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Sir Bennet Hoskyns, 1st Baronet
Sir Bennet Hoskyns, 1st Baronet (1609–1680) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1640 and 1659. Hoskyns was the son of John Hoskyns of Hereford and his wife Benedicta Moyle, daughter of Robert Moyle of Buckwell, Kent. His father was a poet, lawyer and politicianWilliam Betham ''The Baronetage of England'' Volume 2/ref> on whose death in 1638 Bennet inherited an estate at Moorhampton, near Hereford. In April 1640, he was elected Member of Parliament for Wendover to the Short Parliament. He was then elected MP for Hereford in the Long Parliament of 1645, but was excluded in Pride's Purge. He was however re-elected for Hereford to the First Protectorate Parliament of 1654, and for Herefordshire to the Second Protectorate Parliament of 1656 and Third Protectorate Parliament of 1659. At the end of the Civil War Hoskyns acquired (c. 1660) Harewood Park in Herefordshire from the Brown family. and was created a baronet on 18 December 1676 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoskyns Achievement
Hoskyns is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Anthony Leigh Egerton Hoskyns-Abrahall (1903–1982), Anglican Bishop of Lancaster *Barney Hoskyns (born 1959), British music critic *Bennet Hoskyns, MP for Hereford (UK Parliament constituency), Hereford 1645 and 1654 *Bill Hoskyns (1931–2013), British Olympic fencer *Chandos Wren-Hoskyns (1812–1876), English landowner *Sir Edwyn Hoskyns, 12th Baronet (1851–1925) *Sir Edwyn Hoskyns, 13th Baronet (1884–1937) *Sir John Hoskyns, 2nd Baronet (1634–1705), baronet and one of the founders of the Royal Society *John Hoskyns (policy advisor) (1927–2014), policy advisor to Margaret Thatcher (1979–1982) See also *Hoskyns Group *Hoskyns Baronets *Hoskyn Islands, Australia *Hoskin, surname *Hoskins, surname {{surname, Hoskyns English-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir John Hoskyns, 2nd Baronet
Sir John Hoskyns, 2nd Baronet PRS (23 July 1634 – 12 September 1705) was an English baronet. He was one of the founders of the Royal Society and served as its president from 1682 to 1683. Between 1685 and 1687 he also represented Herefordshire in the House of Commons. Life He was the eldest son of Sir Bennet Hoskyns, 1st Baronet, of Harewood and Morehampton Park, Herefordshire, and grandson of Serjeant John Hoskins, born in Herefordshire on 23 July 1634. He was educated in the rudiments of Latin by his mother, Anne, daughter of Sir John Bingley of Temple Combe, Somerset, and was later sent to Westminster School under Richard Busby. Sir John married Jane, eldest daughter of Sir Gabriel Lowe of Newark, Gloucestershire by Ann Hungerford of South Marston. They lived at Harewood End, as did Jane continue in widowhood until 1724 when she died, and was buried in the church there. They left a large family. Of these Sir Bennet Hoskyns succeeded as 3rd baronet. His brother S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benjamin Mason (MP)
Benjamin Mason (fl. 1656) was an English politician. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Herefordshire Herefordshire () is a county in the West Midlands of England, governed by Herefordshire Council. It is bordered by Shropshire to the north, Worcestershire to the east, Gloucestershire to the south-east, and the Welsh counties of Monmouthshire ... in 1656. References Year of birth missing Year of death missing English MPs 1656–1658 {{17thC-England-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Harley (Parliamentarian)
Sir Edward Harley, 21 October 1624 to 8 December 1700, was an English politician from Herefordshire. A devout Puritan who fought for Parliament in the First English Civil War, Harley belonged to the moderate Presbyterian faction, which opposed the involvement of the New Model Army in the peace negotiations that followed victory in 1646. Elected MP for Herefordshire in 1646, he was one of the Eleven Members forced into temporary exile by the army in 1647. Harley's refusal to support the Trial of Charles I led to his exclusion from the Long Parliament by Pride's Purge in December 1648, while his opposition to the king's execution in January 1649 meant he played little part in public affairs under the Commonwealth. After the Stuart Restoration in May 1660, he was appointed Deputy lieutenant of Herefordshire, and Governor of Dunkirk, which was occupied by England from 1658 to 1661. However, his strong Presbyterian beliefs meant Harley was never entirely accepted by the ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Read (MP)
