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Sir Thomas Drury, 1st Baronet
Sir Thomas Drury, 1st Baronet Royal Society, FRS (1712 – 19 January 1759) of Wickham Hall near Maldon, Essex, and Overstone, Northamptonshire was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England, House of Commons between 1741 and 1747. Background Drury was born in London and baptised on 12 November 1712 at St Andrew's Church, Holborn; he was the son of Richard Drury of Colne, Cambridgeshire, Colne, Hunts. by Joyce, daughter of Thomas Beacon of Great Ilford, Essex. He matriculated at Merton College, Oxford in 1729, and was called to the bar at the Inner Temple, London, in 1736. In 1737, as co-heir with his cousin Thomas Beacon Townsend (d.1737), Drury inherited a fortune estimated at £230,000, including an estate near Maldon, from his maternal uncle, Thomas Beacon, a brewer in Shoreditch, London. His cousin died later that year and left Drury his share of the estate. Fellow MP Joseph Townsend (MP), Joseph Townsend, who was the half-brother of Thomas Beacon T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Hudson (1701-1779) - Lieutenant General Sir Thomas Drury Of Overstone (1712–1759), Bt - 436119 - National Trust
Thomas or Tom Hudson may refer to: * Thomas Hudson (painter) (1701–1779), British portraitist * Thomas Hudson (pentathlete) (born 1935), British Olympic modern pentathlete * Thomas Hudson (poet) (died c. 1605), part of the Castalian Band at the court of James VI of Scotland * Thomas H. Hudson (born 1946), member of the Louisiana State Senate * Thomas J. Hudson (born 1961), Canadian genome scientist * Thomas Jefferson Hudson (1839–1923), U.S. Representative from Kansas * Thomas P. Hudson (1852–1909), American-English stage manager in Australia * Thomas Hudson (MP) (1772–1852), British Member of Parliament for Evesham (UK Parliament constituency) * Thomas Hudson (songwriter) (1791–1844), English performer and writer of comic songs * Tom Hudson (programmer), American computer programmer * Tom Hudson (English actor) (born 1986), English actor * Tom Hudson (French actor) (born 1994), French actor * Tom Hudson (art educator) (1922–1997), British art educationalist * Tom Hudson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
High Sheriff Of Essex
The High Sheriff of Essex was an ancient sheriff title originating in the time of the Angles, not long after the invasion of the Kingdom of England, which was in existence for around a thousand years. On 1 April 1974, under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972, the title of Sheriff of Essex was retitled High Sheriff of Essex. The high shrievalties are the oldest secular titles under the Crown in England and Wales, their purpose being to represent the monarch at a local level, historically in the shires. The office was a powerful position in earlier times, as sheriffs were responsible for the maintenance of law and order and various other roles. It was only in 1908 under Edward VII that the lord-lieutenant became more senior than the high sheriff. Since then the position of high sheriff has become more ceremonial, with many of its previous responsibilities transferred to High Court judges, magistrates, coroners, local authorities and the police. This is a list of s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1759 Deaths
In Great Britain, this year was known as the ''Annus Mirabilis'', because of British victories in the Seven Years' War. Events January–March * January 6 – George Washington marries Martha Dandridge Custis. * January 11 – In Philadelphia, the first American life insurance company is incorporated. * January 13 – Távora affair: The Távora family is executed, following accusations of the attempted regicide of Joseph I of Portugal. * January 15 – **Voltaire's satire ''Candide'' is published simultaneously in five countries. ** The British Museum opens at Montagu House in London (after six years of development). * January 27 – Battle of RÃo Bueno: Spanish forces, led by Juan Antonio Garretón, defeat indigenous Huilliches of southern Chile. * February 12 – Ali II ibn Hussein becomes the new Ruler of Tunisia upon the death of his brother, Muhammad I ar-Rashid. Ali reigns for 23 years until his death in 1782. * February 16 – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1712 Births
