Earle (MP)
Joseph Earle (c.1658 – 1730), was a British merchant of Bristol and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1710 to 1727. Early life Earle was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Earle, MP and mayor of Bristol, and his wife Elizabeth Ellinor Jackson, daughter of Joseph Jackson. He was the brother of Giles Earle. He married Elizabeth Cann, daughter of Sir Thomas Cann, merchant, of Bristol by licence dated. 18 November 1689. He succeeded his father in 1696. Career Earle had virtually talen over the mercantile business when his father died in 1696. He became a Member of the Society of Merchant Venturers of Bristol in 1697 and was Warden of the Society from 1709 to 1710. At the general election of 1710 he was elected as a Tory Member of Parliament for Bristol. In parliament he was much concerned with trade and occasionally voted with the Whigs. He was president of the Loyal Society, Bristol from 1712 to 1713. At the 1713 general election, he was re-elected MP for Bristol. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Speke (died 1753)
George Speke (c.1686–1753), of White Lackington and Dillington, Somerset, was a British landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1722 and 1747. Speke was the only son of John Speke of White Lackington and Dillington, MP, a wealthy and influential Somerset landowner and his second wife Elizabeth Pelham, daughter of Robert Pelham of Compton Valence, Dorset. He married Alicia Brooking, daughter of Nicholas Brooking. Speke stood unsuccessfully for Somerset at the 1715 general election. At the 1722 general election, he was returned unopposed as Member of Parliament for Milborne Port. He was next returned unopposed as MP for Taunton at the 1727 general election. At the 1734 general election, he stood at Wells, where he was defeated at the poll but seated on petition on 25 March 1735. He voted consistently with the Administration and spoke in debates on the army and the national debt. At the 1741 general election he was returned unopposed for Wells a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Fane Of Brympton
Francis Fane KC (c. 1698 – 28 May 1757) of Brympton d'Evercy, near Yeovil, Somerset, and later Wormsley, Oxfordshire was a Commissioner for Trade and the Plantations, and a British Member of Parliament. Early life Francis Fane was the eldest son of Henry Fane, a Bristol merchant. He was educated at King's College, Cambridge, graduating in 1715, after which he attended the Middle Temple and was called to the bar in 1721. As the eldest son he succeeded in 1726 to his father's estate. The next year he became a King's Counsellor and a Middle Temple bencher. He was appointed standing council to the Board of Trade and Plantations in 1725, a position he held until 1746. In 1731 he bought the estate at Brympton d'Evercy from the Receiver General. Parliamentary career He initially represented Taunton in Somersetshire in the parliament which first sat for business on 27 January 1728 ( N.S.). He also represented the same seat in the parliament summoned to meet on 13 June 1734 and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Smith (MP For Taunton)
James Smith may refer to: People Sports figures * James Smith (Australian rules footballer) (1899–1974), Australian rules footballer for Richmond Football Club * James Smith (boxer) (born 1953), American boxer, nicknamed "Bonecrusher" * James Smith (footballer, born 1844) (1844–1876), Scottish footballer, played in the first official international football match * James Smith (footballer, born 1873) (1873–?), footballer * James Smith (footballer, born 1908) (1908–1956), English left back who played for Doncaster Rovers, Lincoln City and Bradford City * James Smith (footballer, born 1930) (1930–2022), English footballer for Chelsea and Leyton Orient * James Smith (footballer, born 1985), English football player (Southport) * James Smith (Scottish footballer) (fl. 1922), Scottish football player (Port Vale) * James Smith (sports media figure) (born 1959), American boxer and host of ''In This Corner'' * James Crosbie Smith (1894–1980), English cricketer * James R. Smit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Trenchard (writer)
John Trenchard (1662 – 17 December 1723) was an English writer and Commonwealthman. Life Trenchard belonged to the same Dorset family as the Secretary of State Sir John Trenchard. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, and became a lawyer. From 1722 until his death Trenchard was also a member of Parliament for Taunton. He died on 17 December 1723. Works As he inherited considerable wealth, Trenchard was able to devote the greater part of his life to writing on political subjects, his approach being that of a Whig and an opponent of the High Church party. With Walter Moyle he wrote ''An Argument, Shewing that a Standing Army is Inconsistent with a Free Government'' (1697) and ''A Short History of Standing Armies in England'' (1698 and 1731). He developed anticlerical lines of argument in ''The Natural History of Superstition'' (1709), and ''The Independent Whig'', a weekly periodical published in 1720–21 with Thomas Gordon.''The Cambridge History of Eighteenth-C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1741 British General Election
