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Sir Monoux Cope, 7th Baronet
Sir Monoux Cope, 7th Baronet (c. 1696 – 1763) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1722 and 1747. Cope was the eldest son of Sir John Cope, 6th Baronet and his wife Alice Monoux, daughter of Sir Humphrey Monoux, 2nd Baronet of Wootton, Bedfordshire. Cope was elected Member of Parliament for Banbury on his family's interest at the 1722 general election, succeeding a distant cousin Sir Jonathan Cope. He did not stand in 1727. At the 1741 general election he was returned unopposed as MP for Newport (Isle of Wight) on the government interest. Cope succeeded his father in the baronetcy 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 ... on 8 December 1749. He died on 29 June 1763, aged 67. He married Penelope Mordaunt on 27 July 1726 Oxfordshire, E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British House Of Commons
The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the upper house, the House of Lords, it meets in the Palace of Westminster in London, England. The House of Commons is an elected body consisting of 650 members known as members of Parliament (MPs). MPs are elected to represent constituencies by the first-past-the-post system and hold their seats until Parliament is dissolved. The House of Commons of England started to evolve in the 13th and 14th centuries. In 1707 it became the House of Commons of Great Britain after the political union with Scotland, and from 1800 it also became the House of Commons for Ireland after the political union of Great Britain and Ireland. In 1922, the body became the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland after the independence of the Irish Free State. Under the Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949, the Lords' power to reject legislation was reduced to a delaying power. The gov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gustavus Hamilton, 2nd Viscount Boyne
Gustavus Hamilton, 2nd Viscount Boyne Privy Council of Ireland, PC (Ire) (1710–1746) was an Irish people, Irish politician and an enthusiastic admirer of Italy and the Carnival of Venice. Birth and origins Gustavus was born in 1710, probably in Ireland. He was the eldest son of Frederick Hamilton (Donegal politician), Frederick Hamilton and his wife Sophia Hamilton. His grandfather was Major-General Gustavus Hamilton, 1st Viscount Boyne, Gustavus Hamilton who would soon become Viscount Boyne. His father was the eldest son and heir apparent but would predecease his grandfather. His paternal family was a Protestant cadet branch of the Catholic Earls of Abercorns, who in turn descended from the Scottish Clan Hamilton. Gustavus's mother was a daughter of James Hamilton of Tollymore Forest Park, Tollymore, near Newcastle, County Down and sister of James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Clanbrassil (second creation), James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Clanbrassil. Gustavu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British MPs 1741–1747
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] |
British MPs 1722–1727
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] |
1763 Deaths
Events January–March * January 27 – The seat of colonial administration in the Viceroyalty of Brazil is moved from Salvador to Rio de Janeiro. * February 1 – The Royal Colony of North Carolina officially creates Mecklenburg County from the western portion of Anson County. The county is named for Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, who married George III of the United Kingdom in 1761. * February 10 – Seven Years' War – French and Indian War: The Treaty of Paris ends the war, and France cedes Canada (New France) to Great Britain. * February 15 – The Treaty of Hubertusburg puts an end to the Seven Years' War between Prussia and Austria, and their allies France and Russia. * February 23 – The Berbice Slave Uprising starts in the former Dutch colony of Berbice. * March 1 – Charles Townshend becomes President of the Board of Trade in the British government. April–June * April 6 – The Théâtre du Palais-Roya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1690s Births
Year 169 ( CLXIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Senecio and Apollinaris (or, less frequently, year 922 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 169 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Marcomannic Wars: Germanic tribes invade the frontiers of the Roman Empire, specifically the provinces of Raetia and Moesia. * Northern African Moors invade what is now Spain. * Marcus Aurelius becomes sole Roman Emperor upon the death of Lucius Verus. * Marcus Aurelius forces his daughter Lucilla into marriage with Claudius Pompeianus. * Galen moves back to Rome for good. China * Confucian scholars who had denounced the court eunuchs are arrested, killed or banished from the capital of Luoyang and official life duri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Lee Dummer
Thomas Lee Dummer ( – 6 October 1765) was an English Member of Parliament for Southampton (1737–1741) and Newport (Isle of Wight) (1765–1768). Family Dummer's uncle, Edmund Dummer (1663–1724), was a lawyer who was appointed a Clerk of the Great Wardrobe under Queen Anne in 1706, holding that office until 1721. His father, Thomas, was appointed as Yeoman Tailor and Portitior in 1706 and Deputy Master the following year. Appointments On 7 December 1721, Dummer was appointed jointly with J. Baynes as Clerk of the Great Wardrobe to King George I, succeeding his uncle. This office was less senior than the Master of the Great Wardrobe, but was nevertheless a lifetime appointment that conferred a salary of plus livery of and poundage on some goods. In 1730, Dummer became Lord of the Manor at Horninghold in Leicestershire. In March 1732, Dummer was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society Political career In 1737, Dummer succeeded John Conduitt as MP for Southampton on th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bluett Wallop
