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Sir Thomas Reade, 4th Baronet
Sir Thomas Reade, 4th Baronet, (c.1684 - 1752) of Shipton Court, Oxfordshire was a British courtier and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons for 34 years from 1713 to 1747. Reade was the second son of Sir Edward Reade, 2nd Baronet, of Shipton Court, and his wife Elizabeth Harby, daughter of Edward Harby of Adstone, Northamptonshire. He was the elder brother of Lieutenant-general George Reade. He succeeded to the baronetcy and Shipton Court on the death of his elder brother, Sir Winwood Reade, 3rd Baronet, on 30 June 1692. He married Jane Mary Dutton, the daughter of Sir Ralph Dutton, 1st Baronet, MP of Sherborne, Gloucestershire, on 29 October 1719. Reade first stood for Parliament at a by-election for Oxfordshire in February 1710 and was heavily defeated. At the 1713 general election, he was elected Member of Parliament for Cricklade. Reade was returned unopposed at Cricklade at the 1715 general election, but faced contests at the succeeding general election ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portrait Of Sir Thomas Reade, 4th Bt (by Bernard Lens III)
A portrait is a painting, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face and its expressions are predominant. The intent is to display the likeness, personality, and even the mood of the person. For this reason, in photography a portrait is generally not a snapshot, but a composed image of a person in a still position. A portrait often shows a person looking directly at the painter or photographer, in order to most successfully engage the subject with the viewer. History Prehistorical portraiture Plastered human skulls were reconstructed human skulls that were made in the ancient Levant between 9000 and 6000 BC in the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B period. They represent some of the oldest forms of art in the Middle East and demonstrate that the prehistoric population took great care in burying their ancestors below their homes. The skulls denote some of the earliest sculptural examples of portraiture in the history of art. Historical portraitur ... [...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 constitue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Welbore Ellis, 1st Baron Mendip
Welbore Ellis, 1st Baron Mendip, PC, FRS (15 December 1713 – 2 February 1802) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons for 53 years from 1741 to 1794 when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Mendip. He held a number of political offices, including briefly serving as Secretary for the Colonies in 1782 during the American War of Independence. Background Ellis was the second but only surviving son of the Most Reverend Welbore Ellis, Bishop of Kildare and Bishop of Meath. He was educated at Westminster School from 1727 to 1732 and then entered Christ Church, Oxford. Political career In 1741, he was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Cricklade, then moved to Weymouth and Melcombe Regis (1747–1761), Aylesbury (1761–1768), Petersfield (1768–1774), Weymouth and Melcombe Regis (1774–1790) and Petersfield (1791–1794). In 1762, he succeeded Charles Townshend as Secretary at War, and in 1763, he proposed the appropriation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Gore (MP)
Charles Gore (c. 1711 - 15 February 1768) of Tring Park, Hertfordshire, was a British landowner and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons almost continuously between 1739 and 1768. Early life Gore was the eldest son of William Gore and his wife Lady Mary Compton, daughter of George Compton, 4th Earl of Northampton. He matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford on 12 July 1729, aged 18. In 1739 he succeeded to Tring Park on the death of his father. He was responsible for diverting the main Aylesbury to Berkhamsted road from a course through the park, which took it straight past the front door of Tring Park Mansion, to its present route following considerably flatter terrain further north. He married Ellen Humfreys, daughter of Sir William Humfreys, 1st Baronet, of London, on 3 December 1741. Career Gore was returned as Tory Member of Parliament for Cricklade at a by-election on 21 November 1739 caused by the death of his father. He voted against the motion for Walpole's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Gore (died 1739)
William Gore (c. 1675–1739) of Tring Park, Hertfordshire, was a British financier and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1711 and 1739 . Gore was the eldest son of Sir William Gore, Lord Mayor of London and his wife, Elizabeth Hampton. He was admitted at Queens' College, Cambridge in 1691. In 1708, he succeeded his father to Tring Park. He married Lady Mary Compton, daughter of George Compton, 4th Earl of Northampton in April 1709. Gore was a Director of the Bank of England from 1709 to 1712, and a Director of the South Sea Company from 1712 to 1715. He was a Tory and a member of the October Club and stood for Parliament at Colchester at the 1710 general election. He was initially defeated in the poll, but was seated on petition as Member of Parliament for Colchester on 27 January 1711. After the 1713 general election, he was again seated on petition on 6 May 1714. He did not stand in 1715. In 1718, Gore bought the manor of Cricklade, which allowed him ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Tilson
Christopher Tilson (24 January 1670 – 25 August 1742) of St Margaret's, Westminster and Hampton Poyle, Oxfordshire, was a British Treasury official for over 50 years and a politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1727 to 1734. Tilson was the son of Nathaniel Tilson of London, and grandson of Henry Tilson, Bishop of Elphin in Ireland. He was educated at St Paul's School. In February 1685 he became Clerk of the Treasury, a post he held for the rest of his life. He became Clerk of Commissioner of appeal in the excise at £100 p.a. in April 1693, and Receiver General of crown land revenues in 1699. Before 1706, he married Mary Humble (died 30 August 1737), daughter of George Humble. He acquired the manor of Hampton Poyle in 1723. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Gore (MP)
