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Sir John Paterson, 3rd Baronet
Sir John Paterson, 3rd Baronet (c. 1730–1782) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1779 and 1780. Paterson was the only son of John Paterson (younger) of Eccles and his wife Margaret Seton, daughter of Sir William Seton, 2nd Baronet of Pitmedden. Paterson's father had married without the consent of his father, Sir John Paterson, 2nd Baronet but was given an annual allowance. When John Paterson (younger) died in 1743 Sir John took the surviving sons into his care and replaced the allowance with smaller individual allowances to the wife and daughters. When Paterson succeeded his grandfather in the baronetcy on 14 December 1759 he took one of the sisters under his care and increased the allowance to his mother slightly. His mother and sisters took a case to court demanding larger allowances from Paterson. The court concluded that he should provide for his mother, but not for his sisters. He married Lady Anne Hume Campbell, daughter of Hugh Hume-Campbell, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berwickshire (UK Parliament Constituency)
Berwickshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1708 to 1918, when it was amalgamated with neighbouring Haddingtonshire (UK Parliament constituency), Haddington(shire) to form a new Berwick and Haddington (UK Parliament constituency), Berwick and Haddington constituency. Creation The British parliamentary constituency was created in 1708 following the Acts of Union, 1707 and replaced the former Parliament of Scotland shire constituency of Berwickshire (Parliament of Scotland constituency), Berwickshire. It elected one Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP), using the first-past-the-post voting system. Members of Parliament Election results Elections in the 1830s Marjoribanks resigned, causing a by-election. Elections in the 1840s Elections in the 1850s Elections in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir James Pringle, 4th Baronet
Sir James Pringle, 4th Baronet (1726–1809), was a British soldier and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1761 to 1779. Pringle was the son of Sir Robert Pringle, 3rd Baronet of Stichill and his wife Catherine Pringle, daughter. of James Pringle of Torwoodlee, Selkirk and was baptized on 6 November 1726. In 1744, he joined the army in the Royal Scots Fusiliers as a 2nd Lieutenant and was a lieutenant in 1747 and captain in 1759. He served in Flanders during the War of the Austrian Succession and at Minden in 1759. He was a, major in 1759 and lieutenant-colonel in 1762. In 1761 Pringle was returned unopposed as Member of Parliament for Berwickshire. In 1765 he became lieutenant-colonel of the 59th Foot. He married Elizabeth MacLeod, daughter of Norman MacLeod of MacLeod on 11 September 1767. He was returned again for Berwickshire in the 1768 general election. In 1770 he retired from the army and in 1774 was appointed Master of the King’s works in Scotland, He w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Hepburne-Scott, 6th Lord Polwarth
Hugh may refer to: *Hugh (given name) Noblemen and clergy French * Hugh the Great (died 956), Duke of the Franks * Hugh Magnus of France (1007–1025), co-King of France under his father, Robert II * Hugh, Duke of Alsace (died 895), modern-day France * Hugh of Austrasia (7th century), Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia * Hugh I, Count of Angoulême (1183–1249) * Hugh II, Count of Angoulême (1221–1250) * Hugh III, Count of Angoulême (13th century) * Hugh IV, Count of Angoulême (1259–1303) * Hugh, Bishop of Avranches (11th century), France * Hugh I, Count of Blois (died 1248) * Hugh II, Count of Blois (died 1307) * Hugh of Brienne (1240–1296), Count of the medieval French County of Brienne * Hugh, Duke of Burgundy (d. 952) * Hugh I, Duke of Burgundy (1057–1093) * Hugh II, Duke of Burgundy (1084–1143) * Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy (1142–1192) * Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy (1213–1272) * Hugh V, Duke of Burgundy (1294–1315) * Hugh Capet (939–996), King of France * Hu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Commons
The House of Commons is the name for the elected lower house of the bicameral parliaments of the United Kingdom and Canada. In both of these countries, the Commons holds much more legislative power than the nominally upper house of parliament. The leader of the majority party in the House of Commons by convention becomes the prime minister. Other parliaments have also had a lower house called a "House of Commons". History and naming The House of Commons of the Kingdom of England evolved from an undivided parliament to serve as the voice of the tax-paying subjects of the counties and of the boroughs. Knights of the shire, elected from each county, were usually landowners, while the borough members were often from the merchant classes. These members represented subjects of the Crown who were not Lords Temporal or Spiritual, who themselves sat in the House of Lords. The House of Commons gained its name because it represented communities (''communes''). Since the 19th century, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eccles, Scottish Borders
Eccles ( gd, An Eaglais. Brythonic/ Welsh: ''Eglwys'') is a village and agricultural parish near Kelso in Berwickshire in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. The village is conjoined with Birgham and Leitholm. Etymology Like other 'Eccles'-names in Britain, this is taken to derive from the Brittonic word which survives in Welsh as ''eglwys'' 'church'. The word was originally borrowed into Brittonic from Latin ''ecclesia''. History It is said that there was a Christian enclave at Eccles in the 6th century or possibly before. Watson gives the derivation as most likely from the Welsh (or Cumbric) ''eglwys'' meaning church Watson, W. J. (1926): History of the Celtic Place-Names of Scotland, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press and places with this name element are thought to indicate ancient Christian sites. Gospatric, Earl of Dunbar (or his wife) founded St. Mary's Cistercian convent at Eccles in 1156. Regent Albany stayed at Eccles Priory in November 1522 during an u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir William Seton, 2nd Baronet
