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Sir James Pennyman, 6th Baronet
Sir James Pennyman, 6th Baronet (1736–1808) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons for 26 years from 1770 to 1796. Life Pennyman was the only son of Ralph Pennyman of Beverley and his wife Bridget Gee, daughter of Thomas Gee of Bishop Burton, Yorkshire and was baptized on 6 December 1736. He was educated at Westminster School in 1749, and matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford in 1756. He married firstly Elizabeth Grey, daughter of Sir Henry Grey, 2nd Baronet of Howick, Northumberland on 9 December 1762. He succeeded his father in 1768, and succeeded his uncle in the baronetcy on 14 January 1770. Pennyman was elected Member of Parliament for Scarborough at a by-election on 27 November 1770. At the 1774 general election he was elected MP for Beverley and was re-elected in 1780, 1784 and 1790. He stood down at the 1796. Pennyman made a second marriage to Mary Maleham (or Matcham) of Westminster in May 1801. He died on 27 March 1808. His first wife, Lady ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792) (attributed To) - Sir James Pennyman (1736–1808), Bt - 709309 - National Trust
Sir Joshua Reynolds (16 July 1723 – 23 February 1792) was an English painter who specialised in portraits. John Russell said he was one of the major European painters of the 18th century. He promoted the "Grand Style" in painting which depended on idealisation of the imperfect. He was a founder and first president of the Royal Academy of Arts, and was knighted by George III in 1769. Early life Reynolds was born in Plympton, Devon, on 16 July 1723, as the third son of the Reverend Samuel Reynolds, master of the Plympton Free Grammar School in the town. His father had been a fellow of Balliol College, Oxford, but did not send any of his sons to the university. One of his sisters, seven years his senior, was Mary Palmer (1716–1794), author of ''Devonshire Dialogue'', whose fondness for drawing is said to have had much influence on Joshua as a boy. In 1740 she provided £60, half of the premium paid to Thomas Hudson the portrait-painter, for Joshua's pupillage, and nine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Carpenter, 2nd Earl Of Tyrconnel
George Carpenter, 2nd Earl of Tyrconnell (1750 – 15 April 1805), styled The Honourable George Carpenter until 1761 and Viscount Carlingford between 1761 and 1762, was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons for 30 years from 1772 to 1802. Background Carpenter was the eldest son of George Carpenter, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell by his wife Frances (née Clifton), of Herefordshire, England.Carpenter, John R. ''Carpenters' Encyclopedia of Carpenters 2009'' (DVD format). George the 2nd Earl is RIN 11772.Lynch, William, Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, "A View of the Legal Institutions, Honorary Hereditary Offices, and Feudal Baronies established in Ireland", published by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, Paternoster Row, London, 1830. He became known by the courtesy title Viscount Carlingford when his father was elevated to an earldom in 1761. He succeeded in the earldom already the following year on the death of his father. This was an Irish peerage and did not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British MPs 1774–1780
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British MPs 1768–1774
British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, the English language as spoken and written in the United Kingdom or, more broadly, throughout the British Isles * Celtic Britons, an ancient ethno-linguistic group * Brittonic languages, a branch of the Insular Celtic language family (formerly called British) ** Common Brittonic, an ancient language Other uses *''Brit(ish)'', a 2018 memoir by Afua Hirsch *People or things associated with: ** Great Britain, an island ** United Kingdom, a sovereign state ** Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800) ** United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922) See also * Terminology of the British Isles * Alternative names for the British * English (other) * Britannic (other) * British Isles * Brit (other) * Briton (d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1808 Deaths
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1736 Births
Events January–March * January 12 – George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney, becomes the first Field Marshal of Great Britain. * January 23 – The Civil Code of 1734 is passed in Sweden. * January 26 – Stanislaus I of Poland abdicates his throne. * February 12 – Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor marries Maria Theresa of Austria, ruler of the Habsburg Empire. * March 8 – Nader Shah, founder of the Afsharid dynasty, is crowned Shah of Iran on a date selected by court astrologers. * March 31 – Bellevue Hospital is founded in New York. April–June * April 14 – The Porteous Riots erupt in Edinburgh (Scotland), after the execution of smuggler Andrew Wilson, when town guard Captain John Porteous orders his men to fire at the crowd. Porteous is arrested later. * April 14 – German adventurer Theodor Stephan Freiherr von Neuhoff is crowned King Theodore of Corsica, 25 days after his arrival on Corsica on March 20. His reign ends on No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Napier Christie Burton