Bluett (or Bluet) Wallop (27 April 1726 – 6 June 1749) was a British soldier and politician. The fourth son of John Wallop, 1st Earl of Portsmouth, Bluett was appointed a Page of Honour to George II on 8 November 1739. He served the King on campaign in Flanders in 1743 and 1744. In the latter year, he left the King's service, having obtained a commission as a cornet in Honywood's Regiment of Horse. He was with his regiment at Fontenoy, and soon thereafter got a captaincy in Lord Sempill's Regiment of Foot. He fought at Culloden, and later got the captaincy of a troop of horse and served as equerry to the Duke of Cumberland. In 1747, he was returned to Parliament as a member for Newport, Isle of Wight, owing to his father's influence as Governor of the Isle of Wight. He died of smallpox Smallpox was an infectious disease caused by variola virus (often called smallpox virus) which belongs to the genus Orthopoxvirus. The last naturally occurring case was diagnosed in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Chute (MP)
Anthony Chute (fl. 1590s – 1595) was an English poet and pamphleteer. Very little is known about him. Life Chute appears to have been a protégé of Gabriel Harvey. Harvey refers to him in his work ''Pierces Supererogation'', saying that Chute was an orator and a herald. He also states that Chute had participated in Francis Drake's 1589 English Armada expedition to Portugal.Robert J. Kane, "Anthony Chute, Thomas Nashe, and the First English Work on Tobacco", ''The Review of English Studies'', 1931, p.151-159. In 1593, Chute published ''Beauty Dishonoured, written under the title of Shore's wife'', a narrative poem supposed to be the lament of Jane Shore, whose ghost tells her life story and makes moral reflections. In a dedication he called the poem, "the first invention of my beginning muse" implying that it was his earliest work. Chute supported Harvey in his literary war against Thomas Nashe. ''Pierces Supererogation'' contains two poems by Chute and letters in which he p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1747 British General Election
The 1747 British general election returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 10th 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 Henry Pelham's Whig government increase its majority and the Tories continue their decline. By 1747, thirty years of Whig oligarchy and systematic corruption had weakened party ties substantially; despite that Walpole, the main reason for the split that led to the creation of the Patriot Whig faction, had resigned, there were still almost as many Whigs in opposition to the ministry as there were Tories, and the real struggle for power was between various feuding factions of Whig aristocrats rather than between the old parties. The Tories had effectively become an irrelevant group of country gentlemen who had resigned themselves to permanent opposition. Summary of the constituencies See 1796 British general election for details. The constituen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Huxley
George Huxley ( 1687–1744), of Stoke, Buckinghamshire, was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1722 to 1741. Huxley was the eldest son of Thomas Huxley of Bow, Middlesex, and his wife Arabella Becher, daughter of Sir William Becher of Howbury, Bedfordshire. He was admitted at Clare College, Cambridge on 3 May 1704 and at Middle Temple on 15 May 1704. Huxley was elected Member of Parliament for Bedford in a contest at the 1722 general election. In 1725 he was appointed a Commissioner of victualling but lost his seat at the by-election on 28 May 1725 following his appointment. The Government brought him in as MP for Newport (Isle of Wight) at a by-election on 1 February 1726 and he voted with the Administration in all recorded divisions. He was re-elected at the 1727 general election. In 1729 he was appointed muster-master general with a salary of £800. He was returned unopposed at the 1734 general election. He did not stand in 1741 Event ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis North, 1st Earl Of Guilford
Francis North, 1st Earl of Guilford (13 April 1704 – 4 August 1790), of Wroxton Abbey, Oxfordshire, styled as Lord Guilford between 1729 and 1752, was a British Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1727 until 1729 at which point he succeeded to the peerage as Baron Guildford. He also became the Treasurer of Queen Charlotte of the Royal House of Mecklenburg. His son, Frederick North, was the famous Prime Minister of Great Britain who lost the American Revolution War under his term. Early life North was the son of Francis North, 2nd Baron Guilford, and his wife Alice Brownlow, daughter of Sir John Brownlow, 3rd Baronet, of Humby, Lincolnshire. He was educated at Eton College and matriculated at Trinity College, Oxford on 25 March 1721, aged 16. He undertook a Grand Tour in about 1722. Career At the 1727 British general election, North was returned unopposed as Whig Member of Parliament for Banbury on the family interest. When he succeeded his father as third Bar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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