''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as part of "Monsieur", with the equivalent "My Lord" in English. Traditionally, as governed by law and custom, Sir is used for men titled as knights, often as members of orders of chivalry, as well as later applied to baronets and other offices. As the female equivalent for knighthood is damehood, the female equivalent term is typically Dame. The wife of a knight or baronet tends to be addressed as Lady, although a few exceptions and interchanges of these uses exist. Additionally, since the late modern period, Sir has been used as a respectful way to address a man of superior social status or military rank. Equivalent terms of address for women are Madam (shortened to Ma'am), in addition to social honorifics such as Mrs, Ms or Miss. Etymolo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paterson Baronets
There have been two baronetcies created for people with the surname Paterson, both in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia. The first creation, of Bannockburn in the county of Stirling, was for Hugh Paterson on 16 March 1686. The second baronet sat in the House of Commons for Stirlingshire and was attainted in 1716, when the title was forfeit. The second creation, of Eccles in the county of Berwick, was for William Paterson on 9 July 1687. The third baronet sat in the House of Commons for Berwickshire. On his death in 1782 the title became dormant. Paterson, of Bannockburn (1686) * Sir Hugh Paterson, 1st Baronet (died 21 December 1701) * Sir Hugh Paterson, 2nd Baronet ( – 23 March 1777) Paterson, of Eccles (1687) * Sir William Paterson, 1st Baronet ( – 29 September 1709) * Sir John Paterson, 2nd Baronet (11 April 1673 – 14 December 1759) * Sir John Paterson, 3rd Baronet ( – 14 January 1782) See also * Sir Philip Anstruther-Paterson, 3rd Baronet Sir Phi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Hume-Campbell, 3rd Earl Of Marchmont
Hugh Hume-Campbell, 3rd Earl of Marchmont PC FRS (15 February 1708 – 10 January 1794), styled Lord Polwarth between 1724 and 1740, was a Scottish politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1734 until 1740 when he succeeded to the peerage as Earl of Marchmont. He sat in the House of Lords as a representative peer from 1750. Hume-Campbell was the son of Alexander Hume-Campbell, 2nd Earl of Marchmont, and his wife Margaret Campbell, daughter and heiress of Sir George Campbell, of Cessnock. He was educated at a private school in London from 1716 and travelled abroad to Utrecht and Franeker in the Netherlands from 1721. He was admitted to the University of Edinburgh. On 1 May 1731, he married Ann Western, daughter of Robert Western of St Peter's, Cornhill, London and niece of Sir Richard Shirley, 3rd Baronet. As Lord Polworth, he was returned to parliament as Member of Parliament for Berwick-upon-Tweed at the same time as his brother at the 1734 British general election. O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Ramsay Of Ochtertyre
John Ramsay of Ochtertyre FRSE FSAScot (1736–1814) was a Scottish writer and antiquarian. A renowned letter-writer even in his own lifetime, most of his extensive correspondence has since been lost. His home in Stirlingshire is near Blair Drummond, in the parish of Kincardine-in-Menteith. Sometimes referred to as Oughtertyre or Auchtertyre, it is not to be confused by the larger Ochtertyre estate in Perthshire, owned by the Murray family. Life He was born at Ochtertyre House on 26 August 1736 the son of Anne Dundas, daughter of General Ralph Dundas of Manor, and her husband, James Ramsay WS (d.1748), a lawyer. Ramsay succeeded to his father's lairdship at the age of 12, in 1748. He was educated at Dalkeith Grammar School under a Mr Barclay, then studied classics at the University of Edinburgh. In the summers of 1752 and 1753 he spent much time at Menstrie Castle at the home of George Abercromby (1705-1800) where he spent time with the teenage Ralph Abercromby (who went on to a f ... [...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] |
1780 British General Election
The 1780 British general election returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 15th Parliament of Great Britain to be summoned after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707. The election was held during the American War of Independence and returned Lord North to form a new government with a small and rocky majority. The opposition consisted largely of the Rockingham Whigs, the Whig faction led by the Marquess of Rockingham. North's opponents referred to his supporters as Tories, but no Tory party existed at the time and his supporters rejected the label. 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 6 September 1780 and 18 October 1780. At this period elections did not take place at the same time in every constituency. The returning officer i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Philip Anstruther-Paterson, 3rd Baronet
Sir Philip Anstruther-Paterson, 3rd Baronet (born Anstruther; 13 January 1752 – 5 January 1808) was a Scottish politician. He served as Member of Parliament for Anstruther Burghs from 1774 to 1777. In 1778 he married Anne Paterson, daughter of Sir John Paterson, 3rd Baronet and Anne Hume-Campbell, Baroness Polwarth, but they had no children. In 1782 he changed his name to Anstruther-Paterson. He was a lieutenant in the 1st Dragoon Guards. He succeeded his father as a baronet in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia Baronets are a rank in the British aristocracy. The current Baronetage of the United Kingdom has replaced the earlier but existing Baronetages of England, Nova Scotia, Ireland, and Great Britain. Baronetage of England (1611–1705) King James I ... on 4 July 1799. Sir Philip died ''sine prole''. Lady Anstruther-Paterson died in 1818, her claim to inherit the title of Baroness Polwarth still unresolved. References 1752 births 1808 deaths Baronets in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