The 1741 British general election returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 9th Parliament of Great Britain to be summoned, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707. The election saw support for the government party increase in the quasi-democratic constituencies which were decided by popular vote, but the Whigs lost control of a number of rotten and pocket boroughs, partly as a result of the influence of the Prince of Wales, and were consequently re-elected with the barest of majorities in the Commons, Walpole's supporters only narrowly outnumbering his opponents. Partly as a result of the election, and also due to the crisis created by naval defeats in the war with Spain, Walpole was finally forced out of office on 11 February 1742, after his government was defeated in a motion of no confidence concerning a supposedly rigged by-election. His supporters were then able to reconcile partially with the Patriot Whigs to form a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1734 British General Election
The 1734 British general election returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 8th Parliament of Great Britain to be summoned, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707. Robert Walpole's increasingly unpopular Whig government lost ground to the Tories and the opposition Whigs, but still had a secure majority in the House of Commons. The Patriot Whigs were joined in opposition by a group of Whig members led by Lord Cobham known as the Cobhamites, or 'Cobham's Cubs'. Summary of the constituencies See 1796 British general election for details. The constituencies used were the same throughout the existence of the Parliament of Great Britain. Dates of election The general election was held between 22 April 1734 and 6 June 1734. At this period elections did not take place at the same time in every constituency. The returning officer in each county or parliamentary borough fixed the precise date (see hustings for details of the co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Excise Bill
The Excise Bill of 1733 was a proposal by the British government of Robert Walpole to impose an excise tax on a variety of products. This would have allowed Customs officers to search private dwellings to look for contraband untaxed goods. The perceived violation of the Rights of Englishmen provoked widespread opposition and the bill was eventually withdrawn. Whig opposition MP William Pitt took the lead in criticising the proposal, invoking the concept that an " Englishman's house is his castle". Walpole proposed the bill while at the height of his powers, during the Whig Ascendency, but its defeat was an early sign of the waning of his dominance over British politics which came to an end in 1742. Opposition Tory Mps were joined by the emerging Patriot Whigs to oppose the measure, signalling an alliance between these two forces. Aftermath Much of the ideology and arguments used against the bill in Britain, later influenced American resistance to the Stamp Act. Like the opposi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duty (economics)
In economics, a duty is a target-specific form of tax levied by a state or other political entity. It is often associated with customs, in which context they are also known as tariffs or dues. The term is often used to describe a tax on certain items purchased abroad. A duty is levied on specific commodities, financial transactions, estates, etc. rather than being a direct imposition on individuals or corporations such income or property taxes. Examples include customs duty, excise duty, stamp duty, estate duty, and gift duty. Customs duty A customs duty or due is the indirect tax levied on the import or export of goods in international trade. In economics a duty is also a kind of consumption tax. A duty levied on goods being imported is referred to as an 'import duty', and one levied on exports an 'export duty'. Estate duty An estate duty (in the U.S. inheritance tax) is a tax levied on the estate of a deceased person in many jurisdictions or on the inheritance of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal African Company
The Royal African Company (RAC) was an English mercantile (trade, trading) company set up in 1660 by the royal House of Stuart, Stuart family and City of London merchants to trade along the West Africa, west coast of Africa. It was led by the James II of England, Duke of York, who was the brother of King Charles II of England, Charles II and in 1685, York took the throne as James II of England, James II. It was established after Charles II gained the Kingdom of England, English throne in the English Restoration, Restoration of 1660. While its original purpose was to exploit the gold fields up the Gambia River, which were identified by Prince Rupert of the Rhine, Prince Rupert during the Interregnum (England), Interregnum, it soon developed and led a brutal and sustained slave trade. It also extracted other commodities, mainly from the Gold Coast (region), Gold Coast. After becoming insolvent in 1708, it survived in a state of much reduced activity until 1752 when its assets were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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