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Sir Francis Lawley, 7th Baronet
Sir Francis Lawley, 7th Baronet (baptised 13 September 1782 – 30 January 1851), was a British politician. Background Lawley was the third son of Sir Robert Lawley, 5th Baronet of Canwell Priory, Staffordshire. His mother was Jane Thompson (1743 – 9 November 1816), sister of Beilby Thompson, of Escrick, Yorkshire on 11 August 1764. He was educated at Rugby School, starting in 1792, later matriculating to Christ Church, Oxford in 1800. He became a fellow of All Souls College, Oxford in 1803, resigning his fellowship on his marriage in 1815. Lawley served in the Warwickshire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry, starting as a cornet in 1803, reaching the rank of lieutenant colonel in 1845 and resigning in 1848. In the year of his marriage, his sister Jane, Lady Middleton, wife of Henry Willoughby, 6th Baron Middleton made Middleton Hall, near Tamworth on the Staffordshire-Warwickshire border, available to him, where he lived for the rest of his life. He inherited a town house in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Robert Lawley, 5th Baronet
Sir Robert Lawley, 5th Baronet (c. 1736 – 11 March 1793) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1780 to 1793. Early life Lawley was the only surviving son of Sir Robert Lawley, 4th Baronet, of Canwell Priory and his wife Elizabeth Blackwell, daughter of Sir Lambert Blackwell, 1st Baronet and was baptized on 22 March 1736. He was educated at Westminster School in 1748 and entered Emmanuel College, Cambridge in 1753. He married Jane Thompson (1743 – 9 November 1816), sister of Beilby Thompson, of Escrick, Yorkshire on 11 August 1764. The family seat was Canwell Hall, Canwell, Staffordshire a thirty-nine roomed mansion house built by Sir Francis, 2nd Baronet. He rebuilt the house in grand Georgian style to a design by architect James Wyatt. Political career In the 1780 general election, Lawley was returned as Member of Parliament (MP) for Warwickshire, being the choice of the Whig manufacturing interests of Birmingham, which by this perio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1820 Warwickshire By-election
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Lawley Baronets
Baron Wenlock is a title that has been created three times, once in the Peerage of England and twice in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The first creation came in 1461 when the soldier Sir John Wenlock was summoned to Parliament as Lord Wenlock. However, he was childless and on his death in 1471 the title became extinct. The second creation came in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1831 when Sir Robert Lawley, 6th Baronet, was created Baron Wenlock, of Wenlock in the County of Shropshire. He had earlier represented Newcastle-under-Lyme in the House of Commons. On his death in 1834 the barony became extinct. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his younger brother, the seventh Baronet. He was a former Member of Parliament for Warwickshire. On his death the title passed to his younger brother, the eighth Baronet. In 1820 he had inherited the Escrick estate in Yorkshire from his uncle Richard Thompson and had assumed by Royal licence the surname of Thompson in lieu of Lawl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Jones-Loyd, 1st Baron Overstone
Samuel Jones-Loyd, 1st Baron Overstone (25 September 1796 – 17 November 1883) was a British banker and politician. Background and education Loyd was the only son of the Rev. Lewis Loyd and Sarah, daughter of John Jones, a Manchester banker. He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge. Banking Loyd's father had given up the ministry to take a partnership in his father-in-law's bank and became the founder of the London branch of Jones, Loyd & Co. Loyd joined his father's bank, and took control of the bank after his father retired in 1844. On his father's death in 1858 Loyd inherited an estate worth £ 2 million. In 1864 the bank became incorporated with the London and Westminster Bank. Political career Loyd sat in parliament as Whig member for Hythe from 1819 to 1826, and unsuccessfully contested Manchester in 1832. As early as 1832 he was recognized as one of the foremost authorities on banking, and he enjoyed much influence with successive ministries and chancell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grey Skipwith
Sir Grey Skipwith, 8th Baronet (17 September 1771 – 13 May 1852) was an English Whig politician from Warwickshire. He was the eldest son of Sir Peyton Skipwith, 7th Baronet (died 1805), of Mecklenburg County, Virginia. His mother Anne, was the daughter of Hugh Miller of Grenock, Blandford, Virginia. Skipwith was educated at Eton College and at Trinity College, Cambridge. In 1801 he married Harriett, the daughter of Gore Townsend of Honington Hall, Warwickshire and granddaughter of the 4th Earl of Plymouth; they had 12 sons and 8 daughters. His younger brothers inherited his father's estates in Virginia, but Grey inherited the estates of his relative Sir Thomas Skipwith, 4th Baronet, including Newbold Revel. At the 1831 general election he was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Warwickshire. When the county was divided in 1832 he was elected for the new Southern division of Warwickshire. He stood down in 1835, and then unsuccessfully contested two by-electio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Member Of Parliament (United Kingdom)
In the United Kingdom, a member of Parliament (MP) is an individual elected to serve in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Electoral system All 650 members of the UK House of Commons are elected using the first-past-the-post voting system in single member constituencies across the whole of the United Kingdom, where each constituency has its own single representative. Elections All MP positions become simultaneously vacant for elections held on a five-year cycle, or when a snap election is called. The Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 set out that ordinary general elections are held on the first Thursday in May, every five years. The Act was repealed in 2022. With approval from Parliament, both the 2017 and 2019 general elections were held earlier than the schedule set by the Act. If a vacancy arises at another time, due to death or resignation, then a constituency vacancy may be filled by a by-election. Under the Representation of the People Act 198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Charles Mordaunt, 8th Baronet
