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Sir Robert Kemp, 3rd Baronet
Sir Robert Kemp, 3rd Baronet (1667–1734), of Hoxne and Ubbeston, Suffolk, was an English landowner and Tory politician who sat in the British House of Commons, House of Commons between 1701 and 1734. Biography Kemp was baptized at Ubbeston on 25 June 1667, the eldest son of Sir Robert Kemp, 2nd Baronet MP, of Gissing, Norfolk and his second wife Mary Sone, daughter of John Sone of Ubbeston. He was admitted at St Catharine's College, Cambridge on 23 May 1685. He married Letitia King, daughter of Robert King of Great Thurlow, Suffolk. After her death he married as his second wife Elizabeth Brand, daughter. of John Brand of Edwardstone, Suffolk in about 1699. Kemp was returned unopposed as Member of Parliament for Dunwich (UK Parliament constituency), Dunwich on the family interest at the first general election of 1701 with his Tory brother-in-law Sir Charles Blois, 1st Baronet, Sir Charles Blois, Bt. He was returned unopposed again as Tory MP at the second general election o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoxne
Hoxne ( ) is a village in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk, England, about five miles (8 km) east-southeast of Diss, Norfolk and south of the River Waveney. The parish is irregularly shaped, covering the villages of Hoxne, Cross Street and Heckfield Green, with a 'tongue' extending southwards to take in part of the former RAF Horham airfield. In geology, Hoxne gives its name to the Hoxnian Stage, a British regional subdivision of the Pleistocene Epoch. Overview The area around the village is of significant archaeological importance, as the find-spot of the Hoxne Hoard of Roman treasure, very early finds of handaxesFrere, John: , in ''Archaeologia,'' v. 13 (London, 1800): 204-205 and as the type site for the Hoxnian Stage ("Hoxnian Interglacial"). In 1797, John Frere (1740-1807) found flint hand tools twelve feet deep in Hoxne Brick Pit, and he was the first person to recognise ancient tools as being man-made. One of his hand axes is in the British Museum. His letter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Robert Kemp, 4th Baronet
Sir Robert Kemp, 4th Baronet (9 November 1699 – 1752)), of Ubbeston, Suffolk, was a British landowner and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1730 to 1734. Kemp was baptized at Hoxne, Suffolk, the only son of Sir Robert Kemp, 3rd Baronet of Ubbeston, Suffolk and his second wife Elizabeth Brand, daughter of John Brand of Edwardstone, Suffolk. He was admitted at Pembroke College, Cambridge on 3 July 1718 and at Middle Temple on 17 November 1721. Kemp was returned as a Tory Member of Parliament for Orford at a by-election on 23 February 1730. He voted against the Government on all known occasions. He did not stand at the 1734 British general election. Kemp succeeded his father in the baronetcy on 18 December 1734. He died unmarried on. 15 February 1752 and was buried in the family vault at Gissing, Norfolk Gissing is a village and civil parish in Norfolk, England, about six miles (10 km) north of Diss. It covers an area of and had a populatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1734 Deaths
Events January– March * January 8 – Salzburgers, Lutherans who were expelled by the Roman Catholic Bishop of Salzburg, Austria, in October 1731, set sail for the British Colony of Georgia in America. * February 16 – The Ostend Company, established in 1722 in the Austrian Netherlands (modern-day Belgium) to compete for trade in the West Indies (the Caribbean islands) and the East Indies (south and southeast Asia), ceases business as part of the agreement by Austria in the Second Treaty of Vienna. * March 12 – Salzburgers arrive at the mouth of the Savannah River in the British Colony of Georgia. April–June * April 25 – Easter occurs on the latest possible date (the next time is in 1886). * May 15 – Prince Charles of Spain (later King Charles III) becomes the new King of Naples and Sicily, five days after his arrival in Naples. * May 25 – Spanish forces under the command of José Carrillo de Albornoz, 1st Duke of Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1667 Births