Year 171 ( CLXXI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Severus and Herennianus (or, less frequently, year 924 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 171 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 * Emperor Marcus Aurelius forms a new military command, the ''praetentura Italiae et Alpium''. Aquileia is relieved, and the Marcomanni are evicted from Roman territory. * Marcus Aurelius signs a peace treaty with the Quadi and the Sarmatian Iazyges. The Germanic tribes of the Hasdingi (Vandals) and the Lacringi become Roman allies. * Armenia and Mesopotamia become protectorates of the Roman Empire. * The Costoboci cross the Danube (Dacia) and ravage Thrace in the Balkan Peninsula. They reach Eleusis, near Athens, and destr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drury Baronets
There have been two baronetcies created for persons with the surname Drury, one in the Baronetage of England and one in the Baronetage of Great Britain. Both creations are extinct. The Drury Baronetcy, of Riddlesworth in the County of Norfolk, was created in the Baronetage of England on 7 May 1627 for Drue Drury, Member of Parliament for Norfolk and Thetford. The title became extinct on the death of the third Baronet in 1712. The Drury Baronetcy, of Overstone in the County of Northampton, was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 16 February 1739 for Thomas Drury, Member of Parliament for Maldon. The title became extinct on his death in 1759. Drury baronets, of Riddlesworth (1627) *Sir Drue Drury, 1st Baronet (1588–1632) *Sir Drue Drury, 2nd Baronet (1611–1647) *Sir Robert Drury, 3rd Baronet (–1712) Drury baronets, of Overstone (1739) *Sir Thomas Drury, 1st Baronet Sir Thomas Drury, 1st Baronet FRS (1712 – 19 January 1759) of Wickham Hall near Maldon, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Lloyd (died 1761)
Sir Richard Lloyd (bapt. 31 May 1697 – 1761), of Hintlesham Hall, Suffolk, was an English solicitor-general and Member of Parliament. He was born the son of Talbot Lloyd of Lichfield and educated at Lichfield grammar school and St. John’s College, Cambridge. He entered the Middle Temple in 1720 to study law, was called to the bar in 1723, and made a bencher in 1738. He succeeded his father before 1713, and his wife's brother to Crustwic. He was made King's Counsel (K.C.) in 1738 and appointed Solicitor General for England and Wales for 1754–6. He was elevated to serjeant-at-law in 1759, appointed a Baron of the Exchequer for 1759–61 and served as the Recorder of Harwich, Orford and Ipswich. He was knighted in 1745. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of Great Britain for Mitchell 14 May 1745 – 1747, for Maldon 1747–1754 and for Totnes 13 December 1754 – September 1759. In 1745, he was the major beneficiary in the will of Lady Winchilsea (widow of Henea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Bladen
Colonel Martin Bladen (1680–1746) was a British politician who sat in the Irish House of Commons from 1713 to 1727 and in the British House of Commons from 1715 to 1746. He was a Commissioner of the Board of Trade and Plantations, a Privy Councillor in Ireland and Comptroller of the Mint. Family Martin was born in 1680 in Yorkshire and was the son of Nathaniel Bladen and Isabella Fairfax. His father was an attorney and Steward to Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds (Lord Danby), his mother was the daughter of Sir William Fairfax of Steeton and was related to Lord Fairfax. Martin's older brother William Bladen was Attorney-General in Maryland and briefly Secretary of that Province and his nephew Thomas Bladen was Governor of Maryland in the 1740s. Martin's sister Elizabeth was the mother of Admiral Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke. Martin acted as guardian to Admiral Hawke and supported his career advancement in the navy. Military career After initial education in Yorkshire, Mart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benjamin Keene
Sir Benjamin Keene (1697–1757) was a British diplomat, who was British Ambassador to Spain from 1729 to 1739, then again from 1748 until his death in Madrid in December 1757. He has been described as "by far the most prominent British agent in Anglo-Spanish relations of the 18th century". First appointed Consul General to Spain in 1724, he became Ambassador five years later, when he negotiated the 1729 Treaty of Seville ending the 1727 to 1729 Anglo-Spanish War. He later agreed the 1739 Convention of Pardo resolving trade and boundary issues in the Caribbean, but political opposition in England meant it was never ratified, leading to the 1739 to 1748 War of Jenkins' Ear. On returning to England, he was elected Member of Parliament from 1740 to 1741 for Maldon, then for West Looe until 1747. He was appointed to the Board of Trade in 1741 and made Paymaster of Pensions in 1745; he found political life less interesting than diplomacy and in 1745 transferred to Lisbon as Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Colebrooke