Sir Charles Mordaunt, 8th Baronet (5 January 1771 – 30 May 1823) was an English politician. He represented the constituency of Warwickshire in 1804–1820. He was one of the Mordaunt Baronets, succeeding Sir John Mordaunt, 7th Baronet Sir John Mordaunt, 7th Baronet (baptised 9 May 1734 – 18 November 1806) was an English politician who represented the constituency of Warwickshire. Mordaunt was born the son of Sir Charles Mordaunt, 6th Baronet and educated at New College, Ox ... to the title. References * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mordaunt, Charles, 8th Baronet 1771 births 1823 deaths Mordaunt baronets Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies UK MPs 1806–1807 UK MPs 1807–1812 UK MPs 1812–1818 UK MPs 1818–1820 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dugdale Stratford Dugdale
Dugdale Stratford Dugdale (1773–1836) was a Member of Parliament for Warwickshire from 1802 to 1831. Early life Dugdale Stratford Dugdale was the first surviving son of Richard Geast (later Dugdale), barrister, of Blythe Hall, by Penelope Bate Stratford, the daughter of Francis Stratford of Merevale Hall. Political career Dugdale was returned unopposed for the constituency of Warwickshire in 1802, which he went on to serve for 29 years. Personal life On 27 June 1799 he married Hon. Charlotte Curzon (d. 30 Dec. 1832), daughter of Assheton Curzon, 1st Viscount Curzon Assheton Curzon, 1st Viscount Curzon (2 February 1730 – 21 March 1820), styled Lord Curzon between 1794 and 1802, was a British Tory politician. Background and education Curzon was the second son of Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 4th Baronet of Kedles ..., with whom he had a son, the Conservative MP William Stratford Dugdale References * 1773 births 1836 deaths Members of the Parliament of the United King ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire ( abbreviated Glos) is a county in South West England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn and the entire Forest of Dean. The county town is the city of Gloucester and other principal towns and villages include Cheltenham, Cirencester, Kingswood, Bradley Stoke, Stroud, Thornbury, Yate, Tewkesbury, Bishop's Cleeve, Churchdown, Brockworth, Winchcombe, Dursley, Cam, Berkeley, Wotton-under-Edge, Tetbury, Moreton-in-Marsh, Fairford, Lechlade, Northleach, Stow-on-the-Wold, Chipping Campden, Bourton-on-the-Water, Stonehouse, Nailsworth, Minchinhampton, Painswick, Winterbourne, Frampton Cotterell, Coleford, Cinderford, Lydney and Rodborough and Cainscross that are within Stroud's urban area. Gloucestershire borders Herefordshire to the north-west, Worcestershire to the north, Warwickshire to the north-east, Oxfordshire to the east, Wiltshire to the south, Bristol and Somerset ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Temple Guiting
Temple Guiting is a village and civil parish in the Cotswolds, in Gloucestershire, England. The civil parish includes the smaller settlements of Barton, Farmcote, Ford and Kineton. In 2011 the parish had a population of 463. The place was recorded as plain Guiting (in the form ''Getinge'') in the Domesday Book of 1086, when it was held by Roger de Lacy. In the middle of the 12th century Roger's son Gilbert de Lacy gave land here to the Knights Templar, who founded the Temple Guiting Preceptory. The place then became known as Temple Guiting after the Knights Templar. St Mary's Church dates back to the 12th century and was restored in 1884. It is a Grade I listed building. The church is part of the Benefice of the Seven Churches which also includes Guiting Power, Cutsdean, Farmcote, Lower Slaughter with Eyford, Upper Slaughter, and Naunton. Manor Farmhouse is an early 16th-century house, also a Grade I listed building. Within the parish is Cotswolds Farm Park, privatel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
High Sheriff Of Warwickshire
This is a list of sheriffs and high sheriffs of the English county of Warwickshire. The Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the Sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most of the responsibilities associated with the post have been transferred elsewhere or are now defunct, so that its functions are now largely ceremonial. Under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972, on 1 April 1974 the office previously known as Sheriff was retitled High Sheriff. The High Sheriff changes every March. For a period prior to the middle of the 16th century the Sheriff of Warwickshire was also the Sheriff of Leicestershire. Sheriffs 11th and 12th centuries ;From 1158 to 1566 the Sheriff of Warwickshire was also Sheriff of Leicestershire 13th century 14th century 15th century 16th century 17th century 18th century 19th century 20th century High Sheriffs 20th century 21st century {{columns-list, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Thompson, 1st Baron Wenlock
Paul Beilby Lawley Thompson, 1st Baron Wenlock (1 July 1784 – 9 May 1852), born Paul Beilby Lawley, was an English nobleman and Whig politician. Life Thompson was born Paul Beilby Lawley, the youngest son of Sir Robert Lawley, 5th Baronet and Jane Thompson. In 1820, he inherited the estate of Escrick in Yorkshire from his uncle, Richard Thompson, and changed his name to Paul Beilby Thompson. He entered Parliament for Wenlock, in Shropshire in 1828, and retained the seat until 1832. He then stood for the East Riding of Yorkshire, and was member there until 1837. In 1839, he was created Baron Wenlock, of Wenlock in the County of Salop, a title previously held by his eldest brother Robert, who died without issue. Upon ennoblement, he was given a Royal Licence to change his name to Paul Beilby Lawley Thompson, and allow his heirs to carry only the Lawley surname. He married Caroline Neville (d. 1868), daughter of Richard Griffin, 2nd Baron Braybrooke, by whom he had five ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