Thomas Gore (c. 1694–1777) of Dunstan Park, Berkshire, was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1722 and 1768. Early life Gore was the third son of Sir William Gore Lord Mayor of London and his wife, Elizabeth Hampton. He was admitted at Inner Temple in 1711, and matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford on 4 June 1714, aged 19. He married Mary Humfreys, twice-widowed daughter of Sir William Humfreys, 1st Baronet of London on 15 September 1748. Her former husbands were William Ball Waring, and John Honywood. Career Gore stood for Parliament at Cricklade at a by-election in 1721 when he was unsuccessful, but was returned as Tory Member of Parliament for Cricklade on the interest of his elder brother, William, at the 1722 general election. He lost his seat at Cricklade, being defeated at the 1727 general election and was out of Parliament for several years. Gore was returned at Amersham on 17 February 1735, on the Drake interest. He spoke on the gin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Ducie Moreton, 2nd Baron Ducie
Matthew Ducie Moreton, 2nd Baron Ducie (died 1770) of Tortworth, Gloucestershire, was a British Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1721 and 1735 winning by-elections at four separate constituencies but never winning at a general election. He vacated his seat when he succeeded to the peerage as Baron Ducie. Moreton was the eldest son of Matthew Moreton, 1st Baron Ducie and his wife Arabella Prestwick, daughter of Sir Thomas Prestwick, 2nd Baronet, of Hulme, Lancashire. He was possibly educated at Harrow School. Moreton's father left the House of Commons in 1720 on being raised to the peerage and the son was elected Member of Parliament for Cricklade at a contested by-election on 1 February 1721. Thereafter, he voted consistently for the Administration. He was defeated by a single vote at the 1722 general election. He was then elected MP for Calne at another contested by-election on 28 February 1723, possibly on the interest of Walter Hungerford to whom he wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacob Sawbridge
Jacob Sawbridge (c. 1665 - 11 July 1748) was a banker and the member of Parliament for Cricklade in England from 1715 to 23 January 1721. He became a partner in the firm of Turner, Sawbridge, and Caswall, who traded as the Hollow Sword Blade Company. He was one of the original directors of the South Sea Company and was banned from the 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. ... and fined after that company became insolvent. References Members of Parliament for Cricklade British MPs 1715–1722 1660s births 1748 deaths Year of birth uncertain South Sea Bubble {{England-GreatBritain-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Gore (MP)
William Gore may refer to: * William Gore (15th-century MP) for Maldon *Sir William Gore, 3rd Baronet (died 1700), Irish Custos Rotulorum of Leitrim *William Gore (died 1739) (c. 1675–1739), English MP for Colchester, Cricklade and St Albans *William Gore (Lord Mayor of London) (1644–1708), Lord Mayor of London 1701 *William Crampton Gore (1871–1946), Irish artist *Bill Gore (1912–1986), American chemical engineer *William Gore Ouseley (1797–1866), British diplomat *William Gore (bishop) (died 1784), Irish Anglican bishop *William Gore (priest) (died 1731), Church of Ireland priest *William Gore (provost marshal) (1765–1845), British government official in Australia *William D. Gore, Sheriff of San Diego County since 2009 *Willem Baa Nip (1836 – 1885), also known as King Billy, William Gore or Billy Wa-wha, a member of the Wathaurung Parliament of Ireland * William Gore (died 1730), MP for County Leitrim 1703–1730, Donegal Borough *William Gore (1703–1748), MP f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Robinson (1666-1729)
Samuel Robinson may refer to: * Samuel Robinson (1666–1729), member of Parliament for Cricklade, England *Samuel Robinson (Vermont politician) (1738–1813), Vermont political and military leader *Samuel Robinson (industrialist) (1794–1884), English industrialist and Persian scholar * Samuel Robinson (businessman) (1865–1958), American founder of Acme Markets * Samuel Robinson (American developer), 1920s resort developer in Boca Chica *Sir Samuel Robinson (sea captain) (1870–1958), British-Canadian ocean liner captain * Samuel Robinson (footballer) (1878–?), English footballer *Samuel Murray Robinson (1882–1972), U.S. Navy admiral * Sam Robinson (basketball) (born 1948), basketball player * Sam Robinson (cricketer) (born 1976), Bermudian cricketer *Samuel Abiola Robinson (born 1998), Nigerian actor *Sammy Robinson (born 2002), English footballer *Sam Ryder (Sam Ryder Robinson, born 1989), British singer, songwriter, and internet personality See also * Robinson (name) Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmund Dunch (Whig)
Edmund Dunch (or Dunche) (14 December 1677 – 31 May 1719) of Little Wittenham, Berkshire and Down Ampney, Gloucestershire, was an English Whig politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons between 1701 and 1719. He was Master of the Royal Household to Queen Anne. Early life Dunch was the only son of Hungerford Dunch MP of Little Wittenham and Down Ampney and his wife Catherine Oxton (married 18th April 1677), daughter of William Oxton of Hertfordshire. He was born in Little Jermyn Street, London, 14 December 1677, and baptised 1 January 1678.Oxford Dictionary of National Biography The freedom of the borough Wallingford was conferred on him on 17 October 1695, and he was at one time proposed as its high steward, but was defeated by Lord Abingdon, who polled fifteen votes to his six. On 2 May 1702 Dunch married Elizabeth Godfrey, one of the maids of honour to the queen, and one of the two daughters and coheiresses of Colonel Charles Godfrey, by Arabella ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