Robert Colebrooke (24 June 1718 –10 May 1784) was a British Member of Parliament.Cokayne, George Edward. (Ed.) (1906''Complete baronetage. Vol. V. 1707-1800'' Exeter: William Pollard. p. 116. Early life Robert Colebrooke was the first son of James Colebrooke, a wealthy London banker, and his wife Mary Hudson. His younger brothers were James Colebrooke, MP and George Colebrooke, MP. Robert's father made over to him the Chilham Estate in Kent when he married in 1741. Robert would sell it in 1774 to Thomas Heron. Career He was elected Member of Parliament for Maldon for 1741 to 1761. He was minister to the Swiss Cantons in 1762–64. Death He died at Soissons in France on 10 May 1784 and was buried at Chilham on 26 June 1784. He had married twice: firstly Henrietta (died 1753), the daughter of Lord Harry Powlett, and secondly, on 4 August 1756, Elizabeth, daughter and co-heiress of John Thresher of Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire. He was the father of Robert Hyde Colebrooke, one o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brownlow Cust, 1st Baron Brownlow
Brownlow Cust, 1st Baron Brownlow (3 December 1744 – 25 December 1807), of Belton House near Grantham in Lincolnshire (known as Sir Brownlow Cust, 4th Baronet, from 1770 to 1776), was a British Tory Member of Parliament. Origins He was the son and heir of Sir John Cust, 3rd Baronet (1718–1770), Speaker of the House of Commons, by his wife Etheldreda Payne, a daughter of Thomas Payne of Hough-on-the-Hill, Lincolnshire. Career Cust was educated at Eton College and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. In 1766 he was elected as a Member of Parliament for Ilchester in Somerset, a seat he held until 1774, and then represented Grantham between 1774 and 1776, in which year he was raised to the peerage as Baron Brownlow, "of Belton in the County of Lincoln". The peerage was chiefly in recognition of his father's services, and the name of his title refers to his paternal grandmother Anne Brownlow (Lady Cust), sister and heiress in her issue of John Brownlow, 1st Viscount Tyrconnel (1690â ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl Of Halifax
George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, (6 October 1716 – 8 June 1771) was a British statesman of the Georgian era. Due to his success in extending commerce in the Americas, he became known as the "father of the colonies". President of the Board of Trade from 1748 to 1761, he aided the foundation of Nova Scotia, 1749, the capital Halifax being named after him. When Canada was ceded to the King of Great Britain by the King of France, following the Treaty of Paris of 1763, he restricted its boundaries and renamed it "Province of Quebec". Early life The son of the 1st Earl of Halifax, he was styled Viscount Sunbury until succeeding his father as Earl of Halifax in 1739 (thus also styled in common usage Lord Halifax). Educated at Eton College and at Trinity College, Cambridge, he was married in 1741 to Anne Richards (died 1753), who had inherited a great fortune from Sir Thomas Dunk, whose name Halifax took. Career After having been an official in the household of Frede ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Hobart, 2nd Earl Of Buckinghamshire
John Hobart, 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire (17 August 17233 August 1793) was a British nobleman and politician. Biography The son of John Hobart, 1st Earl of Buckinghamshire by his first wife Judith Britiffe, he was educated at Westminster School and Christ's College, Cambridge. He was Member of Parliament for Norwich from 1747 to 1756, having also been elected for St Ives in 1747 but opting to sit for Norwich. He held office as Comptroller of the Household in 1755-56 and as a Lord of the Bedchamber from 1756 to 1767, having succeeded his father as Earl in 1756. He was Ambassador from the United Kingdom to Russia from 1762 to 1765 and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from 1776 to 1780, when his Chief Secretary was Sir Richard Heron, Bt. In the latter role, he had to concede free trade and, more importantly, the enactment of the Papists Act 1778 which partially repealed the Penal laws and provided measures for the relief of Roman Catholics and Dissenters. Family He married fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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