General Napier Christie Burton (born Napier Christie, 31 August 1758 – 2 January 1835) was a senior British Army officer and Member of Parliament. He was born in America, the only surviving son of General Gabriel Christie of Stirling, Scotland and Montreal, Canada and his wife Sarah, the daughter of John Stevenson of Albany, New York. He took the additional surname of Burton by royal licence on the death of his brother-in-law, Captain Richard Burton, in 1784 and inherited his father's estate in 1799. He became an officer in the British Army, joining in 1775 as an ensign in the 22nd Foot. He transferred to the 3rd Foot Guards in 1776 and fought in the American War of Independence as a lieutenant. He was present at the Battle of Springfield (1780) before going to South Carolina, where he took part in the battles of Guilford and Cross Creek before being taken prisoner at the Siege of Yorktown in 1781. After his return from America he served with the 1st Dragoon Guards in Flande ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Tatton (MP)
William Tatton (1659–1736) was a career soldier in the British Army who rose to the rank of Lieutenant-General. Career As a trusted associate of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough throughout the War of the Spanish Succession, in April 1704 the Duke appointed him Colonel of the Horse Guards. In August 1704 he led the advance party for the Duke's bold dash to the River Danube, which led to the crushing defeat of the French and Bavarian forces at the Battle of Blenheim. After this victory, Tatton was made Colonel of a Foot Regiment (which would later become the 24th Regiment of Foot and the South Wales Borderers), a post he held until 1708. After the war, the Army was involved in suppressing the Jacobite Rebellion of 1715, when Tatton was responsible for bringing convicted rebels to London to be imprisoned. He finally reached the rank of Lieutenant-General. From 24 November 1729 until his death, he was Colonel of The Buffs, the 3rd Regiment of Foot, then still known as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Wharton (1765-1843)
John Wharton (born John Hall-Stevenson; 21 June 1765 – 29 May 1843) was a British landowner and MP. He was born the eldest son of Joseph William Hall-Stevenson of Skelton, in the North Riding of Yorkshire and educated at the Royal School, Armagh, Trinity College, Dublin and Lincoln's Inn. He succeeded his father in 1786, inheriting the ruinous Skelton Castle. In 1788 he took the surname of Wharton only by sign manual on succeeding to the fortune and estates of his aunt, Mrs Margaret Wharton. He then demolished the old Skelton Castle and between 1788 and 1817 built a similarly named Gothic country house in its place. He served as the Whig MP for Beverley Beverley is a market town, market and minster (church), minster town and a civil parishes in England, civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, of which it is the county town. The town centre is located south-east of York's centre ... from 1790 to 1796 and again from 1802 to 1826. By 1829 he was in debt and s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Christopher Sykes, 2nd Baronet
Sir Christopher Sykes, 2nd Baronet (23 May 1749 – 17 September 1801) was an English Tory politician and a Member of Parliament (MP) for Beverley from 1784 to 1790. He was the only son of Reverend Sir Mark Sykes, 1st Baronet, minister of Roos in the East Riding of Yorkshire, who had created the Sykes Baronets shortly before his death in 1783. On his father's death Sir Christopher inherited Sledmere House. In the 1790s he greatly improved the house and expanded the estate He bought and enclosed huge areas of land for cultivation, built two new wings to the house, and landscaped the grounds, planting 10 square kilometres of trees. Sir Christopher left a vast estate of nearly 120 square kilometres and a large mansion set in its own 0.8 square kilometres of parkland, which survives in the family to the present day. Sir Christopher also employed Joseph Rose, the most celebrated plasterer of his day, to decorate Sledmere. He was elected at the 1784 general election as one of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Evelyn Anderson
Francis Evelyn Anderson (1752–1821) was a British Army officer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1774 to 1784. Early life and army Anderson was the second son of Francis Anderson of Manby and his wife Eleanor Carter, daughter of Thomas Carter of Bathavern, Denbighshire, and was born on 8 April 1752. He was educated at Eton College from 1763 to 1769. His father had died in 1758 and in 1768 his mother remarried to Robert Vyner who was an MP. Anderson joined the army and was a cornet in the 15th Light Dragoons in 1770. He remained in the army in parallel with his Parliamentary career and was Lieutenant in 1779. In 1780 he was a lieutenant and captain in the 1st Foot Guards and in 1783 became major in the 85th Foot. Political career Anderson’s brother Charles had changed his name to Anderson-Pelham when he succeeded to the estates of an uncle in 1763. He also had an interest in the parliamentary seats at Grimsby and at Beverley. On the strength of his brother ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Tufnell
George Forster Tufnell (1723–1798), was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons in two parliaments between 1761 and 1780. Tufnell was the son of Samuel Tufnell MP of Monken Hadley, Hertfordshire and Langleys, Essex and his wife Elizabeth Cressener, daughter of George Cressener of Earl's Colne, Essex. He married firstly Elizabeth Forster daughter of Richard Forster of Forest, county Dublin on 11 February 1744. They were divorced by Act of Parliament on 9 June 1758. Tufnell succeeded his brother John Jolliffe Tufnell as Member of Parliament for Beverley in the 1761 general election. In 1767 he made a second marriage to Mary Farhill, daughter of John Farhill of Chichester, Sussex. He did not stand in 1768, but he contested Beverley again at the by-election of 1772. He was beaten by large majority as apparently he only declared himself a candidate shortly before the poll began. However, in the 1774 general election he was elected MP for Beverley with a comforta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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