Events January–March * January 11 – Aurangzeb, monarch of the Mughal Empire, orders the removal of Rao Karan Singh as Maharaja of the Bikaner State (part of the modern-day Rajasthan state of India) because of Karan's dereliction of duty in battle. * January 19 – The town of Anzonico in Switzerland is destroyed by an avalanche. * January 27 – The 2,000 seat Opernhaus am Taschenberg, a theater in Dresden (capital of the Electorate of Saxony) opens with its first production, Pietro Ziani's opera ''Il teseo''. * February 5 – In the Second Anglo-Dutch War, the English Royal Navy warship HMS ''Saint Patrick'' is captured less than nine months after being launched, when it fights a battle off the coast of England and North Foreland, Kent. Captain Robert Saunders and 8 of his crew are killed while fighting the Dutch ships ''Delft'' and ''Shakerlo''. The Dutch Navy renames the ship the ''Zwanenburg''. * February 6 (January 27 O.S.) – The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Cordell Firebrace, 3rd Baronet
Sir Cordell Firebrace, 3rd Baronet (20 February 1712 – 1759), of Long Melford, Suffolk, was a British landowner and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1735 to 1759. Firebrace was the only son of Sir Charles Firebrace, 2nd Baronet, of Stoke Golding, Leicestershire and his wife Margaret Cordell, daughter of Sir John Cordell, 2nd Baronet, MP, of Long Melford, Suffolk. His grandfather was a London vintner. In 1727, he succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his father. He matriculated at St John's College, Oxford on 9 May 1729. He married Bridget Evers, widow of Edward Evers of Ipswich, and Washingley, Lincolnshire and daughter of Philip Bacon of Ipswich on 25 October 1737. Firebrace was returned unopposed as a Tory Member of Parliament for Suffolk at a by-election on 5 March 1735. He was probably unwell at the time of the divisions on the Spanish convention in 1739 and the place bill in 1740 when he was absent. At the 1741 British general election he was return ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir William Barker, 5th Baronet
Sir William Barker, 5th Baronet (1685 – 23 July 1731) of Grimston Hall, Suffolk was a British Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1708 and 1731. Early life Barker was the son of Sir John Barker, 4th Baronet and his wife Bridget Bacon, daughter of Sir Nicholas Bacon of Shrubland Hall, Suffolk. In 1696, he succeeded his father in the baronetcy. He attended Ipswich school and was admitted at Pembroke College, Cambridge on 7 April 1702, aged 16. He married Mary Bence, only daughter of John Bence, MP, of Heveningham, Suffolk. Career After having narrowly failed to get elected in a by-election a year earlier, Barker was returned as Tory Member of Parliament for Ipswich in a contest at the 1708 British general election where his father in law was retiring as an MP. He voted against the impeachment of Dr Sacheverell in 1710. At the 1710 British general election, he was returned again in a contest for Ipswich. He was listed among the 'Tory patriots' who voted agai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Jermyn Davers, 4th Baronet
Sir Jermyn Davers, 4th Baronet (c.1686 – 20 February 1743), of Rougham and Rushbrooke, Suffolk, was an English landowner and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1722 to 1743. Early life Davers was the second son of Sir Robert Davers, 2nd Baronet and his wife, Hon. Mary Jermyn, daughter and co-heiress of Thomas Jermyn, 2nd Baron Jermyn.William Betham, ''The Baronetage of England'' (1803), p.58. He was brought up at Rushbrooke Hall and matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford on 14 March 1704, aged 17. Career At the 1722 British general election, Davers was returned in a contest as a Tory Member of Parliament for Bury St Edmunds. He succeeded his brother Sir Robert Davers, 3rd Baronet, to the baronetcy on 20 May 1723. In April 1725, he was one of five Tories who voted against a motion to restore the inheritance of Bolingbroke. He inherited a share of the Jermyn estates, including Cheveley, Cambridgeshire, and Dover Street, London, in 1726 from his great-uncle, H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Long (1679-1723)
Charles Long may refer to: * Charles Long (ABSRA) (born 1945), founder of the America's Buffalo Soldiers Re-Enactors Association, convicted of manslaughter * Charles R. Long (1923–1951), United States Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient *Charles G. Long (1869–1943), Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps *Charles Long, 1st Baron Farnborough (1760–1838), English politician and connoisseur of the arts *Charles Edward Long (1796–1861), English genealogist and antiquary *Charlie Long (1938–1989), American football guard * Charles Wigram Long (1842–1911), British Member of Parliament for Evesham 1895–1910 * Charles Edwin Long (1879–1953), American-born farmer and political figure in Saskatchewan, Canada * Charles L. Long (1851–1929), Massachusetts lawyer, judge and politician * Charles Long (priest) (1802–1875), Anglican priest * Charles D. Long (1841–1902), Michigan Supreme Court Justice *Charles H. Long Charles Houston Long (August 23, 1926 – February 12 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet
Field Marshal Sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet (3 July 1685 – 1 February 1768) was a British cavalry officer. As a junior officer he fought at the Battle of Schellenberg and at the Battle of Blenheim during the War of the Spanish Succession. He was then asked to raise a regiment to combat the threat from the Jacobite rising of 1715. He also served with the Pragmatic Army under the Earl of Stair at the Battle of Dettingen during the War of the Austrian Succession. As a Member of Parliament he represented three different constituencies but never attained political office. Career Born the son of Sir Robert Rich, 2nd Baronet and Mary Rich (née Rich, daughter of Sir Charles Rich, 1st Baronet), Rich was commissioned as an ensign in the 1st Regiment of Foot Guards and lieutenant in the Army on 10 June 1700. He fought in the War of the Spanish Succession at the Battle of Schellenberg in July 1704, where he was wounded, and at the Battle of Blenheim in August 1704, where he was wounde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Richardson (British Politician)
Richard Richardson (c. 1664 – 31 December 1714) was an English judge and Tory Member of Parliament. He was the son of John Richardson of St. Bartholomew Exchange, London and Little Grove, East Barnet, Hertfordshire and educated in the law at the Middle Temple, where he was called to the bar in 1686. He became a Serjeant-at-law in 1705 and a judge of Sheriffs’ Courts, London by 1707, probably for life. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Dunwich from 1710 to 1713, and for Ipswich Ipswich () is a port town and borough in Suffolk, England, of which it is the county town. The town is located in East Anglia about away from the mouth of the River Orwell and the North Sea. Ipswich is both on the Great Eastern Main Line ... from 1 April 1714 until his death on 31 December 1714. He married, in 1691, Sarah, probably the daughter of George Solme of Gillingham, Dorset and had 1 son and 1 daughter. References 1664 births 1714 deaths Lawyers from London Membe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir George Downing, 3rd Baronet
Sir George Downing, 3rd Baronet (baptised 24 October 1685 – 10 June 1749) was a British landowner and inititially Tory, but later Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1710 and 1749. Through a donation in his will, he was the founder of Downing College, Cambridge. Biography Downing was the only son of Sir George Downing, 2nd Baronet, and his wife, Lady Catharine Cecil, daughter of James Cecil, 3rd Earl of Salisbury. His grandfather, who was created a baronet in 1663, was the namesake of Downing Street. Lady Catharine died in 1688, and, as her husband was apparently considered an unsuitable parent, the young George was brought up in the family of his maternal aunt, Lady Mary Cecil Forester, the wife of Sir William Forester of Dothill Park, in Wellington, Shropshire. In 1700, aged 15, "by procurement and persuasion of those in whose keeping he was", he married his 13-year-old cousin, Sir William's daughter, Mary, who ultimately died childless in 1734. Betwee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Harvey (died 1732)
General Daniel Harvey (ca. 1664 – 6 September 1732) was a British soldier and politician who was Governor of Guernsey from 1714 to 1732. Life Daniel Harvey was born in 1664 in Coombe, near Kingston the second of three brothers. His father Sir Daniel was the son and grandson of wealthy London merchants who married Elizabeth Montagu, daughter of Edward Montagu, Earl of Sandwich in 1651. In 1668 he was appointed Ambassador to Constantinople where he died in August 1672. Harvey was educated at Christ Church, Oxford and graduated in 1681; he joined the army in 1688, served as a Member of Parliament or MP for three different constituencies between 1708 and 1722 and was Governor of Guernsey from 1714 to 1732. He had numerous and well-connected cousins, many of whom were also MPs; in 1707 he married his cousin Anne Montagu, widow of Alexander Popham. Career In this period, regiments were considered the personal property of their Colonel, changed names when transferred and we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
