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Sir William Trelawny, 6th Baronet
Sir William Trelawny, 6th Baronet (c. 1722 – 11 December 1772), of Trelawne, Cornwall was a British politician and colonial administrator. He was the son of Captain William Trelawny, R.N. and educated at Westminster School. He succeeded his uncle Sir Harry Trelawny, 5th Baronet to the baronetcy in 1762, inheriting the Trelawne estate. Trelawny sat as Member of Parliament for West Looe from 1757 to 1767. The latter year he was appointed Governor of Jamaica, a post he held until his death in December 1772. Trelawny Parish, Jamaica was named after him. He died in Jamaica in 1772. He had married his cousin Laetitia, the daughter and heiress of Sir Harry Trelawny, 5th Baronet Sir Harry Trelawny, 5th Baronet (1687 – 7 April 1762), of Whitleigh, Devon, was a British Army officer and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1708 to 1710. Trelawny was baptised on 15 February 1687 at Egg Buckland, Devon, the ..., with whom he had a son and a daughter. References ...
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Baronet
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 century, however in its current usage was created by James VI and I, James I of England in 1611 as a means of raising funds for the crown. A baronetcy is the only British Hereditary title, hereditary honour that is not a peerages in the United Kingdom, peerage, with the exception of the Anglo-Irish Knight of Glin, Black Knights, White Knight (Fitzgibbon family), White Knights, and Knight of Kerry, Green Knights (of whom only the Green Knights are extant). A baronet is addressed as "Sir" (just as is a knight) or "Dame" in the case of a baronetess, but ranks above all knighthoods and damehoods in the Orders of precedence in the United Kingdom, order of precedence, except for the Order of the Garter, the Order of the Thistle, and the dormant ...
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Trelawne Manor (geograph 2361015)
Trelawne ( kw, Trevelowen, meaning ''elm-tree homestead'') is an historic manor in the parish of Pelynt in Cornwall, England, situated west of Plymouth, Devon and west-northwest of Looe, Cornwall. It was long the seat of the Trelawny family, later Trelawny baronets, one of the most eminent of Cornish gentry families, much of whose political power derived from their control of the pocket borough of nearby East Looe. The surviving grade II* listed manor house known as ''Trelawne House'' is today used for holiday accommodation and entertainment, under the name "Trelawne Manor Holiday Park". Trelawne manor Trelawne manor dates back to Norman times when it was held by Rainald de Vautort. It later passed in turn to the Cardinans, the Chapernouns and the Bonvilles. In 1554 the estate was confiscated from Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk, the father of Lady Jane Grey and sold in 1600 to Sir Jonathan Trelawny, whose family had originated at Trelawny in Altarnun. It then passed down in the Trel ...
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Sir John Dalling, 1st Baronet
General Sir John Dalling, 1st Baronet (c. 1731 – 16 January 1798) of Burwood Park in Surrey, was a British soldier and colonial administrator. Origins Dalling was the son of John Dalling (1697–1744), of Bungay in Suffolk, by his wife Catherine Windham (d.1738), daughter (and in her issue eventual heiress) of Colonel William Windham (1673–1730), MP, of Earsham in Norfolk (which estate he bought in about 1720 with South Sea Bubble profits). Colonel Windham was the second son of William Windham of Felbrigg Hall in Norfolk, and was a first cousin of Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend, both being grandsons of Sir Joseph Ashe, 1st Baronet. In 1810, on the death of Joseph Windham (1739–1810) of Earsham (Colonel Windham's grandson), Dalling's eldest surviving son inherited that estate. Career He served under James Wolfe with the British army which fought in the Gulf of St. Lawrence in 1758 and which captured Quebec from the French in the Battle of the Plains of Abraham ...