Richard Read (born 1957) is a freelance reporter based in Seattle, where he was a national reporter and bureau chief for the Los Angeles Times from 2019 to 2021. A two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, he was a senior writer and foreign correspondent for ''The Oregonian,'' working for the Portland, Oregon newspaper from 1981 to 1986 and 1989 until 2016. Read has reported from more than 60 countries and all seven continents, covering wars in Cambodia and Afghanistan and disasters including the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami and Japan's 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear accident. He won his first Pulitzer in 1999, ''The Oregonians first in 42 years, for explaining the Asian financial crisis by following a container of french fries from a Northwest farm to the Far East, in a series that ended with riots presaging the Fall of Suharto. Early life Read was born in St Andrews, Scotland, to Katharine Read and Arthur Hinton Read, a mountaineer and St. Andrews University mathematics professor who w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Flacket
John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died c. AD 30), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (lived c. AD 30), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Pope John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Pateshal
John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died c. AD 30), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (lived c. AD 30), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Pope John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Scudamore (MP)
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John Scudamore may refer to: * John Scudamore (landowner), of the 15th century, MP * John Scudamore (died 1571) (1503–1571), MP for Herefordshire, 1529 * Sir John Scudamore (courtier) (1542–1623), MP for Herefordshire, 1571 to 1593 and 1597 to 1601. * John Scudamore, 1st Viscount Scudamore (1601–1671), diplomat and politician, * John Scudamore, 2nd Viscount Scudamore, (1650-1697) British Member of Parliament for Herefordshire * John Scudamore (1727–1796), British Member of Parliament for Hereford * John Scudamore (1757–1805), British Member of Parliament for 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wroth Rogers
Wroth is a surname, and may refer to: * Henry Wroth, an English royalist soldier * John Wroth, any of several people of that name * Krysty Wroth a fictional character * Lawrence C. Wroth (1884 – 1970) an American historian * Lady Mary Wroth (1587–1651/3) an English poet * Robert Wroth (Middlesex MP) (1540?–1606) an English politician who was a member of 10 parliaments * Robert Wroth (died 1614) English politician * Robert Wroth (Guildford MP) (1660–1720) an English MP * Thomas Wroth (politician, 16th century) (c.1518–1573) an English courtier and politician * Thomas Wroth (politician, 17th century) (1584–1672) an English parliamentarian politician * William Wroth (1576–1642), minister of the Church of England * Warwick William Wroth (1858–1911), antiquarian Other * Wroth baronets The Wroth Baronetcy, of Blenden Hall in the County of Kent, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 29 November 1660 for John Wroth. The baronetcy became extinc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmund Weaver (MP)
Edmund Weaver (2 February 1610 – March 1672) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1646 and 1660. Weaver was the son of Richard Weaver (MP) of the Above Eign, Hereford and his wife Katherine Fox. He matriculated at Oriel College, Oxford on 20 June 1628 aged 17. He was then a student at the Inner Temple and qualified as a barrister in 1637. His father died in 1642. In 1646, Weaver was elected Member of Parliament for Hereford as a recruiter to the Long Parliament. He withdrew in the aftermath of Pride's Purge in 1648, refusing to take part in the Rump Parliament The Rump Parliament was the English Parliament after Colonel Thomas Pride commanded soldiers to purge the Long Parliament, on 6 December 1648, of those members hostile to the Grandees' intention to try King Charles I for high treason. "Rump" n .... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Seaborne
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong in rule'. Nicknames include "Richie", "Dick", "Dickon", " Dickie", "Rich", "Rick", "Rico", "Ricky", and more. Richard is a common English, German and French male name. It's also used in many more languages, particularly Germanic, such as Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic, and Dutch, as well as other languages including Irish, Scottish, Welsh and Finnish. Richard is cognate with variants of the name in other European languages, such as the Swedish "Rickard", the Catalan "Ricard" and the Italian "Riccardo", among others (see comprehensive variant list below). People named Richard Multiple people with the same name * Richard Andersen (other) * Richard Anderson (other) * Richard Cartwright (other) * Ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