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Roger Hope Elletson
Roger Hope Elletson (1727—28 November 1775, Bath) was a Jamaican planter. Early life Roger was the younger son of Richard and Susanna Elletson. The family owned the Hope Estate near Kingston, one of the first sugar plantations in Jamaica. He was educated at Eton College and went on to Trinity College, Cambridge, matriculating in 1746. Planter and politician Roger Hope Elletson returned to Jamaica and is recorded as the owner of an estate called "Merrymans Hill" in St Andrew, Jamaica, which spanned 600 acres. By 1753, he "owned" 93 enslaved people. In the 1760s his brother and his mother died, leaving him in possession of the Hope Estate. He also pursued a political career and was elected as a Member of the House of Assembly for Port Royal. Then in 1757, he was appointed to the Royal Council. Elletson served as Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica from 1767 to 1768. Elletson died when on a visit to Bath, England in 1775. He was survived by his wife Anna Anna may refer to: ...
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James Townsend (Lord Mayor Of London)
James Townsend (baptised 8 February 1737 – 1 July 1787) was an English Whig politician and Lord Mayor of London in 1772–73. He is believed to be England's first black member of parliament and the first black Lord Mayor of London. Life and political career James Townsend was baptised on 8 February 1737 at the church of St. Christopher-le-Stocks in London. He was the son of London merchant (and later MP) Chauncy Townsend and his wife Bridget Phipps. He attended Hertford College, Oxford in 1756. In politics James Townsend was closely linked from the 1760s with the Whig grandee William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne. Supported by Shelburne, he entered Parliament as Member for West Looe at a by-election in 1767, holding the seat until 1774. In 1769, Townsend was elected alderman of the City of London for Bishopsgate ward and Sheriff of the City of London, becoming one of the leaders of the Whig party in London. In 1771 Townsend followed John Horne Tooke in breaking away from th ...
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William Noel (1695–1762)
William Noel (19 March 1695 – 8 December 1762) was an English barrister, judge and politician who sat in the House of Commons for 35 years from 1722 to 1757. Early life Noel was the second son of Sir John Noel, 4th Baronet, of Kirkby Mallory, Leicestershire, and his wife Mary Clobery, youngest daughter and co-heiress of Sir John Clobery of Bradstone, Devon, and was born on 19 March 1695 at Kirkby Mallory, Sparkenhoe Hundred, Leicestershire. His older brother was Sir Clobery Noel, 5th Baronet. William Noel was educated at Lichfield grammar school in Staffordshire, under the Rev. John Hunter, and having been admitted a member of the Inner Temple on 12 February 1716, was called to the bar on 25 June 1721. Career At a by-election on 24 October 1722, Noel was returned to the House of Commons as Member of Parliament for , on the interest of the 8th Earl of Exeter, from whom he received a yearly pension for dealing with his accounts. He was returned again in a contest at the 1727 Bri ...
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John Sargent (1715-1791)
John Sargent may refer to: Politicians *John Sargent (1714–1791), British Member of Parliament for West Looe and Midhurst *John Sargent (1750–1831), British Member of Parliament for Seaford, Bodmin and Queenborough *John Sargent (merchant) (1792–1874), Canadian merchant, farmer and politician in Nova Scotia *John Sargent (1799–1880), American politician in Massachusetts Others *John Sargent (Loyalist) (1750–1824), loyalist officer during the American Revolution *John Sargent (priest) (1780–1833), English clergyman, son of the MP for Seaford *John G. Sargent (1860–1939), U.S. Attorney General *John Singer Sargent (1856–1925), American portrait artist *John Turner Sargent Sr. (1924–2012), president and CEO of the Doubleday and Company publishing house *John Turner Sargent (born c. 1956), American publisher, CEO of Macmillan and Executive Vice President of the Holtzbrinck Publishing Group *John Neptune Sargent (1826–1893), commander of British troops in China, H ...
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Francis Buller (MP)
Francis Buller may refer to: *Francis Buller (died 1682) (1630–1682) * Francis Buller (Parliamentarian) * Francis Buller (politician) (1723–1764), MP for West Looe *Sir Francis Buller, 1st Baronet (1746–1800), judge *Sir Francis Buller-Yarde-Buller, 2nd Baronet Lupton is an historic manor in the parish of Brixham, Devon. The surviving manor house known as Lupton House, is a Palladian Country house built by Charles II Hayne (1747–1821), Pevsner, Nikolaus & Cherry, Bridget, ''The Buildings of ... (1767–1833), of the Buller baronets * Francis Alexander Waddilove Buller, British Royal Navy officer See also * Buller (other) {{hndis, name=Buller, Francis ...
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Sir John Frederick, 4th Baronet
Sir John Frederick, 4th Baronet (28 November 1708 – 9 April 1783), was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1740 and 1763. Frederick was the son of Governor of Fort St. David in the East Indies Sir Thomas Frederick, 3rd Baronet of Burwood Park Surrey, and his wife Leonora née Maresco). He married Susannah Hudson, daughter of Sir Roger Hudson, on 22 October 1741: their only son Frederick succeeded him. He was Member of Parliament for New Shoreham from 1740 to 1741; and for West Looe West or Occident is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sun sets on the Earth. Etymology The word "west" is a Germanic word passed into some R ... from 1743 to 1761. References 1708 births 1783 deaths People from Surrey Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies British MPs 1734–1741 British MPs 1741–1747 British MPs 174 ...
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Trelawny Parish, Jamaica
Trelawny (Jamaican Patois: ''Trilaani'' or ''Chrilaani'') is a Parishes of Jamaica, parish in the county of Cornwall County, Jamaica, Cornwall in northwest Jamaica. Its capital is Falmouth, Jamaica, Falmouth. It is bordered by the parishes of Saint Ann Parish, Saint Ann in the east, Saint James Parish, Jamaica, Saint James in the west, and Saint Elizabeth Parish, Saint Elizabeth and Manchester Parish, Manchester in the south. Trelawny is known for producing several Olympic sprinters. History In 1770, the wealthy Planter (plantation owner), planters in Saint James Parish, Jamaica, St James and Saint Ann Parish, St Ann succeeded in having sections of those parishes become the parish of Trelawny as they were too far from public administration, administrative centres. Trelawny was named after Sir William Trelawny, 6th Baronet, the then Governor of Jamaica, whose prominent family had originated at the Manorialism, manor of Trelawny, Pelynt, Trelawny in the parish of Pelynt in Corn ...
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Governor Of Jamaica
This is a list of viceroys in Jamaica from its initial occupation by Spain in 1509, to its independence from the United Kingdom in 1962. For a list of viceroys after independence, see Governor-General of Jamaica. For context, see History of Jamaica. Spanish Governors of Santiago (1510–1660) Jamaica was claimed for Spain in 1494 when Christopher Columbus first landed on the island. Spain began occupying the island in 1509, naming it Santiago. The second governor, Francisco de Garay, established Villa de la Vega, now known as Spanish Town, as his capital. * Juan de Esquivel, 1510–1514 * Francisco de Garay, 1514–1523 * Pedro de Mazuelo, 1523–1526 * Juan de Mendegurren, 1526–1527 * Santino de Raza, 1527–1531 * Gonzalo de Guzman, ?–1532 * Manuel de Rojas, 1532–?, ''first time'' * Gil González Dávila, 1533?–1534? * Manuel de Rojas, 1536–?, ''second time'' * Pedro Cano, 1539?, ''first time'' * Francisco de Pina, 1544? * Juan González de Hinojosa, 1556 ...
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West Looe (UK Parliament Constituency)
West Looe, often spelt Westlow or alternative Westlowe, in Cornwall, England, was a rotten borough represented in the House of Commons of England from 1535 to 1707, in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832. It elected two Members of Parliament (MP) by the bloc vote system of election. It was disfranchised in the Reform Act 1832. History West Looe was one of a number of Cornish boroughs enfranchised in the Tudor period, and like almost all of them it was a rotten borough from the start, with the size and importance of the community that comprised it quite inadequate to justify its representation. The borough consisted of the town of West Looe in Cornwall, connected by bridge across the River Looe to East Looe, which was also a parliamentary borough. From the reign of Edward VI, West Looe and East Looe were jointly a borough, returning two members of Parliament; however, under Queen Elizabeth ...
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